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In reply to the discussion: Did the republicans just have a better ground game than democrats? [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)42. You don't have to consider it to be a joke to safely navigate it.
I have been freely doing things the whole time, I just dont do stupid stuff like go sit down in restaurants or bars or go to gyms. I wear a mask over my nose and mouth when in public and pay attention to how close unmasked people are to me. There is some research that indicates that two properly masked people can be in close contact and the risk of transmission if one is sick and shedding is around 2% or less.
Joe is going to have to ask people to follow science and listen to Doctors to get the country back on track. A full shutdown simply will not work, IMO, but he can use local shutdowns when governors, mayors, commissioners and sheriffs are being boneheads.
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Did the republicans just have a better ground game than democrats? [View all]
Trumpocalypse
Nov 2020
OP
Republicans have a widespread, multi-layered propaganda apparatus backing them to the hilt
JHB
Nov 2020
#2
No. The people we want to vote for us won't hear from us until right before the next election
texasfiddler
Nov 2020
#3
In Florida, definitely. To be fair, Rick Wilson has been constantly saying that the Republican
OnDoutside
Nov 2020
#9
And I remember Wilson saying that Democrats need to be polling ahead by 10 to win Florida.
octoberlib
Nov 2020
#13
When I heard those noises in September, that's when i started to worry about FL. There was
OnDoutside
Nov 2020
#27
For getting out the vote (rallies), but not for keeping their supporters safe from COVID.
artemisia1
Nov 2020
#10
Because of the pandemic this is possible. Henry Clyburn had to jump on Biden to get him to
octoberlib
Nov 2020
#17
I expect there's a LOT of ratfuckery. After all, it's the only method that the reTHUGS know
abqtommy
Nov 2020
#30