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[–] bostonbananarama@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's an idiot, it's extremely close, go vote!

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 73 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even if it wasn't close, I still want to leave 0 room for Trump to steal the election with the Supreme Court.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The supreme court is corrupt, so it doesn't matter what margins he loses by. The majority of them are traitors to the country, just like Trump.

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This race needs to be win with the widest margin possible. Leave no doubt what the people want

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even then, the maga people will claim it's a fake election with ballot stuffing like Russia does.

There's no winning. If they win, they won. It they lose, they won. If they lose a hell of a lot, they won so much it hurts.

[–] M600@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s my thought as well, no matter what they will claim it’s fixed. But at least with a wide margin, there is nothing they can really do about it.

Additionally, a wide margin win will show that the American people are not into MAGA and hopefully it dies out.

It may even demoralize them, which would allow us to better kick their asses again.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Honestly, I've been kind of wondering what his tea leaves read. I'm not sure about everything he's predicted, but he was right about Trump in 2016 and the predicted red wave in 2022 being a dud.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it weird that the optimism of a Harris win is only making me more nervous about it?

I AM voting, by the way.

[–] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably because polls and predictions mean nothing and we're subconsciously remembering 2016 when Trump was getting crushed by polls.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 6 hours ago

Man, what happened to all of the 2016 poll answerers in the first place? Where they the mostly dead now Silent Generation? It can't have been the boomers or Gen X, they went Maga and millennials don't answer phones.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

i wish i was as confident as he is.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

If he is, it's because you ignored it and voted.

Vote.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

STFU, Michael.