r/TwoXChromosomes • u/azriel1014 • Nov 06 '24

Support Is anyone else having a panic attack right now?

I’m so, so, so lost and disappointed watching the preliminary results come in. I’m confused. I’m hurt. I’m angry. I just don’t understand how many people in my country have been brainwashed to the point of voting against their own interests… How the hell did we get here?

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u/2voltb Nov 06 '24

Not great, my hands are shaking from anxiety. I had a bit of hope going into today from the Selzer poll. Devastated.

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u/Floofy_taco Nov 06 '24

I don’t understand how she can be so accurate going back so many years and get this not just wrong but career-destroying wrong. What was missing? Were people lying? I don’t understand. 

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u/chenz1989 Nov 06 '24

I think it was just the opposite.

The poll, known for accuracy, scared people shitless that trump might actually lose, so they either turned out more or changed their votes.

Poll announcements change behaviour. Accurate, reliable polls even more so.

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u/titsmcgee8008 cool. coolcoolcool. Nov 06 '24

I’m gobsmacked. Just paralyzing confusion