Leigh, thank you so much for your work here! You provide such an invaluable service in delivering complex political information in easily digestible ways! Really appreciate you!!
I would love for your platform to see an interview with Marc Elias and what is currently happening in the courts with the voting lawsuits in different states.
That is why I engage with the pro-democracy community, it helps charge my battery and gives me hope. Sometimes I take breaks from screens, no news or commentaries for a few days or maybe a week, just enough to gather myself and focus on what is the most important to me and then I feel a bit refreshed and ready to join the vote blue team again.
WOW, Lee, Joanna, I am less stressed, know you have a system in place for decades. I am hugely relieved, & incredibly impressed & inspired, to know thatSTATES UNITED is protecting Democracy. MAGA is well-funded & ruthless, & will intimidate & threaten ballot workers, to steal the Election. So Joanna, Hats off to you & your teams, working endlessly, courageously defending Democracy, Bless you all. Lee, Joanna, fantastic Podcast, it was truly Informative and inspiring every day, and I loved it.
Yeah, I'm worried about certain MAGA election officials in battleground states refusing to certify their districts or their states. We must do something to preempt their inevitable shenanigans.
My concern regarding any legal challenges to this election result is that judges will be acting unethically, as we have seen so clearly from Aileen Cannon. If that is allowed to continue, the judiciary is gone and one of our most important guard rails will have failed.
Under Trump’s administration I was screaming to myself, the judiciary… he’s destroying the judiciary. I screamed to myself because the people in my life called me a conspiracy theorist 🙄 if I pointed out facts.
Biden has been busy behind the scenes, placing as many low and mid level judges as possible, to fend off some of these malicious challenges to the vote!
We dont know, you can bring legal action against them, but thats messy and you need evidence that is not circumstantial or something that is considered free speech. And it would take time.
Absolutely! Republicans have lost all credibility and don’t deserve that advantage, they cheat by gerrymandering, suppressing votes and lying and then they get the gift of the electoral college? No that is not right or fair, it must be abolished!!
National popular vote = whites have a greater share of the voting power than Blacks. If we had that in the past, a democrat would’ve never been able to win and we wouldn’t have enough immigrants to sway votes Blue now! It’s a ripple.
@@curiousbunny2573actually there have been a number of recent elections where the Democratic Candidate won the popular vote and the Republican Candidate won the electoral college. Do some research, gerrymandering and voter suppression target folks of color. The Electoral College does not represent the majority.
We take away the electoral college vote? Then, the Republicans become irrelevant! They have no good ideas or policies, except for the whining and the bitching!
@@donnao2685 Them always saying the people didn’t hear and see what Trump said to that white nationalist evangelical crowd at Turning Point. They are plotting to steal the election.
It's not even about casting doubt this time. It's about getting the case in front of the Supreme Court who will throw out specific states and either accept Trump electors or push it to congress where the GOP have the majority of states. Johnson has already said they are going to challenge the validity of Harris being on the ballot
Its incredibly important that we register every single like-minded person to vote. Gore - Bush is proof that our Supreme Court can not be trusted to do the right thing.
Vote Red if you care about children, girls and women. JB/KH are ok with children given puberty blockers without parents consent. They are ok with childless ladies who are teachers who don't even have empathy towards csts transitioning children without the parents consent. Vote Red if you care about safe spaces, locker rooms, sports, DV shelters, prisons taken over by biological men! JB/KH and California governor says it's ok and they are passing bills.
@@vision2096Vote blue for democracy not red for dictatorship Trump only cares about himself and noone else Trump wants to be a dictator Stop this madman USA Kamala Harris for President 2024!
@@vision2096 Vote Red if you want Government Officials, not Doctors determining women's healthcare. If censorship is more important than free speech, and information. If paranoia rules your life. IF NOT, 💙💙Vote BLUE.💙💙
I was little upset when joe biden dropped out I came to my senses In realize It was a Good. Move The President will go down In history as one of greatest President And politician in history
You are 100% correct. J6 was a rehearsal, they've perfected the technique with the aid of the Heritage Foundation's lawyers - Kevin Roberts was bragging/threatening about it the other day. They intend to have tens of thousands of maga volunteers working in state elections; they will all shout fraud in unison as soon as they lose; they will have no evidence but that's not the point. This chorus of false alarms will combine with prepared lawsuits and demands for recounts, they will not win but that's not the point either. All the above will be used as a false justification for the Republican Congress to refuse to certify the election results so that Article 12 of the Constitution will be invoked and the election will be decided by them with one vote per state regardless of population. Republicans have the majority this way.
This is essential right now. I am seeing a lot of this reassuring information on independent news and information sites lately. I encourage everyone to share it with others and not rely on 'Legacy' or MSNM. More of us have given up on them. Thanks to Leigh and Joanna. I live in a safe state, yet know not all are. Voting is the easiest way to maintain our freedoms.
It is illegal to make voters pay to vote. So if a voter must have photo ID, the state should provide one free of charge if they do not drive or shoot??
i would like to know….if it’s “a faction” how do they get 40% of the votes in polls? I’m Australian and really afraid of what these extremists will do if they don’t get what they want. From the outside it looks like setting strong limits on political donations will be a very important reform to stop the super rich from trying to buy and own political power in your country.
Agree! Campaign finance reform, address the unethical practices of SCOTUS, and work to get rid of the antiquated electoral college to implement the popular vote (which is a much better representation of the leanings of the populous).
Thank you for bringing her and her organizations to our attention. The Rachel Maddow coverage made it seem like we are doomed. I needed to know about this.
At 28:00 - Arizona election deniers who are still on the ballot in 2024: Kari Lake (senate). Justin Heap(Maricopa county recorder), Abe Hamadeh(AZ-8th congress).
Pol Girl is a natural speaker and commentator. She and her guest Lydgate can fluently speak at length without “Ums, Ers, Like” , and few “Incredibly and You Knows”. Meanwhile both women are amazingly smart. Refreshing, and a reminder that such women are the harbinger of future political representation.
Why kick it to the house? An amendment needs to be in place that in the event that neither candidate gets the electoral votes, the popular vote applies. Makes no sense to kick it to the House when the data on the will of the majority is readily available. Let's get on that.
Are the democrats ready for this? Preparing for it? Legal "beagles " on the first "response " team in every state? Hope so, including the postal service.
Be sure to check with your county election board to make sure they haven't purged you from your right to vote every American voters be sure you are still a registered voter if not please register to vote they will be purging you from the voting register don't let them deny your voting rights be sure you are registered and on the voting register America needs more voters than we had in 2020 this needs to be such a huge voting pool that this election can't be denied or contested
AZ lawmakers want women to go back to 1864 before AZ was a state before women had any rights. We won't go back. Register to vote, support and VOTE BLUE, I've been supporting my local & state candidates. VOTE BLUE to save our freedoms & our American democracy.
It’s a very good point you make when you say the faith we have in the voting system because when it really comes down to it no matter what your religious background is as a human being. You want to have faith you want to trust that the system works to make you feel comfortable and safe and secure so systematicattack to lack of a better term break our faith in the system when the system itself works is very effective.
A very simple analogy I use in my head is how gears in a system works. You have moving parts in order to make a machine work if a group of people do not allow to put oil or grease into the gear system. It will slowly start to break down. It does not mean that the system doesn’t work. It means that you are not giving it what it needs to continue functioning and that’s what all these groups are trying to do. They’re not trying to break the system. They are trying to slow it down so you think oh this doesn’t workand that’s not true. It works. You just have to make sure people let the system work. Give it what it needs to keep the system moving.
If you were really concerned about voter integrity, Democrats would not fight so hard against voter ID laws. What is the issue with verifying that people voting have that right?
I still believe that I’d rather have them learn each state learn rather than they have to tell them and force them with a national law or way of doing things I’d rather have each state have to learn and accept that another way is better
The problem sometimes is as far as I see after 56 years on this planet is that when people try to break your faith in the system, you have to really hunker down and believe no the system works. I know it works because it has always worked throughout history, people or change or try to change the system, and they have to just say no
I don't understand why we still need to send a presidential election tie to the House instead of just choosing the candidate who wins the popular vote- a true democratic tiebreaker. Perhaps 200 years ago, before gerrymandering existed & we only traveled by horse or sea, sending a tie to the House made sense. Not anymore. Every vote should count & be counted - we must get rid of the Electoral College & empower the national popular vote. 💙💙💙 KAMALA HARRIS 2024! 💙💙💙
I personally do not want a national system for voting for now because that is for me contra to what I believe in, but I do believe in that if there’s a particular system that works better than another, which is more bi partisan that it would tend to work better or at least a form of it to adapt to make things more streamline.
@@Mercyfouranimals Democracy causes Poverty and Serfdom to the people it robs and rules over. Just look at the inner cities throughout our nation. It always degenerates into a Dictatorship. As you fight for Democracy you will be voting for a Dictator.
I wonder if that organization also looks at the different types of voting methods that the different states uses to see if there’s a particular system that works better than another. Not saying to promote one or the other, but just analyze how each state does their voting system and which one seems to be more effective than another?
Yes, we are trying to maintain our democracy out here. TX is a mess.
Thank-you !
I totally agree💙🌊🇺🇸🌊🇺🇸🌊🌊🌊🌊
Thank you so much Leigh! You knocked it out of the park again!
Just found States United. Thank you so much!
Thank you, Leigh, for all you do to defend and explain how our Democracy works, and how important it is to protect and defend our voting system.
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💙 GO GIRLS GO 💙
Leigh, thank you so much for your work here! You provide such an invaluable service in delivering complex political information in easily digestible ways! Really appreciate you!!
Came here to say the very same thing. Thank you Leigh!!
Thank you ladies!
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Florida has major issues with gerrymandering done by the governor! Voting is not fair in Florida!
Nor Ohio
Great Podcast Very Informative!! Love you PG!! Please Vote Folks 💙💙
We need honest poll workers free from threats.
Amen!!!Nailed it !!!Vote blue to stop this madness.
I totally agree, American Voters must vote Blue down the ballots 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Up too💙👍😁
I would love for your platform to see an interview with Marc Elias and what is currently happening in the courts with the voting lawsuits in different states.
He is amazing and does amazing work!
Great Vid. I feel this is one of the most dangerous aspects of MAGA. We must be on guard.
We had SCOTUS members on the record saying they wouldn't over-turn Row too. That seemed to work.
They're not cut from the same cloth.
Thank you! I must go to your library and see your Marc Elias interview! You ROCK!!🇺🇸
Thank you for your hard work.
This is so stressful and scary
That is why I engage with the pro-democracy community, it helps charge my battery and gives me hope. Sometimes I take breaks from screens, no news or commentaries for a few days or maybe a week, just enough to gather myself and focus on what is the most important to me and then I feel a bit refreshed and ready to join the vote blue team again.
It'd be nice if we could meet the UN standards for free and open elections, which we haven't since 1976, I believe.
WOW, Lee, Joanna, I am less stressed, know you have a system in place for decades. I am hugely relieved, & incredibly impressed & inspired, to know thatSTATES UNITED is protecting Democracy. MAGA is well-funded & ruthless, & will intimidate & threaten ballot workers, to steal the Election. So Joanna, Hats off to you & your teams, working endlessly, courageously defending Democracy, Bless you all. Lee, Joanna, fantastic Podcast, it was truly Informative and inspiring every day, and I loved it.
Another Great guest and topic!! She needs to go after Lake in Arizona 😂😂
Thank you so much for your efforts in sharing such accurate information. I always feel hopeful at the end of all of your videos.
Yeah, I'm worried about certain MAGA election officials in battleground states refusing to certify their districts or their states. We must do something to preempt their inevitable shenanigans.
thank you both.
Thank you
My concern regarding any legal challenges to this election result is that judges will be acting unethically, as we have seen so clearly from Aileen Cannon. If that is allowed to continue, the judiciary is gone and one of our most important guard rails will have failed.
Under Trump’s administration I was screaming to myself, the judiciary… he’s destroying the judiciary. I screamed to myself because the people in my life called me a conspiracy theorist 🙄 if I pointed out facts.
Biden has been busy behind the scenes, placing as many low and mid level judges as possible, to fend off some of these malicious challenges to the vote!
So what is going to be done about the electors in place who refuse to certify the election?
We dont know, you can bring legal action against them, but thats messy and you need evidence that is not circumstantial or something that is considered free speech.
And it would take time.
Bottom line...We need the National Popular Vote instead of the Electoral College Vote!
💯 % Agree
Absolutely! Republicans have lost all credibility and don’t deserve that advantage, they cheat by gerrymandering, suppressing votes and lying and then they get the gift of the electoral college? No that is not right or fair, it must be abolished!!
National popular vote = whites have a greater share of the voting power than Blacks.
If we had that in the past, a democrat would’ve never been able to win and we wouldn’t have enough immigrants to sway votes Blue now! It’s a ripple.
@@curiousbunny2573actually there have been a number of recent elections where the Democratic Candidate won the popular vote and the Republican Candidate won the electoral college. Do some research, gerrymandering and voter suppression target folks of color. The Electoral College does not represent the majority.
We take away the electoral college vote? Then, the Republicans become irrelevant! They have no good ideas or policies, except for the whining and the bitching!
such an awesome episode!
I just saw a speech where Trump is calling on all Christians to go vote for him and then he’ll fix it so they’ll never have to vote again.
Yep, he said that out loud
And as usual, DT's sycophants are saying, "That's not what he meant!"
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
~Maya Angelou
That’s weird!
People really need to pay very close attention about what that means.
@@donnao2685 Them always saying the people didn’t hear and see what Trump said to that white nationalist evangelical crowd at Turning Point. They are plotting to steal the election.
It's not even about casting doubt this time. It's about getting the case in front of the Supreme Court who will throw out specific states and either accept Trump electors or push it to congress where the GOP have the majority of states. Johnson has already said they are going to challenge the validity of Harris being on the ballot
But they're happy to vote for a convicted felon and rapist ...
Its incredibly important that we register every single like-minded person to vote. Gore - Bush is proof that our Supreme Court can not be trusted to do the right thing.
Harris needs to win by huge margins. Vote blue!
Vote Red if you care about children, girls and women. JB/KH are ok with children given puberty blockers without parents consent. They are ok with childless ladies who are teachers who don't even have empathy towards csts transitioning children without the parents consent. Vote Red if you care about safe spaces, locker rooms, sports, DV shelters, prisons taken over by biological men! JB/KH and California governor says it's ok and they are passing bills.
@@vision2096Vote blue for democracy not red for dictatorship
Trump only cares about himself and noone else
Trump wants to be a dictator
Stop this madman USA
Kamala Harris for President 2024!
@@jonaskarlberg3240perfectly stated!
@@vision2096 You're full of shit. Vote red if you're a white man who wants to own and control women and children.
@@vision2096 Vote Red if you want Government Officials, not Doctors determining women's healthcare. If censorship is more important than free speech, and information. If paranoia rules your life.
IF NOT, 💙💙Vote BLUE.💙💙
I was little upset when joe biden dropped out I came to my senses In realize It was a Good. Move The President will go down In history as one of greatest President And politician in history
Good interview
😢VOTE BLUE PEOPLE💙💙💙
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😀😄😀😄😀😄😀😄😀😄
Why not a happy face? ❓
Why vote blue?
Love your channel! You always have a proactive show with interesting and informative guest. Thanks 💙💙💙💙
Put the felon to jail.
We all need to be wearing a t shirt DEMOCRATIC!
Love, Christie Todd Whitman. She was my governor in New Jersey.
Thankful for you ladies for the work you do for democracy and to educate the public it is very valuable❤
It's a continuous slow moving coup since J6 2021 insurrection!😖
You are 100% correct.
J6 was a rehearsal, they've perfected the technique with the aid of the Heritage Foundation's lawyers - Kevin Roberts was bragging/threatening about it the other day.
They intend to have tens of thousands of maga volunteers working in state elections; they will all shout fraud in unison as soon as they lose; they will have no evidence but that's not the point.
This chorus of false alarms will combine with prepared lawsuits and demands for recounts, they will not win but that's not the point either.
All the above will be used as a false justification for the Republican Congress to refuse to certify the election results so that Article 12 of the Constitution will be invoked and the election will be decided by them with one vote per state regardless of population. Republicans have the majority this way.
Pretty much. They tried it quickly on J6 and now they are being slow and methodical.
It actually started 40+ years ago. It's gotten this far and people are just waking up to what is happening.
Thanks so much PG and Joanna! Great information!
Thank you for the interview and work you both do. :-)
And we live in a republic. That’s why the Pledge of Allegiance says to the Republic for which it stands.
Iran, Russia and North Korea are also Republics.
Go girl! Thankyou for all you do!👍💪🙏❤
This is essential right now. I am seeing a lot of this reassuring information on independent news and information sites lately. I encourage everyone to share it with others and not rely on 'Legacy' or MSNM. More of us have given up on them. Thanks to Leigh and Joanna.
I live in a safe state, yet know not all are. Voting is the easiest way to maintain our freedoms.
I do hope you can cover all angles, there is so much at risk
You cannot have small government without justice
It is illegal to make voters pay to vote. So if a voter must have photo ID, the state should provide one free of charge if they do not drive or shoot??
True. The current laws around funding the DMVs were created before the conspiracy that drove these voter ID laws even existed in the mainstream.
i would like to know….if it’s “a faction” how do they get 40% of the votes in polls? I’m Australian and really afraid of what these extremists will do if they don’t get what they want. From the outside it looks like setting strong limits on political donations will be a very important reform to stop the super rich from trying to buy and own political power in your country.
Absolutely correct! We need campaign finance reform in the worst way and we need to clean up our judiciary.
Agree! Campaign finance reform, address the unethical practices of SCOTUS, and work to get rid of the antiquated electoral college to implement the popular vote (which is a much better representation of the leanings of the populous).
Thank you for bringing her and her organizations to our attention. The Rachel Maddow coverage made it seem like we are doomed. I needed to know about this.
DonOld at a cookout is the real AI part.
I hope lawyers on the right have an idea of what can happen to their livelihood if they pull a Rudy!
Good Video! Please keep up the good work, and keep up the good fight for all of us.
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS-2024!!!
VOTE BLUE!!!
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
At 28:00 - Arizona election deniers who are still on the ballot in 2024: Kari Lake (senate). Justin Heap(Maricopa county recorder), Abe Hamadeh(AZ-8th congress).
Pol Girl is a natural speaker and commentator. She and her guest Lydgate can fluently speak at length without “Ums, Ers, Like” , and few “Incredibly and You Knows”. Meanwhile both women are amazingly smart. Refreshing, and a reminder that such women are the harbinger of future political representation.
Why kick it to the house? An amendment needs to be in place that in the event that neither candidate gets the electoral votes, the popular vote applies. Makes no sense to kick it to the House when the data on the will of the majority is readily available. Let's get on that.
Vote Kamala Harris / Tim Walz for the 47th President and Vice President of the US in 2024.🇺🇸💙🇺🇸VOTE BLUE🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
Harris 2024
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Are the democrats ready for this? Preparing for it? Legal "beagles " on the first "response " team in every state? Hope so, including the postal service.
Be sure to check with your county election board to make sure they haven't purged you from your right to vote every American voters be sure you are still a registered voter if not please register to vote they will be purging you from the voting register don't let them deny your voting rights be sure you are registered and on the voting register America needs more voters than we had in 2020 this needs to be such a huge voting pool that this election can't be denied or contested
Vote Democrat Blue Up and Down the Ballot To Save Democracy.💯🗳️🇺🇲⚖️
Yikes!
Are we ignoring the calls for recounts and straight up rejection of the election results in 2016?
AZ lawmakers want women to go back to 1864 before AZ was a state before women had any rights. We won't go back. Register to vote, support and VOTE BLUE, I've been supporting my local & state candidates. VOTE BLUE to save our freedoms & our American democracy.
It’s a very good point you make when you say the faith we have in the voting system because when it really comes down to it no matter what your religious background is as a human being. You want to have faith you want to trust that the system works to make you feel comfortable and safe and secure so systematicattack to lack of a better term break our faith in the system when the system itself works is very effective.
A very simple analogy I use in my head is how gears in a system works. You have moving parts in order to make a machine work if a group of people do not allow to put oil or grease into the gear system. It will slowly start to break down. It does not mean that the system doesn’t work. It means that you are not giving it what it needs to continue functioning and that’s what all these groups are trying to do. They’re not trying to break the system. They are trying to slow it down so you think oh this doesn’t workand that’s not true. It works. You just have to make sure people let the system work. Give it what it needs to keep the system moving.
Plz vote Harris 2024 to save our country
We need to all unite together as one, no matter what; cause there won't be a United States if Trump is elected again.
"Flood the zone with bullshit."I think they said.
If you were really concerned about voter integrity, Democrats would not fight so hard against voter ID laws. What is the issue with verifying that people voting have that right?
We need all fed. Offices BLUE in order to return the rule of law.
I still believe that I’d rather have them learn each state learn rather than they have to tell them and force them with a national law or way of doing things I’d rather have each state have to learn and accept that another way is better
The problem sometimes is as far as I see after 56 years on this planet is that when people try to break your faith in the system, you have to really hunker down and believe no the system works. I know it works because it has always worked throughout history, people or change or try to change the system, and they have to just say no
Help save democracy vote blue up and down the ballot we all have differences and reason more people work them out peacefully
🇺🇲🦅 KAMALA HARRIS for PRESIDENT 🥥🌴
Just curious. Do they have a team of AI experts assisting them with threats?
I don't understand why we still need to send a presidential election tie to the House instead of just choosing the candidate who wins the popular vote- a true democratic tiebreaker.
Perhaps 200 years ago, before gerrymandering existed & we only traveled by horse or sea, sending a tie to the House made sense. Not anymore. Every vote should count & be counted - we must get rid of the Electoral College & empower the national popular vote.
💙💙💙 KAMALA HARRIS 2024! 💙💙💙
Blue 🌊
Harris 2024
Stay The Course!
True The Vote. Dinesh D' Souza.
2,000 Mules.
Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell.
Dear upright "old style" GOP members. WHILE YOUR PARTY HAS LEFT YOU, VOTE BLUE !
What constitutes a valid ID when casting a vote? What type of potential fraud claims are we anticipating?
Need to go lookup Election deniayers very troubling.
Forward with Kamala, backwards with tRump.
I personally do not want a national system for voting for now because that is for me contra to what I believe in, but I do believe in that if there’s a particular system that works better than another, which is more bi partisan that it would tend to work better or at least a form of it to adapt to make things more streamline.
And so what exactly is it that you believe in I mean?
Protect Democracy ? We should want nothing to do with it.
Care to explain yourself?
@@Mercyfouranimals Democracy causes Poverty and Serfdom to the people it robs and rules over. Just look at the inner cities throughout our nation. It always degenerates into a Dictatorship. As you fight for Democracy you will be voting for a Dictator.
@@Mercyfouranimals They took down my Reply to you. They don't want you hearing the truth.
Trump’s new name; Donald Duck 🦆 because he is ducking the debate!
hey dont insult donald duck, unlike trump he actually is a veteran
@@gothic_ace2037good one!
Electoral college has to go. It’s not democratic and represents the will of the people.
Ha ha! I’m first comment yes! 😊
Biden better get the National Guard on alert October through January.
Does this organization work with Democracy Docket?
Now the President could stay in the office. And come up with new rules and regulatsend for American people. Benefit the middle class
Stop these 70 people now, so we don’t have to go with this crap again.
I wonder if that organization also looks at the different types of voting methods that the different states uses to see if there’s a particular system that works better than another. Not saying to promote one or the other, but just analyze how each state does their voting system and which one seems to be more effective than another?
👍#68
Not that fair with gerrymandering, and voter purges.