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[–] 63 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Keep pushing. Get out and vote. That margin isn't wide enough.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

    I filled out my ballot over a week ago. Two more days until polling locations open in my town, and I will be among the first in line. (It's a mail-in ballot but I am not taking any chances with everything going on. I need to see evidence of my vote being counted.)

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago

    It never goes below his 30% of cultists it seems.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I'm ao sick of this headline. It's been hitting a new low every week for the past 2 years. You'd think it was at 0 by now, if you were to believe this bullshit headline.

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    Newest low so far.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago

    Doesn't matter.

    They are very clearly open to cheating.

    Which means we have to show up in larger numbers to offset the cheating.

    Stop [fill in the blank] and go vote when the time comes. No excuses.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Just 36 percent of likely voters said that they approved of Mr. Trump’s performance, while 59 percent said that they disapproved.

    That's still more than 1 out of 3. Still wayyyyy too high.

    But that's at the Bush line (or the Dick line) or the Sarah Palin floor...unless something really systemic changes in this country, we are probably stuck with about that percentage of Americans being just that fucking terrible and/or stupid to support conservatives.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    The lowest I've seen was 33%. Like literally, 1/3 is the floor.

    1/3+ of the people in this country are awful people, and even after Trump is gone we're supposed to just live side by side with them?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    NDP in Canada became the official opposition in Canada under Jack Layton. Some percentage of people just are drawn to decisiveness, and the dem establishment is just not that.

    My point is the floor is lower than 1/3, dems just don't put up leaders who can crack it. Real floor is probably around 1/4

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    That was one of the most corrupt moments in Canadian politics. The NDP popularity was 100% due to his personal appeal. He knew that he was dying and would never sit as opposition leader for any amount of time, but he kept it secret and let people vote for him.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 weeks ago

    41% of the surveyed would still vote for this madness and 8% are undecided or too embarrassed to admit how they would vote. 49-51 with a margin of error is not a winning split, it's a deadlock at best. If you want change, change requires action and the simplest action you can take is voting. This isn't a high obstacle or a difficult choice.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    It’s not 0% approval, which is the only number that matters.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    This stance is impressively insane. How did you get to this?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    Sorry if this is obtuse. Trump has been polled for at least 10 years. Corporate media often points to the polls as a bad sign. Then Trump defies the polls and the pollster goes whoops and assumes next time the poll will be correct. But it never is. Trump has so often defied polls I’m surprised it’s not a meme. Anyway. I realize the number is never going to be 0 because some people are so fanatical they need to be deradicalized. Those people will always support Trump and they’ll also support the next snake oil salesman.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    It's one thing for a person to say something this dumb, but who are the 26+ other people who upvoted it???

    Really? It doesn't matter unless approval is 0%? Something that has literally never happened and is essentially impossible?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Some people seem to think he is on the ballot this election too, how sad :(

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    He's names not there, but his policies are, and if the congress turns blue, he could be removed from office after his third impeachment.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Removing him from office is a fantasy.

    You would need 67 senators to vote in favor. Current polling suggests 52 Democrat senators is the most likely outcome

    Where would you get the other ~15 votes?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    “Unnamed democratic opponent” will perform better against Trump than any actual candidate the DNC eventually choose to excrete onto the podium.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, VOTE!!

    These polls are meaningless, please, for the love of god, fucking VOTE

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Can someone explain how his approval rating matters even a little?

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  • [+] -27 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

    Fake news. USA loves him. This is nonsense to keep the left in line and “hoping” things will “get better at the midterm”

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  • [–] 19 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    Fake news. USA loves him.

    Never been here, huh?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    Never been to a red state, huh?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    I live in Missouri and work in Oklahoma. People have gotten real quiet over the last year.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    They had 10 years to be quiet. They deserve whatever they get

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I agree, but that's not what we were talking about.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Exactly. Let’s just change the topic to an important one. What’s your favorite modern jazz band?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Modern jazz? What's the band that did the music on Cowboy Bebop? Seatbelt?

    I don't know a lot of modern jazz, but I'll rock out to Cab Calloway.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    Yes, I like the intro to that song. It’s a lot more interesting than the lives of people in the United States who will be destroyed by their own inaction.

    I’m into Foat. Anything with Foat. That’s my smooth jazz jam.

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