I continue to be amazed that anyone anywhere is voting for DJT.

[milestogo]

I just don't get it. I never have and I never will.

[SheltieLover]

1. Boggles the mind, Miles.

[missaj]

2. It's so disappointing.

[XanaDUer2]

3. Country filled with lots

Of racist, violent, stupid, misogynous ppl. Or low information.

[TSExile]

5. Same here.

It says a lot more about them than the RAPIST at this point.

[kerouac2]

6. Shameful

And these are folks who surround us every day. Many seemingly normal, seemingly reasonable folks. Our system and media will be the ruin if us all.

[brush]

33. It's the damn EC college. If it was a popular vote system rethugs would never win.

Sorry to say the founding fathers screwed up with this acquiescent to the southern states and their wish to retain enslaving human beings.

Big mistake. No other democracy anywhere in the world followed us by adapting this sh_t system. And it's just about impossible to get rid of it.

[Lulu KC]

46. Except for yesterday n/t

[brush]

47. Yep, yesterday was a harsh realization. We live in a recist, misogynist country.

[bamagal62]

7. Me too and it

Makes me feel terrible that there are people all around me that would actually vote for him. It’s worrisome.

[mahina]

8. word

[Dem4life1234]

9. Slime buckets in this country

[Ligyron]

10. The whole Republican party is basically a criminal organization now.

Lies, theft, far more members of Republican administrations convicted of crimes committed in office than the one or two Democrats.

WTF? They either don't know or don't care and it's not like Trump is going to ever do anything to make their lives better.

Fox News and Hate radio have done their work too well. Throw in a corrupt SCOTUS and dark money and here we are.

[unblock]

11. Same here. But at the same time, imagine living in a very red area,

Imagine growing up with dad's radio tuned to rush Limbaugh.

Imagine foxnews on constantly at your place of work and the bar your friends insist on going to.

Imagine your pastor saying liberals are doing the devil's work.

Imagine that lasting decades.

[Dem4life1234]

15. They have no reason to be so damn hateful

It's 2024

And the black people they hate so much didn't do anything to them.

[unblock]

18. agree 100%

i'm just noting that brainwashing is effective, certainly if given long enough.

[jaxexpat]

41. You describe the Kentucky story exactly.

[JI7]

43. But many people voting for him are not living in these type of red areas

[unblock]

44. True, but they may still be immersed in the right wing propaganda

Or they may just be naturally hateful people.

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. Places I won't visit. Any state that voted for Trump.

Not that they care,

[Peregrine Took]

34. I agree. all states who voted for Trump. Avoid

We’ve been doing it for years.

[live love laugh]

13. They're multivoting.

[RockRaven]

14. America is a sick, intellectually & morally depraved society. What is there not to get?

[consider_this]

16. amazed and disgusted.

people ofd suck ilk, I don't think I could ever understand.

[BBbats]

17. I've always maintained......

I've always maintained that Trump is a reaction to having a Black President.
People who I knew all my life & who I thought held the same views were deeply disturbed by that. Oh they wouldn't say anything out loud or they'd make snarky comments but it really bothered people who I thought were liberal. Therefore "Let's put a real White Son of a Bitch in there & show 'em". Racism is taught & ingrained in them despite an otherwise liberal viewpoint.
You can't go wrong campaigning on race in the USA.

[Frasier Balzov]

19. Very surprised at the women.

A Harris presidency makes future women presidencies possible.

Instead, what are women voters saying? "No, think I'll wait."

[Cognitive_Resonance]

20. Cultural dysfunction passed from one generation to the next. Religious indoctrination is a significant factor. nt

[EndlessWire]

21. Yeah, I don't get it, either.

I'll never understand why people can't do a reasonable filter of Trump lies. He lies! Why can't they see this??

If he gets reelected, these idiot people are going to be standing there slack jawed saying, "Wha's going on?" as he initiates the destruction of our government. And, they will have no excuse. None.

Who could vote for a guy that talks about executing his enemies? And, I bristle when they interview these stupid White women saying stuff like, "I'm concerned about the border, and the country is going bankrupt. We need change." These people are an embarrassment. They can't think abstractly. You want effing change? You'll get it and regret it!

They're either uninformed, or just flat out ignorant.

[D23MIURG23]

22. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people" -HL Mencken

Although, to be honest DJT is so fucking stupid he's come close a few times.

To me the worst thing about Democracy is how uninformed, irrational, and thoughtless our electorate can be. But people are people, and the electorate is what it is. Persuasion and education are key.

[PatSeg]

23. I'll never understand it

[LoisB]

24. No sane person will ever understand it.

[Startint]

25. I thought it would be different this time

I mean yeah racist sexist whatever but this guy is a convicted felon out on bail! I really thought it would make a difference but I guess not…

[Rhiannon12866]

45. I know!!! Join the club!

And welcome to DU!

[IzzaNuDay]

26. This certainly will be a FAFO election

for years, since January 6, 2021, folks have sounded the alarm this dotard should never be president again. Even his former staff recommended against him being elected. The GOP had no testicular fortitude to restrain him from this election.

The dotard is a clear and imminent danger to the USA.A convicted felon, stealer of classified records, and a racist and sexist individual. But he played up to the racism, sexism and xenophobia within the country. Like, a bunch of Puerto Ricans almost had the dotard’s name on their ballots until MSG. Before MSG the paper towels after the hurricane didn’t phase them!

So if the dotard wins, and as the USA swirls around the toilet bowl it flushed itself in, there will be a bunch of us who can say, You F’d around and now you’re finding out!

(and I hope I am wrong)

[still-prayin4rain]

27. Same, I absolutely cannot wrap my head around it. nt

[senegal1]

28. It is very simple

He hates the people they hate. Bottom line.

[Groundhawg]

29. I don't get why anyone smokes cigarettes

[dchill]

30. Uneducated, ignorant racists. And proud! Very proud!

Also privileged, sensitive and butthurt. And guns guns guns.

[GoCubsGo]

49. Topped with a heaping helping of "I got mine! Screw you!"

[peacebuzzard]

31. It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many SFs everywhere.

the whole world crawls with them. One must be constantly vigilant.
I slip all the time. I think someone is nice, and then, well, heck, I guess they were not what I thought they were.
I am glad to be a crazy single cat lady and live in peace except for the travails of the kitties.

[Bluepinky]

32. I'm with you.

[LymphocyteLover]

35. Republicans are a fucking joke. They don't believe in shit except white privilege

[aggiesal]

36. Idiocracy is a documentary! n/t

[SergeStorms]

37. It's about "owning the Libs."

The "Libs," meaning minorities and educated people of all races.
I won't say what I want to about rural voters, but you all know what I'm thinking. 😡
Even if Harris/Walz pull this out I'm seriously considering spending my remaining years on this planet in a much more sane environment.

[ecstatic]

38. They live in a completely different reality than we do

But we'll all be in the same reality soon enough. One way or another.

[Roxi]

39. I just don't understand the appeal

From the first time I saw him on tv, he’s given me the creeps. There’s just something off about him. I desperately hope he loses.

[Catherine Vincent]

40. It's the con in the Con Man

[B.See]

42. Once you accept

who and what they are and stop expecting better of them, you'll get it. It's a cult, fueled upon hate, racism, victimhood, and vengeance.

It was a cult from the very start, in 2016, when they rallied around him above all other GOP contenders, specifically because of his litany of malice and hate.

His MSG rally was written of as some turning point or revelation. It was neither. Nor was it an aberration. It was their 'greatest hits' edition, remastered. An affirmation of all they've been saying, and believing in, from the start.

[GoCubsGo]

48. Keith Olbermann explains it in today's podcast.

He explains his "lifeboat" theory, and how there's always someone who, once in it, would take the oars and beat away the hands of others who are trying to pull themselves into the lifeboat. He points out that there are now more people in this country who are that guy with the oar than there are people who would put down the oars, and pull others into the lifeboat. Keith is not wrong.