Posted on 11/07/2016 7:46:06 PM PST by eekitsagreek
You look at these crowds, you look at the enthusiasm and dedication and then contrast that with Hillary. I am telling you right now, the pollsters and pundits simply do not get it. They are trying to compare turnouts to that of 2012, but it will not work. This election is about those who have felt left out, ignored, taken for granted, forgotten, even despised.
That is what this election is all about, this wave of anger at DC. It really is not about Trump. Trump is merely riding the wave.
How many times have we heard about people who have not voted in years, decades or ever, but are voting for Trump? How many white-working class voters who normally go with the Democrats, are going with Trump? How many black voters, who have never voted GOP before but are fed up with their tough lives and all the BS promises from the Democrats, are voting for Trump? My parents were union folks. Voted Democrat their whole lives, but are supporting Trump. I have quite a few black friends, who have never voted GOP before, but are voting Trump.
We are seeing a tsunami folks that will shock and surprise DC. The voter turnout will not be at all about party affiliation, but education and economic levels. Those with blue-collar jobs or only a high school education are leading the way. You honestly believe the DC/pundit/media elite rub shoulders with them? They have no idea what goes on outside their bubble.
That is why when Trump wins, it will be a shock to them, but not to us.
And it ain’t over til it’s over!
I can’t argue with you there.
I applaud your enthusiasm, and hope that your analysis is correct, and that the unafilliated, the first time voters, the Reagan Democrats will all troop to the polls and avert the disaster that is Hillary.
But that’s what’s left. The past couple of weeks, I had the opportunity to witness first hand the worst (or utter lack of) a GOP GOTV drive, ever. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t fault Trump’s campaign: GOTV is the national party’s job, and what I’ve seen isn’t attributable merely to the NRC’s vaunted incompetence. It’s sabotage, pure and simple.
This is the most important US election since 1860. What’s at stake this time, rather than the mere unity of the Republic, is a choice Americans have never been asked to make (well, at least since 1776). It’s the choice between the rule of law, and the rule of Power.
With Clinton, there will be one law for the powerful, and another for the rest of us, which is a commonplace observation, but think, for a moment, about what that means in practice.
If the law doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone, does it mean anything at all? Is there still a moral obligation to obey any law enacted by the Power that rules, or is there an obligation to resist? And how will that resistance manifest itself when this last, rigged, but semi-free election is over?
I’m going to get up in the morning, and get back to whatever pathetic “GOTV” remains, but this one is looking pretty bleak to me, given all of the conventional metrics. Vote, drive your 90 year old folks to the polls, get your friends there, and hope for the best. But be prepared for what comes after. Chances are, the sun will set for the last time on a nation ruled by law, and rise on one ruled, for the first time, by Power.
Most of the adults in my familyn my immediate family have college degrees, nine all told, and all voting Trump.
You're right- I voted in Central TX on the second day of early voting-Oct 25th, and I saw record lines, but more interesting was the people in the line. The day I voted, I saw very few young people, women, or minorities. Most of the people in line with me were old white men. I really didn't notice the age component of that until my neighbor said that was what he saw, and I realized that he was right. Anyway, I am in one of the most liberal areas of TX, but I have faith that TRUMP is going to make a good showing in my Austin area liberal district.
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