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Old 10-09-2020, 12:36 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Last day to register to vote is tomorrow, folx. Get it done! Here are important dates for NC.

Thank you HatchChile for posting this important information!


It's so sad that even in what looks like an election year that has attracted so much interest, only about 70% of the eligible pool of voters will actually vote. That's not a very high number for a country that prides itself on being the "Beacon of Liberty" for the world. In Switzerland, if you don't vote, you are fined several hundred dollars. It would be nice to see more Americans actually vote. It would be "really great" if a record number of North Carolina citizens voted this year, surpassing the voting percentage of the other states and territories. At least we'd be the Number 1 state in some category, for a change!


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Old 10-09-2020, 01:00 PM
 
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Thank you HatchChile for posting this important information!


It's so sad that even in what looks like an election year that has attracted so much interest, only about 70% of the eligible pool of voters will actually vote. That's not a very high number for a country that prides itself on being the "Beacon of Liberty" for the world. In Switzerland, if you don't vote, you are fined several hundred dollars. It would be nice to see more Americans actually vote. It would be "really great" if a record number of North Carolina citizens voted this year, surpassing the voting percentage of the other states and territories. At least we'd be the Number 1 state in some category, for a change!


Your vote actually can make a difference! Vote!
I agree. But this country also has a history with voter suppression. Literacy tests, poll taxes, purging of voter rolls, gerrymandering to point out some. Even now what's happening in TX in terms of ballot boxes are all examples of voter suppression. So yeah some of it is working exactly as it was intended. But, yes, I am hoping the voter turn out is record breaking this year!
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Old 10-09-2020, 01:25 PM
 
Location: Washington DC
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So is this a big deal in NC that could swing the election towards Tillis?

It’s a complete non-story nationally. Seems like Biden and the Democrat are fairly strong otherwise.
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Old 10-09-2020, 03:18 PM
 
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So is this a big deal in NC that could swing the election towards Tillis?
I thinking no, but we'll have to wait until election day to find out

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It’s a complete non-story nationally. Seems like Biden and the Democrat are fairly strong otherwise.
If Tillis wins (he was down 12 points in pre-scandal polling), and the Repubs hold on to the Senate by one seat, it will be big a national story.
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Old 10-09-2020, 05:50 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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I thinking no, but we'll have to wait until election day to find out

If Tillis wins (he was down 12 points in pre-scandal polling), and the Repubs hold on to the Senate by one seat, it will be big a national story.



It would be a big National story if control of the Senate rested on the outcome of the Tillis-Cunningham race, but that's unlikely. North Carolina voted for Trump in 2016 and he'd make Cunningham look like a near-virgin Boy Scout by comparison. At this point, it's a big nothing.
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Old 10-09-2020, 06:01 PM
 
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It would be a big National story if control of the Senate rested on the outcome of the Tillis-Cunningham race, but that's unlikely. North Carolina voted for Trump in 2016 and he'd make Cunningham look like a near-virgin Boy Scout by comparison. At this point, it's a big nothing.
I hope it continues to be a big nothing, but assuming the standards that Trump voters used in 2016 to evaluating candidates is the same as other voters will use in 2020 use is probably not a stretch. And I wouldn't say its unlikely that the Tillis/Cunningham race could be the deciding factor in Republican control of the Senate.
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Old 10-09-2020, 06:48 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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I hope it continues to be a big nothing, but assuming the standards that Trump voters used in 2016 to evaluating candidates is the same as other voters will use in 2020 use is probably not a stretch. And I wouldn't say its unlikely that the Tillis/Cunningham race could be the deciding factor in Republican control of the Senate.

If Jaime Harrison beats Lindsay Graham in our neighbor to the South, it may render the Tillis/Cunningham race a lot less relevant. But if Harrison beats Graham, chances are Cunningham will be victorious just by voting trends.
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Old 10-09-2020, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Fredericksburg, VA
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If Jaime Harrison beats Lindsay Graham in our neighbor to the South, it may render the Tillis/Cunningham race a lot less relevant. But if Harrison beats Graham, chances are Cunningham will be victorious just by voting trends.
I highly doubt that Graham will lose. SC is a highly republican state, and I think the polls are really way off. Another race to look out for is Peters vs James in Michigan, and Ernst vs Greenfield in Iowa.
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Old 10-10-2020, 04:24 AM
 
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Polls released since the reports of Cunningham's alleged affair are showing a lead for Cunningham of 4 to 11 points, versus 12 previously, so the race would appear to be tightening.
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Old 10-10-2020, 06:03 AM
 
Location: NC
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Polls released since the reports of Cunningham's alleged affair are showing a lead for Cunningham of 4 to 11 points, versus 12 previously, so the race would appear to be tightening.
Untrustworthy, stupid about certain things, and still leading the polls. Nothing new to be seen here, just politics at it's finest.
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