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Americans of Lemmy, what is your approach to next year's election? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by Jordan_Jordan@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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2020 was... truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn't get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision for America.

My point is that looking back on it, in the end the only real difference I made was at the ballet box. This year I'm going for the Head-in-the-Sand approach. I'm done with the political memes. Done with the Twitter screenshots. It just riles me up and this year I'm gonna do my best to fight that.

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[โ€“] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Apparently Americans forgot about the years 2016-2020. Trump is polling favorably and if an election was held today, he'd probably win.

[โ€“] oatscoop@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not saying this to encourage complacency -- too much is at risk. Everyone needs to go out and vote.

But on the other hand: look at how those polls are conducted. The vast majority are cold calls, and what are the demographics of "people who answer calls from unknown numbers in an era of rampant phone scams" these days?

[โ€“] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I stopped responding to polls this year because I don't trust conservatives not to conduct fake polls to find all the libruls.

I literally don't feel 100% safe to respond to polls texted to my phone. Historical fucking times these are.

[โ€“] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a shitty place this country is becoming where a POS criminal like trump polls well.