Relax everyone

[vercetti2021]

Never believe the BS MSM. Look at races across the country we are beating and kicking ass in. Never believe the corporate machine. $$$ is all the want. Look at whats happening in real time. Enjoy your Sunday relaxing, don't piss your pants. We are gonna keep on doing what we are doing and beat this sonabitch!

[JustAnotherGen]

1. It is way too early

For anyone's hair to be on fire.

I think Roe is going to have a bigger impact than anyone thinks. Let's see what Kentucky does. Louisiana will be my next watch. Mississippi and the southern NJ counties election results mean more to me at this point in the game.

[calimary]

9. I think you're right about that.

As women’s access to full health care is strangled in so many states (Hell, TOO many!), it’s bound to make a difference.

And every time I get worried about the polls, I remind myself that “those in the know” were rock-solid sure the Repubs were gonna sweep it in 2022. The tidal wave of red they were all predicting turned out to be a dribble.

Besides, pretty much every off-year election so far went to the Dems. In some cases, by A LOT.

[Salviati]

18. Yeah, imo the upcoming ruling on mifepristone is going to be a big issue as well.

And I don't see it going well for the right, either way the decision goes down. Either they'll throw gas on the fire that the Dobbs decision started, or they'll disappoint their base if they pause in the war against women's autonomy.

[onetexan]

23. THIS!!☝️

[Sneederbunk]

2. Is there a website that keeps track of swing state polls?

[Walleye]

3. I have a new personal rule, when I'm watching the news and they talk about a poll

I change the channel. There’s no need for poolls right now, not every day anyway. And to paraphrase our president, it’s never been a good bet to bet against Joe Biden

[erronis]

8. I also have a rule - never watch T.V.

If there's something I really need to see I'll find it online. Otherwise I'll get my news from DU, TheGuardian, ProPublica, etc.

[Walleye]

13. Me too, I mostly been watching old black-and-white movies or BBC murder mysteries

I just have basic cable, so I don’t get the cable news channels and I’m glad of it. But I do check out the broadcast evening news just for a couple minutes and see what they’re leading with.I’m giving up on the Sunday morning talk shows, though

[housecat]

21. We record everything to watch later, so we can skip commercials, polls, and tfg

[Walleye]

25. Good idea, I just tried to watch the meet the press re-run. I don't think she's very good

[rso]

4. RSO

And National polls are useless compared to battleground State polls. I’ve only seen one battleground State poll, conducted in NH several days ago by CNN, and Biden was up by 12 points.

[msdogi]

5. Young voters are all in

overwhelmingly Democratic.
I've been volunteering a lot, often work with 20-30 year olds. Their involvement in the process, commitment to this country and enthusiasm for candidates and issues is wonderful to see. Top two issues are women's health and restoring choice, and the climate crisis. I do believe they will show up and bring Democratic sweeps.

[mopinko]

6. i saw that the genz demo had tfg up by 10pts or some such.

they were f’ing w the pollsters.

[vercetti2021]

15. That's bullshit

20 up with kids? Ok lol sure I'll believe that...

[erronis]

7. Who woulda thunk that the WaPo would want to spread misinformation?

Owned by Bezos (one of the filthiest rich in the world). Why wouldn't he want to have fair reporting?

[peppertree]

26. I suspect the problem was more on ABC's part

They've essentially been a Faux News-lite for a decade now, or more.

[liberalla]

11. K&R!

I'm actually feeling optimistic about this election and a big blue message being sent.

[AmBlue]

12. I know you are right

However, in 2020 the MSM and Faux Snooze whipped the crazies into believing there was a big red wave coming. It had the effect of fueling the crazy hyperventilation and lies about the election being stolen. Ultimately, this was a big part of what caused the attack on J6. Now they are doing it again and no one will stop this madness. It's infuriating!!

[vercetti2021]

14. We the people stop it

That's how it's always been

[AmBlue]

16. Certainly we try

But we don't have an equivalent to the M$M, Faux, and AM hate radio blanketing the airwaves and blaring our message 24/7. I wish we did!!!

[NJCher]

24. just remember

the dangerous ones are now in prison.

[Sympthsical]

17. "Relax, climate change won't happen for decades. It's nice out today . . ."

Yeah, and here we are.

I'm not panicking or in any kind of freak out mode about next year - I still don't have a firm grasp on how the race will ultimately take shape, and I don't think we'll know for another six or so months. We really and honestly are not in a place to confidently predict anything yet.

But I do like identifying potential problems sooner rather than observe them when they arrive as much bigger problems later.

"Relax" is how we end up fucked (see: Oh, I dunno, 2016 maybe?).

There's a middle ground between relax and freak out. I prefer to inhabit that one.

Insistence on Happy Talk causes problems down the road, as I hope we're all now exhaustively familiar with.

[oldsoftie]

19. I agree.Whistling past the graveyard doesnt help.

[vercetti2021]

20. Literally a year out

Why the fuck am I gonna panic and run in circles a year out?

[Sympthsical]

30. I'm not asking you to

Nor am I asking anyone else for that matter.

But I do have a problem with not acknowledging potential problems if not outright denying they exist. The polls won't tell us what will happen next November. But that can be signals for, "You might want to pay attention to this or address this probably or nip this in the bud."

That's why political parties are always conducting their own polls as well.

[NotVeryImportant]

22. Here, here OP!

Here, here!

[Snackshack]

27. The entertainment shows.

Have to do this. CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, BBC even PBS to some extent, PBS has never fully recovered from the Tomlinson period and the chaos he brought w/ him.

Yes, IMO they are entertainment shows. You know what you are getting when you sit down to watch one. The 1 or 2 that try to be neutral still have to answer to their network corporate desires and congress but still fall short of the past when “News” was fact and how it played didn’t matter, it was news and if you ever watched a Walter Cronkite broadcast you know what I am referencing.

Today if you only get a mild bias from the talking head a show can be informative and worth the time but some of the others are off the wall just pure Jerry Springer + Entertainment Tonight on steroids mainlined straight into the brain.

But ALL of the shows have to do this. No one would watch if the truth were broadcast.

IMO the truth is that the republican party and it’s base is probably only still alive as a political party today because the networks need them and the Dems and that it’s actual size it a fraction of what we are led to believe w/o GOP gerrymandering and election nefariousness they would not win an election. DT has even said this in one his moments of streaming insanity likewise the gop still has a base and supporters because SOOO fucking much the networks don’t / won’t report.

Networks are happy to give a sex trafficking GOPer air time / print space to lecture us on how we may have to have a “government shutdown” or the latest melt down by trailer park T goper rep. from Colorado instead of what these asshole have done and the fucking laundry list of shit that has gone on is endless and disgusting and most of it Treason… but we don’t hear this from Networks they need the competition, the fighting of the 2 party’s or no one watches, no one visits their websites click, click, click….

We don’t hear about the things that would demand action be taken. All we get are drips of it from some one who was there doing all this shit when they write a book.

Has a full not-redacted version of Mueller's report ever been released, I’ve never heard that one has. The levels of depravity that had to take place inside the previous administration, an administration that openly/knowingly called a deadly virus a HOAX daily, hourly when at the very same time 1000’s of Americans were dying a horrible death…alone. DT & Co. had the balls to do this out in the open…what went on behind closed doors must have been much much worse so much so that if reported on would demand actions by President Biden, Garland and the Democratic Party.

But no one would watch a 1 horse race.

[liberalmediaaddict]

28. I can't relax I'm a Democrat

Ever since that horrible night in November 2016 I've been tense.

Especially since Trump and his fascist cult refuses to go away.

But my motto now is, "worry, don't panic."
Defeating Trumpism is a marathon not a sprint.

[BComplex]

29. While we're at it, we need to get rid of the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society.

When we kick THOSE asses, then we're on our way to fulfilling the promises of our Constitution...the one our Forefathers actually intended.