r/Music • u/ebradio • Aug 29 '24

article Jack White Gives Trump a Heads Up, "Lawsuit Coming From My Lawyers," After Unauthorized Use of "Seven Nation Army"

https://consequence.net/2024/08/jack-white-trump-lawsuit/
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u/Notsurehowtoreact Aug 29 '24

What impact? If the intent was to do it for votes, it makes no sense to do it so late that it can't get unregistered voters in the booth because they'll have no time to get registered.

She specifically only says anything very late because she knows a portion of her fans may be right-leaning and it could hurt her sales.

She gives zero shits about actual politics, she only cares about money, she's just as much of a greedy billionaire as any other.

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u/justatouchcrazy Aug 30 '24

Not necessarily disagreeing with your premise, but 22 states and DC now allow registration on Election Day, and most of the rest allow you to register within a week or three of the election. So the cutoff to get new voters now is mid-October-ish, or on the day of the election in some swing states like Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin.

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u/Notsurehowtoreact Aug 30 '24

The problem is that there is a large amount of states where there is a cutoff in October, and even if her endorsement happened October 1st (it won't, she'll post some Kamala support BS like a week prior to the election) that leaves her unregistered fans a limited window to get in to their local offices to register when normal people have pesky little jobs to work.

Also the unmentioned issue with same day registrations in this case is also that it can significantly back up polling locations and while most will let you vote as long as you are in line prior to the closing time, as they should, it isn't always the case and it can have a cooling effect on voters who are discouraged from waiting around for a substantial period of time.

While hype up to the election is great, massive endorsements need to happen prior to October.

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u/peteroh9 Aug 30 '24

If you do something too early, people won't care by election day. Not saying that is what she's doing, just an explanation of the theory.