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wiseowljedi

(62 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:28 AM 11 hrs ago

Something is happening. You can see the blue wave now.

Out neighborhood was very quiet until early voting started. Then all hell broke loose. Democratic volunteers came every day. Kamala's army is huge. They are everywhere. The state democratic party sent instructions on on how to vote. We live in a swing state.

My ballot was mailed. It got to the recorder in one day. They verified my signature and it's in the vault ready to be counted. Our voting system is wonderful. It's the best in the world. Tell Trump to take his lies about our elections and put them where the sun doesn't shine?

The whole family is going solid blue. Many former republicans. Country first. Many young voters newly registered between 18 and 25. All going blue!

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Something is happening. You can see the blue wave now. (Original Post) wiseowljedi 11 hrs ago OP
Which state? Just curious? Nt getagrip_already 11 hrs ago #1
Arizona wiseowljedi 11 hrs ago #2
Phx? We're in the west valley, just starting to see Harris/Walz signs... mike_c 3 hrs ago #32
Very good, but no overconfidence please. n/t 4th 11 hrs ago #3
that's not how it works. mopinko 11 hrs ago #5
I'll take confidence over lack of...it's worked for the GOP Trueblue Texan 10 hrs ago #11
Please stop... PCIntern 3 hrs ago #28
Just the usual disclaimer about not counting one's chickens. 4th 3 hrs ago #29
door win elections. the personal touch wins elections. mopinko 11 hrs ago #4
Yeah, the GOP gave up on a ground game Farmer-Rick 9 hrs ago #16
I have never seen these young people so fired up wiseowljedi 11 hrs ago #6
Go team BLUE! BowlerBob 11 hrs ago #7
Welcome to DU wryter2000 4 hrs ago #24
Thank you.💙 ramedy 11 hrs ago #8
Welcome to DU wryter2000 4 hrs ago #25
Thank you for the welcome. ramedy 48 min ago #37
I'm seeing the opposite because of my region bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #9
Oh we have those Trump signs plastered all over Arlington, Va arlyellowdog 11 hrs ago #10
Plus there are a lot of federal employees there BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #12
Can you share where you are? LauraInLA 10 hrs ago #13
Red tradesmen Pennsylvania bucolic_frolic 3 hrs ago #27
Rural red KY here. Not seeing any Trump signs Meadowoak 3 hrs ago #26
The Progressive insurance commercial re: the economy is great. SleeplessinSoCal 3 hrs ago #30
Good to hear! ananda 10 hrs ago #14
Yay! And welcome to DU! AllyCat 9 hrs ago #15
3 solid blue votes went out and were already counted from my Southern California house! SunSeeker 9 hrs ago #17
Remember DAngelo136 9 hrs ago #18
is that guy dead yet? barbtries 4 hrs ago #21
Weyrich has been dead for years PlanetBev 4 hrs ago #22
'many former republicans' voting Democratic is fantastic. samsingh 8 hrs ago #19
i love these stories! barbtries 4 hrs ago #20
Welcome to DU wryter2000 4 hrs ago #23
AZ - Early Voting Data TheProle 3 hrs ago #31
Yup it is coming that big blue wave. Botany 2 hrs ago #33
Gonna be a world of blue hoo headed GOP way BattleRow 2 hrs ago #35
Wow Snoopy 7 2 hrs ago #34
What blue wave? usonian 1 hr ago #36

mike_c

(36,321 posts)
32. Phx? We're in the west valley, just starting to see Harris/Walz signs...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:09 PM
3 hrs ago

...among all the republican signage, much of which appears to be recycled from 2020! Republican signs have been up since spring, making me grit my teeth at every intersection.

mopinko

(71,522 posts)
5. that's not how it works.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:35 AM
11 hrs ago

there’s always a slight danger of that, but it is more than offset by the hope factor.

Trueblue Texan

(2,844 posts)
11. I'll take confidence over lack of...it's worked for the GOP
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:30 AM
10 hrs ago

There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. We need the confidence.

PCIntern

(26,687 posts)
28. Please stop...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:51 PM
3 hrs ago

Why can’t someone feel like they’re gonna win one? Do we have to walk around all day like Lippy the Lion’s sidekick Hardy Har Har? Oh me, oh my.

Please.

4th

(5 posts)
29. Just the usual disclaimer about not counting one's chickens.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:55 PM
3 hrs ago

I certainly do expect to win.
But we need to keep up the pressure.

mopinko

(71,522 posts)
4. door win elections. the personal touch wins elections.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:34 AM
11 hrs ago

ground game wins elections.
we’re gonna mop the floor.

Farmer-Rick

(11,119 posts)
16. Yeah, the GOP gave up on a ground game
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:41 AM
9 hrs ago

When Trump's daughter in law pulled all funding from satellite sites even in battleground states.

They tried to cover it over with Musk's money by hiring contractors. But contactors are not enthusiastic volunteers.

Trump is relying on the corporate media to do his advertising and propaganda for him and he expected the Evangelical churches to do the door knocking.

But for whatever reason that never materialized. Some churches were standing around holding signs on the corner but here in very red, rural TN, the Evangelicals never came out to knock on doors for Trump.

wiseowljedi

(62 posts)
6. I have never seen these young people so fired up
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:41 AM
11 hrs ago

My grandkids all college students. They are so fired up I cannot believe it. My granddaughter is a Swiftie and she has fire in her eyes.

ramedy

(34 posts)
8. Thank you.💙
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:58 AM
11 hrs ago

This is the reality.

The doom and gloom around here ( the polls! The polls! ) is getting tiring.

We are going to win and win big. 💙

ramedy

(34 posts)
37. Thank you for the welcome.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:30 PM
48 min ago

I’ve actually been here since 2004. I am using another screen name. Lurked for many years, but now I’m back. 😁

bucolic_frolic

(46,387 posts)
9. I'm seeing the opposite because of my region
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:58 AM
11 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Trump signs are proliferating, a new one today 'Trump low prices, Kamala high prices'

and 'Trump No Crime, Kamala Crime'

I can't imagine anyone being swayed by such nonsense, even ignoring the facts.

arlyellowdog

(1,339 posts)
10. Oh we have those Trump signs plastered all over Arlington, Va
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:11 AM
11 hrs ago

And far fewer Harris/Walz signs then you’d expect. Does that mean Arlington isn’t going to vote overwhelmingly for Harris/Walz? Hell, no. Just like everything else, Trump has changed civility. If you put a Harris/Walz sign up, it gets destroyed overnight, so voters aren’t doing it. And some dumbass Trumper made offensive signs we just have to ignore. (I put my signs in my window).

BumRushDaShow

(140,214 posts)
12. Plus there are a lot of federal employees there
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:37 AM
10 hrs ago

and although the Hatch Act doesn't forbid stuff like lawn signs, i know before I retired as a fed here in Philly, i always had to "cool it". In my office, it was to the point where we couldn't even put up a pic of Michelle Obama and the girls at our desks - only a printout of the "official" Obama portrait.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,581 posts)
30. The Progressive insurance commercial re: the economy is great.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:55 PM
3 hrs ago

When the kid says at the end... "I'll look it up". It says so much about us today. We don't understand how the economy works in the world.

AllyCat

(16,897 posts)
15. Yay! And welcome to DU!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:33 AM
9 hrs ago

Signs have sprouted all over my city and for a month, all I saw were TCF and Hovde signs. Usually 2-5 in one yard. It really has turned around.

The fact that SS will be insolvent in 6 years under orange man should give EVERYONE pause.

SunSeeker

(53,398 posts)
17. 3 solid blue votes went out and were already counted from my Southern California house!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:54 AM
9 hrs ago

We are hoping for a blue Congress, but we know Kamala will win California.

In California, the mail-in ballot is counted as soon as the county registrar of voters receives it, and you can track it and see if it has been counted on the county website!

DAngelo136

(299 posts)
18. Remember
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 12:06 PM
9 hrs ago

the name of the game is: TURNOUT.
There's a reason why the Republicans engage in voter suppression; why they engage in Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt tactics.
Listen to the late and unlamented Paul Weyrich (Co-founder of the Heritage Foundation) explain the reason:



When we come out in numbers; we win. It's that simple.

Snoopy 7

(579 posts)
34. Wow
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:21 PM
2 hrs ago

I went to vote today and it was amazing. There were so many smiles on peoples faces and talking to each other. But every now and then you see somebody looking all grumpy looking mad. The way it looks right now San Marcos Texas looks like we’re going blue.

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