POG Politics Thread Version 3
Come on in! Since Dustin is taking his ball and going home, it's time to start a new politics thread.
astrology....
the stars say this whole election is a sham, and the rich and powerful control us, and exploit us
actually the stars really do not give a single **** about us or anything that happens on this tiny, insignificant planet
maybe the stars seek prophecies from us
Nate Silver etc aren't even polls, they're statistical models. There may be polling data involved, but everything is so heavily weighted it's more like astrology than science.
Ann Selzer is a pollster. She just polls and publishes.
Right, observations about three different things. Pwns posted about betting markets, I went stats nerds and polls.
Nobody knows but there will be the usual race tonight to call the election first.
I just like saying Selzer's name, it's fun. Selzer
Also, these mustard pretzels are making me thirsty.
You can't just drop a "these pretzels are making me thirsty" without telling us what syllables you emphasize.
Looking bad for kambala
but but but dick Cheney endorsed her!
Not technically over but looking grim. My prediction may have been correct about the why.
I'm still blaming the fact that she was "installed" by the party and they didn't hold a mini-primary.
But lolol "polls"
I would also add the decision to hide the mental decline of Biden.
I would also say that Trump had more WIM. He worked his ass off. Loads of multi-hour podcasts. Rallies, rallies and more rallies. He never declined a microphone. lol
Harris, not so much.
Are pollsters terrible at their jobs? How outlandish was Trump winning the popular vote (maybe by a lot?)?
this is fine (from an accelerationist pov)
A tweet I never thought I would see.
Does Trump win without Elon?
Seems like he would have won "no matter" what
lol I was being sarcastic. shifting to the right has proven to be a massively losing strategy. if they shifted to the left they would have crushed trump, obliterated trump.
Obama was to the left of Biden and Harris and Hilary... and Obama faced much tougher opponents.
shifting to the right is what lost them two lay up elections.
I feel it was the exact opposite. Plus inflation.
walz was to the left of her, and helped her.
Omar and tlaib crushed their elections.
Bernie was wildly popular, and would have won both his primaries despite being outspent more than 2 to 1
when Dems shift left the do better. when they shift right they do worse.
Of course...
Filthy, again most people do NOT want those positions that you promote.
There is no such thing as "Free healthcare" and people don't want to reduce law enforcement. Abortion-rights was a non-issue in this election.
People didn't vote for Trump because they didn't like what Harris said.
They voted for Trump because they liked what he said. I don't think you can look at the results last night and realistically say that this was a policy problem.
Not to mention the utter insanity of your electoral system that just makes it impossibly difficult for people to vote. I've voted in every election for 26 years, and never stood in line for more than 15 minutes, and never had to go more then 1 mile to get to my polling place.
