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[–] [email protected] 113 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Don't listen to polls, just vote.

[–] expatriado 94 points 3 months ago (1 children)

can i do both? i kinda like data

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I tried to go vote but they told me to come back in three months. Maybe I'll have better luck tomorrow.

[–] ZagamTheVile 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think I'll send in a few hundred copies of my ballot just to be on the safe side.

[–] TrickDacy 1 points 3 months ago
[–] chiliedogg 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I worry some asshole is gonna see this comment and then Fox News will start talking about liberals on Lemmy coordinating efforts to vote multiple times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's the brilliant part though. The protections which prevent this kind of basic election fraud are simple and robust! It is virtually impossible to register multiple votes. If anything, attempts at voting "early and often" would simply illustrate the strength of the current election integrity framework.

[–] simplejack 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Counter argument. When the pollsters say it’s a dead heat, listen to them.

If don’t you want federal abortion bans and more handouts for billionaires, then you need to show up and bring your friends and family.

It’s going to come down to a handful of votes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why do people on Lemmy hate polls so much? Who’s going out and saying “I’m not going to vote, we have polls instead”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I think we're all just scarred after 2016, because a lot of polling back then had Clinton beating Trump, and we know how that worked out.

[–] timewarp 1 points 3 months ago

I'm glad they listen to polls. With Harris we actually have a chance.