US election 2020 thread

[existentialist]

I guess the camera dude must have been white, otherwise I imagine he'd have found telling the filth to "Go fuck yourself, you fucking fascists" quite terminal.

Also impressive how the filth could so easily be cajoled into doing something just by calling them "pussies"

 

[frogwoman]

Yep. I do wonder whether the GOP voters who can't bring themselves to vote for either candidate may end up being a factor in all of this

'Ughhhh no ill do it tomorrow'

 

[teqniq]

Wrt to the billboards and the threat to sue, the Lincoln Project's lawyers respond. Absolute quality:

 

[teqniq]

The queue!

 

[teqniq]

Absolutely withering editorial here:

Opinion | R.I.P., G.O.P. (Published 2020)

The Party of Lincoln had a good run. Then came Mr. Trump.

www.nytimes.com

 

[two sheds]

Yep really good read, ta.

 

[Streathamite]

'Registered Republicans' can change their vote tho cant they.

Preciseely. There is a big lag between being registered to a political party, and voting for their presidential candidate, and even bigger one between being registered to vote by a party in a voter registration drive, and actually voting for their candidate

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The queue!

Although tbf, that's kind of what a badly run democracy looks like.

 

[Streathamite]

Two options here: either they're making some very bad tactical decisions or they think they have WI, MI & PA locked up tight

I am rather afraid it's the latter - and they re making Hillary's mistakes, all over again
jeez, don't do it Joe

 

[JTG]

I am rather afraid it's the latter - and they re making Hillary's mistakes, all over again
jeez, don't do it Joe

We'll see. Michigan's been safe for a long while at any rate and it's not like PA looks bad

 

[Streathamite]

We'll see. Michigan's been safe for a long while at any rate and it's not like PA looks bad

I hope you're right, I guess i still have 2016-PTSD, and a horrible fear of waking up at some point in december to the headline "Trump secures second term"

 

[spring-peeper]

Absolutely withering editorial here:

Opinion | R.I.P., G.O.P. (Published 2020)

The Party of Lincoln had a good run. Then came Mr. Trump.

www.nytimes.com

It's a pay site.
Is the nyt article similar to this one?

'Deep down, he's a terrified little boy': Bob Woodward, John Bolton and others on Trump

The authors of recent exposés, including Mary Trump and Anthony Scaramucci, on the president, his time in office – and what they expect to happen at the polls

www.theguardian.com

 

[teqniq]

It's a pay site.
Is the nyt article similar to this one?

'Deep down, he's a terrified little boy': Bob Woodward, John Bolton and others on Trump

The authors of recent exposés, including Mary Trump and Anthony Scaramucci, on the president, his time in office – and what they expect to happen at the polls

www.theguardian.com

use bypass paywall extension for Firefox and Chrome

 

[petee]

scroll through for more.
it's all true, btw.

 

[JTG]

Hays is Austin suburbs - went for Trump by around 500 votes in '16, then voted for Beto O'Rourke by over 12,000 votes in '18.

Click through on that tweet and you'll see that other suburban Texas counties with fast growing populations and changing demographics that also swung hard towards O'Rourke - Collin, Denton & Williamson - are about to exceed their 2016 totals as well. If nothing else it's an illustration of just how much the Texas electorate is in flux

It also makes me question polling companies' ability to account for this as these areas are going to be growing so fast you wonder how they manage to keep track of contact details and come up with an accurate sample accounting for demographics

 

[Dogsauce]

I hope you're right, I guess i still have 2016-PTSD, and a horrible fear of waking up at some point in december to the headline "Trump secures second term"

That would be a great Halloween costume, going as a newspaper with that headline. Worst nightmare for a lot of people.

 

[petee]

sanderson's twitter has lots of info.

Matthew Sanderson (@SandersonMatt) on Twitter

 

[Streathamite]

That would be a great Halloween costume, going as a newspaper with that headline. Worst nightmare for a lot of people.

You cruel man!
I really couldn't do that to people

 

[bimble]

Uplifting article here saying that when you do your voter suppression efforts too brazenly and explicitly then you piss people off and they respond by thinking fuck you and turning up to vote.

It looks like voter suppression is backfiring on Republicans

GOP efforts to make it harder to vote have motivated Democrats to cast ballots in record numbers.

www.motherjones.com

 

[JTG]

Uplifting article here saying that when you do your voter suppression efforts too brazenly and explicitly then you piss people off and they respond by thinking fuck you and turning up to vote.

It looks like voter suppression is backfiring on Republicans

GOP efforts to make it harder to vote have motivated Democrats to cast ballots in record numbers.

www.motherjones.com

Yup. Harris responded to the ludicrous restrictions on drop boxes by throwing the doors as wide open as possible to voters and it appears to be working

 

[JTG]

NYC first day numbers:

 

[Streathamite]

NYC first day numbers:

No Staten island numbers? Or does Richmond cover that?

 

[JTG]

No Staten island numbers? Or does Richmond cover that?

Yeah Staten Island = Richmond County. They're one and the same

 

[frogwoman]

White House chief of staff says 'we're not going to control pandemic', after Pence staffers test positive – as it happened

President and challenger seek late boosts as election day looms while VP refuses to change schedule amid staff outbreak

www.theguardian.com

 

[teqniq]

White House chief of staff says 'we're not going to control pandemic', after Pence staffers test positive – as it happened

President and challenger seek late boosts as election day looms while VP refuses to change schedule amid staff outbreak

www.theguardian.com

More evidence that they really don't give a fuck:

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Although tbf, that's kind of what a badly run democracy looks like.

That's not badly run. Its running precisely how they've designed it.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

No Staten island numbers? Or does Richmond cover that?

I would expect lots of votes for Trump from Staten Island. That's where all the firefighters and cops live.

 

[frogwoman]

Why are they saying this stuff (on covid)? What are they thinking they will get out of it?

 

[Streathamite]

That's not badly run. Its running precisely how they've designed it.

glad it's numbers are the lowest, then!

 

[Streathamite]

Why are they saying this stuff (on covid)? What are they thinking they will get out of it?

damage limitation and expectation dampening, at a guess