• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    About 2 or 3 weeks ago I would have thought that kind of talk is way too optimistic. Now that Biden stepped aside, Kamala stepped up, and most people rallied around her, and you add in Walz now…well, damn, I’m trying to think of a time where I’ve ever been this optimistic about the Democrats.

    And I’m one of the people that was lukewarm about Kamala (at best). I’m going to vote like my life depends on it even though I’m not in a swing state, but still…

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      3 months ago

      2008 was fucking electric. This isn’t quite that level, but I’m excited. Kamala’s performance has that same Obama competence and organization.

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      3 months ago

      The votes in non-swing states still contribute to overwhelming support and popularity, which we’ll need when Trump’s cronies try to undermine the election.

      You’re not as pivotal as a Georgian, but you’re still very valuable. <3

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        3 months ago

        It is truly awful that people in certain states, and definitely in remote areas, definitely have their vote count more so than in others. It’s definitely ironic given that California is so key to our country, and yet…the people there are treated, electorally, like second-class citizens.