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Yeah right!

Also have y’all seen this fukin sheet 🤦‍♂️

alt-text: screenshot from RCP source showing an orange criminal is polling better than our president

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Lol. People are betting on Obama to win? People are idiots.

It doesn’t matter what these polls show. Georgia has two progressive Democratic Senators and this shows Trump leading by 6% there! That’s obviously wrong. Nevada is not going to vote for Trump by 8%. They voted for Biden by 2%! It wasn’t even close.

Polls mean nothing now because there’s no reason for Biden voters to answer that phone call. Trump voters want to shout “Trump!” to anyone who’ll listen. Biden voters don’t need to be heard because their ego isn’t wrapped up in their choice.

It’s true Biden is down in “approval ratings”, but that doesn’t mean those people are voting for a Republican. A large part of them probably want a progressive instead. Biden can lose the “approval” popularity contest and still win the election, because the other choice is so bad.

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I mean, while it isn’t true whether these are likely voters, registered voters, adults, etc. and there were polling errors in 2020, it’s definitely possible that if the election were held today, Trump would win. RCP leans a bit conservative, and are probably overestimating Trump, but it might not be enough to change the outcome.

That said, it’s probably true that a few percentage point swings in a few key states could move the election back towards a Biden win. Six months enough time, but it’ll take work to get there.

There’s no option to fix major issues on the ballot, and there may never be, but we can slow them from getting worse, and express ourselves politically outside of voting

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The only poll that matters is the election. Get out there and vote, America!

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Is it dangerous to share polls (will it discourage voting)?

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I dunno. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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I would hope that sharing polls showing a trump lead would help insofar as it may motivate apathetic anti-Trump people to get out and vote where they otherwise wouldn’t.

Side note: the only reason he’s ever won anything is because the US doesn’t have mandatory voting. The fact that you have to encourage people to engage in the most fundamental expression of democracy is a little bit baffling.

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“Old men yell at each other, both believing their opponent is a cloud.”

I’m voting Biden to attempt to stave off the fascist, but having 2 senile men argue with each other would be entertaining to say the least.

Just let them both sit and have little snacks and Ensures available during it, no need for elder abuse.

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It’s pretty disheartening that there’s apparently no one in either party within the span of decades of eligible age they can put forward as leaders.

The nosedive of democracy in action.

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There are leaders available. You have to help find them. Right now you’re just sitting there, having tried nothing, and you’re all out of ideas.

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Oh man, you’re right. I totally forgot I run the political parties. My bad.

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Biden is so slow, he would never even get to speak. The other old moron would just yell delusional nonsense non-stop.

The fucking clash of the farts that should be in special care.

EDIT: to any US people thinking both sides bad: Biden is a functional old man, Trump is a christo-fascist moron who will rip the US from the international community. Also an old man.

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Will you shut up, man.

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How about a fucking nursing home and they can both stay there when it’s over.

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The man is the head of a semi-terrorist organization of weaponized autism, a debate is his goal because his supporters don’t gaf what he says

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