With just five days to go until Election Day, Democrats appear to have a significant advantage over Republicans when it comes to voter enthusiasm.

According to new polling from Gallup, 77% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters say they’re more enthusiastic about voting than usual, versus 67% of Republicans and GOP-leaning voters who say the same.

That’s a slightly higher level of enthusiasmfor Democrats than they had just before the 2008 election, when that same poll found that 76% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters were more enthusiastic than usual about voting. Barack Obama would go on to win that year in an Electoral College landslide.

  • @Boddhisatva
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    608 hours ago

    Doesn’t matter. Don’t let them make you complacent. Go vote!

    • @fluxion
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      7 hours ago

      Even if you think he’ll lose, the House (unless the Dems take it) will very likely try to block certification, force a per-state count instead of a per-delegate count, and punt it it to Supreme Court.

      So give as little leeway as possible. The more he loses by the harder his next little coup attempt will be

      • @FlowVoid
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        6 hours ago

        When the votes are counted, the presiding officer will be VP Kamala Harris, not the House Speaker.

        And the only way to block a state’s certification is if both the House and Senate agree. Otherwise they have to accept the results certified by the governor.

          • @FlowVoid
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            That’s not how it works.

            When the EV’s for a state are counted, the House and Senate have one opportunity to object.

            If there is an objection, a vote is called. A majority in both houses is necessary to reject those EVs.

            If there is not a majority in both houses then the motion fails, the EV’s are accepted, and the VP moves on to the next state.

      • @Eatspancakes84
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        06 hours ago

        The house and the president will almost certainly swing the same way. This is nothing to worry about.