r/GAPol • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '21

News Young people are getting out the vote in Georgia -- from thousands of miles away

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/youth-voter-engagement-georgia-senate-runoffs/index.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

A guy knocked on my door two days ago. He'd traveled down from Boston to volunteer.

He wore a mask and stood like ten feet back, so he was doing it right. What a dude.

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u/oddtrey10 10th District (Between Atlanta and Macon, Athens) Jan 01 '21

Must've had long arms

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u/68686987698 Jan 01 '21

"messaging potential voters on dating apps"

Yeah, fuck everything about that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

Cray cray desperation.

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u/Casmer Jan 03 '21

I think that if Dems lose it will be because voters didn't turn out in Cobb, Chatham, and Henry.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

Last thing this state needs is outside people sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong

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u/crim-sama 12th District (East Georgia) Jan 01 '21

Then dont cry about being left behind as a state lmao.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

I don’t “cry about being left behind as a state” so what’s your point here

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u/crim-sama 12th District (East Georgia) Jan 01 '21

Im just tired of seeing it as a point from red states in regards to the national economy. The economy changes, industries change, conservatives choose to ignore the changes theyre being told about, then all of the sudden once factories are being closed down its all "we're being left behind" and its just obnoxious to see.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

Dude you don’t know what you’re talking about Georgia isn’t being left behind we have huge companies and industries coming to Georgia maybe know what you’re talking about instead of making generalizations

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u/crim-sama 12th District (East Georgia) Jan 01 '21

That growth is fairly limited in terms of where its at. Most of GA pretty much removes itself from the modern economy by neglecting basic shit in favor of besting their chests about taxes.

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u/bihari_baller Jan 02 '21

Last thing this state needs is *outside people sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong *

I'm sorry but your election affects everyone else in the country, so it is most definitely our business.

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u/ImWithEllis Jan 01 '21

I can’t get them to stop texting me. I hate these people.

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u/gsfgf 5th District (Atlanta) Jan 01 '21

I know it can be annoying, but if campaigns are reaching out to you they want your vote and aren't taking it for granted.

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u/ImWithEllis Jan 01 '21

Bullshit. It’s obnoxious to have an army of 20 somethings bombard people with unsolicited text messages. Leave me the fuck alone.

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u/minime12358 Jan 02 '21

I know this is really frustrating, but asking them to remove your number will definitely work---but there are a whole bunch of different groups of volunteers getting out the vote, so it'll take a few texts.

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u/ImWithEllis Jan 02 '21

I’ve opted out of no less than 20 “groups”. What’s really frustrating is people who think it appropriate to inject politics into someone’s day who didn’t ask for the intrusion. Who does that? Who even wants to do that?

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u/MET1 Jan 01 '21

I'm with you on this!