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MSNBC Chyron just now: (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2024 OP
Foreseeable! cilla4progress Oct 2024 #1
Actually, we want our lives back. Nt Biophilic Oct 2024 #2
Did they post percentages? What were they? onetexan Oct 2024 #3
I just saw the Chyron. sheshe2 Oct 2024 #7
The numbers I have seen have been in double digits...10% and up women to men... Wounded Bear Oct 2024 #11
Here's a site where you can check the actual early vote reporting data: W_HAMILTON Oct 2024 #36
Thanks! redwitch Oct 2024 #51
Historically, women have always been the backbone of change. It's just been in the last century Deuxcents Oct 2024 #4
You are right we are the backbone of change. sheshe2 Oct 2024 #8
I know Harris planning on putting R's in her administration, slightlv Oct 2024 #15
Honestly, I'm so bloody sick of Democrats doing that. Sky Jewels Oct 2024 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #29
Also bdamomma Oct 2024 #55
I think some supposed Democrat on the committee voted to retain him. Sky Jewels Oct 2024 #60
We never would have had Medicare or Social Security...even the ACA Demsrule86 Oct 2024 #58
No republicans !!!!!! HUAJIAO Oct 2024 #66
No republicans !!!!!! HUAJIAO Oct 2024 #67
No republicans !!!!!! HUAJIAO Oct 2024 #68
I just want a win epreic01 Oct 2024 #5
That would be great, wouldn't it? Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #6
A good bdamomma Oct 2024 #56
Irony would be kwolf68 Oct 2024 #20
YES we are! and YES we do!!! liberalla Oct 2024 #9
Yes! sheshe2 Oct 2024 #31
I love that image! liberalla Oct 2024 #42
I want my rights back, and UNTOUCHED from that moment on!!! calimary Oct 2024 #10
From your lips to the Goddesses ear! sheshe2 Oct 2024 #28
Hope the women save us this time ramapo Oct 2024 #12
Good news bdamomma Oct 2024 #13
Women and young people malaise Oct 2024 #14
And people of color, Sky Jewels Oct 2024 #19
We women are coming, she! mcar Oct 2024 #16
I was discouraged a few days ago by "What if . . . " but the hits just keep coming today. Thanks for buoying me up! NBachers Oct 2024 #17
We buoy each other up! sheshe2 Oct 2024 #23
I've always loved the saying (even though I'm an atheist)... llmart Oct 2024 #21
Just found out that the phrase was coined by playwright Congreve... ailsagirl Oct 2024 #24
I would have voted in normal times but this time I voted for my granddaughters. TomSlick Oct 2024 #22
Nice lower third! CaptainTruth Oct 2024 #25
Undoubtedly!! Mahalo, she!! 🕯️🕊️💙🌊🇺🇸 Cha Oct 2024 #26
Thanks, Cha. sheshe2 Oct 2024 #27
Truth Justice and the True Ameican Way. I'm feeling Cha Oct 2024 #35
I am feeling it too! sheshe2 Oct 2024 #39
Lovely💙 Cha Oct 2024 #41
I'm not worried AlexSFCA Oct 2024 #30
Oh how I wish I shared your conviction LibinMo Oct 2024 #32
If the worse happens, Eyeball_Kid Oct 2024 #44
yea me too bdamomma Oct 2024 #62
The better side of humanity does, from time to time, emerge. It's looking more and more like this is the time. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2024 #43
I understand your conviction, however I was absolutely sure that SOS Clinton would have won in 2016 but after Comey akbacchus_BC Oct 2024 #47
it was obvious to me in 2016 weeks before election trump was gonna win AlexSFCA Oct 2024 #49
You don't say. Ruby the Liberal Oct 2024 #33
Charlie sure seems concerned. sheshe2 Oct 2024 #34
Conservative Men aren't voting because they don't want to vote for Chump FakeNoose Oct 2024 #40
They hate Democrats the most because of racism. czarjak Oct 2024 #72
Some are racist, some are sexist, some are both FakeNoose Oct 2024 #73
Let's just call it the Dobbs Effect. Sneederbunk Oct 2024 #37
What was the ratio of women to men at this point in 2016? DontBelieveEastisEas Oct 2024 #38
Will women curtail America's slide into total calamity? oasis Oct 2024 #45
I've always said if you want something done right give it to the women-men are too ego oriented Stargazer99 Oct 2024 #46
My experience is when the VP in my organisation always gave me a task to do knowing very well I had my hands akbacchus_BC Oct 2024 #48
Please get us away from the sourge that is #TrumpIsUnfitForAnyOffice. efhmc Oct 2024 #50
The Blue Wave is here Botany Oct 2024 #52
I sure am hoping so. ✌️ sheshe2 Oct 2024 #53
I think so too. Demsrule86 Oct 2024 #59
turns out some republican men Roc2020 Oct 2024 #54
Amen sister... Demsrule86 Oct 2024 #57
what is a chyron? AllaN01Bear Oct 2024 #61
It's an Electricltroniclly generated caption superimposed on the tv screen... sheshe2 Oct 2024 #63
Here HERE!!!! democratsruletheday Oct 2024 #64
Wait, so the young unlikely-to-vote manosphere incel wimmin haterz bros Sky Jewels Oct 2024 #69
I like it. republianmushroom Oct 2024 #65
The women are coming rickford66 Oct 2024 #70
That we are. sheshe2 Oct 2024 #71

cilla4progress

(26,293 posts)
1. Foreseeable!
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 06:48 PM
Oct 2024

Women have always voted in higher numbers. Look at the last few years since Dobbs - Kansas is only the most stark example!

Yay!!!!

W_HAMILTON

(8,847 posts)
36. Here's a site where you can check the actual early vote reporting data:
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 11:05 PM
Oct 2024
https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2024-early-voting/

As of 10/30/2024, for states that report such demographics, women make up 54.1% of the early vote vs. 43.8% for men.

Deuxcents

(21,623 posts)
4. Historically, women have always been the backbone of change. It's just been in the last century
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:14 PM
Oct 2024

We’ve empowered each other to be vocal and not in the background anymore. Put a woman in charge 🗳️

sheshe2

(91,036 posts)
8. You are right we are the backbone of change.
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:23 PM
Oct 2024

And we will be putting a woman in charge.

slightlv

(5,254 posts)
15. I know Harris planning on putting R's in her administration,
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:47 PM
Oct 2024

I honestly don't quite know how to feel about that. I understand the reasoning, and I appreciate them coming together for the country, but... I still have my worries they may try to work against some of our changes once we get into office.

I DO hope Harris fills the seats with women... let this be the year we match some of the other countries that have filled out their administrations with women from the highest seat to the lowest seat! Then watch change happen!

Sky Jewels

(9,002 posts)
18. Honestly, I'm so bloody sick of Democrats doing that.
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 08:07 PM
Oct 2024

Republicans never feel the need to appoint Democrats or represent them in any way. Biden screwed up massively by appointing Garland, who is not on our side, and by not firing Wray.

Response to Sky Jewels (Reply #18)

Sky Jewels

(9,002 posts)
60. I think some supposed Democrat on the committee voted to retain him.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 11:29 AM
Oct 2024

Fucked us all over.

Demsrule86

(71,121 posts)
58. We never would have had Medicare or Social Security...even the ACA
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 11:05 AM
Oct 2024

without compromise. It is often not perfect but it represents progress. Kamala is right. The voters I have spoken want us to work together.

epreic01

(262 posts)
5. I just want a win
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:17 PM
Oct 2024

But there’s part of me that’s hoping for and trying to manifest a big win. I’d love to see a few states come back to us and I’d love to see a new swing state emerge.
In my best dreams I’d love to see Florida, Ohio, Iowa come back… and maybe pick up a Texas or Kansas??? I just think a blue tsunami would be a stake in the heart of MAGA.

Elessar Zappa

(16,318 posts)
6. That would be great, wouldn't it?
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:21 PM
Oct 2024

I’m not getting my hopes up but I’d love to be surprised on Election Day.

kwolf68

(7,980 posts)
20. Irony would be
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 08:08 PM
Oct 2024

They steal a couple purple states and we flip a couple red states and they still lose.

calimary

(85,715 posts)
10. I want my rights back, and UNTOUCHED from that moment on!!!
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:31 PM
Oct 2024

I can’t wait for whenever it is that we no longer are forced to hear WAY TOO MUCH from him. I can’t wait til we can STOP hearing anything from him AT ALL!!!

NBachers

(18,419 posts)
17. I was discouraged a few days ago by "What if . . . " but the hits just keep coming today. Thanks for buoying me up!
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:53 PM
Oct 2024

llmart

(16,364 posts)
21. I've always loved the saying (even though I'm an atheist)...
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 08:21 PM
Oct 2024

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

Or, "I am woman, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore"

ailsagirl

(24,067 posts)
24. Just found out that the phrase was coined by playwright Congreve...
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 08:53 PM
Oct 2024

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" is a proverb adapted from lines in The Mourning Bride, a tragic play by English
playwright William Congreve first performed in 1697.

Interesting. I didn't know that.

AlexSFCA

(6,297 posts)
30. I'm not worried
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 09:30 PM
Oct 2024

Don’t know why but this is the 1st election since 2016 I’m not losing sleep over and not worried at all. Somehow I have near religious level conviction that Harris will win and nothing seems to shake it. I love the feeling vs. extreme anxiety borderline depression of October 2016 and all of 2020. I don’t know what it is, maybe blind belief in the decency of most American people, even in the reddest of states. I mean I used to live in a very red state and most super “conservative” people were first to offer help. I get that conservatism is a misnomer of a word now since trump is not a conservative but far right extremist (very far from slow, traditional conservatives). There is something about anonymity of voting, it’s like religion - between you and “god”.

LibinMo

(561 posts)
32. Oh how I wish I shared your conviction
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 10:28 PM
Oct 2024

My anxiety level is higher than it's ever been. In 2016 I couldn't believe this country would elect tRump. I was anxious but nothing like now. I'm avoid the news media and getting all my information from DU.

bdamomma

(67,853 posts)
62. yea me too
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 11:44 AM
Oct 2024

I know some would say here don't loose sleep over it. Especially in the morning, I keep on thinking about the outcome.

But for some reason this feels like 2008 when President Obama was elected, I think we may see a new change coming for the good. Or as the song says, At Last.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,604 posts)
43. The better side of humanity does, from time to time, emerge. It's looking more and more like this is the time.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 12:51 AM
Oct 2024

It's as if, every once in a while, the planets align or something and the opportunity to use common sense just falls into people's laps. This is one of those times. Because of the issues at hand, voting Trump off the political landscape is probably the best decision we could make for ourselves. He's been poison for a long time. He's like taking small daily doses of arsenic.

More people than we can imagine are facing the dread of voting for Trump. They know he's awful for countless reasons. And they have to face the horrible consequences of a Trump victory. I think that a lot of people are anticipating another term of Trump with dread and will switch their vote at the last minute.

akbacchus_BC

(5,813 posts)
47. I understand your conviction, however I was absolutely sure that SOS Clinton would have won in 2016 but after Comey
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 07:46 AM
Oct 2024

raised the email issue days before the election, I was stunned but still hopeful. That image is embedded in my mind when it was announced that the pos won. I was shocked and cried when I saw the distraught looks on the faces of her and her many supporters, mostly young people. There are a lot of underhanded events going on, such as burning drop boxes and one woman in Seattle reported on the news that she received 15 mail-in ballots addressed to different names but with her address. Makes me cringe. Notwithstanding, I have a strong feeling that VP Harris/Waltz will be elected President and VP. My dream is for the House and Senate be controlled by Democrats so that the new President/VP can get their major election promises passed within two years. After that, I am hoping that the three appointees by the pos be investigated for perjury. I am hopeful.

AlexSFCA

(6,297 posts)
49. it was obvious to me in 2016 weeks before election trump was gonna win
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 08:51 AM
Oct 2024

it didn’t make it less hurtful but that was my feeling leading up to that election. In 2020, it was so uncertain and unpredictable that I was extra anxious (plus pandemic) and had to tune out the news for my mental health sake. This time around, I am not worried in the slightest, haven’t been following news for the past few weeks except on this site. Like I said, I can’t explain it (I usuallt always worry) other than this is a similar feeling I had leading up to 2012 election - I basically missed the whole cycle cause I was similarly religiously convinced Obama would win reelection no matter what. I think that Kansas election restoring abortion rights was the most inspiring in the last decade. Silver lining - w/o Dobbs decision, we would have little chance to win this election and many others since 2022. As cruel as it is, it was a gift to dems and we’ll use it to get elected and enact federal law - the best outcome possible. Can’t rely on SCOTUS anymore.

There is no time to even think about it - but it will be the most epic election, our nation’s very first female President, commander in chief and leader of the free world. Almost surreal and yet I am not even worried.

FakeNoose

(37,073 posts)
40. Conservative Men aren't voting because they don't want to vote for Chump
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 11:38 PM
Oct 2024

They don't want Chump back in the White House, but they can't bring themselves to vote for a woman either. So they're between a rock and a hard place.

Just stay home guys, we'll take it from here.

czarjak

(12,709 posts)
72. They hate Democrats the most because of racism.
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 09:54 PM
Oct 2024

Painted themselves into a corner. They'll. Take. Trump. Or. Nothing.

FakeNoose

(37,073 posts)
73. Some are racist, some are sexist, some are both
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 10:58 PM
Oct 2024

It's possible for a Repuke to not be either one. But ... it's not likely.

Stargazer99

(3,178 posts)
46. I've always said if you want something done right give it to the women-men are too ego oriented
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:04 AM
Oct 2024

akbacchus_BC

(5,813 posts)
48. My experience is when the VP in my organisation always gave me a task to do knowing very well I had my hands
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 07:58 AM
Oct 2024

full working for the President. After two occasions, I asked him -- 'why me'. He said if you want something urgent done, give it to the busiest and most efficient person. I appreciated his confidence in me but the company never compensated me for working overtime and from home on weekends to get the job done.

Roc2020

(1,720 posts)
54. turns out some republican men
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 10:38 AM
Oct 2024

Last edited Thu Oct 31, 2024, 02:47 PM - Edit history (1)

hates the idea of being in a cult and a voting for a nazi. quaint

Demsrule86

(71,121 posts)
57. Amen sister...
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 11:02 AM
Oct 2024

Those bastards have eliminated Roe from many if not most polls opining that we are 'over it'. We are not. We are coming for you...and no Trump you should care what we want. WE will end you politically.

sheshe2

(91,036 posts)
63. It's an Electricltroniclly generated caption superimposed on the tv screen...
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 11:45 AM
Oct 2024

The banner at the bottom of your news screen.

democratsruletheday

(1,265 posts)
64. Here HERE!!!!
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 11:46 AM
Oct 2024

We cast 4 ballots for Harris/Walz in last 3 weeks and 3/4 were from women. My daughter goes to Michigan State and she said that every voter in line was female.........NICE!

Sky Jewels

(9,002 posts)
69. Wait, so the young unlikely-to-vote manosphere incel wimmin haterz bros
Thu Oct 31, 2024, 06:13 PM
Oct 2024

that the Trump campaign is targeting are not showing up?! No one could have predicted that!

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