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In reply to the discussion: So it's my imagination that people are PAID to disrupt us and convince us NOT to vote? [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,220 posts)14. It's definitely not your imagination.
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So it's my imagination that people are PAID to disrupt us and convince us NOT to vote? [View all]
randys1
Dec 2014
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Here in Oregon turnout was about 70%. Roughly twice the national average....
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#2
Doesn't Oregon have some kind of really practical and elaborate mail in voting system? eom
Blanks
Dec 2014
#15
I think there are people who are paid to disrupt and discourage people from voting
notadmblnd
Dec 2014
#4
No, randys1, it is not in your imagination. There are people who cheat and lie for money to win.
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#7
I don't know if they were paid but I had heard Rove had a bunch going and I
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#9
One of the reasons politics is so negative is to disgust and turn off voters. It's effective.
Scuba
Dec 2014
#13
Hope you are right and it is all the more reason why you will see an extreme effort
randys1
Dec 2014
#18
Maybe a "None of the Above" option and vote by mail would put them out of business.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#19
Anybody that bases their decisions on anonymous internet postings is a weak-willed dimwit.
Throd
Dec 2014
#22
Nope. It's true. With the money that side has to throw around, I bet there's a paid troll
calimary
Dec 2014
#28
Of course it works, the question is to what extent, otherwise they wouldnt do it
randys1
Dec 2014
#30
Are you saying you might decide not to vote because a troll told you not to?
SomethingFishy
Dec 2014
#32
I get the feeling there are people deliberately trying to convince the public that "the left" is
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2015
#45