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4. I dunno... The disarray/infighting narratives are pretty effective too.

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 12:49 AM

Oct 2022

Trained helplessness is rather paralyzing. And the media is very very practiced at that one.

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Be scared. Work your butts off to get the votes out! herding cats Oct 2022 #1

Not true. If folks think they will lose, they don't turn out. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #2

The opposite is true. People Need Need Need to vote. applegrove Oct 2022 #3

I think a part of why we won in 2020 is due to trust issues. herding cats Oct 2022 #5

That assumes there are only two possible messages, Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #11

Personally moniss Oct 2022 #6

+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #7

Forget the polls, go vote LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #8

I fully agree. Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #9

That worked so well in 2016, Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #12