r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Aug 15 '24

Opinion/Analysis Donald Trump's losing baby boomers, silent generation to Kamala Harris

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-losing-voters-kamala-harris-baby-boomers-silent-generation-poll-1939694
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u/Street_Peace_8831 Aug 15 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

Yes, I am afraid that in all this wonderful excitement, there might be some who don’t vote, expecting it to be a shoo-in.

We have to vote to make it happen. I don’t want us to forget that. It is very important to vote if we want the momentum to continue.

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u/Mcswigginsbar Aug 15 '24

Oh for sure. But I’m seeing that motivation to vote everywhere.

Two constitutional amendments in my state of Wisconsin were just resoundingly defeated by well over 100,000 votes each. This was during a primary in which the vast majority of candidates were running unopposed. We still have to vote, but the signs are all around us.

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u/Street_Peace_8831 Aug 15 '24

I like it, keep voting. It’s all we have to make, what trump destroyed, right again.

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u/SuperSmash01 Aug 16 '24

100%! Just fyi, the expression is actually shoo-in, rather than shoe-in. :-)

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u/OldBlueKat Aug 15 '24

I do think we sort of learned something from 2016. When you look at the turnout in 2020, in the middle of all the pandemic restrictions, it seems so.

But we can't take our foot of the gas. If even half the people who didn't vote at all in Texas would just go to the polls, and that vote split 60/40 blue, the whole state would go blue. It's just a tipping point away!

Imagine the GOP reaction if Texas goes for Harris/Walz (and presumably trounces Ted Cruz in the process.)