All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

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CORRECT. Yet those folks ignore the fact there were black folks working and supporting that bill. At least one that I know of just got re-elected in a landslide tonight. Yet no one got in her face about that bill.




And that should be a WAKE UP call for everyone no matter what party.

For Democrats-it means fixing a LOT of things. Like all those Democratic cities Trump attacked. If doing what is needed to be done in Chiraq ticks off SJWs-so be it.

Ignoring Latinx voters has to stop. Because Republicans have someone in Texas who could easily get those votes if he runs for President-anyone wants a third Bush in the White House in another 8-12 years?

Quoted for truth.

The “minor” discontent amongst minorities with the Democrats is translating into “major” problems for them.

[worstblogever]

Delaware elected the first transgender state senator in the history of our country.

In NY-17, Ritchie Torres is the first openly gay Black Congressman in our nation's history.

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Well, as expected Biden leads in the popular vote.

Meaning this could be 2016 all over again.

If Trump wins again by electoral college, then the US is going to have to start asking some very, very tough questions.

[worstblogever]

Well, as expected Biden leads in the popular vote.

Meaning this could be 2016 all over again.

If Trump wins again by electoral college, then the US is going to have to start asking some very, very tough questions.

I've been watching the popular vote count all night and thought, "Well, it's about even, but California..."

Which is what happened 4 years ago. Except, this is more voters, and looks to be a far bigger deficit for Trump. Looking like 8 million.

But it doesn't look like an electoral victory is gonna shake out. The "Rust Belt Inside Straight" doesn't look like it's there with how Trump underperformed in exit polls.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

If Trump wins again by electoral college, then the US is going to have to start asking some very, very tough questions.

Ask the questions when it comes to that. He hasn't won the EC yet.

This is a general point out to several posters here (not all). Let's leave the "Grand Narrative" making after the votes are in and the dust is settled. That's the time for the knives to come out. Right now, there's no need to make unfounded prognostications about the Trump voting minority voters just yet.

The question about what might happen about the EC and so on is an extended one that was never gonna be resolved with the election even if Biden took Texas and Florida around dinnertime. So let's just wait and ride out the election first, and then argue about the morality play one needs to make out of it either direction.

[JCAll]

How the Hell did he gain ground with Black men? or am I just reading that wrong?

One thing that springs immediately to mind is that despite Trump being a bigot and the GOP being loathsome, they've put themselves into a position to finally deliver on longstanding conservative campaign promises targeting abortion and homosexuality. Actually, it probably is their bigotry and loathsomeness that put them there.

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Ask the questions when it comes to that. He hasn't won the EC yet.

This is a general point out to several posters here (not all). Let's leave the "Grand Narrative" making after the votes are in and the dust is settled. That's the time for the knives to come out. Right now, there's no need to make unfounded prognostications about the Trump voting minority voters just yet.

The question about what might happen about the EC and so on is an extended one that was never gonna be resolved with the election even if Biden took Texas and Florida around dinnertime. So let's just wait and ride out the election first, and then argue about the morality play one needs to make out of it either direction.

Fair enough. We just need to wait it out.

But I really wasn’t expecting it to get this close.

Seriously, Biden led by around 5 points in the battlegrounds and he’s only leading in Arizona as at now. It’s all just very disappointing to me.

[Joker]

If Trump wins again by electoral college, then the US is going to have to start asking some very, very tough questions.

Narrator voice: It won’t.

[BeastieRunner]

In local news, we elected our second-ever black judge and first woman judge as well as a Libertarian and Dem to our state seats.

We've always had Rs in everything.

[Mister Mets]

With 46% reporting, Susan Collins is leading Sara Gideon 52 to 42%. ****.

Awesome.

GA is having a runoff for the Senate.

Ossoff isn't.

As for Warnock, polls showed him significantly higher. Right now, it seems the total Republican vote is higher than the total Democratic vote, so the runoff likely won't go well for him.

[C_Miller]

I still have a marginal amount of confidence. Trump is not doing well enough in early counts in Pennsylvania, Michigan and especially Wisconsin and he can even afford to lose one of those with the map right now if Arizona goes the way it looks like he's going to.

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I've been watching the popular vote count all night and thought, "Well, it's about even, but California..."

Which is what happened 4 years ago. Except, this is more voters, and looks to be a far bigger deficit for Trump. Looking like 8 million.

But it doesn't look like an electoral victory is gonna shake out. The "Rust Belt Inside Straight" doesn't look like it's there with how Trump underperformed in exit polls.

True.

But as a POC, there are some warning signs. Clinton got 88% of the black vote but Biden is projected to get 80%.

Why the decline in the black vote? Same with Latinx voters? These are questions that I find rather troubling.

[kidfresh512]

The Latinx vote is just really interesting. It's such a complicated demographic to target. Looking at South Florida and South Texas compared to Arizona/Nevada.

Biden doing so poorly in Miami-Dade cost the state. But, those voters seemed to pick up on the fearmongering "socialism call" by the GOP and run with that. Even though thats never been actually true in terms of categorizing Biden or the Dems positions.

Theres been some talk about lack of minority support in general for Biden. But, honestly if things pan out for a Trump win its not the minorities its all the white people that still vote for him after everything hes done. That he can still be this competitive after all this speaks more to that than anything.

Black and Brown people cant do all the heavy lifting in record numbers with all the voter suppression and gerrymandering tactics they have to get over especially in the south.

[worstblogever]

Mindy Finn: 2M mail votes left to count in PA. Here is how they break down on party reg:

66% Dem, 23% Rep, 11% NP

That looks the mathematically break down... the worst case scenario for him, Joe Biden is going to still make up the current deficit of half a million votes that he has in the state with only 55% of the PA votes counted. The number actually looks more like he's going to get +850 K out of the remaining number.

[worstblogever]

True.

But as a POC, there are some warning signs. Clinton got 88% of the black vote but Biden is projected to get 80%.

Why the decline in the black vote? Same with Latinx voters? These are questions that I find rather troubling.

We don't know that. All the votes have yet to be counted.

Let's break down the numbers when that's happened, and ask why.