#Electoral

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

Stacey Abrams is amazing.DEMOCRACY is something worth fighting for.https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1324457879865237504 The point of democracy is not to elect Democrats. It's to give everyone a voice, however small.It's to give

Gregory Howard

HowMDCentrist

Today is the safeharbor date- the legal challenges to states’ electors must end today & the electors are meant to be finalized today. We should know which group of electors

Jim Geraghty

jimgeraghty

“If we use the word ‘genocide’ and are seen as doing nothing, what will be the effect on the November [congressional] election?” — Susan Rice, on the National Security Council,

Adam Gurri

adamgurri

Donald Trump has received more votes than Obama did in 2008, the largest number any candidate had received until now. Republicans are perfectly capable of winning the popular vote and

Jake Anbinder

JakeAnbinder

I would like a senate majority as much as the next guy but I think we are forgetting in a world where Trump's out of office and senate Rs no

Ross Douthat

DouthatNYT

Let me briefly defend @ezraklein's claims about the centrality of polarization to America's problems against @ezraklein's argument that the "dearth of the democracy" is really America's biggest challenge.https://ww

Erick Erickson

EWErickson

A lot of people screaming about vote fraud don't really understand what they are talking about. As someone who actually defended elections (and challenged them) based on vote fraud, let

Sam Wang

SamWangPhD

On the surface, this fits with aggressive GOP actions in Wisconsin to build themselves favorable maps. It would assign electoral votes by Congressional district - and therefore potentially be gerrymandered.But

Michael Baxter

funky5mab

From @SenatorLankford Lankford Letter sent to constituents 1-12-2021 to justify his actions:"The idea of the commission was based on the election commission of 1877 after the disputed election of 1876."The

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ePearce4Q

For those interested in the Constitutional protections against foreign election interference, read this thread:1) The federal government holds the responsibility to protect ALL states from foreign election interference within the

Daniel L. Tavana

danieltavana

Earlier today, the Kuwait National Assembly re-elected @MarzouqAlghanim as speaker (33-28 / 3 invalid ballots). Many are disappointed & surprised, given that 42 / 50 elected MPs publicly committed to

Djinn & Tonic

HegelwCrmCheese

the fetishization of "participation" as the end-all-be-all of democracy by the commenters to this post is really annoying, they act as if the definition of democracy is both: (1) settled;

Willie Beamen

FredCurtisII

My first foray into paid political work was ~10 years ago. Michael Thurmond paid me $100 per four hour shift to put out signs, and my gf and I at

William Reymond

WilliamReymond

1- Il y a une bataille cruciale que Trump est en train de gagner. Je pense même qu’elle est l’unique qui l’intéresse. 25 défaites en justice et le recomptage en

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Maximus_Legacy

I do not “grasp at straws”, @LarrySchweikart and you are not the only person with an education.-First, re the Electoral Slates for Trump: they are currently *uncertified*. We hope to

Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆

KDbyProxy

January 6, 2021. The day Congress will count the electoral votes.But it's also the day die-hard Trumpsters in Congress will have to make a choice: Will they object to various

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