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Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris by just one point among men, according to a new poll.

The survey, conducted by Outward Intelligence between August 11 and 15, shows that 46 percent of men back Trump compared to Harris' 45 percent.

Among women, Harris was 13 points ahead, on 53 percent to Trump's 40 percent.

The poll surveyed 1,858 likely voters and had a margin of error of +/- 2.3 percent.

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 201 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Real Men™ don't vote for rapists.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 184 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Real Men™ rescue puppies:

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 90 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have seen his pictures with Lindsay Graham

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 63 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t compare a dog to that piece of shit.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I think they meant dog shit.

Lindsay Graham is a piece of dog shit.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

I prefer my dog's shit to Lindsey Graham.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He'd probably shoot it in a gravel pit or something

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

He passed on that VP and managed to pick a possibly worse one.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Nor do they vote for weird people, or people with weird VP picks.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 108 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Men are dumb.

Source: am man

They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Good thing we only make up half lol

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Taking “hold my beer” culture to the voting booth!

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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Well at least this dummy knows enough to vote for Harris.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

That's not true!

Wait, I am a man. Wait, I'm dumb.

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[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 97 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm so glad I transitioned

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This comment is fucking epic.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Among women, Harris had a 21 point lead, with 56 percent to Trump's 35 percent.

Oof

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But the survey had a margin of error of 2.3%, so it really could be Harris leading Trump also. The wording of this article title is a helping hand for Trump when he is pouring over his printed out "news" his handlers give him every morning.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Most importantly, a significant proportion of the American population — well beyond what should ever be considered normal or acceptable — consider a sociopathic, convicted criminal, rapist, probable pedophile, who has never worked an honest day in his life, was born with a silver spoon firmly lodged deep inside his asshole, and very obviously suffers from multiple personality and neurological illnesses; they consider this person a viable candidate, when he should be confined to a padded room.

Now ask yourself this! If the Democrats represent freedom and Trump is the greatest threat America has ever faced (HE IS), why do the Democrats tolerate a turnkey totalitarian surveillance apparatus? Why would you watch the country straddle the precipice of fascism, and let a big brother style, gustapo surveillance apparatus, exist for your successor to just take over and command. Only 0.00000001% of your employees have ever stood against your criminal behavior, and you expect us to believe that these people would defend us from a hostile government or adversary?

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Something doesn't add up then. Outward Intelligence gave Harris a +4 to +6 in their national poll. If she is losing men by 1 and winning women by 21 it suggests that women are either like 3x less likely to vote, or there is some serious +R herding going on.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 61 points 2 months ago

It is truly sickening that this is even close.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

My gender needs to step it tf up tbh

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If you take out the stupid men, his support disappears.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Correct. Men is quite broad (ha ha). Break it down by education and we have a cleared picture.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I know what you mean, but I didn’t mean education. There are well educated people who support Trump. I meant stupid people. If you take out the stupid people, educated or not, you take out all of Trump’s supporters.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

There are still stupid women voting... Unfortunately

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[–] RangerJosie@sffa.community 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not with real men. Harris is winning with real men.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm ok with co-signing this particular No True Scotsman fallacy.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

How much were undecided, and how much were Kennedy supporters? You just know all those Kennedy nut jobs will come home to roost in Trump's column when he drops out. So it could be as bad as 55 Trump, 45 Harris - or with the error thrown in - 57 Trump 43 Harris.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I'm just saying.. you can get stage blood from amazon for like $10.

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ready for something creepy as fuck?

Revelations 13:3

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You prove exactly how religion works and it hilarious

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The even more silly part is people who still believe this stuff are the same ones voting for Trump.

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

This blog post got spread around the internet a few years back. Came to mind again the other day right after the shooting.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It was his ear. It was far from a deadly wound. Also the ear heals pretty fast.

[–] OopsAllTwix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

They do bleed quite a bit. I fell and ripped a drawer pull off with my ear. The blood on my pillowcase looked terrible. My ear was fine after a couple of days.

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[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

No, he's just really old, and his skin tore a little when he got tackled by his guards.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Not even a scab

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Blood-flavored corn syrup.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Wow. That is crazy.

[–] razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What the fuck is wrong with men?

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

What's wrong? Here's an example from this piece: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/politics/black-trump-store-identity-politics

“Because of what happened in the Garden of Eden, there will never be an elected woman – whether she’s Black or White – that would occupy the White House that God would ever stand behind,” he said.

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[–] Eccitaze@yiffit.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jokes and (valid) worries about how many men are still supporting this dumpster fire aside... A poll like this has got to be setting off the fire alarms at Trump campaign HQ and I am giddy as hell to see it. The last time Democrats came this close to winning the overall male vote was 2008. If this margin holds out we could be looking at an absolute blowout (or at least as close as one gets in today's climate). Shame the Senate map means we won't get a 60-seat Senate, though...

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, people are looking at this all wrong. These numbers are incredibly close. Trump about a 5 point lead over Biden in 2020 and 8 against Clinton in 2016. Now he has 1 point versus Harris in 2024? Dude is losing, badly.

[–] snow_bunny@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Thank goddess for the 19th amendment.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

We really just need that twilight zone box that if you press the button you get 10,000 dollars but it kills the previous person who pressed the button.

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