The Politics Thread

One small bright light for Minnesota is that they keep Tim Walz as governor.
The rest of the country will suffer immeasurably with JDVance as VP.
But at least Minnesota has hope.

 

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by janea4old

2 minutes ago, janea4old said:

One small bright light for Minnesota is that they keep Tim Walz as governor.
The rest of the country will suffer immeasurably with JDVance as VP.
But at least Minnesota has hope.

I had said that I would consider relocating to MN if Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were to lose the election.  Who knows, I said, it might be kinda fun to live out my fantasies of living like Mary Richards.  Well....

7 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Ain't that the truth! I am going to do this from today on. Complete disconnect. 

Correction. I think I will have to disconnect from the whole web. This has been such a hardcore devastation to my psyche and I feel like if I continue... Even posting about it, I'll spiral into some kind of stomach ulcer or worse.

I want to send a huge hug to everyone that feels alone, broken and disappointed like me today. You are not alone. Do whatever you need to do to recover and keep your head up high.

I will never ever NOT be grateful to the amazing Kamala Harris.

This is it for me for now.

Have a great night everyone. Take care and be strong.

3 minutes ago, Maxim said:

I want to send a huge hug to everyone that feels alone, broken and disappointed like me today. You are not alone. Do whatever you need to do to recover and keep your head up high.

hugs to you and all who need hugs

If I could, I would pack up my things and just get the hell out of here. But I can't because I'm an autistic woman living on disability and I can't leave my family behind either, especially my parents and my widowed aunt. Even before this election I had been toying with the possibility of maybe fleeing either to Canada or even the U.K.

Maybe I should still consider that option. I just don't know how I'm going to endure another four years of Trump, especially now that he has the Supreme Court AND Congress at his beck and call. I guess I'll just live as a recluse for the next four years and eat my feelings by devouring God knows how much junk food. Good thing I have an event to go to tomorrow and I know I'll be stuffing myself with pizza and Coca Cola and whatever desserts people might've brought. Also I have two associate's degrees and a bachelor's degree but I don't know how good they are going to be now. 

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by MissPhoenixGirl92

food for thought. 

free link

this is us 

Well, @marceline was right: we need to get ready for President Vance.  Because, while Donald Trump can outrun a great many things, including the law, he cannot outrun death (no matter how many randos try and pick him off).  And believe you me, that man is on borrowed time.

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by Khan

I doubt this will affect the presidential results in Pennsylvania, but it might affect local/state and congressional results?

Centre County ’s unofficial election results are delayed after the county’s election software failed to correctly transfer the data from mail-in ballots on Election Day.

via the Centre Daily Times, for Centre County, Pennsylvania
(home of Penn State University)
https://www.centredaily.com/news/politics-government/election/article295130864.html

This came from a release from the Centre County board of commissioners:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25274305-11624-centre-county-elections-update

In a release Wednesday morning, the county said about 13,000 vote-by-mail ballots will need to be rescanned, a process that will begin Wednesday morning. The county made “several attempts” Tuesday night and into early Wednesday to transfer the scanned mail-in ballot data into the county’s election software, the release states, but it didn’t work. “Centre County elections staff will start scanning these ballots this morning. We will continue re-scanning these ballots until complete. Re-scanning efforts will take place in the Willowbank Building in Bellefonte,” the release states. “Watchers from both major parties will be present in the room throughout the re-scanning process, even before re-scanning begins.”

It wasn’t until 12:30 a.m. Wednesday that the county issued a release stating that although all ballots (including mail-in ballots) had been scanned, it was having issues with mail-in ballot data. The county said it was working with the ballot scanner vendor to export the election results. “Centre County’s Election team and IT team have identified that the data are successfully being exported from the mail-in ballot scanners, but that the data is not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software,” the previous release stated. Around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, the county said tabulation of mail-in ballots was complete but the results couldn’t be placed into a report form.

One Centre County race, House District 82, has not been called. Incumbent Democrat Paul Takac has a narrow lead over Republican Therese Hollen, with 88% of votes counted. The AP called the race for House District 77 around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday with Democrat Rep. Scott Conklin leading Republican challenger Marie Librizzi with 76% of votes counted. Other races in Pennsylvania, including the key Senate race between Sen. Bob Casey and Dave McCormick, are also not called as of early Wednesday morning. Some races were called earlier on Election Night, however, including 15th Congressional District and Senate District 25.

The demographic groups that propelled Trump to presidency

8 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

The demographic groups that propelled Trump to presidency

DISGUSTIG!

10 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

DISGUSTIG!

Very much so -  the only thing I can glean is that racism and sexism run deep, despite of political party affiliation.

Many Democrats would rather see Trump elected than support a Black woman running for presidency. 

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by BetterForgotten

ASSKISSER

 

 

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2024/washington-post-owner-jeff-bezos-posts-big-congratulations-to-trump/

I'm presuming that the situation in Gaza had much to do with Kamala Harris underperforming (compared to Joe Biden) among young voters.  Young voters likely wanted her to condemn Israel outright and back Palestine...which only goes to show that young people have much to learn when it comes to Israel and Palestine.

But OLDER voters shifting toward Democrats?  So, we're making headway with Meemaw and Boompaw, but now we're losing Brayden and Heavenleigh.  Good grief, lol.

12 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Very much so -  the only thing I can glean is that racism and sexism run deep, despite of political party affiliation.

Many Democrats would rather see Trump a felon elected than support a Black woman running for presidency. 

Corrected your post! 😉

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a speech
today Wednesday Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. EST.
Harris will speak at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington DC, where her supporters watched returns Tuesday night before being sent home after midnight.

Concession speech apparently.?

Edited November 6, 20241 yr by janea4old