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  • The Harris campaign is showing new strength in must-win states ahead of the party's convention.
  • In Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Harris leads Trump 50% to 46% among likely voters.
  • It's a reflection of the continued reset of the 2024 race after Biden's exit.
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[-] OneStepAhead@lemmynsfw.com 91 points 1 month ago

Enthusiasm wins elections, because people actually take the time to go VOTE. It’s amazing how few people actually do!

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also voting is the one thing those bastard pig fascist bootlicking simp conservative chud SCUM don't want us all to do. You can tell because of how much outrageous effort they dump into making voting more difficult. So: fuck 'em. They can eat shit.

It's not even that I like the democrat party at all.

I just want the republicans to lose. Fuck them in hell for eternity.

Bonus; If the GOP gets curbstomped into oblivion where it belongs (with the Federalist party) then the democrats won't be able to say "well at least we're not republicans!" anymore.

Imagine uncle sam standing before the behaded corpse of an fat frumpy anthropomorphic elephant, still holding a big bloody machete and smiling at an anthropomorphic donkey.

"Oh, you're not like him? Why, Yes, You'd better 'be like him' as little as possible if you don't want to end up like he did too!"

The democrats only get away with their fuckery because they always hide behind their favorite token excuse.

They still delusionally think the republicans are their pet controlled opposition.

That pet is not controlled. It is entirely OUT of control, a danger to everyone, both completely feral and RABID.

It's time for America to take that violent, deranged, savage animal out to Kristi Noem's gravel pit and end its life right before its democrat "owner"s' eyes. If we make an example of the republicans, the cowardly shits in the centrist party will either see the light or flee.

[-] Wiz@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

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[-] Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 month ago

Vote! Complacency loses every time.

[-] Unlocalhost@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'm so happy this message is making it's way to the top

[-] Jeredin@lemm.ee 75 points 1 month ago

Don’t care - vote. 🗳️

[-] geogle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It is possibly to do both

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 67 points 1 month ago

It needs to not be close. Biden was polling way ahead in 2020 but he only won effectively by like 85k votes. Yes, he got 7 million more votes total but in the closest states that could have seen him lose, only about 85k people was the difference between Biden winning the presidency vs Trump winning.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

2020 was decided by even less than that! Closer to 43,000 votes across Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin.

It needs to become a nation-wide single-issue to revamp our campaign finance and election system.

That means abolishing the Electoral College and FPTP, addressing Gerrymandering, implementing ranked choice voting, and publicly-funded elections. This is the only way we fix our democracy at the root of the problem.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

A path only open by Republicans losing this election, which is a critical point that can't be missed.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Crazy idea: How about the person who gets the most votes wins?

[-] Tom_Hanx_the_Actor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

yOu MeAn MoB rUlEs?!?1?

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

First past the post isn't a good system, no.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Vote like your and your loved ones' lives depends on it, because they probably do.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 month ago

Let's make sure the ballot box reflects that. Vote, get active, and get involved. Even if you don't live in a swing state, the down ballot races matter far more than you think

Find how to register to vote for where you are

Find opportunities to volunteer for stuff around you

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago

In Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Harris leads Trump 50% to 46% among likely voters.

That's within the margin of error. That doesn't really count as a lead.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

No, but Trump's leads were also within the margin of error, so it's encouraging to see a swing, even if it might just be noise.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

She’s only been campaigning for a few weeks. The DNC hasn’t even happened yet. I would call this pretty phenomenal.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maybe not, but it's encouraging! Harris/Walz are stoking enthusiasm because they want to actually improve people's lives, not just repeat the same tired culture-war bullshit...

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

You don't know the margin of error unless you know the sample size. I didn't see the sample size mentioned in the article.

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