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JustABozoOnThisBus

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19. There is much more voter encouragement than suppression.

Reply to Dream Girl (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2020, 06:15 PM

Oct 2020

GOTV message is everywhere on DU.

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Is there voter suppression on DU? [View all] Dream Girl Oct 2020 OP

I don't think so. I don't believe polls, we have to GOTV, all of the vote! redstatebluegirl Oct 2020 #1

No...with some every bit of good news is met with doom and gloom. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #13

Absolutely. One of the strongest ways to suppress turnout is to dispirit voters. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #2

Every party has a pooper. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #3

I doubt it, but they still need to cut it out. Jirel Oct 2020 #4

It is a combination, in my opinion. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #5

Thanks.... qwlauren35 Oct 2020 #21

I hear you. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #29

The only poll that matters will be taken on Nov. 3rd. BamaRefugee Oct 2020 #6

A bit trite don't you think? I think we all know these is an election on Nov. 3. Dream Girl Oct 2020 #9

Of course people can post polls. Or consult crystal balls. Tarot cards. BamaRefugee Oct 2020 #10

No is saying they know the outcome. You do understand how polling worked don't you? Dream Girl Oct 2020 #15

Let me think...I cast my first vote in 1970...yeh, pretty sure I know how it works AND I happen to BamaRefugee Oct 2020 #17

That's ridiculously black/white thinking Silent3 Oct 2020 #28

That post got alerted and reviewed by a jury. Sogo Oct 2020 #7

Absolutely. This is why we depend on the MIR team. Groundhawg Oct 2020 #8

Yes I consider that voter suppression... Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #11

I think a lot of it is 2016 PTSD BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #12

In my experience, some people don't have a firm grasp on probability TheRealNorth Oct 2020 #20

Absolutely agree. BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #23

Yes. Sunsky Oct 2020 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Oct 2020 #16

I don't know TheRealNorth Oct 2020 #18

There is much more voter encouragement than suppression. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2020 #19

That's definitely true. Dream Girl Oct 2020 #33

"Has already stole the election" is such bad grammar I'd pay it no mind. cwydro Oct 2020 #22

That was my typo. I have visual impairments..it hould have read "he's already stolen..." Dream Girl Oct 2020 #26

I assumed you were quoting a trumper, but if you want to take offense...feel free. cwydro Oct 2020 #30

Sorry about lashing out. Dream Girl Oct 2020 #32

No worries. cwydro Oct 2020 #34

A good conspiracy theory is hard to resist.... brooklynite Oct 2020 #24

Lots of concern trolls flooding into DU Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #25

I tend to agree with you Cadfael Oct 2020 #27

We've got trolls with various mechanisms to push their agendas. LanternWaste Oct 2020 #31