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pat_k

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3. Still a toss up. As Simon Rosenberg and Joe Trippi pointed out
Wed Aug 21, 2024, 01:09 PM
Aug 2024

. . .in the latest Strategy Session, we have a long way to go. The country remains dangerously and evenly divided.

Trippi:
We gotta keep doing the work. No matter what this thing looks like, no matter what it is, we keep doing the work. They keep doing the crazy, we keep doing the work. And run it up everywhere we can. And fight everywhere, including Texas and Florida.

Rosenberg:
If I can say one last point. . . Everyone's gotta realize what Joe just said is so important. Right now, the people that I'm talking to who are canvassing and making phone calls -- so it's exciting, people are interested. You've got this new candidate, new dynamic. Imagine if you are a marginal voter and you kinda have this new excitement, and then the campaign calls you, or the campaign knocks on your door. Not only is this exciting, but they care about me!

What we are hearing anecdotally from people who are making calls and canvassing, and texting right now, is that the reception is unbelievable. And people are like "thank you for calling me," "I want to volunteer." People are volunteering to volunteer. They are not even having to be asked.

So I think there is this dynamic right now that this huge grassroots army that is already deployed is also moving the needle. It's turning people from potential voters, marginal voters into our supporters. And then that is creating what I call this virtuous cycle of participation. This virtuous cycle is now beginning to kick in in the election.

So anyone who is thinking of working, make your plan now. How are you going to close? Early voting starts in 38 days. What are you going to do? Don't wait. Be active now. It's an amazing time to be talking to voters right now. The response has been incredible. And early vote starts in 38 days. Have your plan now for how you're going to give, how you're going to volunteer, and how you're going to vote on day one. It 's important that everyone vote as early as they can in the early vote. If you do that our campaigns move on to lower propensity voters. It increases voter turn out

See https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219332188
It is a great panel!

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Burnt umber burnout? EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #1
I think that's a big part of it. underpants Aug 2024 #2
Not to downplay the ticket BrianTheEVGuy Aug 2024 #4
the country is exhausted. barbtries Aug 2024 #28
Still a toss up. As Simon Rosenberg and Joe Trippi pointed out pat_k Aug 2024 #3
I Guess For Me RobinA Aug 2024 #5
There are 20+ point swings with certain groups... CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #8
28 years of FOX news pat_k Aug 2024 #30
I reject your hypothisis.. getagrip_already Aug 2024 #6
I proposed no hypothesis... CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #10
Then i rejected your repost of their hypothesis.... getagrip_already Aug 2024 #11
LOL oh come on, you know that's not how it works. CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #20
Not how modern polling works Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #16
Sorry, not true at all getagrip_already Aug 2024 #18
Win.Too.Big.To.Steal FalloutShelter Aug 2024 #27
Hope Joy, optimism. gibraltar72 Aug 2024 #7
Exactly Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2024 #21
Though we really can't see inside the polling data, and can't verify their conclusions at all, lees1975 Aug 2024 #9
We can and do see inside the polling data Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #19
Listen to the money arlyellowdog Aug 2024 #12
the swing voters myth Cirsium Aug 2024 #13
Kamala Harris! Fla Dem Aug 2024 #14
I can't even understand why it is close. debm55 Aug 2024 #15
She's not Joe Biden Jersey Devil Aug 2024 #17
she's not Donald Fucking Trump is more like it Skittles Aug 2024 #23
He quite likely could be the catalyst. He has exhibited weird behavior. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #24
obviously she is more exciting than Biden Skittles Aug 2024 #25
I agree Kaleva Aug 2024 #31
It is women of course. LiberalBrooke Aug 2024 #22
According to the non-partisan Cook Political Report the election is a dead heat in the swing states. JohnSJ Aug 2024 #26
I'm with Michael Steel JustAnotherGen Aug 2024 #29
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