US Politics Thread

[aguero93:20]

Haha. Do you watch John Oliver? His latest episode went through this subject and one point he mentioned was how the republicans think the voting machines are rigged/tampered so dont want to use them. There was one county that was doing it by hand with 5 people and it took the 5 people 4 hours to count 50 ballots cos of miscounts and discrepancies.

You have to be very careful with the tippex, better to take your time.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Exactly as predicted. Maricopa county will now have their votes discarded as tainted. Easy Republican win

It would certainly be possible. I wonder if we'll get numbers of spoilt/rejected ballots!

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

This is absolutely unconscionable and fundamentally evil. This fucking prick.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

This is absolutely unconscionable and fundamentally evil. This fucking prick.

'The people will not stand for it' is the new 'Stand back and stand by'.

 

[pudge]

What's it looking like with the midterms?

On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being Trump cunts getting their way

 

[domalino]

What's it looking like with the midterms?

On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being Trump cunts getting their way

The most likely outcome is Dems keep the senate, narrowly lose the House and pick up some Governorships. Which is bad.

But it's not a done deal. Republicans have been flooding the news with fake/biased polls to take advantage of the fact the "reliable" way of polling is to take an average of all polls.

And there's lots of reports of unprecedented turnouts at Universities.

 

[domalino]

Florida banning federal election monitors from entering voting stations. Instead they are sending in their own "independent" monitors.

It begins...

This would suggest what you heard about DeSantis pissing Florida is not true at all.

No one breaks federal law over an election they're winning by 20 points.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Exit polls on CNN are savage. The dems are going to get destroyed.

 

[BayernMan]

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Exit polls on CNN are savage. The dems are going to get destroyed.

CNN have a vested interest in reporting it that way (they've lost the plot in recent years by the way). I'm going to wait until actual results are in.

 

[domalino]

Exit polls are saying nearly 30% are saying abortion is their biggest priority.

Given the spending on the issue, and the GOPs general attempt to run from the issue you would think that's all votes for the Democrats.

 

[mat]

This would suggest what you heard about DeSantis pissing Florida is not true at all.

No one breaks federal law over an election they're winning by 20 points.

Let's see how the night goes my patronising chum.

 

[BlueHammer85]

This is absolutely unconscionable and fundamentally evil. This fucking prick.

Honestly

Either people are beyond f*cking thick to even contemplate voting for this ****

Or … they know he’s a evil prick but get a kick out of the entertainment side of it all and giving it to the lefties

Probably a mix of both

 

[BlueHammer85]

 

[Debaser]

Honestly

Either people are beyond f*cking thick to even contemplate voting for this ****

Or … they know he’s a evil prick but get a kick out of the entertainment side of it all and giving it to the lefties

Probably a mix of both

People who go to church will believe any old shite

 

[domalino]

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Honestly

Either people are beyond f*cking thick to even contemplate voting for this ****

Or … they know he’s a evil prick but get a kick out of the entertainment side of it all and giving it to the lefties

Probably a mix of both

Folk in the UK often say 'Stick a red/blue/yellow rosette on a pig and people will still vote for it'

In the US you can apply that tenfold.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Not much you can read into that. Abortion + Gun Law are Dem issues, they total 46%, The rest GOP issues at 47%. Its in the balance.

 

[mat]

Anyone else get a feeling this will drag out for a while whilst various GOP losers demand recounts/go to court etc?

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

A juxtapose that may have consequences for decades to come.