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Both parties are running these style ads in my area.
This is BY FAR the creepiest iteration I’ve seen.
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Submitted 3 weeks ago by EleventhHour@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Yeah but (IME) the Democrat version is essentially: No one will know if you vote Kamala, even your likely abusive maga spouse.
The R version is apparently: Those of you who didn’t vote will be up against the wall if Kamala gets in because it will be your fault. Busybody neighbors are important to ensure Trump gets in again, we’re watching you.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I commented elsewhere in this thread, but I’m sad to report that the dem ones are not good either. They’re probably not as bad as the Trump ones, but the message is still gross and I received one from a dem org that had me looking up the owners and donors because it looked like a right wing scare tactic to me.
Just because information is public doesn’t mean using it is a good strategy. I think this was a bad choice for dems.
PassingDuchy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not sure which party, but I’ve been getting the same notice in the mail every ~3 days with this message and my voting record listed all the way back to 2016 for the past two weeks. Honestly not sure if it’s an attempt to intimidate me to vote a certain way because it sure is going beyond “people will know if you voted” to kind of insinuating they’ll know who I vote for. Fail point is I don’t know acronyms for political groups so I’m not sure which one they’re trying to get me to vote for lol
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Both parties are running these style ads in my area.
please post examples of the dems doing this, I’d like to see what kind of rhetoric they’re deploying.
Have seen NOTHING like this from the left in my corner of the country.
ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve mostly seen YouTube ads so not sure how to share those here. I happened to get another postcard today though, with the exact same wording is the one I linked to elsewhere in this thread:
If you look at votingmatters.org it says:
Paid for by the Democratic National Committee (202) 863-8000
This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.sibannac@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I got two from a local Dem organization. I got them right after I voted and the rhetoric seems to be along the lines of “don’t forget to turn in your ballot!” Nothing specific on the first. The second one was more specific and showed a table of the last four elections and whether or not a vote was cast. I’ll try to remember to post a pic later.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Don’t wanna doxx myself because the mailers are all region specific, but I can assure you they are coming from dems too. I’m a dem voter and I got one and googled it. I even looked at the org that’s behind it and the CEO was chief of staff for a dem and the employees donated to left wing candidates and the org comes up as highly rated on charity navigator. I called them to say that this seems like a right wing scare tactic so I was surprised to see it used on a left of center orgs mailers. Obviously there is nothing the rep could do, but hopefully if enough people call in they will change this. I’m still concerned that this left wing org is somehow secretly right wing because the mailer rubbed me the wrong way so much.
ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I finally caught another of the YouTube ads and it was paid for by futureforwardusa.org.
The message, again, was very generic with friendly animation and cheery music. The message was the same. “Your vote is private; whether you vote is public” with the addition of “make a plan to vote”.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Need to see it to see the tone. Saying “your vote is secret” can be taken a good way.
ccunning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the first clearly partisan one I’ve seen.
Mostly I’ve seen them as videos that plainly state. “Who you vote for is secret. Whether you vote is public record”. I did get one handwritten postcard saying the same.
I found them mostly “interesting” as a concept, but others have felt they’re threatening:
The first one I saw I looked up the “Paid for by…” entity and it was a Kamala PAC so I just kinda assumed they all were before seeing this.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I can’t wait for when everyone’s data gets leaked. Both sides collect huge amounts of data and do highly targeted campaigns.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
remember when the GOP trove got leaked in 2016? I downloaded that shit just to see what they had on me. They were wrong about a lot.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Obedience. Loyalty is earned.
HelloHotel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Please tell me you picked this image on purpose.
Just outside the voting location, a giant billboard that says, “Vote yes, says the terrifying building sized gremlin of the state”
pyre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I prefer the French Left take on the idea. They did a campaign awhile back titled: “The fascists are voting, are you?” With a big portrait of the most well-known far right politician in the country. In the end they had to pay a 3000€ fine but I’d say it was worth it.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
3000€ seems like barely a drop in the bucket of campaigning costs, totally worth it lol. To the point that’s not even a disincentive.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Problem is that’s how Elon and others are getting away with shit. Drops in buckets fines are the cost of business for them and it’s working quite well.
eran_morad@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i think it’s all going to come down to how badly do women not want to be wholly owned by their MAGAt men. that’s going to determine whether the american project was successfully killed by putin.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Yes… Counting on white women to beat American fascism. I’m so hopeful.
nomous@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The other commenter said nothing about color, weird take.
irotsoma@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately, a lot of women have been brainwashed to think that it’s only “the others” that they’re after and that they’re safe. Even Hispanic Women are still voting for Trump because “it’s only the illegals”. They don’t realize it’s not about that, it’s about creating a group that is “other” to blame. And once all the “illegals” are gone and things aren’t any better they’ll continue to the rest of the Hispanic people. Once their children need an abortion to save their lives, they’ll be the ones in the funeral homes.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately there are a lot of self hating women on the mega side.
pyre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
the message aside, this is one of the shittiest designs I’ve seen. the text is all over the place, there’s no clear hierarchy of information… what a mess.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But… there’s a starburst.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sounds on brand.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sue them for voter intimidation.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Honestly doesn’t this sort of message actually help Democrats more than anything? Do they not realize the GOP has no chance if the voter turnout increases? Even if that circumstance might favor Trump, they’d be torn to shreds in the senate and governor races.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They might target it to specific areas. The gerrymandering software is so good this days, with access to all the data you can predict pretty accurately how any area is going to vote
bluewing@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
And that’s where you want to put them down-- the local and state elections. Controlling the house and senate is FAR more important than POTUS. Because the house and senate make the laws and write the checks.
Breve@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It also strongly encourages people to return their ballots in person likely because the GOP is already set to challenge mail-in ballots as “rigged”.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also because several ballot drop boxes in liberal areas have been set on fire.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
This is “interesting” to be sure.
Its frankly terrible how much stalking the campaigns do. This isn’t something that is Republican or Democrat. They wonder why they are having issues with voter turn out but then they do and turn elections into a massive invasion of personal rights. They want to stalk you to get you to believe the current propaganda.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or, at least, better to find voter intimidation laws, which actually get enforced when broken.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I could take her…
Korne127@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s weird that this is public record
Lyrl@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
It’s important for vote counts to to be independently checked. Having who voted publicly available means an investigative journalist can prove the county clerk’s claim that dead people voted and so they can’t certify the election is false. Or catch attempts at fraud. Both as a double-check on government in the case of officials who are lying or have acquired false beliefs, or as outside help if the issue isn’t caught internally due to under-resoucing.
SoJB@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Really not a great look for liberals, considering Harris/Walz have literally sent handwritten postcards saying the exact same thing to threaten their base.
They really have abandoned all reality lmfao.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
What have we come to. Voting should be absolutely private.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It is still kinda (I’m assuming there’s some record federally for verification or something, but…), just don’t tell anyone.
Anytime someone asks me I say I’m voting for A Turkey Sandwich, or Bugs Bunny, or “Your Mom,” etc, just something dismissive that sends the hint “that’s private, quit asking.”
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
pics or it didn’t happen
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Rich coming from the party of voter suppression…
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hey! HEY! That is a vile insinuation! They only suppress votes for the other party and those don’t count anyway, so what if they do it when it’s perfectly fine seeing how they could never win if they allowed the election to be run fairly, and in conclusion, voter suppression is great and everybody should do it (except for non-republicans).
Wait, what were we talking about again?
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every breath you take
Every vote you make…
Notserious@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Received a letter from our governor FL telling me if my neighbors have voted with their address number inked out and saying they are gettin my info. FL is so creepy
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You live on the 700 block of Columbia Street in Orlando.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you say so
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s what the +4 code is in the zip code
Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dude, practice responsible disclosure.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I ain’t your mother
cowardsgfy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
you let them push you around. try pushing back.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not getting pushed around by us. And I already voted for Harris.
cowardsgfy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
good! but still, why do they get to be the ones who do all the intimidation? i think it’s time we made them scared.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I’ve gotten the same from dnc, just without the picture of a person on it
Unknown1234_5@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Creepy af. Doubt they meant it to sound quite so sinister but still that’s too far.
ech@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Why doubt? The party has made it part of their platform to distrust the voting process. It sounds like a threat because it is one.
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Disgusting. Highly infuriating.
cybervseas@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’re 100% implying your family (husband) will know who you voted for, so you better vote “correctly”.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Cards against humanity has a sticker for that
I voted
Serinus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It does say, prominently, “Who you vote for is secret.”
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That screams cya. Everything else implies they see you. I received an email by them once that at the end had the sleeping with the fishes capiche line. Literally with no context/reason beyond making it sound like a threat.
Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Are they? It literally points out “Who you voted for is secret” on the ad, right above where it says that people will know if you voted.
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
While true, I have been scratching my head wondering why this rash of ads is happening, why they are so intent on making sure everyone knows their election participation is available to all.
One possibility: if you sit it out, people will know and blame you if your candidate loses.
Another possibility: if you vote, and the “wrong” person wins, you’ll be suspected of voting for the “wrong” person.
I don’t know which they are going for, but it has tickled my “creepy” meter, and this was before I saw it associated specifically with Trump/Vance (the ads I’ve seen mention no candidate and just seems a vague go out and vote pitch)