🇺🇸 Discussion: General Election 2024, 🥥 VS 🍊

[squeekness]

But not just any Bible, the Trump Bible. Like how every German had to have a copy of Mein Kampf.

 

[Chesterfield]

Not even remotely the same thing.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

God wouldn't bless the antichrist.

 

[Zarex]

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Trump is Christian

 

[squeekness]

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Trump is Christian

The lies that make the world go round.

 

[blueharvest]

The US needs more working-class political candidates | Dustin Guastella and Bhaskar Sunkara

Union mechanic Dan Osborn’s independent campaign outperformed Kamala Harris by 14 points in Nebraska

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box. That's because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

A couple of thousand votes?

 

[blueharvest]

Trump-backed Derek Merrin concedes to Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur's Trump-endorsed rival said he called the veteran Ohio congresswoman to concede defeat in the 2024 election.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift seen in his labor pick

Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Understanding the Immigrant Swing Toward Trump

Liberal pundits have puzzled over increasing support for Trump by immigrants and people of color. To understand the trend, we should look to economic issues and the way institutions like unions and churches affect political socialization.

jacobin.com

 

[blueharvest]

Democrats search for answers as blue Philadelphia turns towards Trump

Trump grew his support in nearly all of Philadelphia’s wards – what went wrong for Harris in a key Democratic city?

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Feeling betrayed by increased minority support for Trump, Black women say they’re stepping back

Donald Trump's victory has dismayed many politically engaged Black women, and they're reassessing their enthusiasm for politics and organizing.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Election​	Women​	Margin​	Men​	Margin​
1976 D✔​	52% D 48% R​	D+4​	52% D 48% R​	D+4​
1980 R✔​	46% D 47% R​	R+1​	38% D 55% R​	R+17​
1984 R✔​	42% D 58% R​	R+16​	38% D 62% R​	R+24​
1988 R✔​	49% D 51% R​	R+2​	46% D 53% R​	R+7​
1992 D✔​	45% D 38% R​	D+7​	41% D 38% R​	D+3​
1996 D✔​	55% D 38% R​	D+17​	44% D 45% R​	R+1​
2000 R✔​	54% D 44% R​	D+10​	43% D 54% R​	R+11​
2004 R✔​	51% D 48% R​	D+3​	44% D 55% R​	R+11​
2008 D✔​	56% D 43% R​	D+13​	49% D 48% R​	D+1​
2012 D✔​	55% D 44% R​	D+11​	45% D 52% R​	R+7​
2016 R✔​	54% D 41% R​	D+13​	41% D 52% R​	R+11​
2020 D✔​	57% D 42% R​	D+15​	45% D 53% R​	R+8​
2024 R✔​	53% D 45% R​	D+8​	42% D 55% R​	R+13​
table avg.​	51% D 45% R​	D+6​	44% D 52% R​	R+8​

sources:

How Groups Voted | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

ropercenter.cornell.edu

https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0

 

[Lily Adler]

People say Idiocracy, but I think we may have reached Robin Williams's Man of the Year... There are people who want Jon Stewart to run for president.

 

[blueharvest]

People say Idiocracy, but I think we may have reached Robin Williams's Man of the Year... There are people who want Jon Stewart to run for president.

At least we haven't yet reached the stage where we are forced to water our crops with Gatorade.

 

[Lily Adler]

At least we haven't yet reached the stage where we are forced to water our crops with Gatorade.

That's silly... It'll be Diet Coke

 

[blueharvest]

That's silly... It'll be Diet Coke

Diet Coke if we're lucky.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik

Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com