GiddyGap

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Vice President Harris has jumped to a three percentage point lead over former President Trump in Iowa, according to the final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll of the cycle.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly a bit surprised by this. I would have thought Boomers were more skeptical about voting machines than young voters.

 

Gen Z and Millennial voters are more skeptical about ballot-counting machines than older Americans, who by a clear majority trust machines more than people when it comes to counting votes, according to the latest Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago
[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

Lol. This is awesome. What a bunch of douchebag losers.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago

Yes, definitely give everyone treats. Not everyone has the opportunity to dress up for various reasons.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago

I was once a proponent of cashless societies. Not anymore. Too many vulnerabilities, too many ways for governments to take control of your finances.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 39 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If Republicans get their way, voting by anything other than in-person on election day will be banned.

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A new internal memo by Tony Fabrizio, chief pollster for all three of Donald Trump's presidential campaigns, tells the former president he's in a radically better position than he was right before the 2020 election.

Why it matters: The memo reflects the exuberance that Trump staffers and allies exude in interviews and behind-the-scenes conversations. The optimistic framing could make it even more difficult for Trump followers to accept a loss as legitimate.

The memo, addressed to "TEAM TRUMP," has the subject line: "PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE VERGE."

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

The ATL area is carrying the state of Georgia now. That's what has changed over the past three decades. The GOP has a hard time in any state where there's a large dominant urban area. That's not really a new thing.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I commend the effort and the long post to explain yourself, but it's ultimately conjecture. None of the battleground states will go "decisively" to any of the candidates.

 

Half of Gen Z voters — and 1 in 4 U.S. voters overall — have lied to people close to them about who they're voting for, according to the latest Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.

The findings raise big questions about the limits and future of polling, which relies on voters giving responses reflecting their real-life political behavior.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And watch a ton of women stand in line on election day to vote for Trump.

 

Weekly church attendees who are white largely favor Donald Trump, while Black churchgoers tend to back Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new survey.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 44 points 6 days ago (8 children)

No. The Republican Party is now a cult devoted to a person. The party will not be able to move on until that person is out of the picture.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There has been a lot of talk to pressure Democrats on the Arab issue, including during the primaries. At the end of the day, the Democratic agenda is much more friendly toward Palestine than the Republican agenda. Most Arab-Americans are fully aware of that and it will probably show on election day. But they may as well try to get as many concessions as possible before the election by threatening to withhold their vote. Makes sense.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

if she had taken a position like, "Israel has a right to defend itself, but the bloodshed in Gaza has gone on long enough, and we must acknowledge that the Netanyahu administration has been a major obstacle in ceasefire negotiations," she would have been massively more appealing to Palestinian supporters

Thing is that she doesn't really have to. She's already massively more attractive to Palestinian supporters than Trump or not voting. That's the problem with a two-party system with only two real choices.

 

White evangelical Protestants (75%) are most likely to favor militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants, followed by 61% of white Catholics.

 

Trump's falsehoods — and what Democrats say is the threat he poses to democracy — have even some Democrats questioning whether their party should accept a loss in the Nov. 5 election.

While 19% of Republicans say Trump should reject the election results if he loses, 12% of Democrats say Kamala Harris should do the same if she loses.

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