2020 General Presidential Election Thread

[Jeff Lebowski]

Like most of Trump's tweets, these did not age well:

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[Commando]

That is interesting.

Never heard of ACTBLUE before.

That's where my weekly recurring donation to the Biden campaign goes.

[Moliere]

What was the proportion of the population living in larger populated states back then compared to lesser populated states compared to today? The answer to that question would go a long way toward answering whether the effect has actually gone too far toward giving way more power to smaller states than what they intended when it was set up. However, over time I think technology is going to send a lot more of the educated population into the lesser populated states which will probably even things out politically. It may take a decade or two to be noticeable though. It's already happening in western states like CO and AZ.

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[BigPiney]

That is interesting.

Never heard of ACTBLUE before.

So much better than CatBlue.

[Northwestcoug]

The problem is (and you know this), eliminating the EC gives those large population blue states much more power in electing the President at the expense of the more rural red states. The EC is designed to even things out and make candidates appeal to the whole country, not just the urban areas/states. Why aren't you concerned about the smaller states getting left behind?

I think the senate helps even out the playing field locally. Senators from even the smallest states can wield a lot of power in congress, and that is where most of political change happens anyways. Honestly I don't think the political playing field needs to be evened out more than that nationally.

And I get that the electoral college is based on population, so it's not like elections are being outright stolen just because it has to go through a separate archaic process. It's just a lot of energy that candidates and parties have to expend on things other than winning the most votes, which really should be the only goal. But I'm also concerned that we might be seeing a trend, where a democrat has to win by a solid majority to ensure a narrow EC victory. And this could be reversed if the political fortunes change.

Look, the electoral college is not going away. I just think it's really showing it's age and we could do elections just fine without it. It's way down on my wishlist, way below term limits for SC justices and a parliamentary decmocracy!

[BlueK]

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Wow what? Working remotely means I could do my job Living on a ranch in Wyoming if I wanted to instead of having to live in the city of Dallas. What did you think I was saying?

[BigFatMeanie]

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That's what you call a freudian slip, no?

[BigPiney]

That's what you call a freudian slip, no?

44% of the electorate are white non college grads. They went overwhelmingly for Trump at about 2:1.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics...idated-voters/

[falafel]

Wow what? Working remotely means I could do my job Living on a ranch in Wyoming if I wanted to instead of having to live in the city of Dallas. What did you think I was saying?

I think he believes that you were saying that the less populated states don't have educated people (or have less of them).

[beefytee]

The electoral college is great. One of the best parts of the constitution.

This. You guys need to go watch the old American Heritage class video "A more perfect Union".

The threat of tyranny of the majority is as big today as it was when the constitution was written.

I think the bigger issue today is that congress isn't wielding the power that is should and is relegating it to POTUS and SCOTUS. If congress has most of the power then you have the checks and balances needed to make sure people cooperate and work together and there isn't such a huge fight over the executive and judicial branches.

[Now who’s the dean?]

I think he believes that you were saying that the less populated states don't have educated people (or have less of them).

*fewer

[falafel]

*fewer

the post of DH has already been filled.

[Now who’s the dean?]

the post of DH has already been filled.

I don’t know what that means, but DH does seem like the best position in baseball for a lazy chump such as myself.

[Uncle Ted]

What was the proportion of the population living in larger populated states back then compared to lesser populated states compared to today? The answer to that question would go a long way toward answering whether the effect has actually gone too far toward giving way more power to smaller states than what they intended when it was set up. However, over time I think technology is going to send a lot more of the educated population into the lesser populated states which will probably even things out politically. It may take a decade or two to be noticeable though. It's already happening in western states like CO and AZ.

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I think what BK meant to say is that poor rural kids are just as bright as city slicker kids. We just need to give them a shot.

[Moliere]

That's what you call a freudian slip, no?

Yip. Good thing that idiot cowboy isn’t around. He could really use some help from the brilliant educated minds in Queens or Los Angeles. Solon is also really dumb, apparently.


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