Why is the election still a toss-up? We asked the 15 stupidest people in America
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/30/opinion/harris-trump-swing-voters-focus-group.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/30/opinion/harris-trump-swing-voters-focus-group.html
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"I dunno."
HOLY SHIT PRINT IT WE'RE GONNA BE RICH
I don't think she was lazy so much as oblivious. Incredible in this election.
If you have been surrounded by folks who graduated from elite institutions for 10+ years, it is hard to see that your circle isn't representative of the median American.
- George, 35 year old adult with the credulity of a small child
A teacher of what, who knows, but god fucking help her students
With all due respect, what the hell are you talking about?
Barbara asks this of the interviewer. If she had said "you" instead of "we" she could have gotten right to the heart of the matter.
JFC.
(slightly mortified that I forgot their name but was able to look it up early, because I can recite their little bio-blurb nearly verbatim ["uses they/them pronouns and works at Target" etc]. I may be online too much)
... I just what?
Ugly wallpaper, with a distracting pattern and seams that don’t align.
I mean it's easy to figure out... the media is not doing it's fucking job.
Anyway, yes, I can't tell what's dumber, the people interviewed here, or the people in the NYT tut-tutting us libs that we should be listening to their wisdom.
It reinforces what the MSM and beltway think; particularly centrist dems.
Unfortunately, it also drives TV media narratives.
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I don't believe the really undecided, at this point, is going to vote at all.
They seem to think the feds are getting them luxury Airbnb's with free food and a union no-show job.
It’s not so much undecided voters these days. It’s getting more non-habitual voters out who are already looking at Harris more favorably.
Would it help if I gouge my brain out, because that seems like a reasonable option now🧠🥄
More likely to be accused of lying than induce shock at the inhumanity of the system.
With the liberals you tend to get "That doesn't sound right… I think you must be misunderstanding. You probably missed something. I have a second cousin once removed on disability and I assume he's doing fine. Do you have a lawyer?"
They sound like this because they ultimately don't care, but they don't want to appear to be ignorant and uncurious when on record like that.
I'd love to listen to 15 registered Dems who are 50-50 on voting talk about what what persuade them to actually get out and vote.
Like, why are they advertising that the are bad at their job?
Not sure how this will work with four images, so here we go:
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GREAT QUESTION, BARBARA.
Not, you know, this gibberish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAG37Kw1-aw
Maybe he needs Harris to explicitly say I, as President, do *not* have the right do whatever I want? He's waiting for that?
https://theweek.com/speedreads/854487/trump-have-article-2-where-have-right-whatever-want-president
The media just doesn't want people to turn off the TV Election Night, or their sponsors lose billions in ads.
No one's going to watch a landslide.
indeed, what ARE you doing?
*: if you don't distinguish between live and dead ones
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Imma stop you right there
https://youtu.be/KAG37Kw1-aw?si=Q6eEh74nsy14UnTU
Undecided voter: I figured this was just a way to get one of the most important newspapers in America to pay attention to me.
NYT: Uh huh. And are you worth all that attention?
Undecided voter: Oh most definitely not.