I voted early today. I normally do vote by mail, but I decided to switch back to in-person voting to people watch, and it was interesting. I was in front of three old ladies and I could hear all of their conversation:
- One of them, the leader, talked for an hour and a half straight. Hardly two brain cells to rub together -- the very epitome of the low-education, apolitical female voter who only votes the way her husband tells her to. Husband, however, is fucking dead, so she has now developed her own opinions.
- She said she watches every single Trump rally. The teevee told her to vote early because the Democrats threw out hundreds of thousands of votes in the last election and that is why Trump "lost." Teevee (Newsmax?) also told her to vote in person because the Democrats throw out votes by mail. Thousands and thousands of boxes! The two other stooges agreed with her and at least one had "read" the same thing in some article somewhere.
- She loved the McDonald's stunt; thought it was great, so funny!
- All three agreed that Trump will save us from living in a third-world country.
- All three were very inconvenienced about having to wait in line. In their day, you just popped in and out! (You still do, on Election Day.) However, teevee and Daddy Trump asked them to do their part, so they did!
It was like grandma read /pol/ and Twitter. The same talking points -- it was crazy. But, clearly the Big Lie that Trump actually won in 2020 is still holding water, and the increased early voting turnout amongst registered Republicans is likely due to this, too. If Biden won, if Kamala wins, it's fraud, and not because people fucking hate Trump.