That’s honestly tame compared to the rest of the town hall
At the end, he made it sound like he was done and going to wrap up, said thank you and then he… just stood there for 39 minutes noding to music
Oh also he said “does anyone else want to faint too” after someone fainted
He also told people to vote on January 5th instead of election day (Nov 5th)
Think his team is more so afraid of making his mental decline even more obvious after his town hall yesterday. He cut if off early, said “who wants to listen to questions” and “let’s listen to music” followed by an early wrapping up. Sounded like he was going to leave, but he just didn’t. He stood on stage for 39 minutes of him nodding on stage to music
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-music-sways-town-hall/
Can’t wait until he’s gone next year.
To clarify for others, Glenn Youngkin is the governor of Virginia. The state’s law says that governors cannot hold consecutive terms and Youngkin’s term ends in 2025, so regardless of who wins next year it won’t be Youngkin
She’s certainly increased her messaging about it. For instance, she recently release her medical records and loudly asked why trump wasn’t doing the same this year when he has in the past
Then look at the KamalaHarris account quote tweeting the kamalahq account saying “hope he’s ok”
https://xcancel.com/kamalaharris/status/1846049221369024700?s=46&t=ybtfi8Urdi-1ZG9fTxJdzg
It’s also turnout game that matter at single digit percentages. If it dissuades 1% of trump supporters from turning out that matters. Or if it increases dem turnout by 1% that also matters
Polls averages don’t capture turnout all that well. They kind of have to make assumptions about it to weight things. If they’re off about it, election results csn end up being rather different
But what we can look at is voter enthusiasm polling which is down for trump. In 2020, polling suggested there was a voter enthusiasm gap favoring trump. Today it’s flipped
The race is still far far closer than it should be but these things don’t necessarily have zero effect either
Small percentages changes in turnout can still affect close elections like this. Things like this can absolutely affect dampen trump turnout or boost it on the opposite side
They’ve already got a couple of posts up about it on their social media
https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/DBIIO6WuAkO?hl=en
Nice, keep up the canavassing!
One thing I was told is that ringing the doorbell a second time after waiting a bit can increase the response rate. I haven’t tried it myself but was told by a couple of people that it helped a good amount
It can also just varies a lot day to day and location to location on the response rate. Some days more people answer the door, others day it seems emptier
You’d be suprised at what you can find out there that are better than you’d think
Like for example, I’ve had many oat milk skeptics turn into oat milk enthusiasts
Or if you like cooking, there’s so many great things out there. Ethiopian cuisine for instance has a bunch of traditionally vegan dishes
Just a handful of examples but there’s so much more out there
Early in person voting is also an option. Also it varies state to state when mail ballots are counted. Michigan for instance, is actually going to start counting some of them a bit before the election day as they arrive. (Michigan now has a democratic trifecta in local government)
Note though that a number of states have already started both mail and in person early voting. You are likely able to vote sooner than you may think
https://www.vote.org/early-voting-calendar/
I’d also encourage voting early. It can save you from any issues popping up like getting sick on election day. Campaigns will stop bugging you as much once they see that you have voted (though they obviously cannot see who you voted for)
Take action today! If nothing else it will help with anxiety
Make sure to register to vote. Deadlines are fast approaching in many states
Find opportunities to volunteer for dems around you and online
Write letters to voters in swing states or in competitive downballot races
Most likely way to work around it and get a popular vote election is going to be the national popular vote interstate compact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
The electoral college is indeed quite frustrating, though note that downballot races in many non-battle ground states do matter. For instance, California and New York have some competitive house races despite not being super competitive for president
Harris wants to raise the minimum wage
The federal minimum wage has not increased from $7.25 per hour since 2009.
On the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has said that needs to change.
Harris supports the PRO act to help union’s ability to organize in “right to work” states. It would stop companies from being able to hold mandatory anti-union meetings. It would allow the national labor relation board to directly issue fines for labor law violations and issue compensation to employees. And more
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/25/kamala-harris-speech-teachers-union
Harris supports killing the filibuster to get abortion protections codified
Harris is for sure not perfect, but claiming the two are exactly the same is just not true
Important: If you’re on the suspese list rather than being fully removed (unsure if that’s the case here), you might still be able to vote but will need to show proof of residence. Contact your registrar to check that and ask them about it
If voters find out they’re still on the suspended list after having shown up at their polling places on Election Day, they can still vote after they complete a “statement of residence” form.
Voters with suspended status who may have moved to other counties will be required to vote in the counties where they previously resided or may be asked to submit provisional ballots.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-voter-purge-warning-ballots-abbott-rcna168811
As a note to all: Check your voter registration status today as deadlines are very fast approaching (or even already past in some states)
Let’s make sure it matters by making sure they’re outnumbered
His team was telling him to take more questions on the teleprompter and he still just stood there
(Photo from the Washington Post article)