American Politics Discussion Thread

[Cyneheard]

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.

Those laws are obvious nonsense intended to not fix any problems other than "the GOP lost the last election." It's good politics to make a stink - partly because that helps offset the impact of the laws (public voter suppression often backfires; private voter suppression doesn't) - but it's also the right thing to do.

[MJW (ya that one)]

There acting in such a way that implies 5-6% which BS and looks bad. It's like a Junior Varsity team whining about a few bad calls by the ref when they could do so much better.

[Cyneheard]

There acting in such a way that implies 5-6% which BS and looks bad. It's like a Junior Varsity team whining about a few bad calls by the ref when they could do so much better.

You're putting words in their mouths. And the principle of the thing is awful. It doesn't matter whether it's one vote or one million.

[MJW (ya that one)]

There acting in such a way that implies 5-6% which BS and looks bad. It's like a Junior Varsity team whining about a few bad calls by the ref when they could do so much better.

You're putting words in their mouths. And the principle of the thing is awful. It doesn't matter whether it's one vote or one million.

No I'm not, they are acting in a way that implies 5-6%. Like saying they would win 2010/2014.

[Cyneheard]

There acting in such a way that implies 5-6% which BS and looks bad. It's like a Junior Varsity team whining about a few bad calls by the ref when they could do so much better.

You're putting words in their mouths. And the principle of the thing is awful. It doesn't matter whether it's one vote or one million.

No I'm not, they are acting in a way that implies 5-6%. Like saying they would win 2010/2014.

Source?

[MJW (ya that one)]

There acting in such a way that implies 5-6% which BS and looks bad. It's like a Junior Varsity team whining about a few bad calls by the ref when they could do so much better.

You're putting words in their mouths. And the principle of the thing is awful. It doesn't matter whether it's one vote or one million.

No I'm not, they are acting in a way that implies 5-6%. Like saying they would win 2010/2014.

Source?

I could find examples of DEMs whining, this is a typical example: 

VoterSupression-report-Dec2014.pdf (americanprogress.org)

This one uses the drop from 2010 to 2014 to exaggerate.

I didn't have sources in mind when I said that but I did have memory. You would just say is was selective...

[MJW (ya that one)]

DEMs have been locked out in TX-06. TX-06 Lean--> Safe R

[MJW (ya that one)]

It's pretty obvious that Lamb will declare. I'm still pretty sure that Fetterman wins but this will waste a lot of his energy. PA Likely--> Lean D

[MJW (ya that one)]

NM-01 is 3 cented on PredictIt. NM-01 goes to solid D. They and I could be wrong but if that's true my Senate map is way way off.

[Mjmd]

Lets try to keep this civil.

Afghanistan

Would love to hear from anybody that was alive for Vietnam as well. As an individual in the USA this feels bad. From a nation perspective I understand pulling out as it was a drain of resources and man power.