Please do NOT pay any attention to these F**king polls.
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I will always believe that to some degree Hillary Clinton's "loss" in 2016 was due to just enough people in just enough places thinking that she had it in the bag and so decided that their vote simply wasn't needed.
I'm 65 years old and my first vote for president was in 1976 when I was 21. Ever since I was old enough to vote in 1973 the only year I didn't vote was in 1978 when I was going to grad school in Ohio and received my absentee ballot from Pennsylvania two days after the election.
As far as presidential elections go I've voted in some landslides, 10%+ margin (1980, 1984), some with comfortable margins of 4 to 9.9% (1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) and some close ones with under 4% margins (1976, 2000, 2016). The widest % margin in my life was LBJ's 61.1 vote in 1964. I would be fairly certain even LBJ would've said that he needed every single one of those votes.
We do NOT need a Democratic Tom Dewey in 2020 because Dolt45 desperately needs and deserves repudiation, and the only way that we can insure that it will happen is if WE get off of our crusty asses (and I have a BIG ass) and make it happen. This election will not be over until the votes are counted and, to paraphrase President Ford, our long national nightmare ends at Noon on 1/20/21.
My wife and I voted on 10/9. I'm taking our son up to cast his first vote tomorrow so we know that Biden/Harris will have at least 3 votes in Maine.
So, have you voted or do you have a plan to vote? If not, than please do. This election is just too damned important.
That's my 2 cents, and quite possibly over priced at that. Thank you for reading and please VOTE!
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Was this supposed to help with my anxiety?
... City of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. We did turn out for Hillary in 2016 but our numbers weren't high enough to overcome the racism and misogyny in other parts of PA.
We were sad to see that the black voters in Pittsburgh (for whatever reason) did not support Hillary in the same way they supported Obama in 2008 and 2012. It was disheartening, and it was enough to turn the state over to Chump. I'm not saying it was just the black voters, other groups were also to blame including white suburban women, etc.
As proud as I was to vote for Hillary Clinton, I'll never understand how those misguided people chose Chump over her. Some Dems stayed home and didn't vote at all, rather than vote for her. If only ... if only ... IF ONLY!
And I thought I was old!
That’s pretty silly. Most thinking adults can look at polls, process them and then follow up and vote. They can also inform their friends and family of the state of the race, and why it’s important to vote.
Burying ones head in the sand can also be counterproductive.
An understanding of human nature and politics is a wonderful concept. You should try it sometime. 
Sorry, not a big fan of, or impressed with, people who encourage voters to be ACTIVELY UNINFORMED during an election as you have done in your OP. And that IS what you are doing.
Good luck with the head in the sand movement. I think it’s got a great chance to really take off.
Seriously here is the OP’s argument in a nutshell: “Don’t inform yourself. Be ignorant. You’ll vote harder.”
