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L-R Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Jack Black, Pete Buttigieg (screen captures)
From the educational video Voting Is Sexy (screen caps)
You know what really turns us on? Democracy. Watch your faves detail just how horny their constitutional right makes them and head to http://headcount.org/pride to register, check your status, and Grind the Vote.
Former Vice President Joe Biden (via Instagram)
In a memo obtained by The Washington Post, Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon urged supporters to “campaign like we’re trailing” heading into the final weeks of the election.
“We cannot become complacent because the very searing truth is that Donald Trump can still win this race, and every indication we have shows that this thing is going to come down to the wire,” Dillon wrote.
Dillon encouraged supporters to use 2016 as a reminder that polling can be wrong and that it all comes down to who can secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. While Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016, reflecting national polls, Trump won an electoral college victory by winning several Midwestern states that previously had gone to the Democrats. In key battleground states, Dillon wrote, the “race is far closer than some of the punditry we’re seeing on Twitter and on TV would suggest.”
Facebook is launching a campaign to recruit volunteers to work the election polls for the presidential election. From The Verge:
Facebook is launching a recruitment drive for poll workers this weekend, putting messages into users’ News Feeds with links to poll worker registration sites in their state.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post announcing the drive that it was part of the company’s larger voting information campaign, which has a goal of helping 4 million people register and vote.
“Voting is voice, and in a democracy, it’s the ultimate way we hold our leaders accountable and make sure the country is heading in the direction we want,” Zuckerberg wrote.
The social media giant also will join dozens of other companies offering paid time off to employees in the US who work the polls on Election Day, according to Zuckerberg’s post.
LGBTQ civil rights group, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), teamed up with Grammy® /Emmy®/Tony® award-winning actor, singer and activist Billy Porter to release this inspiring video encouraging people to vote as the nation is now j 100 days until the 2020 election. The video pairs Porter’s new cover of the iconic protest song, “For What It’s Worth,” with sound bites from HRC President Alphonso David’s speech at HRC’s 2019 National Dinner. Utilizing images of protest past and present, the video notes that both protest and voting are necessary to create change. Originally written by Stephen Stills in 1966 at the height of the civil rights movement, “For What It’s Worth” is as relevant today as when it was first released. Says Porter: “In pairing the song with Alphonso’s prophetic words about the power of seeing beyond yourself, this new video shares an important message for 2020: keep protesting, but also remember the sacrifices that have been made for our right to vote, and get yourself to the ballot box too.”
Rocker Axl Rose has reached out to his 1.23 million Twitter followers asking them to vote Republicans out of power, who he says are “doing r nation a disservice.”
I’d imagine the bulk of Guns N Roses fans are conservative/Republicans, so it’s quite the move to take such a vocal stand.
Good on him.
As far as I’m concerned anyone can enjoy GNR 4 whatever reason n’ there’s truth 2 the saying “u can’t choose your fans” n’ we’re good w/that.— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
Having said that my personal position is that the Trump administration along w/the majority of Republicans in Congress n’ their donors that support him 4 their own agendas r doing r nation a disservice.— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
We have an individual in the WH that will say n’ do anything w/no regard for truth, ethics, morals or empathy of any kind, who says what’s real is fake n’ what’s fake is real.— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
Who will stop at nothing 4 power feeding off the anger n’ resentment he sows 24/7 while constantly whining how whatever doesn’t go his way is unfair.— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
Most of us in America have never experienced anything this obscene at this level in r lifetimes n’ if we as a country don’t wake up n’ put an end 2 this nonsense now it’s something we definitely will all pay hard 4 as time goes on.— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
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| Sally Field and son Sam |
Shot: Election Day this year also happens to be Oscar winner Sally Field’s birthday.
And she’s only asking for one thing for her d-day – that you vote.
Tuesday is my 72nd birthday. I want one great big gift that can only come from you.Vote. Like our lives depend on it. Because they do.
Vote.
— Sally Field (@sally_field) November 4, 2018
Chaser: And then, her son, openly gay Sam Greisman, chimed in:
Please vote. Cuz I didn’t get her anything. https://t.co/bToC91gr7B— sam greisman (@SAMGREIS) November 4, 2018
Three weeks before the 2018 midterm elections, voter enthusiasm is on the rise after hitting its lowest level in half a century in 2014.
A new poll by The Washington Post/ABC News shows 77% of registered voters say they are certain to vote in the midterms versus 65% in 2014.
From The Washington Post:
Enthusiasm is up across almost all demographic groups, but the increases are greater among younger adults, nonwhite voters and those who say they favor Democrats for the House.
Certainty to vote is up 32 points among women younger than 40, compared with 2014. Among men and women ages 18 to 29, it has risen 17 points.
Among nonwhite registered voters, 72 percent are now certain to vote, up from 48 percent in Post-ABC polling in October 2014.
White men without college degrees represent the one heavily Republican group whose certainty to vote is lower than average and has increased less than other groups since 2014. In contrast, white women with college degrees are up 15 points to 88 percent. For white women without degrees, the figure is up 12 points.
Among voters who prefer Democratic candidates for the House, 81 percent say they are certain to vote, up from 60 percent in 2014.
Among those who support Republican candidates for the House, enthusiasm now stands at 76 percent, compared with 73 percent in October 2014.
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| Image via the New York Times Upshot |
The New York Times’ Upshot gives Hillary Clinton a 92% chance of winning the White House.
Additionally, a Quinnipiac University poll of swing-states shows Clinton tied with Trump at 44% in Iowa, and trailing by just 1 point in Georgia at 43%.
To underscore those numbers – Hillary has never really dominated in Iowa and Trump was ahead there by 7 a month ago. And Georgia is such a ruby-red state you have to wonder what’s up that Hillary is within one point of Trump there.
Amazing.
All that said, I need all you shiny, happy people to get out and vote for my girl, Hillary Clinton.
Do not take winning for granted – GO VOTE!
2.2 million views in one day.
Cause, that’s what Avengers do – save the day.
From TIME:
In case anyone needed an extra incentive to vote in this fall’s presidential election, Avengers director Joss Whedon has enlisted a bevy of celebrities and the possibility of a Mark Ruffalo nude scene to urge people to vote.
In a video campaign for his PAC titled “Save the Day,” A-list celebrities such as Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore rub shoulders with small screen stars like Matt McGorry, Jesse Williams and Neil Patrick Harris to encourage Americans to vote this November.
Like Hollywood get-out-the-vote efforts of years past, the video mostly encourages voters to do their civic duty, but there’s a hint that at least some of the stars would also prefer if you cast your ballot against Republican nominee Donald Trump. Actor Don Cheadle doesn’t mention Trump but does refer (not for the first time) to “a racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the fabric of our society.”
The video also promises, tongue in cheek, that if voters do their part, actor Mark Ruffalo will do a full-frontal nude scene in his next film.
Wait, wait, wait – what’s this “tongue in cheek” stuff, TIME? I want my full-frontal, naked Ruffalo.
Scarlett Johansson herself promises he’ll be going “full monty.”
I want the “full Marky.”
Please vote. #ImWithHer
