Quite a few posts almost seem to panic and scream

[still_one]

Just understand

If there is a large voter turnout we win, if not we won't

Forget the polls or the lies coming from the media, the only way we are going to win is to get out the vote

[KurtNYC]

1. GOTV = step one

Make them count all the votes = step 2

Make them leave the Whitehouse in January = step 3

[still_one]

2. right on!!!

[Walt Starr]

3. Yup, that's it and every pundit know it!

That's why nobody's talking about the fact of this election. Turnout is the key.

[DrBB]

4. Actually, I've been seeing mostly positive energy over last week or so

Maybe I'm cherry-picking the threads I read, but I haven't been seeing doom-and-gloom, quite the opposite. If anything, there seem to be a lot of people who are "irrationally" optimistic, given how tight the polls are. Seems like all the signs point to a huge Kerry win, EXCEPT the polls, and given how confused and weird the latter have been, I think there's a lot of potential for something big and surprising.

Look at it this way: Bush should be 8 points up, at at least. Second-term elections tend to go big for the incumbent or the challenger; it shouldn't be close at all. How has he come down so far since those 80% numbers he was getting? Deep down, people do NOT like or trust the guy. Despite what the kewl kidz in the media say, that is a fact shown by his long-term trends. With no big event to hold him up, he sags like a punctured balloon.

For whatever reason, the media hairdos have done their best to spin everything his way and avoid facing this fact, but I think it's going to come back and bite them all in the ass on Nov. 2.

[UL_Approved]

7. Just like his old man

George senior had great poll ratings around the Gulf War, but it faded to below 50% in November 1992. Polls are corporate entities, controlled by and for corporate interest. They are usually biased about 20-30% in favor of the right-wing political stance. If we use that model, Bush is actually around 20-30% approval with an apparent 50% approval rating. Don't forget, people have been taken out of office with official 70% approval ratings.

[TomClash]

5. 120 million voters

Bank on it

[okayremedy7]

6. Get out to vote

I've got my wife and 3 grown kids doing just that.


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