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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by mindslight on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:16PM (#12456327)
The current election feels like the most important election because the other ones are safely in history.

What exactly do you see changing when we reach the vaulted 100% voter turnout? Or is it a transcendental type of thing?

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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by qznc on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:01PM (#12456758)
This election feels more polarized then the previous ones I remember. Some people disliked Mitt Romney in 2012, but they hate Trump in 2016.

As an bystander (EU citizen) I find this a very entertaining election. :)

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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by swsieber on Thursday September 08, 2016 @05:03PM (#12457315)
Statistically, people hate the candidates more than any other election so far: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-distaste-for-b...
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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by xirdstl on Thursday September 08, 2016 @05:35PM (#12457555)
Is this really true, or do we just have a short memory? Many hated Obama when he ran. Before that, many hated GW Bush.

Before that, maybe not as much. But that was also before social media, which serves as an amplifier for the hate.

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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by mindslight on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:45PM (#12457129)
Polarization is more representative of social media bubbles and the teams' resulting marketing strategies rather than an indicator of actual importance.
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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by jjawssd on Saturday September 10, 2016 @02:30PM (#12470347)
People should watch speeches from Clinton, Stein, and Trump before they draw their own conclusions. The polarization is completely unnecessary.
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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by wry_discontent on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:36PM (#12457041)
A lot of conservatives _hated_ Obama in 2008. They made the same claims about him being Hitler and how he was going to destroy the country, etc. It an old routine.
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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by typon on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:39PM (#12458059)
They feel the same if not worse about Clinton.
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