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4. I believe this is their strategy
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:41 AM
Jun 2020

Lull people into thinking we have this in the bag. Combine that with a fear of Covid and they are banking on low voter turn out. Closer numbers makes it easier to cheat. We have to attack this like we are down by 20 points.

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K & R! VOTE! lastlib Jun 2020 #1
Voting is a weapon that can be destroyed by suppression, polling station closures and more. BSdetect Jun 2020 #3
And vote by mail, reliable & safe as it has been in the past, is not safe now... CousinIT Jun 2020 #6
PLUS, Republicans have ALREADY used theft of absentee ballots as a tactic and go away with it. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #12
As Stalin is reputed to have said DFW Jun 2020 #34
Exactly. KPN Jun 2020 #38
We don't want to just win. We want to humiliate him. Funtatlaguy Jun 2020 #2
This. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #7
I certianly do. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #10
He doesn't just have to be humiliated... robbob Jun 2020 #27
Yes. A landslide so big that we have a 60 filibuster proof Senate. Funtatlaguy Jun 2020 #41
I believe this is their strategy Squidly Jun 2020 #4
Dukakis was ahead in the polls until September Yeehah Jun 2020 #5
I'll never understand why voters have been so passive about voter suppression efforts. sop Jun 2020 #8
THANK YOU. Please do not get COMPLACENT. I know that bullwinkle428 Jun 2020 #9
THIS. n/t Jamastiene Jun 2020 #11
I trust nothing after 2000 James48 Jun 2020 #13
Hillary was going to win because Trump was the only republican who could not beat her. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #14
Vote like your life, and your loved ones lives as well,depend on it. They most certainly do! overleft Jun 2020 #15
We need a mandate election. Every vote is precious. ffr Jun 2020 #16
An win is a mandate these days...but I think it will be big. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #23
Fuck the polls. dalton99a Jun 2020 #17
Having a reasonable expectation when looking at the conditions and polls is not complacency...and Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #21
More doom and gloom...this is not 2016...he barely won last time and we don't have a divisive Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #18
The caronavirus, as terrible as it is, might be the biggest NoMoreRepugs Jun 2020 #19
True. Pepsidog Jun 2020 #20
Right. Misogynists and racists don't show up in poll responses the way they do in elections. nt wiggs Jun 2020 #22
We could be ahead by 90 points and it won't keep me from voting. ooky Jun 2020 #24
I was not the least bit surprised he won four years ago Cosmocat Jun 2020 #25
K&R UTUSN Jun 2020 #26
Absolutely spot on @kacekwl. We need to vote blue all down the ballot. nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #28
I Don't Care if Biden is up by 30 points Chili Pepper Jun 2020 #29
I think we get the Senate...but kicking Trump out is huge...no more judges for one thing. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #33
Poll #'s Snackshack Jun 2020 #30
I like having a moment of happiness Bettie Jun 2020 #31
Winning increases voter turnout... so that won't happen...so many unhappy here to see great polls Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #32
I think we need at least a 10% buffer to overcome shenanigans. George II Jun 2020 #35
It ain't over till the fat man... N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2020 #36
Yes. Our goal needs to be win by a frigging monster KPN Jun 2020 #37
I looked at electoral projections from June 2016 last night caraher Jun 2020 #39
Same here, I trust nothing after 2016. And 2000. Nt raccoon Jun 2020 #40
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