The VP appears pretty popular in the Villages.
The Villages is a 55-plus retirement community located in Sumter County, Florida that has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a general election since 2000. In 2020, Donald Trump won 67.8% of the vote compared to Joe Bidenās 31.7% in the county. In 2016, Trump won 68.8% to Hillary Clintonās 29.5%. In 2008 and 2012, when Barack Obama carried the state, 63% of ballot castors in Sumter voted for John McCain and 67.2% for Mitt Romney, respectively. In other words, itās an extreme Republican-strongholdāwhich makes new enthusiasm for Kamala Harris there not great news for Trump!
Over the weekend, hundreds of golf cartsĀ paradedĀ around the Villages in support of Harrisās candidacy,Ā reportedlyĀ creating a traffic jam as they showed their excitement for the VP. āYoung people are energized and so are we,ā residentĀ Joyce WiegandĀ told Villages-News. Said her friendĀ Karen Wink: āKamala isnāt just for young people, sheās for all of us. She supports Social Security, Medicare and health care. That matters to us.ā
Why? Itās almost universally what people on all sides were whining about online and in person.
Biden old!
Biden forget words!
Now we have a younger candidate, and now there is only one old as fuck white guy running. Iām excited too. So should others.
You do you tho!
Iām happy about it. It also scares me that people might just assume itāll be fine and not vote. Like the brexit referendum that barely passed because a large chunk of the population assumed not that many people would vote against it.
That lessen was learned in 2016, Iāll bet there will be a record turn out on the Democrat side. I also bet the republikkklown turnout will be less. 34 felonies and pissing on democracy will turn away some voters, the cult however will vote.
People get fatigued hearing this stuff daily, and it creates pushback against the intended recipient.
Or they become encouraged. It sure beats not saying anything at all.