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NC is getting more stupid (through the deliberate importation of 'my head is in the sand, I want freebies and I don't give a darn about anyone else' idiots) as time goes on .. or at least that will be my analysis if Hilary beats Trump here.
If Trump is not elected they will however get what they 'truly deserve' (which is quite different from what they are being told they will get and what they may clamour for). That will start with and probably continue with unsustainably high and rising health insurance and care costs (250,000 alone in NC will lose benefits soon due to the withdrawal of 2 of the 3 remaining insurers in NC and for those who can still get it .. 25% increase for next year alone - and no way this will improve in the next 4 years if the Dems have their way), even more poverty and division, continuing decline in the education system, increases in taxes with nothing to show for it ... the list goes on and on. But, hey, it is 'your vote, your choice, your consequences'.
I am thinking of beginning a lobby to make voters put their finger into incredibly long lasting indelible ink too (or have it 'imprint' from paper ballots used to send it in). Too much potential in this state for 'dead voters' to resurrect and send in their 'ballots' by Hilpony Express, requirements for ID aside.
and p.s. I am no Republican .. nor is Trump .. though he runs under that banner.
polls are polls. how many people will actually get out to vote is the thing. Definitely not voting for hillary........toss up between Johnson and Trump
As voting begins, it's interesting to note that early voting means that nearly half of the electorate will be immune to any late developments in the final days of the campaign.
the race for United States Senator from North Carolina, Republican Richard Burr today edges Democrat Deborah Ross 45% to 43%. Burr leads by 12 points among men; Ross leads by 8 points among women. Both Burr and Ross hold 86% of their self-identified partisan base; those describing themselves as independents split, with 12% of independents voting for Libertarian Sean Haugh, who takes 6% of the vote overall. Burr leads in greater Greensboro; Ross leads in greater Raleigh. Elsewhere, the race is tied.
Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper today edges Republican incumbent Governor Pat McCrory 47% to 45%. Cooper leads by 8 points among voters under age 50; McCrory leads by 6 among voters age 50+. Whites back McCrory by 15 points; blacks back Cooper by 55 points. Independents back Cooper by 5 points; moderates back Cooper by 17. High school educated voters prefer McCrory 5:3; college educated voters prefer Cooper 5:3. Cooper edges McCrory among the least affluent and leads by 8 among the most affluent; middle-income voters split. Cooper leads by 12 in greater Raleigh; McCrory leads by 14 in southern and coastal North Carolina; the race is tied elsewhere.
---Survey USA
I am thinking of beginning a lobby to make voters put their finger into incredibly long lasting indelible ink too (or have it 'imprint' from paper ballots used to send it in). Too much potential in this state for 'dead voters' to resurrect and send in their 'ballots' by Hilpony Express, requirements for ID aside.
Not going to address the more ridiculous parts of your rant, but, while I actually tend to think the "purple ink on the thumb" way of marking who's voted as is done in some Middle Eastern country is not a bad idea, that only works for ONE-DAY elections. You can't keep your thumb inked for the entire period of Early Voting, and what would you plan to do about mail-in absentee ballots? Those have always been the easiest to rig.
The "dead voter" argument is tiresome and no cases of dead people "voting" have been noted since, I believe, the election of 1960, and then just in Chicago. Ya know, if you have to go back almost 2 generations to find evidence of your claim, it's not a valid claim. It's the duty of Boards of Elections (all controlled by Republicans in NC, currently) to ensure that no dead people are listed on the rolls; if they are, blame the BOEs for negligence. I would really love to know how those who claim the "dead people voting" line actually expect that to work, since death certificate info is sent to the BOE and those people purged regularly, as is anybody who hasn't voted in two consecutive Presidential elections.
“Catalist, a voter data firm that works mostly with Democratic campaigns, provided The Washington Post with early vote numbers from several battleground states that allowed us to compare current returns with the number of ballots returned in years past.”
“In seven states for which returned ballot data was available by party, Democratic ballots made up a larger percentage of what had come back by the 20-day mark (that is, by 20 days before Election Day) than in 2012 (or in 2008 for Florida). In some cases, like Arizona and North Carolina, the shift to the Democrats was substantial.”
The first day of in-person early voting in North Carolina:
Dem 52.7, Rep 24.3
White 67, Black 27.8 Female 55.1, Male 43.5
So 1.4% don't know?
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