Forestry Forum 2024 Presidential exit poll

[WhitePineJunky]

We are very rural.  Longest line ever in 40 years.  25 min wait.  11:20 in the morning.  Said that way since 6 when they opened.
Pendulum has now swung right.  Hope it has lots of momentum.
Country seems disgusted with the way things were headed.
25 per cent black males voting for trump.  Large numbers of Latinos voting for trump. 
Will be interesting if the MSM stops bellyaching. (Don't count on it)

Hopefully Canada follows suite 

[B.C.C. Lapp]

Every body I see today is smiling and happy.   Its like the black cloud of democratic socialism has lifted and the sun is back.    We have a future that looks bright again.    We must never ever go backward like that again.    Be sure to take a knee today and thank the Lord for this second chance.    

[jb616]

Every body I see today is smiling and happy.  Its like the black cloud of democratic socialism has lifted and the sun is back.    We have a future that looks bright again.    We must never ever go backward like that again.    Be sure to take a knee today and thank the Lord for this second chance.   

Absolutely agree. We need to make our presence known and not be silent. Just like @doc henderson quote on his profile. "Evil Prevails when Good Men Standby and Do Nothing"

[JD Guy]

Late to the party, we were gone out of town the last 4 days to a funeral. Wife and I voted early for the first time ever and were both 73! I can't even express my gratitude to the rest of our countrymen and women for helping to save this great nation!

[Resonator]

Local news said we had 96% voter turnout where I live (Marathon county). Will find out from my local clerk what the township voter participation numbers were, but I know from past experience they'll be high.

At one point before the voting ended I had 10 text message ads, my landline was ringing off the hook, and my cell was blowing up with calls. 
Beautiful sound today... the silent sound of NO MORE POLITICAL ADS!

[thecfarm]

I didn't get any mail today.  

[rusticretreater]

U.S. - The National Weather Service has issue has issued widespread flash flood warnings across America as liberal tears continue to pour down unabated, increasing in severity after Karen Handel's victory over Jon Ossoff in the race for Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

"We advise all citizens to disconnect electrical appliances, bring outdoor furniture inside, and move all important indoor items to the top floor of your home to avoid flood damage," a NWS spokesman said. "Also, avoid walking or driving through streams of tears, as their power can be deceiving - just six inches of moving tears can knock you down, and only one foot can sweep a vehicle away."

At publishing time, due to media rumors that Hillary Clinton is considering another White House run while Chelsea Clinton is being groomed for a future in politics, the NWS spokesman was predicting "no end in sight" to the downpours.

[Raider Bill]

Local news said we had 96% voter turnout where I live (Marathon county). Will find out from my local clerk what the township voter participation numbers were, but I know from past experience they'll be high.

At one point before the voting ended I had 10 text message ads, my landline was ringing off the hook, and my cell was blowing up with calls. 
Beautiful sound today... the silent sound of NO MORE POLITICAL ADS!

Thankfully we are back to drug company advertisements again.

[Ron Wenrich]

We voted early in the day.  It took 45 minutes to go through the voting.  My number was 154 and they had 1,044 for the day.  Another 265 were early/absentee voting.  Trump won our precinct 1039-258.  Most rural areas in PA had that type of voting results, or higher. 

While standing in line, a school bus stopped to let a car pull into the parking lot.  A window towards the back of the bus opened up and someone yelled "Vote Trump" before the bus pulled away.  It brought a chuckle to most of us standing in line.

[scsmith42]

Personally I'm glad to see that there is some diversity on the FF in terms of voting.

It makes us a better forum, IMO.

Scott

[WV Sawmiller]

Rustic,

    I assure you I am not worried about Hillary running again. The Munchkins have spoken!

     I don't think Chelsea is ever going to be a threat in spite of what her mom (I don't think her dad is pushing her in this way) wants her to do.

[Gearbox]

I find it strange that we had a record voter turn out in 2024 . In 2020 the total votes were way more than this year like 60,000 more votes cast . I'm scratching my head over this one . 

[Old Greenhorn]

Well whoever said there was record turnout was bad at math. It was considerably down from the last election.

[pigman]

I didn't make my mind up until Tuesday morning. Not who to vote for, but whether to vote in the morning or afternoon. I voted at 2 pm and it took me over an hour. No lines, just a lot of workers I only see at elections.

[aigheadish]

Maybe not appropriate for this discussion but in 2020 "they" cheated by 15-20 million votes to make up a difference. With the Virus and all the new rules that, seemingly, no one cared to check on, it made it easy to just make stuff up, and you were deemed a conspiracy theory kook insurrectionist if you questioned it. 

Now, we can look back and see a pretty consistent amount of votes, cycle after cycle, until 2020, when somehow the guy that couldn't get 100 people to show up at a rally (if he left the basement) managed to get like 20% more votes than any candidate in history? 

Delete this post if you want @Jeff I just find it amazing that the populace is so blind to (or unwilling to look into) all the nonsense that happened (not just voting) during Covid. 

[YellowHammer]

I was reminded of an old proverb:

"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them."

[WV Sawmiller]

    I have seen several issues Trump says he will fix by executive order on day one. All look pretty good to me.

    Also, from what I have also read even before he takes office it looks like he will have probably have solved the housing problem because if all the actors and other celebrities who said they would leave the USA if he was re-elected actually leave as threatened (Promised?) there will be a huge number of houses available. Since most of these kind of people have several homes and many are suitable for multi-family occupancy (May be converted into apartments and townhouses) we should be in could shape for housing.

    I hope they all have the proper visa for entry into their new countries as I can assure them if they don't have the right entry visa, they ain't leaving the airport. 

    I will miss Cher but she has not been putting out any new songs lately so maybe it won't matter. I sure hope she speaks Italian.

[rusticretreater]

I would have the White House travel office contact them and volunteer to handle the arrangements for them so they have a trouble free exit.

[Joewood]

Absolutely agree. We need to make our presence known and not be silent. Just like @doc henderson quote on his profile. "Evil Prevails when Good Men Standby and Do Nothing"

I agree except this time Evil Prevailed; I just pray we won't be saying "hail trump" in the next few years. But think positively' in four years we can get rid of the bum again, if this is still a free country. 

[doc henderson]

Well Joe you can have your opinion, and politics is a dangerous road to travel.  some of us feel we just got rid of the bum.  There are plenty on this forum who have fought to keep this a free country and will do so again if needed.  The election was fair it seems and a better than usual margin.  I am making an effort to not attack you personally as you are a fellow forumite, but you are promoting the idea that he is evil and is like Hitler.  That is BS.  Compared to many lifelong politicians, he is a saint.   Doc.

[Jeff]

Its like there are people that live in a different dimention. I really will never understand, but do feel sorry for the people that think he is evil. He is not. Those that convinced and continue to try to convince others that he is, are truly the evil ones.

[WhitePineJunky]

Absolutely agree. We need to make our presence known and not be silent. Just like @doc henderson quote on his profile. "Evil Prevails when Good Men Standby and Do Nothing"

I agree except this time Evil Prevailed; I just pray we won't be saying "hail trump" in the next few years. But think positively' in four years we can get rid of the bum again, if this is still a free country.

IMO trump being able to win despite the tidal wave of left wing media lies and political attacks, is proof voting and democracy is still real. Turns out campaigning on the other half of the country being racists and nazis didn't work out, and shouldn't.

I've heard a lot of tak from democrats "democracy is on the line", trump won the popular vote as well, how about it for democracy? "No not democracy like that"

[doc henderson]

That sort of talk and belief may be why there have been two assassination attempts, two impeachments by the very individuals that spew all kinds of lies, most of whom are worth far more than their salary would account for, and why he was re-elected.  He donates his salary.  we have opened up a can of worms.  Any person that thinks biological men should be in women's locker rooms, children can decide and be encouraged to be castrated, their breasts removed and genital mutilated, and started on dangerous medications without their parents' permission, and that Joe is vital and of his right mind, and that millions of un-vetted and un-documented illegal aliens should be allowed in our country can pound sand.  Cmon Joe.

these are the people that are committing an insurrection.  defund the police, the "riots will just continue till people get what they want".  people thinking like that are the danger.

[WhitePineJunky]

That sort of talk and belief may be why there have been two assassination attempts, two impeachments by the very individuals that spew all kinds of lies, most of whom are worth far more than their salary would account for, and why he was re-elected.  He donates his salary.  we have opened up a can of worms.  Any person that thinks biological men should be in women's locker rooms, children can decide and be encouraged to be castrated, their breasts removed and genital mutilated, and started on dangerous medications without their parents' permission, and that Joe is vital and of his right mind, and that millions of un-vetted and un-documented illegal aliens should be allowed in our country can pound sand.  Cmon Joe.

these are the people that are committing an insurrection.  defund the police, the "riots will just continue till people get what they want".  people thinking like that are the danger.

Agreed, IMO the threat to the democracy ironically was by the ones gaslighting the masses playing clips of nazi rallies alongside trump rallies. What a disgrace. Lots of people who voted republican had fathers and grandfathers who legitimately fought nazis. 

The good news is the election was proof main stream media has lost the narrative control 

[WV Sawmiller]

  I confess - I am not a big fan of Donald Trump. There its said. I do like and believe in his policies and when you ask "Are you better off today under Biden/Harris than I was under DJT?" the answer is a resounding No.

    I blame the Democrats for putting him in office both times. They ran their most extreme candidates in 2016 and 2024 who do not represent the views of the party and its constituents.

    In 2020 Joe Biden ran as a moderate but when elected, he governed (or the ones pulling his puppet strings since it is highly questionable IMHO whether he is/was capable of decision making most of his time in office) as an extreme liberal.

  Given the options I was presented with I had to vote for him and I hope and pray he is able to do the things he promised to try to do. I think at least with DJT there is no question about who is in charge of the country.

  The term Lawfare has come into our vocabulary during the last 4 years as an attempt to stop DJT. Guess what - it did not work and I still expect the appeals process to ultimately clear his name.