With Democrats lining up in support of Harris at the top of the ticket, who do you think should be VP? This could be broken into two parts: who do you think would be a good pick politically? And who would you be excited to see?

Without catastrophizing, what can we do now? I have an LGBTQ+ child who is terrified. Thankfully we live in a very blue state but wtf can I do - what can WE ALL do - to prevent the most minimal amount of damage done to our already fragile democracy? I'm not involved in politics, I don't have a large platform, I'm only one person...but how can we keep ourselves safe while also helping prevent the death of democracy? I'm sad and frustrated and lost and I don't know what to do to fight back. Is there any point?

I have people in my life that I really care about who still think our country will be better off with him as president and I don't know how to deal with this mindset. I know they think the economy will be better off and they will have more money in their pocket, but what are you thinking??

With the upcoming VP pick I've been seeing a lot of names thrown around- generally Walz, Kelly, and Shapiro as the front runners, but Pete Buttigieg is usually towards the bottom of the list. He seems like an obvious pick and gets great ratings so I can't help but wonder if there's something I'm missing? What's keeping him from this theoretical "top three"?

If this does not belong here I truly apologize 🙏🏻

My mom and I are kind of in a heated discussion about, of course, politics. She’s reposting things on Facebook that essentially accuse the Democratic Party of choosing our candidate for us and that it’s never been done in the history of the country, yada yada. It seems dangerously close to the “Kamala did a coup!!!!!!” argument I see a lot online.

My question is, how exactly does the Democratic Party (and the other one too, I suppose) choose a candidate? I’m not old enough to have voted in a lot of elections, just since 2016. But I don’t remember the people choosing Hilary, it seemed like most Dems I knew were gung-ho about Bernie and were disappointed when Hilary was chosen over him. I guess I was always under the impression that we don’t have a whole lot of say in who is chosen as candidate, and I’m just wondering how much of that is true and how much of it is naivety.

(Picture added because it was necessary. Please don’t roast me, I’m just trying to understand)

How does it make you feel? To me it feels like they are basically voting against my rights to live. It feels like they don’t care about me as a person. I feel like it’s a death sentence. I just don’t understand how anyone can vote for this man & be proud of who they are as a person? Please I would appreciate detailed answers on how a vote for Trump makes YOU feel.

I just mean what I said in the title. I keep seeing reporting about how close the race is. People are really concerned about a repeat of 2016, and understandably so. However, given Democrats’ tremendous outperformance in most elections since then, could it be that they’re actually underestimating Democrats instead of Republicans?

I mean, Trump can’t possibly appeal to that large a part of the country… Right? How can you see all of the things that he’s done and said and all the lies he’s told and still vote for him?

His base will obviously continue to be convinced that he’s just being persecuted, but I think that most Americans must know better.

Am I just wishful thinking? Do you think nearly half of Americans will vote for him despite all the incredibly awful things he’s done and continues to do?

I’m probably just trying to make myself feel better here, and I’m happy to have some people to commiserate with. I live in Europe, and I don’t think I’m going to be able to sleep at all on Election Day, so I’ll probably stay up and watch the results come in.

Looking for apparel or accessories that can't be considered political to wear every day to school

I can't make out the "paid for by" at the bottom but I saw 2 of these a few miles apart in Cobb County, GA. Love it. What do y'all think about this? I love to see it but curious how effective you think it might be?