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wiseowljedi

(76 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:28 AM Oct 23

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 Oct 23 OP
Which state? Just curious? Nt getagrip_already Oct 23 #1
Arizona wiseowljedi Oct 23 #2
Phx? We're in the west valley, just starting to see Harris/Walz signs... mike_c Oct 23 #32
Very good, but no overconfidence please. n/t 4th Oct 23 #3
that's not how it works. mopinko Oct 23 #5
I'll take confidence over lack of...it's worked for the GOP Trueblue Texan Oct 23 #11
Please stop... PCIntern Oct 23 #28
Just the usual disclaimer about not counting one's chickens. 4th Oct 23 #29
Welcome to the DU..some have more jitters than others 😬 Deuxcents Oct 23 #38
door win elections. the personal touch wins elections. mopinko Oct 23 #4
Yeah, the GOP gave up on a ground game Farmer-Rick Oct 23 #16
I have never seen these young people so fired up wiseowljedi Oct 23 #6
Go team BLUE! BowlerBob Oct 23 #7
Welcome to DU wryter2000 Oct 23 #24
Thank you! BowlerBob Oct 24 #42
Welcome! AllyCat Oct 23 #39
Thank you.💙 ramedy Oct 23 #8
Welcome to DU wryter2000 Oct 23 #25
Thank you for the welcome. ramedy Oct 23 #37
I'm seeing the opposite because of my region bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #9
Oh we have those Trump signs plastered all over Arlington, Va arlyellowdog Oct 23 #10
Plus there are a lot of federal employees there BumRushDaShow Oct 23 #12
Can you share where you are? LauraInLA Oct 23 #13
Red tradesmen Pennsylvania bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #27
Rural red KY here. Not seeing any Trump signs Meadowoak Oct 23 #26
The Progressive insurance commercial re: the economy is great. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 23 #30
Good to hear! ananda Oct 23 #14
Yay! And welcome to DU! AllyCat Oct 23 #15
SS is not going to be "insolvent"--EVER. That is a media lie. valleyrogue Oct 24 #41
3 solid blue votes went out and were already counted from my Southern California house! SunSeeker Oct 23 #17
Remember DAngelo136 Oct 23 #18
is that guy dead yet? barbtries Oct 23 #21
Weyrich has been dead for years PlanetBev Oct 23 #22
And that won't be anywhere near the spontaneous party when the Treasonous Pig clocks out!!!! AZ8theist Oct 23 #40
'many former republicans' voting Democratic is fantastic. samsingh Oct 23 #19
i love these stories! barbtries Oct 23 #20
Welcome to DU wryter2000 Oct 23 #23
AZ - Early Voting Data TheProle Oct 23 #31
Yup it is coming that big blue wave. Botany Oct 23 #33
Gonna be a world of blue hoo headed GOP way BattleRow Oct 23 #35
Wow Snoopy 7 Oct 23 #34
What blue wave? usonian Oct 23 #36

mike_c

(36,406 posts)
32. Phx? We're in the west valley, just starting to see Harris/Walz signs...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:09 PM
Oct 23

...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

(72,033 posts)
5. that's not how it works.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:35 AM
Oct 23

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

Trueblue Texan

(3,058 posts)
11. I'll take confidence over lack of...it's worked for the GOP
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:30 AM
Oct 23

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

PCIntern

(27,048 posts)
28. Please stop...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:51 PM
Oct 23

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

(116 posts)
29. Just the usual disclaimer about not counting one's chickens.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:55 PM
Oct 23

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

mopinko

(72,033 posts)
4. door win elections. the personal touch wins elections.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:34 AM
Oct 23

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

Farmer-Rick

(11,543 posts)
16. Yeah, the GOP gave up on a ground game
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:41 AM
Oct 23

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

(76 posts)
6. I have never seen these young people so fired up
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:41 AM
Oct 23

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

(183 posts)
8. Thank you.💙
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:58 AM
Oct 23

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

(183 posts)
37. Thank you for the welcome.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:30 PM
Oct 23

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

bucolic_frolic

(47,737 posts)
9. I'm seeing the opposite because of my region
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:58 AM
Oct 23

Last edited Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:42 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

(1,429 posts)
10. Oh we have those Trump signs plastered all over Arlington, Va
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:11 AM
Oct 23

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

(144,656 posts)
12. Plus there are a lot of federal employees there
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:37 AM
Oct 23

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

(9,758 posts)
30. The Progressive insurance commercial re: the economy is great.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:55 PM
Oct 23

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

(17,263 posts)
15. Yay! And welcome to DU!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:33 AM
Oct 23

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.

valleyrogue

(1,231 posts)
41. SS is not going to be "insolvent"--EVER. That is a media lie.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:07 AM
Oct 24

The federal government and its programs CAN'T go "insolvent" or "broke." That is a LIE that has been spewed by Koch-backed interests who do not want to pay their half of the FICA taxes.

Any 'shortfall" can be easily made up by using the general fund, just as SSI is paid through the general fund.

Trump isn't going to get elected anyway. He can't do fuck all about SS without congressional approval.

SunSeeker

(54,141 posts)
17. 3 solid blue votes went out and were already counted from my Southern California house!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:54 AM
Oct 23

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

(315 posts)
18. Remember
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:06 AM
Oct 23

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.

barbtries

(30,006 posts)
21. is that guy dead yet?
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 03:23 PM
Oct 23

so sick of anti-democracy so called christians. they fuck it all up.

PlanetBev

(4,234 posts)
22. Weyrich has been dead for years
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 03:41 PM
Oct 23

I was thrilled when he died, just like I was with Pigboy Limbaugh.

AZ8theist

(6,582 posts)
40. And that won't be anywhere near the spontaneous party when the Treasonous Pig clocks out!!!!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:16 PM
Oct 23

Snoopy 7

(597 posts)
34. Wow
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:21 PM
Oct 23

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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