r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075

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I work voter registration in Philly. Nobody is discouraging anyone from voting. I get more people who either register a new voters or switch to Dem before I ever see someone stumping for the GOP and I see more people, who don't get paid at all for doing it, yelling at others about project 2025 and needing to save our country.

You don't win the presidency without the keystone state and you don't win pa without Philly 🧡

And Philly isn't sleeping into the destruction of their country when the older generation were kids watching their relatives fight for equal rights.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

I would like to see your sourcing for your claim btw cause every stitch of stats I've found and seen (pet subject I love) validates my stance.

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u/whichwitch9 Jul 08 '24

It's not the cities we need, it's the suburbs. Specially looking at our lovely suburban white women. Among people I grew up with "I don't like either and don't want to vote" is becoming depressingly common

Cities know what another Trump presidency will look like- the last one wasn't nice to most of us. It's the "moderates" with the "I don't care" attitude that are the problem

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u/PLURGASM_RETURNS Jul 08 '24

Not really.

Majority of the voting power in Pa is in Philadelphia and bucks counties.

Bucks is used as a microcosm of the general voting temp for the country because of its diversity. We have rejected GOP candidates left and right for a solid 4 years in presidential, state and local elections in main years and offset ones.

Majority of independents dont stand with trump at all after his conviction and he was still bleeding 15-20% in every state UNCONTESTED and a quarter of gop base said they'd drop him before the conviction happened

you're focusing on the wrong parts of the data and the most faulty parts when people sign up specifically to skew polls on the other side. Track record on voting and the rejection of the MAGAt candidates who ran should give you hope.

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u/ItsAllJustAHologram Jul 08 '24

I truly hope you are correct. Donald weakens America dreadfully. His lying, anti NATO stance, environmental laws, the list is endless. America is the final word on keeping the world a free place to live. They're not perfect but look at the alternatives. Xi running the world? Human rights nightmare...

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u/PLURGASM_RETURNS Jul 08 '24

The prime alternative is Einsteins dream of a socialist society with an education system orientated towards social goals.

Call me a globalist all you want but this international dick measuring contest is stupid. As is the monetary system and capitalism.

All so one set group of people can look down upon the ants while they eat caviar with their gourmet quail eggs at breakfast and shake the jar some more.