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but I read on the website kamala is 7 pints is behind i hat andtah to hasaldk for dieajhnsnsd nasd sad—— -s -s s -sad-f-said ja- a-

CNN IS REPORTINN GKALA+ is -10 poi arts behind Trimo is this incapable???

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the polls lie; their methodology is not good enough to actually get the temp of thjngs. Drag everyone you know to the polls.

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Even if the polls were accurate something as simple as rain on election day can throw them off.

Go fucking vote

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Even if they accurately predict the popular vote, doesn’t do anything since the electoral college is what matters, and we already know that republican candidate is advantaged for electoral college votes to overcome a significantly more popular candidate.

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I would not feel comfortable we were safe from the disaster of a second Trump term even if Harris was up by 70 points!

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Don’t believe the naysayers. No matter which state you are in, your vote is important. Extreme Conservatives have been taking over school boards and imposing their agenda on kids.

Offices like Sheriff, Coroner, Secretary of State, Lt Governor, State Representatives, City and County Councils etc. are all important.

Every Vote Counts!!!

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Thank you for making me laugh today.

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Coroner??? As in the person who notes that people are dead??? That’s an elected position? What? Why? How can that even possibly be political? “This person has gone red but they should have gone blue instead. Make them get back up and start walking around until they do dying right!”; “Cause of death: Being a gorram <insult of choice>!”; “You’re not allowed to die, we’ve had too many deaths this week and I won’t get elected again if you do. Stop pretending to be cold and stiff!”. What?

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The coroner could rule on whether a death is suspicious or not. Like if a brown person dies in custody, the coroner may or may not chock it up to “natural causes” depending on their political leanings.

This is just wild conjecture on my part – I don’t think I get to vote for coroner locally – but I could definitely see that happening.

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Definitely agree with this. As someone from Oregon where my vote doesn’t really matter on the national elections I make sure to vote still to influence local elections. Only problem with those is that finding info on the candidates can be hard or sometimes there is only one candidate for a position.

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I’m lazy so I tend to look up endorsements from unions

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Oregonians also get a voters guide with statements from candidates and for/against statements for ballot measures. It is useful in combination with other sources of information. And we do entirely vote by mail, so we have time to do a little research.

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That’s a good idea. I usually look to see who the Oregon Progressive Party endorses but unions would probably be good to look at too.

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And every cunt votes, so do it too!

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Convention bounce and it hasn’t finished yet. A convention bounce can disappear with time…

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*thyme

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Next week’s polling will be interesting, with the bounce but also The Silence of the Worm. Then we have debates over the next few weeks, and polls should really solidify into something worthy of attention.

The DNC went exceptionally well, continuing momentum, massively energetic and positive, and seems to have impressed the necessary people (at least compared with the unwatchable RNC). I would expect a noticeable bounce until some big new event, which T**** will be desperate for…

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Bounces happen after conventions. Trump had one too, but it was smaller and destroyed by the switch of Biden/Harris.

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But is delicuous with basil!

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