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Helene hit Trump strongholds in Georgia and North Carolina. It could swing the election
Politico ^

Posted on 10/04/2024 7:16:46 PM PDT by janetjanet998

Hurricane Helene hit especially hard in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina — a fact that could work to Donald Trump’s disadvantage in the two swing states.

Research has shown that major disasters can influence both voter turnout and voter preference. And Helene has pushed this contest into novel territory: It’s the first catastrophic event in U.S. history to hit two critical swing states within six weeks of a presidential election, based on a POLITICO’s E&E News analysis of data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2024election; georgia; hurricanehelene; northcarolina; republican
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1 posted on 10/04/2024 7:16:46 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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The challenge for Trump: The parts of western North Carolina and eastern Georgia that were flooded by the monster storm are largely Republican. In 2020, he won 61 percent of the vote in the North Carolina counties that were declared a disaster after Helene. He won 54 percent of the vote in Georgia’s disaster counties


2 posted on 10/04/2024 7:17:34 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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What a coininkydink.


3 posted on 10/04/2024 7:18:44 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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And this is why Harris told FEMA to not help these people because if things improve they can vote can’t let that happen


4 posted on 10/04/2024 7:22:38 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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And strangely enough, FEMA is hardly helping out in NC. There are no coincidences.


5 posted on 10/04/2024 7:23:46 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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Completely false. The natural phenomenon that is only occurring on the East Coast, instead of harming Trump, could be in his favor, starting with the point that he is not the president nor is he in charge of a disaster relief office. Those responsible and those who must be held accountable are Biden, Kamala, and the director of FEMA.
6 posted on 10/04/2024 7:23:46 PM PDT by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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I was also reading today that there are people getting ill from that bio chemical plant that blew up somewhere a few days ago.

All of this isn’t just happenstance.


7 posted on 10/04/2024 7:25:09 PM PDT by dforest
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8 posted on 10/04/2024 7:25:37 PM PDT by BigDaddyTX (Don't Mex with Texas)
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To: Jane Long

Ashville, NC is liberal.


9 posted on 10/04/2024 7:26:59 PM PDT by bella1 (Tytler's Cycle of Democracy)
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To: janetjanet998

I guess Politico isn’t taking into consideration the anger the American people will have toward Biden/Harris for depleting FEMA funds in favor of illegals.


10 posted on 10/04/2024 7:28:09 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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I can’t prove the deep state is manipulating the weather to swing the election, but this is how they would do it.


11 posted on 10/04/2024 7:28:35 PM PDT by balch3
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Yes.


12 posted on 10/04/2024 7:28:38 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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Ashville, NC is liberal.

They will get that vipers nest up and voting first pronto.

13 posted on 10/04/2024 7:29:29 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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Just a coincidence surely


14 posted on 10/04/2024 7:30:38 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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Can they get election system/mechanics up and running in less than a month?


15 posted on 10/04/2024 7:31:07 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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I think it's time to go harvest some votes in those areas - where it is going to be hard for people affected by the hurricane to get to the polls.

The Democrats see this activity as perfectly acceptable.

The Republicans have no excuse not to do this.

16 posted on 10/04/2024 7:31:12 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (7,797,618 Truth | 91,192,773 Twitter)
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Perhaps the RNC and Elon could work together to provide transportation on a large scale for Trump voters to get to and from the polls, and even include some “hurricane victim relief funds” to each republican taking advantage of the free transportation afterwards.


17 posted on 10/04/2024 7:32:32 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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Manipulating the weather? No. But taking full advantage of the situation and pulling all the necessary strings to drag the cacklin’ commie and Coach Bugeyes across the finish line? You bet.


18 posted on 10/04/2024 7:38:51 PM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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The storm damage could suppress republican turnout and swing both GA and NC to Kamala. Dems will do their best to take advantage of this crisis.


19 posted on 10/04/2024 7:48:08 PM PDT by damper99
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Better see to it,that they get to vote.First they need to eat,try to recover.


20 posted on 10/04/2024 7:58:47 PM PDT by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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