US Politics Thread

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

 

[SebastianBlue]

The responses to that tweet are very informative.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The responses to that tweet are very informative.

 

[Blue Maverick]

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Who are the others?

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Who are the others?

Independents, but also Green, Libertarian, etc.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Independents, but also Green, Libertarian, etc.

Do many get into congress?

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Do many get into congress?

If I recall right, Sanders is an Independent who caucuses with Democrats. Not sure about the House. It’s quite infrequent though; more often folks get elected as an R or D and then switch to Independent.

Edit — Manchin, Sinema and King also in the Senate. None in the House currently.

I know a quite few people registered as Independents and even the odd Libertarian — the point of registering to a party is to be able to vote in primary elections. It varies by state though. In CA you can choose to vote in whichever primary you like regardless of how you are registered, e.g.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

If I recall right, Sanders is an Independent who caucuses with Democrats. Not sure about the House. It’s quite infrequent though; more often folks get elected as an R or D and then switch to Independent.

I know a quite few people registered as Independents and even the odd Libertarian — the point of registering to a party is to be able to vote in primary elections. It varies by state though. In CA you can choose to vote in whichever primary you like regardless of how you are registered, e.g.

I think I read that in terms of new registrations the independents are a fast growing and increasingly significant sector? If so probably good news in terms of a healthy democracy

 

[Gabriel]

Do many get into congress?

Comparatively no.
https://www.congress.gov/members?pa...250&q={"party":["Independent","Libertarian"]}

 

[ChicagoBlue]

(The) MSM expect Harris to be 'flawless' whilst allowing Trump a free pass for being 'lawless'.

Sums up the last 14 weeks of this campaign in one sentence!

“What’s the Harris policy on …???”

And, Trump???

“Oh, he’s a known quantity. He’s been President and everything was great! Wine and roses all around!”

Meanwhile, in the REAL WORLD…














Yeah, that Biden guy REALLY fucked us over!

Fixed inflation, oversaw significant GDP & job growth and the stock markets have been on a tear!

Hurt me some more Biden/Harris!

Meanwhile, Trump’s plan redux is another $8+ TRILLION IN NATIONAL DEBT, a 20% TARIFF on everything, and tax breaks for his buddies!!

And, that’s before he hands Ukraine to Putin, has another love affair with Jong-Un, and tells NATO to go fuck itself!