Election Day is still a month away, but more than 700,000 Americans have already voted across at least 30 states. There are signs emerging of the advantage Democrats have in motivating their voters – a trend that’s played out in polling all summer long.

In several states with key Senate or governor races this fall, Democrats make up a larger share of voters requesting ballots so far than they did at this point in 2024.

In Iowa, Democrats have made 67% of ballot requests, up from 54% at this point in 2024. In Pennsylvania, it’s 66%, up from 62%, and in Maine it’s 57%, up from 53%. And according to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections, 42% of ballot requests are from Democrats, up from 36% at this point two years ago.

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      4 days ago

      Dude wants trump, he just doesn’t want to admit it. So he’s framing it as “if we don’t reelect trump the Democrats will give us trump and that’s bad”

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        I don’t want Trump any more than you do, but it’s Democrats that have given us Trump both times. By failing to address the material needs of the working class and as the RNC continues to move further to the right the DNC will be in lockstep behind them

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          The way this is phrased infuriates me, because it’s disengenious bullshit that just so happens to remove responsibility for the people who couldn’t get off their behinds and do the absolute minimum to stop fascism. The Democrats did not “give us Trump.” They LOST TO TRUMP, because not enough people voted for them. These are not the same thing.