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TIL about October surprises
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Molvorin
feddit.dk
Molvorin@feddit.dk
Joined: 2026-04-26
Posted:   Subject: TIL about October surprises Quote
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise
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davad
lemmy.world
davad@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL about October surprises Quote Reply

I knew it was a thing. Didn't know it had a name. TIL
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churlie
adultswim.fan
churlie@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2026-10-11
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL about October surprises Quote Reply

And then there’s me, getting a mail ballot and voting as soon as I am physically able to send it, and not paying attention to any of the ads or American news cycles for a hot minute because I need a mental detox. Got no clue precisely what impact, if any, is actually felt because of this.
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LastYearsIrritant
sopuli.xyz
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-02-20
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL about October surprises Quote Reply
churlie wrote:
And then there’s me, getting a mail ballot and voting as soon as I am physically able to send it, and not paying attention to any of the ads or American news cycles for a hot minute because I need a mental detox. Got no clue precisely what impact, if any, is actually felt because of this.

In a normal election cycle, I actually avoided early voting due to wanting all the information before I decided.

This election cycle, voted as soon as possible so I can try to avoid any tampering attempts, cause it's already pretty fucking obvious who's getting my vote.

Heck, just avoiding any potential line due to more people trying to vote on election day.
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hansolo
lemmy.today

hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: TIL about October surprises Quote Reply

FWIW, these are typically for presidential election years.
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