#persuasion
WOW!!!!! PERSUASION!!!!
Posting exit polls now that they've been updated:

the 2024 recalled vote was Harris +3

This is actually not enough of a turnout advantage to explain shifts, only 4-5 pts from 2024, while we are at 16 pts (!) left from 2024 in the generic ballot.

The Dems persuaded a TON of voters.
November 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
hey so remember what I was saying about persuasion
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November 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
That’s a masterclass in the art of persuasion !
November 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
This doesn’t even include persuasion either. Some of these Republicans are voting Dem!
November 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
and that's BEFORE we consider persuasion!
November 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Unbelievable persuasion, wow
That's a huge swing just from raw turnout differentials, but it was still only a bout a third of Talarico's 26% swing vs 2024
November 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Many of them didn’t need much persuasion, as it happens.
November 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Something that has been memory holed about 2024 is that the overall construction of the electorate was probably fine for dems. That is, there was significant persuasion among low propensity voters to vote GOP.

People are really sleeping on a combination of turnout composition and persuasion rn.
Anecdotal but here’s a voter wearing a DeSantis hat, saying that despite being a registered Republican since 2012, she voted for David Jolly over Byron Donalds.
November 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Democrats are doing 14% BETTER in persuasion? combined with low GOP turnout its a blue megatsunami
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November 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Turnout and persuasion often go hand in hand, and well, compare NC’s swings by age to its early voting turnout

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Cops are so often of the "rules for thee, not for me" persuasion.

*Everyone* of that persuasion must be crushed.
November 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
but for one it is completely writing off persuasion, which is an insane thing to do
November 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Aargh, I be of the voting persuasion!
November 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Left On Idle, Synth Cock & Anal Vore Growth Animation

The boys are in the lab alone, and BIG synth has some strong fucking needs to grow even bigger, so after some persuasion, the two other synths decide to help him out~

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November 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Etter den skrekkelige Persuasion-skandalen som rystet oss alle (antar jeg) tenkte jeg at jeg likte godt kunne sette igang og lese den.

Håper jeg liker den bedre enn Northanger.
November 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Vote margin/dropoff or swing/persuasion?
November 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Oh!

We love persuasion don't we folks

That's gonna be a cozy independent margin / R defection rate
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November 3, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Oddly pleasant vibes on Bsky today as every single person of every political persuasion except for the really really DEDICATED wreckers all gets together to drag Haley Stevens’ name through the dirt
November 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
it was actually persuasion all along 😭
November 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
VOTER PERSUASION PLEASE
PLEASE VOTER PERSUASIAN
November 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
And this is NOT one of the areas where increased Black/Hispanic turnout (and persuasion for Hispanic voters) would be a major factor. So... we've got that to look forward to.
November 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM
that was a factor but NC turnout was a record for a midterm. persuasion was a huge deal.
November 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Peaceful blue persuasion.

(Kitsap County, Washington)
November 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Glorifying the power of persuasion in America
November 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Keep in mind, this share swing is only in the sense of partisan vote composition, and doesn't account for persuasion, nor for the partisan break of independents.
November 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM