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Arkansas Granny

(32,265 posts)
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 05:48 PM Aug 2024

I told you last week about my friend and her daughter who are registering to vote

for the first time in years.

Now another friend tells me that she and her husband have made their first political donations ever to Harris/Walz.

I hope more people are doing the same. It would be great to see Arkansas go blue again.

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I told you last week about my friend and her daughter who are registering to vote (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Aug 2024 OP
Keep up the good work, Granny. Meadowoak Aug 2024 #1
You are obviously a good influence on your friends. Keep up the good work. LoisB Aug 2024 #2
I don't know how much is due to my influence, but I'm happy to see it. Arkansas Granny Aug 2024 #3
It would be outstanding to have a 40+ state landslide. It might restore some small measure of sanity to the... NNadir Aug 2024 #4
Our Childless CatLady Witches have to turn them into newts first ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #6
Touche! NNadir Aug 2024 #8
Lawdy! Please don't bring back the Newt; he still does too much damage in infomercials. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #11
It's his fault he won't get better 🤣 ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #12
... MLAA Aug 2024 #15
Destroy and replace TheKentuckian Aug 2024 #9
Well yeah. It probably has to go the way of the Whigs, but like the Whigs, it needs replacement with a sane opposition NNadir Aug 2024 #10
What if it were like a Warren/Bernie party for progressives ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #13
That would be nice ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #5
I cant believe people are Figarosmom Aug 2024 #7
Them children's smart enough for Dollar General ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #14
I know 3 women who don't vote that are excited Tribetime Aug 2024 #16
Good news. TomSlick Aug 2024 #17
"" AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #18
If Arkansas Rob_70 Aug 2024 #19
Great to hear!!!! ailsagirl Aug 2024 #20
Looks at all the different names - there are more of us here in The unNatural State than we believe ..nt ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #21

NNadir

(38,051 posts)
4. It would be outstanding to have a 40+ state landslide. It might restore some small measure of sanity to the...
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 06:26 PM
Aug 2024

...Republicans. A democracy without a sane and functional opposition is not a democracy. I wish they'd get better.

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
9. Destroy and replace
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 06:40 PM
Aug 2024

The current iteration is wholly toxic and the previous ones weren't much better and lead directly to where we are.

NNadir

(38,051 posts)
10. Well yeah. It probably has to go the way of the Whigs, but like the Whigs, it needs replacement with a sane opposition
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 06:46 PM
Aug 2024

I don't agree, I'm sure, on policy, with those Republicans who have come to support Kamala under these dire and dangerous condition. Nevertheless, I applaud their patriotism and I look forward to them starting anew as a new core.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
13. What if it were like a Warren/Bernie party for progressives
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 07:05 PM
Aug 2024

And the sane Democratic party for oppositional centrism?

Figarosmom

(12,002 posts)
7. I cant believe people are
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 06:34 PM
Aug 2024

Happy with Sarah and her draconian laws. Loosening the child labor laws would have been a real red flag for me.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
14. Them children's smart enough for Dollar General
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 07:08 PM
Aug 2024

Save yourself while you can, Montana and Idaho. Washington, you may have to gnaw it off before it reaches critical mass.



Tribetime

(7,145 posts)
16. I know 3 women who don't vote that are excited
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 07:55 PM
Aug 2024

To register and vote for Harris Walz. I think that young people along with women are going to vote in numbers much higher than the polling models anticipate

TomSlick

(13,014 posts)
17. Good news.
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 08:06 PM
Aug 2024

I'd like to think there is a chance for Arkansas but it's long odds.

I keep talking to friends and relations but it's a hard sell. My final word these days is that a vote for Trump is a vote against my granddaughters. I am accused of being hyperbolic.

Rob_70

(11 posts)
19. If Arkansas
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 09:07 PM
Aug 2024

was to go blue, that would be astronomical. I'm originally from Hot Springs and I've been told that voter registration has increased significantly. I don't know how true it is, but it would be welcomed news. Harris/ Walz 2024! 💙

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
21. Looks at all the different names - there are more of us here in The unNatural State than we believe ..nt
Mon Aug 26, 2024, 11:40 PM
Aug 2024
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