🇺🇸 Discussion: General Election 2024, 🥥 VS 🍊

[blueharvest]

Sen. John Fetterman Describes The Moment That Paved The Way For Trump's Victory

"I thought, well, that might be ballgame," the Democratic senator said, recalling Donald Trump's path to winning the presidential race.

www.huffpost.com

 

[blueharvest]

'Tired. Damn tired.' Some Black women are processing the grief of a Kamala Harris loss

Most Black women voters supported Kamala Harris in her presidential run against Donald Trump. Now some say they are pulling back, to rest and mourn.

www.wmra.org

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Less people live in red areas than blue areas. They always trot out geography to make themselves look more popular than they actually are (49.8% Trump/Vance to 48.2% Harris/Walz | 2024 election).

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Where everybody in the U.S. actually lives (density) (2020 census):

Source: Census.gov - 2020 Population Distribution in the United States and Puerto Rico

Business Insider - >50% of the U.S. population lives in 9 states. (2016)
The Washington Post - By 2040 it's projected >50% of the U.S. population will live in 8 states. (2018)

More U.S. census data:

Census profile: United States

Census data for United States (pop. 334,914,880), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.

censusreporter.org

Census Reporter: Making Census Data Easy to Use

Census Reporter provides useful facts about every place in America. Compare places using tables and maps, download data, and embed charts on your site!

censusreporter.org

Cartograms are more accurate representations.

 

[squeekness]

I saw some reports but yeah, his boasts of a "landslide" victory should be shouted down.

 

[blueharvest]

Emboldened 'manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election

An emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers has seized on Donald Trump’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic derision and threats online.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem

The party’s habitual deference to big donors makes it impossible to effectively oppose Trumpism.

www.thenation.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

The Hill is making a AOC 2028 prediction.

 

[Lily Adler]

Chris is getting roasted on Bluesky for coming after Walz.

 

[blueharvest]

Chris is getting roasted on Bluesky for coming after Walz.

I saw that.



The nicest comment so far is pretty much this:

 

[blueharvest]

The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win

Our research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Emboldened 'manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election

An emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers has seized on Donald Trump’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic derision and threats online.

apnews.com

This will not help them get laid.

 

[squeekness]

The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win

Our research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply

www.theguardian.com

I can hardly wait. This is how democracy dies

 

[blueharvest]

This will not help them get laid.

True. I think they're too filled with hate, so I don't think anything would help them out in that area.

 

[blueharvest]

I can hardly wait. This is how democracy dies

We has a good run. 245 years or so.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

It's Not the Economy, Stupid

This election is an unfortunate macrocosm of what Black women experience each day across industries: a fundamental lack of trust to lead. It is long past time for us to face the fact that racism—specifically anti-Blackness—and sexism are at the base of the many other reasons Harris was unable to...

msmagazine.com

 

[blueharvest]

Polling in the age of Trump highlights flawed methods and filtered realities

Democrats’ surprise at the results of the 2024 presidential election is partly a result of pollsters’ inaccuracies and partly of partisan filter bubbles.

theconversation.com

 

[blueharvest]

After Latino men voted for Trump in large numbers, here’s what they hope he delivers

Close to 1 in 10 Americans are Latino men: While they’re younger and have a higher participation in the workforce than any other racial group, they’re still catching up.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

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I got Obama and Lincoln. I couldn't choose if liked cats or Scrabble more.

 

[blueharvest]

Why Democrats seem so disconnected from what voters want

Public focus groups before the election were a huge clue into Trump's popularity — but they largely went ignored

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

As a political reporter who covered the 2024 election cycle, here’s what I got wrong

Eric Garcia explains what he saw coming, what he got wrong — and what that taught him about future elections

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Trump’s anti-trans ad blitz probably worked – but not for the reason you might think

Republicans spent at least $215 million on attack ads about transgender rights. The question is, did it actually move voters?

www.independent.co.uk