# Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election {No more on Guns} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571 "2024-07-22T00:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 56
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1107 "2024-09-12T13:56:25Z")
Good news. Maybe we can hope for \>4% after all of the post-debate polling is in. It would be even better to start seeing a handful of big Harris leads nationally like we had with Biden. That would reduce the “but what if polls are wrong like they were in 2020 and 2016” fear. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1108 "2024-09-12T14:08:48Z")
[Black voters highly motivated to vote in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin.](https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4875813-black-voters-motivated-battleground-states/) > Black voters in key [battleground states](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4860978-kamala-harris-donald-trump-key-swing-states-cnn-polling/) are highly motivated to cast their ballots in this year’s election, according to new polling, following Vice President Harris’s [ascension](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4805445-kamala-harris-nominee-dnc-virtual-roll-call/) to the top of the Democratic ticket. > > The polling from Everytown for Gun Safety, Rolling Sea Action Fund PAC, and Global Strategy Group that was exclusively provided to The Hill shows that a majority of Black voters in Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, Las Vegas and Philadelphia identify as Democrats, with 74 percent “very motivated” to vote in November. > > More than half of respondents said they are more enthusiastic to vote since [President Biden](https://thehill.com/people/joe-biden/)[dropped his reelection bid](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4757036-joe-biden-withdraws-kamala-harris-donald-trump/) and with the prospect of having a Black president and Black Speaker of the House should Democrats regain control of the chamber. So as this election will likely come down to turnout, this is good news. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1109 "2024-09-12T14:33:42Z")
When Taylor Swift endorsed Harris, I think it helped a lot of her followers lean more towards making the effort to vote. I imagine that the people who liked her post likely would say they support Harris, but they may not necessarily have been motivated to actually take the time to vote. But Swift’s endorsement will probably mean more of those people will come out and vote than might otherwise have. I see that the Harris campaign added Swiftie-style bracelets soon after the endorsement: > **[Harris-Walz Friendship Bracelets](https://store.kamalaharris.com/harris-walz-friendship-bracelets/)** > > Official webstore of Harris Victory Fund That’s a great way to leverage the endorsement to increase enthusiasm. They’ll make some campaign cash and Swifties will notice the bracelets out in public and to get the word out even more. They also need to have similar “I voted” bracelets to create the momentum for Swifties to make the effort to cast their votes. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1110 "2024-09-12T14:47:11Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > But Swift’s endorsement will probably mean more of those people will come out and vote than might otherwise have. Indeed. > **[Taylor Swift drove more than 337,000 visitors to vote.gov with Kamala Harris...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-vote-gov/)** > > Taylor Swift's post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House on Tuesday drove at least 337,826 users to visit the site vote.gov. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1111 "2024-09-12T14:51:17Z")
As near as I can tell these people are serious. (I came across this from an NPR link, not from the Onion.) Hope it backfires on them. > **[Arizona GOP's 'EAT LESS KITTENS' billboard promotes debunked claims about...](https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2024-09-10/arizona-gops-eat-less-kittens-billboard-promotes-debunked-claims-about-immigrants)** > > The Arizona Republican Party is launching Chick-fil-A-inspired billboards to further spread debunked allegations of immigrants eating pets. ---
**Author:** ![Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1112 "2024-09-12T14:52:24Z")
Eat FEWER kittens, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1113 "2024-09-12T14:57:23Z")
💯 🏆 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1114 "2024-09-12T15:16:00Z")
> [@Sandwich](#): > > Eat FEWER kittens, dammit. Not if you put them in a blender first. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1115 "2024-09-12T15:38:00Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > As near as I can tell these people are serious. (I came across this from an NPR link, not from the Onion.) Hope it backfires on them. > > [Arizona GOP's 'EAT LESS KITTENS' billboard promotes debunked claims about immigrants](https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2024-09-10/arizona-gops-eat-less-kittens-billboard-promotes-debunked-claims-about-immigrants) When did all formerly legitimate news sources become The Onion? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1116 "2024-09-12T15:47:26Z")
> [@Sandwich](#): > > Eat FEWER kittens, dammit. That’s asking a lot from AI-generated kittens in cow suits holding paintbrushes, especially the one with the paintbrush in its mouth. It’s also asking a lot from illiterate, racist, Republican trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1117 "2024-09-12T16:26:02Z")
Yeah, I know….but I think it’s an obvious parody of the Chick-Fil-A “EAT MOR CHIKIN” billboard campaign. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1118 "2024-09-12T16:36:40Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Not if you put them in a blender first. This is fantastic – at once viscerally funny, and trusting Dopers to know the difference between count nouns and mass nouns. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1119 "2024-09-12T17:37:59Z")
I believe the proper construction there would be “eat less kitten,” not kittens. Probably “drink less kitten,” better yet. Further! Since the fictional evil immigrants are supposedly eating a vast and uncountable number of fictional kittens, “less” is actually appropriate here. “Fewer” is generally used for countable items, as with “ten items or fewer.” ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1120 "2024-09-12T18:05:12Z")
> [@Sandwich](#): > > Eat FEWER kittens, dammit. Yeah, I noticed that too. They can’t get their facts right; and they can’t even get their grammar right. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1121 "2024-09-12T18:05:39Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@Sandwich](#): > > > > Eat FEWER kittens, dammit. > > Not if you put them in a blender first. Just, for Og’s sake, don’t [use a straw](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jesse-watters-says-tim-walz-005646587.html) when you go to consume them. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1122 "2024-09-12T20:05:39Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “Weird” is better. Weird is a good thing, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1123 "2024-09-13T00:04:21Z")
> [@Sandwich](#): > > Eat FEWER kittens, dammi I know right? That was my exact reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1124 "2024-09-13T00:09:57Z")
Not to them, and _they_ are the people who are supposed to be embarrassed by it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1125 "2024-09-13T00:41:47Z")
\ “Less” is perfectly fine for either kind of noun. The statement “3 \< 10” is read as “three is less than ten”, not “three are fewer than ten”. \ ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571/1126 "2024-09-13T01:16:54Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > As near as I can tell these people are serious. (I came across this from an NPR link, not from the Onion.) Hope it backfires on them. > > [Arizona GOP's 'EAT LESS KITTENS' billboard promotes debunked claims about immigrants](https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2024-09-10/arizona-gops-eat-less-kittens-billboard-promotes-debunked-claims-about-immigrants) This sure is attention-getting and memorable. The Trump billboards around me are so boring that I cannot recall anything about them except where they are. In my way of thinking, it will backfire. What could be dumber than reminding voters of what even Trump supporters realize to be among his worst moments? Problem is, I do not know that my way of thinking is correct. I guess they believe in the theory that elections are won by juicing turnout. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571.md?page=57)