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    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 10 13:07:55 2024
    "Jump ball, deadlock, coin flip, tossup. We’re running out of election metaphors.

    Everyone’s texting each other, every interaction turns quickly to
    “Whaddaya think, what’s gonna happen?” You feel an urgency but also a sincerity: They honestly don’t know."

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-do-americans-really-want-a-politics-of-joy/ar-AA1rFmx5

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 11 12:12:00 2024
    "You feel an urgency but also a sincerity: They honestly don’t know."

    Why?

    Election politics is basically the politics of joy. Politicians and commentators could say whatever they want to day. People could believe
    whatever they want to believe. Contradiction with objective reality is
    not an issue. More freedom means more joy. If people continue to
    suffer, blames the other party.

    Of course thinking voters honestly don't know. And could not know.

    What is left the joy of voting. Voting means autonomy. And voting per se
    is supposedly, the right thing to do.

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 14 18:19:07 2024
    "A new Pew Research Center survey finds that about three-quarters of
    U.S. adults (73%) say they have seen inaccurate news coverage about the election at least somewhat often, including 37% who have seen this kind
    of information extremely or very often.

    About half of Americans (52%) say they generally find it difficult to
    determine what is true and what is not when getting news about the
    election. And 28% separately say that it’s been difficult for them to
    find reliable information about the presidential election.

    Supporters of the two major political parties are having vastly
    different experiences with election news in these ways.

    Republicans (including independents who lean toward the GOP) are
    much more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to say they have
    seen inaccurate coverage and that they are having a hard time sorting
    out the truth.
    And Republicans are less likely than Democrats to say it is easy for
    them to find reliable information about the election (29% vs. 52%, respectively)."

    https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/10/10/americans-views-of-2024-election-news/

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 20 11:35:17 2024
    一語道破美國選舉民主:

    "“It’s less about us and more about them,” said Daniel Santos, a 36-year-old water company employee from Racine, Wis., who voted for
    former President Obama and Trump and has yet to make up his mind this
    time."


    https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-20/2024-election-battleground-states-voters-kamala-harris-donald-trump

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