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moose65

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23. Is that what YOU did?

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 07:02 PM

Oct 2022

I know that’s not how I approach voting. Are there really that many people out there who have that attitude? I can’t wrap my head around that.

More likely to me: the voters for the party out of power are more motivated than the voters on the other side. In 2010, Dem house candidates abandoned Obama and ran from him, and people don’t like candidates who do that kind of stuff. People like fighters and candidates who stick to their principles. Why would an unaffiliated voter choose a wishy washy candidate like that?

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All this frothing and foaming about how the right wing is a shoe in for the mid terms is nothing [View all] Augiedog Oct 2022 OP

💯❗️ Democrats are running against the RWO* media live love laugh Oct 2022 #1

Exactly, ignore the naysaying and ratufckers and get out the vote. FSogol Oct 2022 #2

Polls with results you don't like aren't a conspiracy theory. tritsofme Oct 2022 #3

There are no decent polls out there for this sort of year...and I believe there is a deliberate Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #21

Do you even know for sure that behind behind in polls is an effective deterrent? Silent3 Oct 2022 #26

I hope so, but there's this little thing called history... TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #4

I'm not sure that's true moose65 Oct 2022 #6

I think this year is different JustAnotherGen Oct 2022 #7

Yep. and the previous poster also had a point. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2022 #19

That is not true...the ACA cost us the House. And a few years laters, won us the House...only twice Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #22

Agree JustAnotherGen Oct 2022 #27

Don't think we'll see an enthusiasm gap this time. summer_in_TX Oct 2022 #24

I really have no idea who votes in midterm elections, but the way it's been is... TreasonousBastard Oct 2022 #8

Is that what YOU did? moose65 Oct 2022 #23

Nothing. Is. Written. DinahMoeHum Oct 2022 #10

While every election is different melm00se Oct 2022 #5

Hard to believe Rs win after all Dems and Biden have done. Pepsidog Oct 2022 #9

Kudos to you for your great attitude!! Go Dems!!! PortTack Oct 2022 #11

What shoe? n/t DFW Oct 2022 #12

Women will beat them. It is simple. Do not take away Citizens Freedoms? pwb Oct 2022 #13

Just kick Johnson out of his senate seat. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2022 #14

100% agree-- exactly what I was thinking LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #15

I rather Democrats overperform on the upside than disappoint on the downside. 'nt bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #16

This Maggiemayhem Oct 2022 #17

You guys need to do what we did in Michigan and put an anti-gerrymandering prop catbyte Oct 2022 #18

K&R - Thanks. You got a Rec after the first sentence. c-rational Oct 2022 #20

Thanks for the post RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2022 #25