US Politics Thread

[FogBlueInSanFran]

As me and my pals from the BlueMoon weekly record thread know, I am still waiting for the official Chappel Roan endorsement :)

 

[moomba]

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Did you see something?

The "Childless Cat Lady" released a statement saying she's endorsing Harris.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The mad ****’s now claiming he won the debate.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

I'l be very angry with Americans if he gets anywhere near winning in November
This should be a wipeout, no ifs, no buts, no excuses

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I'l be very angry with Americans if he gets anywhere near winning in November
This should be a wipeout, no ifs, no buts, no excuses

I wish it were that easy…and you could not be angrier than I will be.

It will be close, almost regardless of who is running and when the vote occurs. It’s the nature of American presidential elections.

He could, and probably will, lose the national vote by millions of votes. That’s not important!

There are states that are red and states that are blue. In red states, blue votes don’t matter. In blue states, red votes don’t matter. Nature of the beast, I’m afraid.

What DOES matter is that there a few large states that have large blocks of Electoral College votes. How THOSE states vote REALLY MATTERS!

In fact, not only do they matter, but how the COMBINATION of their EC votes tot up is vitally important.

America is a PURPLE country. However, in a “winner take all” vote for nearly every state, the vote can be 10m to 10m+1 and the 10m+1 party gets ALL THE EC VOTES, so that state is painted that colour, even though it’s as purple as could be.

This election of about 160M votes is going to boil down 10-20,000 votes in a handful of states.

 

[Gabriel]

 

[Tugay One Cup]

The fact that anyone would still vote for him is a pretty damning indictment of the US public.

The first time they voted him in was rock bottom. Now it's all just rather pathetic.

Hard not to look at them the same way Kamala looks at him:

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Yes

I wish it were that easy…and you could not be angrier than I will be.

It will be close, almost regardless of who is running and when the vote occurs. It’s the nature of American presidential elections.

He could, and probably will, lose the national vote by millions of votes. That’s not important!

There are states that are red and states that are blue. In red states, blue votes don’t matter. In blue states, red votes don’t matter. Nature of the beast, I’m afraid.

What DOES matter is that there a few large states that have large blocks of Electoral College votes. How THOSE states vote REALLY MATTERS!

In fact, not only do they matter, but how the COMBINATION of their EC votes tot up is vitally important.

America is a PURPLE country. However, in a “winner take all” vote for nearly every state, the vote can be 10m to 10m+1 and the 10m+1 party gets ALL THE EC VOTES, so that state is painted that colour, even though it’s as purple as could be.

This election of about 160M votes is going to boil down 10-20,000 votes in a handful of states.

Yes I fully understand the vagaries of the US electoral college system and swing states but that still cannot explain to me something that would never happen in any real European democracy. My only conclusion is that mental illness is endemic and needs seriously tackling.
"They're eating the dogs" resonates with nearly half of American voters? Really?
WTAF!!!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Yes
Yes I fully understand the vagaries of the US electoral college system and swing states but that still cannot explain to me something that would never happen in any real European democracy. My only conclusion is that mental illness is endemic and needs seriously tackling.
"They're eating the dogs" resonates with nearly half of American voters? Really?
WTAF!!!

Sad, isn’t it?!