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edhopper

(37,367 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 08:10 AM Sep 2024

Voter; "I wish they would give us a choice besides two old white guys"

Here is Kamala Harris, younger, vibrant, seasoned, not old, white or a guy.

Voter; "I don't know, need to know more about her.I still might vote for the old white guy"

GRRRR!

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Voter; "I wish they would give us a choice besides two old white guys" (Original Post) edhopper Sep 2024 OP
"Undecided" Trumper. 617Blue Sep 2024 #1
Exactly. bluesbassman Sep 2024 #2
Context? infullview Sep 2024 #3
Or the NYT or a neighborhood cook out or at one of those diners reporters like to report from? SharonClark Sep 2024 #5
All the Trumpers will come home... NCDem47 Sep 2024 #4
I don't care about the popular vote; only the electoral vote matters. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2024 #18
Undecided voters are the biggest idiots on the planet. Ray Bruns Sep 2024 #6
Yep NJCher Sep 2024 #7
Contrarians. NCDem47 Sep 2024 #9
I'm not sure these folks have "opinions" as much as they have an identity... GopherGal Sep 2024 #19
... BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #11
One young UDV said, "I'll make up my mind in the voting booth." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2024 #12
I have some of those in my precinct. murielm99 Sep 2024 #15
Most arrogant too Takket Sep 2024 #17
If you say you're 'undecided' - are you, really? I think not. You just don't want to be seen as a Magat. Joinfortmill Sep 2024 #8
Yup BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #10
Anyone who says that DownriverDem Sep 2024 #13
This is just meant to demoralize. It is the fascist narrative. I don't buy this for one second. onecaliberal Sep 2024 #14
Single issue voters RainCaster Sep 2024 #16

bluesbassman

(20,384 posts)
2. Exactly.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 08:17 AM
Sep 2024

Let’s them put on a patina of anti-racism though and that makes ‘em feel good.

SharonClark

(10,497 posts)
5. Or the NYT or a neighborhood cook out or at one of those diners reporters like to report from?
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 08:38 AM
Sep 2024

Inquiring minds want to know.

NCDem47

(3,470 posts)
4. All the Trumpers will come home...
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 08:27 AM
Sep 2024

…when they can vote for him in secrecy at the ballot box. They never went anywhere. But they are now not as vocal in their support, because deep down, they know.

Kamala will will prevail though in popular and electoral votes.

18. I don't care about the popular vote; only the electoral vote matters.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 10:56 AM
Sep 2024

Al Gore and Hillary Clinton proved the popular vote means squat.

In the end it comes down to one county in one of the smaller states, and one person in that county. That person will determine the destiny of our country for four years -- or decades longer, if you count SCOTUS appointees. I live in California, so my vote doesn't count as much as one cast in Wyoming.

There is a science fiction story called "The Voter." I think it was Arthur C. Clarke who wrote it. The premise is that polling had gotten so sophisticated that just by having a casual conversation (no politics) with one person -- an ordinary citizen randomly chosen and called The Voter -- a super-computer (perhaps a precursor to "Deep Thought," for you Douglas Adams fans) determined the outcome of every election from president to county dog catcher.

Several months ago T***p said he was so far ahead of everybody else in the polls that the election didn't have to be held -- he could just be designated president. It sounds like he was joking, but remember, Trump never jokes.

NCDem47

(3,470 posts)
9. Contrarians.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 09:40 AM
Sep 2024

They love the illusion and attention they get as "independent thinkers." Which they usually are not. They've formed opinioins.

GopherGal

(2,905 posts)
19. I'm not sure these folks have "opinions" as much as they have an identity...
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 01:22 PM
Sep 2024

"I want to make America great again" is probably as deep as they go. Or maybe "I want to go to the rally and jeer and cheer with my fellow real Americans"

But if anybody asks me in a one-on-one conversation who I'm voting for, I'm "undecided" so maybe I can make it onto News 8 at 6.

12. One young UDV said, "I'll make up my mind in the voting booth."
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 09:55 AM
Sep 2024

Do us all a favor, loser, and just spend election day at McDonald's.

murielm99

(32,988 posts)
15. I have some of those in my precinct.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 10:07 AM
Sep 2024

Not all of them are young.

There is a married couple just south of me who call me for information. I provide it, or send them to the county clerk. I am hoping they see that the Democrats in this precinct are more available and better informed. That might influence them to vote for Democrats.

Joinfortmill

(21,157 posts)
8. If you say you're 'undecided' - are you, really? I think not. You just don't want to be seen as a Magat.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 09:28 AM
Sep 2024

BumRushDaShow

(169,716 posts)
10. Yup
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 09:50 AM
Sep 2024

IMHO, it's all a "manufactured" / "scripted" "reality show election".

Must transform something the people really don't want to pay attention to and is generally "boring", into something "exciting" including adding "controversy", and assuming everyone has enough cognitive dissonance to forget the narrative they pushed out there before.

 

onecaliberal

(36,594 posts)
14. This is just meant to demoralize. It is the fascist narrative. I don't buy this for one second.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 10:07 AM
Sep 2024

RainCaster

(13,702 posts)
16. Single issue voters
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 10:10 AM
Sep 2024

I don't care about family values, he's a Republican.
I don't care about the second amendment, he's a Republican.
I don't care that he's a felon, he's a Republican.
I don't care about his incoherent blathering, he's a Republican.
I don't care about him cancelling the border bill, he's a Republican.
I don't care about women's health issues, he's a Republican.
I don't care about climate change, he's a Republican.
I don't care about the Jan 6 protesters killing cops, he's a Republican.
I don't care about him raping a 12 year old girl, he's a Republican.

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