I’m taking a bit of a mental health day, today, so I’ll cheat early by copying an interesting twitter thread by Philip Pilkington (h/t commenter FreeFrench).
I live in a very blue area and early voted the first day. As I was waiting I noticed that after people entered their ballot a lot were looking over their shoulders repeatedly before they pushed the first vote. Trump/Harris is the first choice, I’m pretty sure they were checking to make sure no one saw who they picked.
It could also be Republicans and independents who dislike Trump or the image of themselves as a Trump voter but dislike the Democrats more. So they make it a game-time decision and never admit that it always was going to be that way.
Ehh. I think a bigger effect is that the media simply wants to say Trump is behind no matter what the facts are. There was a poll in Michigan just a month back in which the D respondents were about 90% for Harris. The R respondents were even more, low 90's percentage for Trump and independents were a stunning 78% for Trump. 78%! So they reported that Trump is crushing it in Michigan, right? Wrong. They used 64% D respondents and said it was tied 50-50. So much for the "pollsters are vexed by the shy Trump voter" theory. Which of them suffered for being way off in 2016 or 2020? Which of them who outlandishly favored Hillary or Bai-dan can't get publicized by the mainstream media?
There's no accountability and most of them are completely in the bag for team blue. They LIKE the phenomenon of the shy Trump voter.
There's much truth to this. I wouldn't necessarily call it shy Trump effect (for me) due to the area with which I live. I live in a predominantly Jewish area of the city (there is a synagogue and Yeshiva nearby) in an overwhelmingly left/Democrat city and state. Prior to 2020 and the Covid scamdemic I ran into vehement criticism and hate for speaking my mind especially at my health club. The Jewish members argued with everyone who did not agree with them as did their fellow leftists. I was insulted many times. It was difficult to be a Trump supporter and be vocal about it too. If I was to put out a Trump-Vance sign on my lawn my home would be vandalized, I would be shunned and certainly some of the lawyers in the neighborhood might find it pleasing to ruin my life financially and personally with some phony law suit. So whether one calls it Shy Trump or justifiable fear, we remain silent and not vocal. I suspect there are millions just like me hence the need for such a poll..
interesting. there are all sorts of Ds out with a “shy Kamala” tale. the nation is wholeheartedly behind Kammie but they won’t tell because they are afraid of their nazi husbands. or some shit like that.
Very funny! And to think that here in France, women got the vote in ‘46 (De Gaulle) - before that, they were the ones telling their husbands how to vote!
For the more paranoid, or some would say informed.
You don’t want your private voting beliefs going into some database that can be used against you. Since the polls don’t disclose who they are for usually, you could be giving an organization that hates you, targeting information, which can be seen at a street level in a tablet by a door knocker.
And among the GOP only 12% find the media trustworthy. My guess among Trump voters it’s even lower:
My husband and I have one of us registered R and the other registered D to try to confound targeting. Also, it allows our household to have a vote in each primary.
Why would I tell a complete stranger over the phone who I'm voting for given the level of sinister going around these days? I never answer the home phone (yeah, need to cancel it). It's notfb.
Also, I get texts like this:
"Our team is conducting what we believe is the most accurate Presidential Poll, and we need you to respond TODAY". uh huh.
Our Caller ID only gives the number, not the name of the caller. If I don't recognize the number, I let the recorder get it.
By the way, we still have a home phone. There are a lot of low-cost options for VOIP phones. Our most recent bill was $6.35. The former Baby Bell phone company wanted around $60.00 per month for local calls only, no Caller ID, Call Waiting or toll/long-distance calls.
I'm not sure that there really is such a thing as a landline in most areas anymore. We have our old phone number and a phone that looks like an old desktop or wall phone, but it's not a real landline the way we used to have.
Mr. Wauck, yes, landlines still exist in most areas, though they are falling out of favor and will not be around much longer. We switched from a landline to VOIP in early 2022. I'm inferring that you also have VOIP. To the layman, the phone looks and acts alike. One is analog and the other digital.
My wife is a former Democrat so, she still gets call from the DNC who are looking for money. When I answer they get mad because they are unable to convince me their talking points are worthy and I always ask them to donate to me for listening to their garbage pitch.
I put this on Marks's post yesterday, but in case you have not seen it:
"Here's a must read and sorry, but a shocker on how money is funneled around to fund the big cheat in our elections as well as fund other nefarious forces to sow discord within our borders.
Inside the International Criminal Conspiracy to Steal 2024
I've been following Jay Valentine at Omega4America on substack detailing the cheat, but this is adds a whole new level to the immense puzzle to what's going on."
It's hard to understand why people would vote for Kamala with the ongoing crime everywhere, especially against children. But then again, possibly the MSM isn't reporting on this. I refuse to put those networks on with their constant lying.
Saw this today regarding the topic in Fairfax county. https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/05/cnn-finds-trump-supporters-democratic-fairfax-county/
I live in a very blue area and early voted the first day. As I was waiting I noticed that after people entered their ballot a lot were looking over their shoulders repeatedly before they pushed the first vote. Trump/Harris is the first choice, I’m pretty sure they were checking to make sure no one saw who they picked.
It could also be Republicans and independents who dislike Trump or the image of themselves as a Trump voter but dislike the Democrats more. So they make it a game-time decision and never admit that it always was going to be that way.
Ehh. I think a bigger effect is that the media simply wants to say Trump is behind no matter what the facts are. There was a poll in Michigan just a month back in which the D respondents were about 90% for Harris. The R respondents were even more, low 90's percentage for Trump and independents were a stunning 78% for Trump. 78%! So they reported that Trump is crushing it in Michigan, right? Wrong. They used 64% D respondents and said it was tied 50-50. So much for the "pollsters are vexed by the shy Trump voter" theory. Which of them suffered for being way off in 2016 or 2020? Which of them who outlandishly favored Hillary or Bai-dan can't get publicized by the mainstream media?
There's no accountability and most of them are completely in the bag for team blue. They LIKE the phenomenon of the shy Trump voter.
There's much truth to this. I wouldn't necessarily call it shy Trump effect (for me) due to the area with which I live. I live in a predominantly Jewish area of the city (there is a synagogue and Yeshiva nearby) in an overwhelmingly left/Democrat city and state. Prior to 2020 and the Covid scamdemic I ran into vehement criticism and hate for speaking my mind especially at my health club. The Jewish members argued with everyone who did not agree with them as did their fellow leftists. I was insulted many times. It was difficult to be a Trump supporter and be vocal about it too. If I was to put out a Trump-Vance sign on my lawn my home would be vandalized, I would be shunned and certainly some of the lawyers in the neighborhood might find it pleasing to ruin my life financially and personally with some phony law suit. So whether one calls it Shy Trump or justifiable fear, we remain silent and not vocal. I suspect there are millions just like me hence the need for such a poll..
Shy Trump is protective given the reality of our surveillance by the security state and its abuses, regardless of who is in the Oval Office.
Yes, I agree.
interesting. there are all sorts of Ds out with a “shy Kamala” tale. the nation is wholeheartedly behind Kammie but they won’t tell because they are afraid of their nazi husbands. or some shit like that.
I think that is exists only in one terrible teevee commercial, not in real life anywhere.
From Babylon Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/sad-thousands-of-women-left-standing-clueless-in-voting-booths-after-husbands-fail-to-tell-them-who-to-vote-for
Very funny! And to think that here in France, women got the vote in ‘46 (De Gaulle) - before that, they were the ones telling their husbands how to vote!
For the more paranoid, or some would say informed.
You don’t want your private voting beliefs going into some database that can be used against you. Since the polls don’t disclose who they are for usually, you could be giving an organization that hates you, targeting information, which can be seen at a street level in a tablet by a door knocker.
And among the GOP only 12% find the media trustworthy. My guess among Trump voters it’s even lower:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx
My husband and I have one of us registered R and the other registered D to try to confound targeting. Also, it allows our household to have a vote in each primary.
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Death to the global order translates to peace and liberty for a world so tortured and abused by arrogant globalists.
“If Trump becomes President again in 2024 … it will be the final death blow…to what remains of the global order.”
- Yuval Harari
Any pronouncement from the author of “Homo Sapiens” is not to be taken seriously, and I’m measuring my words!
Will Yuval go down with the ship like a man, or will he fight his way onto a lifeboat, throwing women and children overboard.
I think you have the measure of she/he/him/her.........
Why would I tell a complete stranger over the phone who I'm voting for given the level of sinister going around these days? I never answer the home phone (yeah, need to cancel it). It's notfb.
Also, I get texts like this:
"Our team is conducting what we believe is the most accurate Presidential Poll, and we need you to respond TODAY". uh huh.
Our Caller ID only gives the number, not the name of the caller. If I don't recognize the number, I let the recorder get it.
By the way, we still have a home phone. There are a lot of low-cost options for VOIP phones. Our most recent bill was $6.35. The former Baby Bell phone company wanted around $60.00 per month for local calls only, no Caller ID, Call Waiting or toll/long-distance calls.
We use our old land line for DSL wi fi service.
I'm not sure that there really is such a thing as a landline in most areas anymore. We have our old phone number and a phone that looks like an old desktop or wall phone, but it's not a real landline the way we used to have.
Mr. Wauck, yes, landlines still exist in most areas, though they are falling out of favor and will not be around much longer. We switched from a landline to VOIP in early 2022. I'm inferring that you also have VOIP. To the layman, the phone looks and acts alike. One is analog and the other digital.
AT&T eliminated DSL when they ran fiber to the home in our area.
DSL? What's that? :-)
My wife is a former Democrat so, she still gets call from the DNC who are looking for money. When I answer they get mad because they are unable to convince me their talking points are worthy and I always ask them to donate to me for listening to their garbage pitch.
I put this on Marks's post yesterday, but in case you have not seen it:
"Here's a must read and sorry, but a shocker on how money is funneled around to fund the big cheat in our elections as well as fund other nefarious forces to sow discord within our borders.
Inside the International Criminal Conspiracy to Steal 2024
https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/inside-the-international-criminal
I've been following Jay Valentine at Omega4America on substack detailing the cheat, but this is adds a whole new level to the immense puzzle to what's going on."
It's hard to understand why people would vote for Kamala with the ongoing crime everywhere, especially against children. But then again, possibly the MSM isn't reporting on this. I refuse to put those networks on with their constant lying.