• Kalkaline
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      579 hours ago

      On Halloween I had a friend I thought was fairly Democratic say he was close to voting for Trump and that’s when I felt the dread.

      • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]
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        My moms’ voted for Trump I suspect and they’re avoided voting for Republicans for a long time because of homophobia. One of them would ask things like “do you think a woman can be president” and would talk about how great she thought the stock market would do under trump. They just retired, so their well-being is now a lot more dependent on the value of their 401k than before though, so it might just be that rather than broader trends. Otoh, I’ve also seen her listening to like 30+ minute snakes salesman things on Facebook and be seriously believing of the obvious scam.

      • @Lawdoggo
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        138 hours ago

        Did they give a reason?

        • Kalkaline
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          45 hours ago

          He joked about the insane amount of spam texts he was getting, but no real answer. He did say he ended up voting Harris/Walz.

        • Optional
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          147 hours ago

          They’re an insufferable asshole? I’d guess.

          • Kalkaline
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            25 hours ago

            That’s the thing, he’s not a bad guy, and he says he did vote for Harris. His politics are fairly left of center, and his wife is definitely way left of center.

            • @errer
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              77 hours ago

              Guess which country gets to celebrate Halloween every day for the next 4 years!

              • DreamButt
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                Brave of you to assume it’ll end after four years

    • @[email protected]
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      359 hours ago

      Reminds me of 2016. All the polls and guesses were Hillary had it in the bag. Woke up that morning feeling like someone sucker punched me.

      I’ve been wary of predictions since then if for nothing else than to save me from developing a drinking problem to cope. Expect the worst and you’ll never be surprised.

      • @[email protected]
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        65 hours ago

        We’ll have to see what happens when the final numbers come in, but I suspect the polls had it more wrong this time than in 2016. They actually weren’t that far off at that time. People forget that Hillary did actually win the popular vote, and the national polls were within margin of error. That might not be the case this time.