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Matt Schweder's avatar

Surely I don’t have to remind THIS audience that polls are rigged to give the illusion of support so that when the election is rigged again it will seem plausible. Imho, that’s why Trump does rallies…to show that he can draw thousands on a whim with little to no advertising while Comrade Kamaltoe has to pay and bus in support.

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Juju's avatar

My husband has been union for 34 years. It has been maddening watching them endorse the Dems the past decade. When we watched Trump in NY yesterday embrace the labor unions as wholly as he did, it was a real moment for us. A surge of pride and hope welled up in our living room. Shame on the Teamsters for not endorsing the candidate its members do.

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Peter Schott's avatar

I think the analysis of the "why" is spot on. If the Teamsters were to come out and endorse Trump, they'd be destroyed. The current administration and state operators have shown they have no problem taking down anyone who goes against the narrative or their positions. :(

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VF's avatar

We are to stand up to these tyrants now we have the numbers behind us.

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Jamison's avatar

Yes. It’s why we need brave leaders. Unfortunately, too many of us are cowards.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Speaking as a former Teamster member, I believe union leadership follows the money - Dem Party quid pro quos, plus the dues taken from membership via police power.

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SB's avatar

The Teamsters management is getting money from the democrat party, have no doubt.

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PatriotWatcher's avatar

As a Teamster, I am VERY disappointed in Sean O'Brien for not stepping up! Rank and filers have spoken! I am so proud of my Brothers and Sisters, but our voices are NOT being honored 😔

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WP William's avatar

The Trump Republican Party Freedom Coalition Versus the Democratic Party Parasites-Grifters-Communist-Authoritarian Axis of Domestic Evil

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Mary Ann Caton's avatar

While I was still teaching at Pitt, the faculty was considering unionizing and eventually settled on the United Steelworkers as their bargaining agent. I worked hard to get my colleagues to sign up for the union. In the end it passed. Then covid hit and I retired. In the fall of 2020, the new faculty union argued hard for masks and in 2021 lobbied the administration hard for vaccine mandates for students. That union has done nothing but dishonor the great heritage of the USW who did so much for workers.

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ICI Grief (The Rebel's Hike)'s avatar

Real analysis by Martin Armstrong and his Socrates program show real life Kamala support at 10%.

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NAB's avatar

!!

I have a neighbor who recently filled up her front yard with Democrat campaign signs. She recently added a Harris/Walz sign. I desperately want to knock on her door and just say, "explain your position to me." I fully accept there are those who will simply vote against Trump. Fair enough. I think you are shooting yourself in the foot, but fine. But with this neighbor, she has all the signs about "Progress. Forward. Reproductive Rights. Trans Rights." She seems to be a true believer. I just want to know how people end up there.

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Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

I'm in a sparsely populated rural area, but the house I'm living in is "downtown" for this township and a lot of traffic whooshes by all day long. I was happy to see a few Trump signs between here and a food pantry I visit, but then this week a couple Harris-Walz yardsigns popped up... they were white letters on a black background... what's up with that?

Also, my sister who owns the house where I live freaked out when I put a Trump sign in my bedroom window. She was actually afraid someone would see it and come do destruction to her home. So I took it down. It's her window, so okay.

It's ridiculous what Trump supporters have to put up with.

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NAB's avatar

That was my thought, too, Anita and we are in a pretty conservative area (though it is rapidly changing due to demographic shifts). Dems put up signs ALL THE TIME (BLM, Pro-Ukraine, Pro-LGBTQ) and never worry about any retaliation. I wonder how many conservatives just don't bother because they don't want any harassment. It really does say way more about the Left than the Right. The Left are bullies and have people willing to prove it and the Right just takes it on the chin, over and over again.

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SusanMc's avatar

Fear silences

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On an island's avatar

I was wondering the same thing myself. How in the world do people proudly support the Comrade Kamala ticket??

I have concluded either a) they believe sound bites and short slogans without thinking critically about what’s underlying or b) they are actually happy with open borders, violent crime, high prices, censorship, women in men’s sports, endless war, a nanny state, and abortion without limits. Because that’s what they’re supporting.

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Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

Out here in rural areas, we don't have housing for illegal immigrants so we aren't flooded with them, even though this county is supposedly a "sanctuary county" according to a map showing sanctuary cities, and counties... sigh.

I moved here from Tucson Arizona this year and it's pretty much like living a sheltered life here compared to there.

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KCwoofie's avatar

Save your breath. If she is a true believer, she will respond to the mildest, most polite question by screaming at you, spit flying. It is truly very sad to see.

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JSR's avatar

I believe they are hypnotized by the tel-lie-vision… and they won’t come out if it until they are told to

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Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

plus she works with woke co-workers...

truthfully, she doesn't watch TV or internet news or read it, she only knows what she hears at work and she tries to be "neutral" so she weighs all parties as being the same... sigh

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WP William's avatar

Cult Member

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Mary Ann Caton's avatar

That’s precisely what I don’t get: why do they want to live in a country where policies like unrestricted immigration, censorship, restrictions on speech, boys using girls’ bathrooms and playing on sports teams where girls are seriously injured, war is forever, and no one can own a gas stove.

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Robin Greer's avatar

And that's why they want Trump's rallies forced inside where the size of the crowd is limited.

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CH's avatar

That is exactly what I thought before the 2020 election when I would see 100 or so people gathering to hear Biden (or Obama when he stumped for him) and 10,000+ would gather to see Trump. In my mind there was no way Biden would win and yet, here we are.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

I’ve shouted since 2016 POLLS ARE FAKE AND USED TO MANIPULATE US. It’s infuriating every time I hear anyone say “the polls say”. Blah blah blah. Trump and all the big conservatives STILL cite the polls and it disgusts me. Why!!! Why give one bit of merit to any of them. 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

Stop!!!

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Guy White's avatar

The use of polls as tools of election manipulation probably goes back decades now. I think most of us were slow to realize this because we still believed in the inherent honesty of most people and public institutions. But they are so in-your-face with daily headlines from State Media proclaiming “the latest trends” and so forth that they are nearly impossible to ignore. And apart from discerning individuals like most C&C readers, the vast majority of the public will be duped into believing at least some of the hype. I simply dismiss any coverage referring to polls now, reminding myself that it’s all part of the psyop to play on peoples’ emotions and divide us as a nation.

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Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

There was a time when exit polls were done, when there wasn't all the early, absentee, and mail in balloting for days, weeks, months.

They had to go, because they could actually tell a different story than all these projection polls.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

🎯 🎯

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RU's avatar

The public facing polls are manufactured. They are push polls. Their goal is to persuade people in one direction or another. Either "it's a close race" and so it shouldn't be a surprise if the Dems "pull out" a "victory" (aka, harvest and dump enough fraudulent ballots to cover the spread). Or, the Dems are so far ahead (R) voters should just stay home and not bother b/c they can't win anyway. Been saying this for years.

Just watched Tucker's interview with JD last night and Vance made this point very well. He really understands the polling/surveying business.

But, it should be obvious to everyone: if the public facing polls were real, the campaigns wouldn't need to conduct their own "internal" polling to get accurate numbers. In admitting they conduct their own internal polling, they also admit the public polls are fake.

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Mary H.'s avatar

The media lies about EVERYTHING, WHY would ANYONE believe the polls ?

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Matt Schweder's avatar

Literally everything🎯

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YM's avatar

The polls have to keep up the illusion the race is "close" so their upcoming steal can be viewed as plausible by those not paying attention. It's why the NYT is coming out and saying the results won't be known on election night.

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