Watch Out for Debbie Downer Predictions!

[MineralMan]

With less than a week to go before the election, the doom and gloomers will be out in force, trying to convince you there's no hope and to discourage people from getting out and voting. Happens for every election, even on DU.

Pay no attention to that crap. Get out to the polls and take as many people as you can with you. We can win this!

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Kicking. eom

[MineralMan]

3. Thanks!

[redstatebluegirl]

2. I think what scares me is people who believe the polls.

Every single vote counts and we need every single vote! That isn't Debbie Downer, that is a fact of life. We have to be willing to work as hard to GOTV as they are working to quelch it.

[MineralMan]

4. Precisely!

[redstatebluegirl]

7. It is raining and we are way up in the polls so I can stay home, or

they say we are going to lose so my vote doesn't count, or, I live in a bright red state it doesn't matter if I vote. YES IT DOES!!!!

[Goodmax]

24. Polls don't ...

...count anyone who isn't an established registered voter and owner of a smartphone. Bias!

[paulkienitz]

27. On the other hand,

polls DO count people who believe they are registered to vote but have been purged. We need every vote, even in races where they tell us we're comfortably ahead.

[Maeve]

42. Actually, I've gotten polls on my landline AND my stupid phone

But there is only one poll that counts.

[redstatebluegirl]

74. You got it!

We don't have a landline anymore and I don't answer numbers that I don't recognize, I figure if they are friends they will leave a message. I imagine a lot of people are like me.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

5. Media already hinting at a push

We gain house but Republicans gain Senate seats thus anything we set forth in the house dies in Senate.

VOTE!

[MineralMan]

6. If we vote, we win.

And that's what it's all about.

[USALiberal]

8. I want the investigative power!!! Nt

[ck4829]

10. Not to mention the House controls the pursestrings

[cannabis_flower]

65. Well, that's still better

than them being able to ram through any bullsh*t legislation they feel like.

[Aristus]

9. Let them try.

I submitted my ballot-by-mail a week ago.

[MineralMan]

11. Ha! That'll Show 'Em!

[Aristus]

14. I wouldn't fail to vote if Satan and all his demons, fresh from Hell and smelling of brimstone,

tried to discourage me.

Some putrid little troll on DU certainly isn't going to...

[Lucky Luciano]

28. You proved it already as satan and all his demons are hard at work right now! nt

[Wounded Bear]

12. Me, too...

Checked back and it was already counted!

[BeckyDem]

13. Yep. If anyone can help out in anyway so other people they know can go vote, just do it.

Its one day and it means so much.

[RKP5637]

15. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[calimary]

63. And Another K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hlthe2b]

16. Absolutely... From both the predicted players and anyone else.

[MineralMan]

23. I'm making notes on who is posting doom and gloom.

Not for any purpose, really. Just for my own information.

[Eyeball_Kid]

52. REALLY? Your personal information?

Are you attempting to intimidate?

I have no reason to discourage people from voting and I’m pre-emptively incensed at anyone who would discourage anyone to vote. But I’m also intolerant of anyone who uses ANY form of intimidation on this or any forum.

[MineralMan]

64. Yes. My own information.

No intimidation, because I never use it, except to inform myself. I find it helpful in deciding whether or not to engage with people. Lots of people do that. So don't worry. I've never even noticed your screen name.

[RobinA]

72. Well, I Won't Be Engaging

with people who tell other people not to express an opinion on an opinion board. And my notes tell me that over the past year you've become increasingly outspoken on what people should and should not be saying around here.

So, see ya!

[MineralMan]

75. Well, OK, then...

[bluestarone]

17. VOTE VOTE VOTE

WIN WIN WIN!!!! NOVEMBER BLUE WAVE!!!!!

[Dave Starsky]

18. There will be shenanigans aplenty in the next few days.

The bullshit level here will reach stratospheric proportions. And we think it's bad now.

Just stay focused. Keep your eyes on the prize. Vote, and get other like-minded people to do likewise, particularly if they've never voted before. The only way the GOP wins is by employing every dirty trick in the book, but dirty tricks can only go so far.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

34. The presidency is pretty far...but, I get your point.

Cheaters piss me right the hell off.

[Dave Starsky]

50. This asshole was elected because people didn't vote.

We all became complacent. We thought the trains would still run on time, and we could just let other people sort it all out. Voting is an inconvenience. Let other people do it.

Now we all know better. We all see the consequences. I am thinking that we made a mistake that we will never make again. And I'm encouraged that people are early voting in unprecedented numbers.

[geardaddy]

19. K & R!

[Paladin]

20. K&R.

[cwydro]

21. Voted today.

And at this out of the way rural early voting spot - there was a pretty steady stream.

Middle of the day, but they kept coming.

[MineralMan]

25. Huzzah!

[nolabear]

22. Yes! Remember your hippocampus!

I mean it. Dr. Blasey Ford was right, and more. Fear, even anticipatory fear, sticks with you. It does you harm. Do everything you can and don’t stop flying for fear of the fall!

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

33. +1

Ya can't fight the hippocampus. Afterallll.......it's HALLOWEEN!!!!!

[nolabear]

37. Damn skippy!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

39. Woooooooooooooooooooo......

I'm a'scared. Woot!

[lillypaddle]

26. K&R nt

[Bradshaw3]

29. Yes! We ARE going to win this!!!

[malaise]

30. Not reading one

Rec

[stonecutter357]

31. Watch Out for Debbie Downer / RWNJ's / russian bots !

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

32. yeppp...it's allll sewn up for the ole' gop...so

no need to even get out and fight the trumpers at the polls. Ahem.
We're going to win big. SOOOO tired of all these races where dems had near double digit leads that are now...amazingly...neck and neck and just a hair of a point apart. If that in fact IS true...then it's proof positive of a propaganda routine that 'prepares' the populace for the "big cheat', so we aren't burning down city hall about 930 tuesday night...nationwide, every election night.

[7962]

44. Media needs a horserace for ratings! NT

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

45. So they say...

or do they say it as part of the 'routine'? I for one am fine w it not being a horserace.

[Ligyron]

59. Exactly. Nt

Happens everytime.

[Lifelong Protester]

35. Vote!

Like your life depends on it-cause it does.

[snowybirdie]

36. I keep seeing

posts stating the young voters won't show up. Then I see a post saying they will in huge numbers! Time to stop looking at polls and focusing on GOTV!

[MrScorpio]

38. Take the Senate, take the House, beat the MAGAts!

[Magoo48]

40. "Nattering naybobs of negativity", quote, Spiro T, nevermore...

[ZeroSomeBrains]

41. Vote early if u can

Remember to ignore the there's no point in voting people but don't forget to try and get others to the polls as well if you can.

[7962]

43. Latest poll shows Dems up by 17 points, why would anyone be a "downer"??

They SHOULD be excited to get out

[cannabis_flower]

66. But they should not...

get overconfident and think they aren't going because we are so far ahead. GET OUT AND VOTE because the wider the spread the harder it will be for them to cheat us out of it.

[Kurt V.]

46. k&r

[Gore1FL]

47. Just vote regardless of the polls

There is no reason to ignore data just because it might not be favorable.

[samnsara]

48. all mail in here.. sent mine off days ago.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

49. Literally 2 weeks ago(?)

It came, I voted, and sent it back in. Honestly, seems like last year (in trump-time) but it was probably about 2.5 weeks ago.

[duforsure]

51. Don't trust the polls

Or anything that's claimed . Just go vote them out o office while we still can. You'll regret it if you don't.

[GoCubsGo]

53. I just roll my eyes, and then trash 'em without opening.

They can gloom-and-doom all they want. I won't be swayed by them.

[madamesilverspurs]

54. They're almost as crazy-making

as those chicken little fundraising emails from the party. Yeeeesh!!


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[watoos]

55. No, don't trust the polls.

Gallup may be the most well known but it is not reliable. I can give examples where it put bad data into past elections. Gallup just dropped Trump down to 40% approval, I am retired, and I will quit golfing if Trump has a 40% approval rating. IMO he has never hit 40%.

Here is a big factor that not many people are talking about; unlikely voters. Polls track likely voters and rightly so, but this isn't a normal election, this election is democracy vs fascism. The unlikely voters are going to make a difference this election, they are not being factored in and they are going to vote Democratic.

Here is another big factor. Polls are showing that Republicans are voting in good numbers in early voting, but; there aren't going to be many registered Democrats who are dissatisfied who vote Republican, but there are going to be a heck of a lot of Steve Schmidts and Nicole Wallaces who are going to vote Democratic.

All of these factors favor Democrats which means that we are going to see a blue tsunami, like flip 60 House seats and take back the Senate.

Let's do it, I can't wait. Vote.

[pdsimdars]

56. All you have to do is go look at that clip of Nancy Pelosi on Colbert -- wow

[Pepsidog]

57. Short of a nuclear strike in my district, not much anything else will keep me from voting

[LiberalLovinLug]

58. Id rather hear more Debbie Downers than Blissful Bettys

ie...I'd rather hear overly concerned Democrats that shout doom and gloom if we don't get out and vote.
As opposed to Blissful Bettys that are gleefully riding their self-described blue wave, and maybe figure they don't even have to be bothered to vote.

Unless you were describing some other group as the Debbie Downers. Who then? Because isn't it us that are supposedly ahead in the polls, if even barely? So why would anyone be despondent about not winning as the reason they are DDs on our side? That doesn't make sense. I could see it if we were 10 points down everywhere. But surely its the Republicans that might have more of the Debbie Downers in their ranks.

[Thekaspervote]

60. Robert Reich being a big debbie downer this week!

[RobinA]

73. Don't Listen To Reich!

He's a downer! Low post count! What could he possibly know!!! His negative thoughts are banned! Russian troll!!

[mcar]

61. Happens every election cycle

[marble falls]

62. Precisely, what you said.

[Silver Gaia]

67. YES. Excellent post. Great thread.

Eyes on the prize.

[R B Garr]

68. Thanks for this, MM. I did see one today. nt

[UCmeNdc]

69. K&R

[FreepFryer]

70. Ever since they found Mad Cow disease in the U.S., I'm not taking any chances.

"It can live in your body for years before it ravages your brain."

[lambchopp59]

71. I believe there are enough folks countrywide sick and tired of Trump's sheeeit, I voted,

Everyone else I know in the 'hood and work has their very blue ballots mailed.
Vote and keep on swimming!

[Polly Hennessey]

76. I am always hopeful.

And I don’t listen to Steve Kornacki (I think I spelled that wrong - oh, my).

[Amimnoch]

77. "Doom and Gloom" OR "It's in the bag."

I think both are pretty darn dangerous.. Doom and gloom to discourage voting because it's "pointless", or "it's in the bag" discourages voting because, well, hey we' gonna win.

Totally agree.. GOTV!!!