US Politics Thread

jimharri said:
If Trump wins, I'll just remind people of that old saying "the people get the government they deserve". If they vote him in, they deserve him.

And yes; I'm aware that you can win an election with a minority of the vote. Labour did precisely that earlier in the summer. 34% of the vote won them 63% of the seats. A landslide, with 1/3 of the vote. The same could theoretically happen in America in november, I suppose.
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Not quite the same system, but I guess a similar principle applies.

In 2020, a high turnout year, 66.8% of eligible voters voted, so call that 2/3.

Of the 155.5M votes cast, Biden received 51.3%, while Trump received 46.8%.

Without doing any serious math we can say that Biden, while securing the highest number of votes by any President ever, got “only” a hair over 1/3 and Trump, who got the most votes of any Republican or loser (redundant, I know!) a hair under 1/3 of the eligible votes!
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Not quite the same system, but I guess a similar principle applies.

In 2020, a high turnout year, 66.8% of eligible voters voted, so call that 2/3.

Of the 155.5M votes cast, Biden received 51.3%, while Trump received 46.8%.

Without doing any serious math we can say that Biden, while securing the highest number of votes by any President ever, got “only” a hair over 1/3 and Trump, who got the most votes of any Republican or loser (redundant, I know!) a hair under 1/3 of the eligible votes!
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So in a 2 horse race, who got the other 1.9% vote and who got the other 1/3rd?
 
KS55 said:
It is horrendous that so many traditional Republican politicians put their careers ahead of the country. They should read what J. Michael Luttig, an arch Republican says: I am voting for Harris. Trump is a danger to democracy, the constitution and the rule of law.
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It's not really that complicated, is it?

It becomes more complicated when a) you're an elected Republican who wants to keep his/her job and you're afraid of being tossed out if you don't kowtow to Trump, or 2) you're an ambitious and morally-craven unelected Republican who craves power and influence in an administration that sucking Trump's dick might provide you.

Neither group puts America first.
 
Brightwell’s left peg said:
That’s a deep rooted problem. You should probably get therapy for that?
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I've tried; you'd be amazed at how many psychotherapists here don't know dick about football!

If I had a dollar for every time I've been asked, "Now . . .you support Manchester United, right?" I'd be as rich as Ric. :)
 
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