Well, personally, I've never seen your left testicle stand for the national anthem or salute the flag, much less hug the flag.
I think it goes a step further than just relief. I think those of us who aren't MAGA either forget or don't understand how much certain parts of our society believe there is actual comedy in making fun of others as a means of expressing superiority over them.
Half of voters plan to cast ballots early, with a huge partisan split
Half of registered voters plan to vote early this fall, new figures from the September NBC News poll show, with Democrats continuing to run up the score among early voters and Republicans getting stronger backing from those who plan to vote in person on Election Day.www.yahoo.com
Half of voters plan to cast ballots early, with a huge partisan split
"Fifty-one percent of voters say they'll vote early, either by mail or in person, with Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 61%-35% (a 26-point margin) among those [early] voters.
By comparison, Trump leads by 20 points, 57%-37%, with the group of voters who plan to vote on Election Day, which accounts for 45% of the electorate in the poll. It's a smaller lead among a slightly smaller share of the electorate than Harris has over those early voters.
"Either the margin has to close among [those] voting early, or Republican margins on Election Day have to be bigger than this to win," said Bill McInturff, the Republican pollster who conducted the NBC News poll with Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates. ..."
Harvard Youth Poll
18-29 year-old likely voters (two-way match-up)
Harris 64%
Trump 32%
18-29 year-old likely voters (women)
Harris 70%
Trump 23%
50th Edition - Spring 2025
The Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School was established in 1966 as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.iop.harvard.edu
"
A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among 18-to-29-year-olds nationwide, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a commanding 31-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in a multi-candidate matchup. The 48th Harvard Youth Poll shows Harris leading Trump 64% to 32% among likely voters in a two-way hypothetical scenario with her advantage expanding as young people become more engaged in the electoral process.
The poll also finds:
- A significant enthusiasm gap between young Democrats and Republicans, with 74% of young Democrats saying they will "definitely" vote, compared to 60% of young Republicans.
- A widening gender gap, nearly doubling from 17 points in the Spring poll to 30 points now, with Harris leading 70% to 23% among likely female voters.
- Harris outperforming Trump on key personal qualities and issues, with substantial leads in empathy (+33), relatability (+24), honesty (+22), climate change (+32), abortion (+31), health care (+26), and gun violence prevention (+25) among all young adults.
- Harris's job approval as Vice President has significantly improved, increasing from 32% in the Spring poll to 44% now.
- Strong support for progressive policies among young Americans, with 74% favoring capping prescription drug prices and 59% supporting a nationwide law to legalize abortion.
- Overwhelming rejection of Project 2025 among young Americans, with only 6% viewing it favorably compared to 48% unfavorably. Even among Republicans, we find 14% viewing it favorably and 23% unfavorably.
- The impact of social media, with 53% of young adults encountering memes about Harris online in the last month, 34% of whom say it positively influenced their opinion. Conversely, 56% have seen memes about Trump, with 26% reporting a negative impact on their perception. ..."
If my math is mathing.....Half of voters plan to cast ballots early, with a huge partisan split
Half of registered voters plan to vote early this fall, new figures from the September NBC News poll show, with Democrats continuing to run up the score among early voters and Republicans getting stronger backing from those who plan to vote in person on Election Day.
Half of voters plan to cast ballots early, with a huge partisan split
"Fifty-one percent of voters say they'll vote early, either by mail or in person, with Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 61%-35% (a 26-point margin) among those [early] voters.
By comparison, Trump leads by 20 points, 57%-37%, with the group of voters who plan to vote on Election Day, which accounts for 45% of the electorate in the poll. It's a smaller lead among a slightly smaller share of the electorate than Harris has over those early voters.
"Either the margin has to close among [those] voting early, or Republican margins on Election Day have to be bigger than this to win," said Bill McInturff, the Republican pollster who conducted the NBC News poll with Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates. ..."
It would be a roughly 5-6% Kamala victory, which is in line with some polling. I bet that NBC news poll showed Kamala up by 4 or more.
Because to those people, patriotism is actually nationalism and nativism.
It's a little more than that. All three are part and parcel of being the Elect of God. Predestination is an insidious and pernicious doctrine. Once it's established that there are people chosen in advance, sometimes before birth, to be saved, there's a whole new debate about what the signs are. That Protestants are the strongest believers, ( a bit of a generalization but there's 200+ Christian denominations in the US, not counting cults, sects and independents and 45,000 worldwide so conciseness is impossible) in this doctrine. Guess that's what you get when a German anti Semite monk and a French lawyer are the among the leading spiritual fathers of the Reformation.
The clock is striking midnight for Tester this year. He won his seat in a blue wave; held on narrowly in 12; won again in a blue wave in 18; and I don't think he will hold on this year.
yeah Senate is pretty much lost. 4 points in Montana is like 20 points in a purple state. I really don't know what I am saying, but we are going to lose the Senate.
What if the Illinois senator is on a boat near St. Louis?
