Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "CNN Poll: Most Americans not confident in election results" video.

@frankbellomo8140 Taxpayers, in the cities you name, pay the bulk of the money, that funds welfare. They aren't the states using the most welfare. The most welfare dependent state is New Mexico, followed by Alaska, Mississippi and Kentucky.
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@oggsmash9989 I'd rather see a basic civics comprehension requirement, than a financial barrier. While I've paid taxes every year, for the last 49 years, I realize luck has more to do with success, than hard work. But, perhaps, those who don't understand the Constitution, and how government works, shouldn't be allowed to make a choice. Require every voter pass a basic civics test, like high schoolers did in the 1970s, but have no grandfather clauses.
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@johnmontgomery4923 Good. Anyone who doubts the fairness of the last elections, must be too ignorant and brain washed, to make a good decision.
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@johnmontgomery4923 That is an absolute lie. All ballots are returned in an outer envelop, with the voter's information on it. Only one, properly signed ballot is permitted per voter.
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Yes, and more importantly, results can be affected by how the question is asked, and what information is given prior to the polling. A good example of that is polling on BBB. When people were asked about a few individual parts of the bill, without the price, they often had a positive response. When the same people were told of everything in the bill, and told the price, they had a negative response. We shouldn't be told the result of a poll, without knowing how the questions were asked.
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And, as proven by 2020, when Trump couldn't get those elected Republicans to shift votes for him, most are honorable people. We have to stop demonizing the other side, and trust that most people are decent, even the ones we don't agree with. But, we should make sure the Electoral Count Act is changed, so no substitute slate of electors can be sent to Congress. Since there is bipartisan agreement on this, it can be done, even in an evenly divided Congress. I assume only the Trumpists and 'progressives' will vote against it.
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While voter suppression is a horrible thing, there is no proof it changes the outcome of an election. Typically, we have low voter turnout from apathy, rather than suppression. Often, when people realize others are trying to take the vote from them, they become more determined to vote, and voter turnout rises in the very groups being suppressed. The real danger is what Trump tried, but failed, to do. Have Republican legislatures send a slate of electors they chose rather than the electors the voters chose. Several states, with Republican legislatures, have already passed laws to allow them to do this next time. That is why the Electoral Count Act must be changed now, so the cannot do that.
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@truthbetold4350 A more important book is How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.
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@truth4tufftimes705 My state chose to vote only by mail in 1998. All our election systems are set up for mail in ballots only. Why should we have to pay for voting machines, to please you, when our way is fairer and less prone to cheating?
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@IExpectedBSJustNotThisMuchBS You know, what is sad about your statement is, the original conservationists were conservatives. U.S. Grant established the National Weather Service. Teddy Roosevelt established the National Parks Service, to keep some land wild and public. The EPA was established by Richard Nixon. Why Republicans stopped believing in conservation and science is beyond me.
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Prove it. All you have is libelous innuendo. Manchin takes the heat for the moderate majority. Face it, only 11% of registered Democrats are 'progressive', yet that tiny minority thinks it should call the shots for the whole party.
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That means you aren't friends with brainwashed fools.
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There are other parties, but they are outliers, and don't appeal to the moderate majority of voters. We need another, moderate party, for those unhappy with the extremes, in both parties.
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There was nothing wrong with our elections in 2020. The last thing we need is the UN meddling, to cast even more doubt.
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@petepierre6458 You're lecturing others, yet don't seem to realize social programs, like public schools, don't equal socialism. The definition of socialism is "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole." Just because we pay taxes, to pay for programs that "support the general welfare", as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution, doesn't make them socialist. Do google it, and see how wrong you are.
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@madisongittens4007 No state is homogenous. Urban regions tend to be more blue, and rural regions more red. Do you envision a series of city/states, surrounded by a sea of another country?
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@c10wiremantawwallace13 And yet, even when every audit was done, over and over, all they found were a few more votes for Biden.
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Which is why the Electoral Count Act must be changed, to prevent that. This is doable, it has bipartisan support, even McConnell has committed to changing that law.
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@Studio 1106 Since voters have to be citizens (except in NYC and parts of Maryland), and have to prove that citizenship to register, your deal is good for urban dwellers.
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@commonsense82 As Canada has a parliamentary government, it's different. The voters don't directly choose the PM, as we do our president, so there is no comparison.
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