Almost 40,000 people registered to vote in the 48 hours after President Biden announced he was suspending his reelection campaign and endorsing Vice President Harris, Vote.org said.
Vote.org said 38,500 new voters registered, representing the largest number of registrations in a 48-hour period this election cycle.
Of the new voter registrations, 83 percent were from people aged 18-34, according to the voting registration nonprofit group.
kudos to everyone who thought Biden stepping down was a bad idea but admit they were wrong now. i understand why some people thought it would lead to uncertainty and chaos, might look weak, etc. it’s an understandable concern.
and now it’s in the past. if you can see that it’s helping your side by energizing people who might have checked out before, it’s severely hurting the other side who only had prepared attacks on biden and have nothing to say but whine that this isn’t fair, and most importantly her willingness to talk about project 2025 unlike biden is raising awareness and distaste for the republicans… and think “hey this went better than I expected and I’m glad that it happened”… then I salute you. i hope this inspires you to talk to more people and get more people to vote.
This is me. I thought it was a bad idea and I’m happy to admit I was wrong and am throwing my full weight behind Harris.
The momentum and energy here is undeniable. This latest dig on trump is exactly the fire we need.
Me. I was one of those people.
Never been happier to have been wrong though
“hey this went better than I expected and I’m glad that it happened” you just described me exactly lol. I figured Biden dropping out would be bad for our democracy and Trump would be more likely to win.
A day after he dropped out I knew I was wrong given the absolute excitement from pretty much everyone except Republicans, happy it happened now.
I love how all of lemmy and many other places on the internet bitched and moaned about people calling for Biden to drop out. Then he did and the party is more energized than it has been in years, and actually has a chance to, ya know, defeat American fascism.
Okay, I rarely comment on political posts on Lemmy, because I value my time, and my sanity. And I agree with you. This is our best chance. But I just want to say that Kamala does not represent a way to defeat American fascism. She represents a way to buy some time until we can form a movement that goes so far beyond neo liberal policies it’s unreal. It’s still unlikely, but she’s hopefully buying us 4 years.
Maybe I’m just being pedantic, but it genuinely worries me when people think that Kamala or really any major politician in the US can defeat fascism. Normal got us here, normal will send us right back.
Again, not trying to be an ass, and perhaps you also meant she buys us time, but this shit scares me. If she wins in November, and even I, as a filthy commie, I hope she does, it isn’t a victory in the war against American fascism. It’s a bandaid, a canteen of water, and a chance to regroup.
Need to shift the Overton window to the left again before we can even look at the really liberal ideas.
I was one of those people. It seemed incredibly stupid to me.
I thought we’d fracture, and infighting would eat up our next three months. I thought it would squander our remaining chances. I thought the same people who didn’t want Biden also didn’t want Kamala, and I didn’t know of anyone else.
I thought it would open us up to litigation, and because I don’t trust our judicial branch, I thought that would let Republicans strangle a candidate in courts. Most importantly, I thought Republicans actually had a plan and a strategy.
I was very wrong and it doesn’t bother me at all to admit it. In fact, I’m relieved.
Respect you for saying that
Hell yeah! Looks like someone got some ass today!
100% felt the same way as you. Now my sister and l are going to volunteer.
The problem is that they then pretend like they never acted that way & are going to great lengths to cover up that they ever did.
No, we were wrong and we’re admitting it. Replacing Biden was the right call.
Kudos to you. I hope Democrats can continue to put voters interests above their own.
Registrations for the registration throne!
That’s more people than Taylor Swift got to register.
Young people respond when they feel like they’re being listened to. They don’t respond to boomers lecturing them about what to do, because they’ve heard job hunting advice from boomers.
So good news and all, and I guess we kinda already know this, but this also means there are at least 40k fucking morons out there…
If I’m to be polite I should probably say “politically uninformed.” But seriously wtf? They’d sit back and take fascism if it were old man vs old man, but now it’s time to vote because one old man is out?
Motivation is a big factor. Don’t forget, humans are generally lazy when not otherwise driven. And let’s be honest, Joe’s about as motivational as an afternoon nap. This just gave those unregistered people the luck in the ass they needed to get it done. Considering that like what, only 40% of the population? or something actually votes, finding a way to motivate some of those non-voters is a big deal.
You know, calling people morons because they don’t like your candidate is why people don’t like the Democrats.
It’s about literal dictatorship vs same old b.s. it’s not about “like my candidate or you’re an idiot!” I wasn’t even a fan of Biden.
They weren’t voting for Trump, they just weren’t voting at all which is why I say they’re stupid given the current circumstances…
You think that’s why they call you morons? It’s not because you’re Republicans it’s because you believe obvious misinformation and are easily suckered.
You guys are literally trying to deposit gold trump bucks in ATMs… Most blue states average IQ is above most red states. Studies have proven time and again conservatives are reactionary fear driven people.
I’m not a Republican, genius.
Yeah I was fucking in the trenches arguing with people that picking one of the old white guys was better than the racist, unhinged facist who sells state secrets and actively works against the interests of everyone who isn’t a billionaire or Russian…crazy that it’s like that.
People are like that sometimes.
Unless you want to take the conservative approach of attempting to eliminate anyone who stands against you, then you unfortunately have to learn to understand and work with these people. We do not exist on our own. We exist with many, many other people who have different views than our own, who react and think differently than we do.
Part of life is learning how to work with these people, how to get them to do what needs to be done. You can sit there and scream at them for being stupid or you can figure out how to get them to do what you want.
How many people normally register in a day?
About 7 or so.
Be certain you are still registered! Florida cancelled me (years ago) because I hadn’t voted in a certain time frame.
North Carolina here. Voter registration is done automatically when you renew your vehicle registration.
I get texts and emails about the comings and goings of my ballots as it makes its way via usps. I can’t even remember when the last time I had to make sure I was registered. But like you I think it was when I got my plates, or maybe my drivers license. Colorado is far ahead of its time… like they WANT me to vote with minimum effort.
Washington State here. The option to get a text when your ballot is returned and then accepted is fantastic
So…when I checked my voter status in June, it said that the deadline to register for November was early July. Isn’t this a few weeks late? Did I misunderstand something?
It varies by state. In some states you can register on voting day and still vote.
I know all this irrational exuberance over the good news Democrats have been getting since Biden dropped out is going to come with a hangover, but fuck it, I’m having a blast!
What happened to all the Democrats saying only Joe could win?
Same thing that happened to the tankies’ revolution. It was mostly bluster and bluff.
I don’t think most ever said only Joe could win. I, and others, believed that Joe had the best chance at winning. It’s looking like we were wrong, which I’m happy with. Even if the very recent polling (showing her up 2 points on Trump, compared to Biden), and the large donation day hadn’t happened or Kamala looked worse, I would still be happy Biden dropped out if only because once Nancy and other top democrats started to challenge Biden. its not a good look to have an incumbent being challenged in that way.
You know, I have to give you credit for admitting you were wrong. That takes courage and self-reflection. If Democrats can continue doing that, then they’ll beat Trump in a landslide.
