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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 09:18 PM Oct 2020

Please do NOT pay any attention to these F**king polls. [View all]

Last edited Tue Oct 20, 2020, 11:15 PM - Edit history (1)

I will always believe that to some degree Hillary Clinton's "loss" in 2016 was due to just enough people in just enough places thinking that she had it in the bag and so decided that their vote simply wasn't needed.

I'm 65 years old and my first vote for president was in 1976 when I was 21. Ever since I was old enough to vote in 1973 the only year I didn't vote was in 1978 when I was going to grad school in Ohio and received my absentee ballot from Pennsylvania two days after the election.

As far as presidential elections go I've voted in some landslides, 10%+ margin (1980, 1984), some with comfortable margins of 4 to 9.9% (1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) and some close ones with under 4% margins (1976, 2000, 2016). The widest % margin in my life was LBJ's 61.1 vote in 1964. I would be fairly certain even LBJ would've said that he needed every single one of those votes.

We do NOT need a Democratic Tom Dewey in 2020 because Dolt45 desperately needs and deserves repudiation, and the only way that we can insure that it will happen is if WE get off of our crusty asses (and I have a BIG ass) and make it happen. This election will not be over until the votes are counted and, to paraphrase President Ford, our long national nightmare ends at Noon on 1/20/21.

My wife and I voted on 10/9. I'm taking our son up to cast his first vote tomorrow so we know that Biden/Harris will have at least 3 votes in Maine.

So, have you voted or do you have a plan to vote? If not, than please do. This election is just too damned important.

That's my 2 cents, and quite possibly over priced at that. Thank you for reading and please VOTE!

#notmypresident

RESIST

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Not even going to read a post with that headline! Dem2 Oct 2020 #1
You are correct of course, Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #2
I kind of agree with you. But the confidence in Hillary's win isn't entirely from the polls. Claustrum Oct 2020 #3
True, I thought Michael Moore was nuts when he made his prediction. MarianJack Oct 2020 #6
He was right, but for the wrong reasons dansolo Oct 2020 #33
I live in a totally blue area FakeNoose Oct 2020 #38
Well Willto Oct 2020 #35
Damn fucking straight! WheelWalker Oct 2020 #4
Thanx! MarianJack Oct 2020 #18
I thought 2004 was closer than 4 % Tribetime Oct 2020 #5
Could be, my memory isn't perfect. MarianJack Oct 2020 #7
You are not the only one😊 Tribetime Oct 2020 #8
Voter complacency was only one of many things that contributed to Hillary's "loss" MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #9
Yes, one of many factors. MarianJack Oct 2020 #10
Illinois MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #12
Thank you. I never read those threads. Ignore the polls and vote! SMC22307 Oct 2020 #11
Yes. MarianJack Oct 2020 #14
Near Pittsburgh but lived just outside DC at that time... SMC22307 Oct 2020 #19
As we said in the 60s,... MarianJack Oct 2020 #20
I agree. Complacency is one of several problems that cost us 2016. Hoyt Oct 2020 #13
Complacency among Democrats, but IMHO... MarianJack Oct 2020 #16
Even if complacency was a factor in 2016... Silent3 Oct 2020 #32
Well, love DU but not many voters are political junkies like us. I can tell you for sure, there were Hoyt Oct 2020 #36
Oh, I remember those idiots Silent3 Oct 2020 #37
Also, if you haven't already voted... dchill Oct 2020 #15
ASAP MarianJack Oct 2020 #17
You voted in 1890? Polybius Oct 2020 #21
OOOPs. MarianJack Oct 2020 #22
Sorry but data and polling is a valid part of political science BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #23
And so you know that nobody will be complacent because you aren't? MarianJack Oct 2020 #24
Straw man alert. Never said that. BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #25
The point of my post was to not be complacent. MarianJack Oct 2020 #26
So you don't think people who are interested in polls can also follow through and vote? BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #27
Christ on a crutch. MarianJack Oct 2020 #47
All evidence to the contrary BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #48
"Here's an idea: You do you, and stop trying to tell other people what to do" Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #28
You might be right BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #29
+1 n/t Silent3 Oct 2020 #30
I Think Willto Oct 2020 #31
Since 2016, I don't. Nt raccoon Oct 2020 #34
Oh hell yea I have had a plan to vote. And I did. This year, as SOON as I received my ballot Vivienne235729 Oct 2020 #39
I doubt if anyone on DU will skip voting because of the polls. DavidDvorkin Oct 2020 #40
If I already voted can I pay attention to them? DrToast Oct 2020 #42
I'm gonna pay extra attention to them today just for you DrToast Oct 2020 #41
The point of my post was to not skip voting because you think that one candidate has it in the bag. MarianJack Oct 2020 #43
Do you honestly think anyone here is going to skip this election? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2020 #44
+1 DrToast Oct 2020 #45
Jesus. MarianJack Oct 2020 #46
No, I have not. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2020 #51
I have an idea. MarianJack Oct 2020 #52
+1 BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #49
That is a true crock of crap. MarianJack Oct 2020 #50
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