#Electoral

It looks like Georgia finally flipped... That is, they counted enough votes to confirm the result. Biden was always winning, this is just paperwork. Think it's still too narrow a
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To all my former students (and everyone else following along):Please make your voice heard by voting today. A few reminders if its an unfamiliar process for you: 1. Even if
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Put aside the core contests for a minute, hard as that is.Here's a question that doesn't seem to even get asked, and which is deeply puzzling about American society.Not, 'Why
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A short thread on #USElections especially as many Indians have started praising the Indian election system after seeing delays in counting of votes in the US. #BidenHarris #TrumpvsBiden So many
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1. Today, 130+ GOP members of Congress will vote to ignore millions of voters and try to install Trump for a second term.We reviewed thousands of FEC records to find
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We are once again Annoyed at Terrible Analyses of the Election Results. Tbf, a lot of the shittest analysis is coming from the UK, where our pundit class consists almost
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The concept of “movement politics” has introduced a bizarre dynamic in electoral campaigns in which some staffers believe the candidate HAS to do whatever they want. The movement aspect has
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As it's Saturday I thought I'd do a thread on US politics, which will dominate the next two months. Much media coverage is pretty woeful, so here are some tips
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Time for a topical BBS THREAD (an exciting one on boundaries):Proposed Commons seat numbers (but not yet boundaries) for each region/nation of the UK in the upcoming boundary review are
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The reality of a crook/conman in the White House has always been a test of the guardrails of American democracy. Because he has normalised lying, cheating and narcissism and been
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1/Social media platforms should enforce their policies to limit the spread of election-related disinfo & misinfo (like unsubstantiated claims of fraud & premature claims of victory) while respecting freedom of
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A bit of a thread on some thoughts about this week in politics.There are some significant cultural and political/practical reasons as to why Johnson has so badly misjudged negotiations. First,
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DUELING ELECTORS, CAUSE & EFFECT!Electoral college voting today is setting up an epic January!7 STATES HAVE SENT DUELING ELECTORSPennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada New Mexico and Michigan (MI GOP electors
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1/nHere's what happens next folks.Today, the 7 contested states had GOP electors who showed their courage. They sent revised electoral college votes in favor of President Trump due to overwhelming
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FWIW House "Patriot Republicans" Tactics Explained-Simply put, Rs plan to object to EVs on numerous grounds.-Raising Objections, one after another.-Trying to get them to also object to *individual* EVs on
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A central tension in our politics is this we have 1 political party that cares about upholding democracy, whereas the other party's aims can only be achieved thru undermining democracy.
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