What 'cha Gonna Do?

[qwlauren35]

I was very concerned by a DU'er who said that gloom and doom could affect DUers, and cause them not to vote. What about you?

11 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	I would go kicking and screaming even if Proud Boys blocked me, I'd find a way to vote.
	7 (64%)
	I'm in a blue state, my vote doesn't matter.
	0 (0%)
	I'm in a red state, my vote doesn't matter.
	0 (0%)
	Trump is going to steal the election, my vote doesn't matter.
	0 (0%)
	The gloom and doom is getting to me, and I probably won't vote.
	0 (0%)
	I really don't like either candidate, so I probably won't vote.
	0 (0%)
	I already voted.
	4 (36%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Walleye]

1. Voting is the only way to end the doom and gloom

[Midnight Writer]

2. Already voted. Why wait?

[pwb]

3. Vote as usual?

I don't see it?

[2naSalit]

7. +1

I vote by mail, this time my county doesn't have in person polls so it's mail or drop box at the county registrar. Just like I always do.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

4. I've already voted

That should be an option.

[qwlauren35]

9. I added it.

[stillcool]

5. someone doesn't know DU'ers?

when a certain phrase, or sentiment starts popping up, I figure it's either from the tv people, or from the trolls.

[0rganism]

6. voting gloomily in Oregon

i have no doubt that my vote, and those of my family, will be counted.
Biden/Harris will win Oregon easily. we've been voting by mail (or dropoff) for many years, we vote on paper ballots, turnout has historically been fine.

it's the rest of the country that worries me, but there's relatively little i can do about that.

[dameatball]

8. I voted about seven hours ago so I recuse myself.

[uppityperson]

10. WA votes by mail. Of course I'm voting.

[LakeArenal]

11. Screw doom and gloomers is my vote.

Just don’t need the negativity.

Like a cancer they try to spread.

[qwlauren35]

13. I'm a doom and gloomer.

I'm really terrified about this election.

I'm terrified for my community, and the possibility of violence.

I'm terrified for my social security and the possibility of poverty.

Oddly, I do not share my fears much outside of DU. I had hoped that this was a safe space. I would never want to discourage anyone from voting.

It never occurs to me that gloom/doom depresses turn-out, because I am the kind of person who is motivated by it. Maybe I'm just wired differently.

[LakeArenal]

15. Well, generally I feel it's a choice one makes.

Once I realized what I am feeling is anxiety, I try to will myself out. Because things never turn out the ways your mind is imagining.

I visualize on what I want an a outcome to be not what I worry it might be.

Good luck, I know you aren’t alone in your fear.

[qwlauren35]

16. Definitely

You know, it's funny. I was going to say that when things get bad, I whip into action.

And that's bullshit. When Trump was elected, I went on a news blackout. I think I avoided DU, I avoided the news, I just retreated into a null state.

However, here and there, I noticed that others were taking action. I didn't get involved, but I financially supported them. And then 2018 happened and I got SUPER excited. I began to believe that we could get rid of Trump in 2020.

But this required coming out of my shell. And in coming out of my shell, I saw that he had a LOT of support. And I got scared again. The idea of Trump winning terrifies me - it is a blank check for white supremacists everywhere to attack and kill people of color. Me and my family. My community. My friends. No longer safe. It's really terrifying.

So, what I have done, in addition to donating, is to post the Biden and Lincoln Project ads on my Facebook page. I think I have flipped a friend. I have posted messages about voting. I have checked to make sure the people I love have a voting plan. (I will contact every one of my Facebook friends by Messenger this weekend.)

I *wish* I could campaign. I have a mental illness that prohibits it. But I can and do encourage others.

SO: Gloom and Doom are motivating me.

I wish I could be like you. Able to break through negativity and envision positive outcomes, and then work toward them. I think I do that sometimes.

I think part of what I remember is thinking that Hillary would win. And being complacent. And not pushing. I don't ever want to do that again.

[BlueWavePsych]

12. Its not just democracy at stake.

Our lives, literally, depend on it. GOTV

[NightWatcher]

14. DeSantis says I can run them down in my car if they block me.