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MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:17 PM Nov 2020

I don't know what shocks me more - that the Democratic Party successfully

messaged vote by mail to such a degree that our votes were protected and counted or that the Republican Party walked away from the vote-by-mail advantage they have held for decades.

I never dreamed we would have such a huge advantage in mail-in voting.

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I don't know what shocks me more - that the Democratic Party successfully (Original Post) MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 OP
Maybe because R's still think COVID is a hoax? Freddie Nov 2020 #1
It's by far the biggest mistake they made. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #2
It's a good thing that we voted mostly by mail. Mysterious... brush Nov 2020 #3
Agree! We need to push for VBM in all states and for counting before Election Day MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #4

Freddie

(9,267 posts)
1. Maybe because R's still think COVID is a hoax?
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:24 PM
Nov 2020

We Dems didn’t want to take chances waiting in line. Worked for us!

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
2. It's by far the biggest mistake they made.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:24 PM
Nov 2020

The GOP knew it, as well, which is why many of those running down-ticket tried to get their constituents to do it despite Trump's insistence. Of course, Trump has the stage and the influence, so those efforts failed for the most part.

brush

(53,789 posts)
3. It's a good thing that we voted mostly by mail. Mysterious...
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:33 PM
Nov 2020

things seem to always happen in close races where mostly voting machines are used. And those mysterious abnormalities always favor republicans for some reason.

trump's sabotaging of the Post Office ended up sabotaging his own re-election as Dems voted mostly by mail anyway, which forced paper ballots that had to be hand counted, thus no electronic voting machine shenanigans.

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