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Democracy, brought to you by Ace Hardware
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Oct 24, 2018 19:55
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General Dog posted:My polling location was an Ace Hardware, which seemed kind of unusual. Mine is a Fiesta.
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Oct 24, 2018 20:27
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ace is the place with the helpful voting man
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Oct 24, 2018 20:55
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 Ah national writers, you only set yourself up for disappointment. (Hurd was up 15 in a poll last week.)
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Oct 24, 2018 22:03
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A ted cruz sign in my area got shot full of holes or stabbed a bunch of times lmao
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Oct 24, 2018 22:18
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General Dog posted:My polling location was an Ace Hardware, which seemed kind of unusual. The one I usually go to is an Ace as well. It's got to be pretty good for them since no old white man can resist the siren song of a new pair of pliers
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Oct 24, 2018 22:46
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my mom says my dad, who has claimed to have only voted twice, he says once against nixon (i always assumed this meant for carter, against ford) and once for obama as an anti-bush vote, may vote against lyin ted.
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Oct 24, 2018 23:07
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My grandpa says he hates Ted Cruz but doesn't like Beto. But he also told me the other day he voted for Abbott and should have voted for Wendy Davis so idk what's up with his political preferences. If you had asked me a month ago if Abbott/Davis swing voters existed I would have said "lol no"
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Oct 24, 2018 23:56
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33,211 voters in Bexar county today. Total of 102,539 in 3 days. almost 20,000 more than the same day in 2014.
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Oct 25, 2018 02:37
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What I wanna know is what's gonna happen to potato-face Cruz if he actually does lose the election and gets kicked right the gently caress out onto the streets. Cruz looks like one of those sleazy lifer politicians with no backup plan whatsoever if things go south. In a perfect world he would be bagging my groceries at the H.E.B. checkout line, but he'd probably get offered some cushy gig at Fox News or something.
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Oct 25, 2018 02:50
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I don't want Ted Cruz to touch my food
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Oct 25, 2018 02:55
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he will retire to northern california to pursue his other passions
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Oct 25, 2018 02:56
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Parrotine posted:What I wanna know is what's gonna happen to potato-face Cruz if he actually does lose the election and gets kicked right the gently caress out onto the streets. Cruz looks like one of those sleazy lifer politicians with no backup plan whatsoever if things go south. In a perfect world he would be bagging my groceries at the H.E.B. checkout line, but he'd probably get offered some cushy gig at Fox News or something. Wingnut welfare in the form of a Fox contributor and "intellectual" with the Heritage Foundation or one of the many Right Wing think tanks. Which is far too kind of a fate.
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Oct 25, 2018 03:03
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If there was any justice he would become an adjunct at a school where Jeb! Is now the dean, and they have wacky hijinks and his wages are lowered each time. I'd watch that Netflix original series!
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Oct 25, 2018 03:20
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https://twitter.com/statesman/status/1055249436123820034 This is gonna be hilarious
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Oct 25, 2018 03:24
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Parrotine posted:What I wanna know is what's gonna happen to potato-face Cruz if he actually does lose the election and gets kicked right the gently caress out onto the streets. Cruz looks like one of those sleazy lifer politicians with no backup plan whatsoever if things go south. In a perfect world he would be bagging my groceries at the H.E.B. checkout line, but he'd probably get offered some cushy gig at Fox News or something. Partner at some law firm somewhere or a gig at some lobbyist firm. Too unlikeable for even Fox.
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Oct 25, 2018 03:29
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Badger of Basra posted:https://twitter.com/statesman/status/1055249436123820034 Unbelievable. I wanna sue the prosecutor for loving up the case
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Oct 25, 2018 03:31
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Yeah Ted Cruz is so gross he isn’t even good for one of the usual lobbying gigs disgusting former politicians get. He could maybe get a Fox News spot but would probably go to some law firm. Even as a repellent slug creature he will be fine.
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Oct 25, 2018 03:37
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Let's be realistic, CNN would snap Cruz up long before he winds up crawling to Fox.
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Oct 25, 2018 03:46
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ReidRansom posted:Partner at some law firm somewhere or a gig at some lobbyist firm. Too unlikeable for even Fox. Yea ted Cruz would likely be a good rainmaker for a Texas firm
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Oct 25, 2018 03:57
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He's a debate nerd. He'd run the Heritage Foundation or CATO Institute if he lost.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:00
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PostNouveau posted:I'm going back this weekend to knock on doors. I've been making calls too, but calling is less effective than doors, and there's plenty of people outside of the state on the dialer. I have a question that I'm not sure how to ask without coming off as combative and also not writing 4 paragraphs (so please bear with me). Does anyone actually change their beliefs because someone called them or gave them a flyer? I've really never understood the door knocking thing.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:44
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Parrotine posted:What I wanna know is what's gonna happen to potato-face Cruz if he actually does lose the election and gets kicked right the gently caress out onto the streets. Cruz looks like one of those sleazy lifer politicians with no backup plan whatsoever if things go south. In a perfect world he would be bagging my groceries at the H.E.B. checkout line, but he'd probably get offered some cushy gig at Fox News or something. He’ll run for president in 2020. Possibly as an independent. If that doesn’t work out, THEN he’ll take a job at Fox News. Until 2024, when he’ll run for president again.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:47
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Marxalot posted:I have a question that I'm not sure how to ask without coming off as combative and also not writing 4 paragraphs (so please bear with me). It's less about changing opinions than it is motivating and ensuring like-minded people actually make it to the polls.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:48
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I. M. Gei posted:He’ll run for president in 2020. This will never happen. Dude has created his whole career around being brand name southern type GOP conservative. Trump blew all that up, but he doesn't have any enough appeal either within or outside of the GOP to do anything anymore. There will be some other hotness for the GOP after Trump but it ain't gonna be Cruz.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:51
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:It's less about changing opinions than it is motivating and ensuring like-minded people actually make it to the polls. This for sure. But also there are people out there who genuinely have no opinion somehow, yet are accepting and interested enough to listen. You wouldn't think these people exist, but reaching them, making a good impression, and providing your pamphlet does feel like it's making a difference.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:54
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Marxalot posted:Does anyone actually change their beliefs because someone called them or gave them a flyer? Probably not! Although I can think of a couple of people on the dialer who I think I've swayed, it's a vanishingly small amount. The goal of door knocking is to get them to make a plan to vote and a promise that they'll follow-through on that plan. Or to connect them with resources to get to the polls if they don't have transportation. Or to give them info about where to vote and when. Or to check them off the list completely. Convincing them isn't really part of it.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:58
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Zwabu posted:This will never happen. Dude has created his whole career around being brand name southern type GOP conservative. Trump blew all that up, but he doesn't have any enough appeal either within or outside of the GOP to do anything anymore. There will be some other hotness for the GOP after Trump but it ain't gonna be Cruz. I 100% believe it could happen. Cruz is exactly the right kind of stupid and crazy to tell America that losing his senate seat is a “sign from God” that he should run for president in 2020. Little details like “not having enough appeal” have not stopped him from doing dumb poo poo in the past. EDIT: Actually Cruz running as a libertarian in 2020 might be a smart idea on his part, considering how many republicans hate Trump. If nothing else it’ll give him good publicity for another GOP run in 2024. I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 05:07
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Marxalot posted:I have a question that I'm not sure how to ask without coming off as combative and also not writing 4 paragraphs (so please bear with me). It also helps with name recognition in less well-known races. If you've literally never heard of a challenger to some local office but the flyer has some good stuff on it you agree with it can motivate you to look into the candidate.
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Oct 25, 2018 06:23
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I assume the point of calls is to motivate voters who are maybe less committed or who might put it off until they miss their chance. I got a call tonight from Beto campaign that was meant for my dad and they asked that question about a plan to get to the booth, I'm sure there's some psych behind how visualizing something makes you more likely to do it. The call itself was awkward as hell though, they could immediately tell from my voice that they had the wrong number which threw them off and they were going to end the call there but I thought I'd try to assure them since my family asks me to coordinate their voting anyway. There were a lot of long awkward silences between every exchange and I think my lovely cell reception probably garbled everything I said but they didn't want to bring it up maybe? Or maybe I was making them veer away from their instructions by speaking for another person and they weren't sure how to handle it. Anyway, at least they were trying.
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Oct 25, 2018 06:40
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Badger of Basra posted:https://twitter.com/statesman/status/1055249436123820034 Dawna Dukes is the name she was born with right?
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Oct 25, 2018 07:34
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yellowyams posted:I assume the point of calls is to motivate voters who are maybe less committed or who might put it off until they miss their chance. I got a call tonight from Beto campaign that was meant for my dad and they asked that question about a plan to get to the booth, I'm sure there's some psych behind how visualizing something makes you more likely to do it. It take a bit to get into the rhythm of it. You were probably their first call. Also, there ARE downsides to just letting any random person become essentially an official part of your campaign. Some random people are weird and bad at it.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:52
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https://twitter.com/RobertTGarrett/status/1055466283507089408 Packed house in Lufkin for the liberal Democrat and Cornyn and Cruz can't fill a hotel ballroom
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Oct 25, 2018 15:30
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Sardonik posted:This for sure. But also there are people out there who genuinely have no opinion somehow, yet are accepting and interested enough to listen. You wouldn't think these people exist, but reaching them, making a good impression, and providing your pamphlet does feel like it's making a difference. yea there is a non-zero amount of people already sympathetic to these ideas but just not very politically motivated, and yea a dude showing up with a nice clear flyer all about 'hey this guy actually agrees with a lot of what you think is good and he's running for office' can make them more motivated.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:02
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+2 for Beto. It was pouring down rain when my wife and I went to vote last night so no dramatic stories of long lines out the door at the polling location.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:28
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Well I didn't realize early voting ended at 4:30pm this week (at least it does in Harris County, not sure elsewhere), so I was a little peeved when I went to go vote around 5:00 yesterday only to get turned away. Will be going back this afternoon with my wife though to chalk up more Beto and Not-Republican votes.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:41
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I walked through the voting process with two people at work who have never voted. Gave them a link to vote411.org so they can make their decisions before getting to the polling station. It makes me feel a little hopeful because they wouldn't have showed up in any poll.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:51
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/RobertTGarrett/status/1055466283507089408  jesus, a packed house in Lufkin with an applause for marijuana reform, poo poo is crazyMy brother still lives there and I dread the drive up there from Houston, although I did have a good experiencing interning at the Lufkin Daily News years and years ago when I was in college
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Oct 25, 2018 17:02
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Dallas Morning News finally got around to making a Senate recommendation. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/25/recommend-beto-orourke-us-senate
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Oct 25, 2018 17:11
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I wouldn't get too hype, they endorsed Sadler in 12
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Oct 25, 2018 17:13
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