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kleinbl00  ·  1282 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This one's for OftenBen

The whole of the Twittersphere was firmly of the opinion that Biden was the wrong candidate. Then people who aren't on Twitter showed up.

Voter suppression - let's talk about that.

    The campaign spent at least $2.5 million on the twelve ads that had the broadest reach, according to Facebook data, targeting at least 11 million voters. Other Facebook ads from Mr. Trump's campaign about getting an absentee ballot have also targeted Arizona, Iowa, Michigan, Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania. The states represent a cross-section of so-called battlegrounds that the president won in 2016, but where recent polls have either shown a tight race or the president trailing.

I'm not saying Biden will win. I'm not saying Trump will lose. I'm saying everyone who thinks they know what's going to happen has made up their mind on incomplete, unknowable data. Biden sure as shit doesn't have this in the bag but voting season gives me reason to hope.





coffeesp00ns  ·  1282 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man, I hope you're right and I'm wrong, because I'm making plans to get friends across the border if it gets as bad as I think it could.

kleinbl00  ·  1282 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

I'm a white guy in a liberal enclave that employs minorities and serves the transgender community. My wife pointed out we're obligated to tough it out simply because we aren't Chuds.

OftenBen  ·  1282 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Us morelocks are looking at cannibalism or migration.

kleinbl00  ·  1282 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I endorse both pathways, frankly. If I didn't have a business tying me here I'd be in Banff or some shit.