American Politics Discussion Thread

[Mjmd]

@Jowy. I'm actually 90% certain they changed the name for free press instead of any actual concerns. When was the last time anyone bought a potato head. I have 3 for my kids but they are have all been passed down through multiple other kids.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/dr-seuss...-list.html

Short article but the TLDR "In total, 15 Dr. Seuss publications were in Amazon’s top 20 list on Friday morning. "

I don't know how potato head sales are doing, but Dr Seuss books seem to be doing well with free publicity.

[MJW (ya that one)]

MO goes to Solid--> Likely R due to Greitens

[darrelljs]

Some random results Echelon Insights poll:







Darrell

[Jowy]

The GME redditors are starting to sound more and more like Q-Anon or some other cult. Might share quite a few members actually.

[Bobchillingworth]

It's a band of morons on Reddit, so that's a safe bet. Unlike GME.

[suboptimal]

The GME redditors are starting to sound more and more like Q-Anon or some other cult. Might share quite a few members actually.

It's a band of morons on Reddit, so that's a safe bet. Unlike GME.

I have to downvote both these posts because you mentioned GME and didn't put in any rocket ships or diamond hand emojis. Hodling until it reaches $420.69!!!!

[Bobchillingworth]

[MJW (ya that one)]

Current Map

   

Changes:
PA: Fetterman is strong (shotgun) and should win primary. Only time DEMs "chosen one" didn't win, in a Senate Primary that mattered, was Specter in 2010 but he wasn't the real chosen one anyway because he was terminally ill and if he won the GOP would have been able to use Tom Ridge. Lean-->Likely D.   
NH: Sununu's reaction to the Chauvin verdict makes me sure he'll declare. The two polls up have him leading and Biden's Honeymoon ending and Capitol riot fading from memory is more important than the increased polarization midterms bring. Tilt D-->Tilt R. 
GA: Walker doesn't have the power level I feel (Collins isn't running). Tilt-->Lean D. 
AK: DEMs have no chance this year but there will be a RINO vs MAGA contest. DEMs have been making no noise so now I assume that they will T-A-N-K on purpose to get Lisa in the final round. If that happens MAGA has no chance but I'm not sure so it's not Solid. Lean-->Likely RINO

Map is stable now so it's just reacting to polls and you might as well use 538 for that... Don't expect consistent updates from here. 

Overall rating: Lean D.

[darrelljs]

You don't think the GA election law pushes it from D to R?

Darrell

[MJW (ya that one)]

You don't think the GA election law pushes it from D to R?

Darrell

Objective measures of this only give 1% boost to GOP. You could get inflated number by selecting years where Obama was and was not on the ticket. DEMs and DEM-leaning groups do that to make GOP look bad.