The Politics Thread

[ReddFoxx]

Entering the presidential race in November is too late without question. Focusing on a state that is later in the primary while ignoring the earlier ones is exactly what Giuliani did in the 2008 GOP primary and he ended up being irrelevant before that state came up (Florida was where he focused on).

[DRW50]

 

Most of the Politico pieces I saw amounted to "why?" and "well...alright I guess," but I did read on Twitter that Morning Joe was fawning all over him.

[DramatistDreamer]

Something that not enough people are paying attention to--how the Asian/Asia-American communities are voting.

 

[Khan]

White America either takes racial and ethnic minorities for granted, or they do their best to make like we're not even here.  It makes my blood boil.

[JaneAusten]

While I do blame politicians I blame the media first and foremost. Look at the landscape of the media, the press and see how many reporters and media personnel are PoC. This fixation for the last 3 years of trump voters is nauseating.  I don't recall in Obama's LANDSLIDE over McCain anyone spending 3 years over Obama voters or the coalition.

[Khan]

 

Agree.  If I have to read one more article about "voters from the Heartland" and why they voted for Trump in the last election....

[DramatistDreamer]

Speaking of media not spending time reporting on certain issues, imo it's downright odd that there are all these forums that are not being reported about in the news.  I had no idea Democracy Now had hosted a town hall. If it weren't for this exchange between Amy Goodman and Elizabeth Warren, I might have never known.

FWIW, I do think that the question is a valid one because we know that for some candidates, New Hampshire and Iowa have been made out to be "make or break", while another candidate is skipping both altogether.

Warren's reaction to the question, though, was not very good.

 

[ReddFoxx]

Campaigns are paying close attention to this. It's part of the reason why Democrats flipped every congressional seat in Orange County. Asian-Americans voted 77% Democratic last year which made them the most Democratic voting demographic behind African-Americans.

[Chris B]

Kamala has met with Asian American communities in California and Nevada. Her roots are deep with those groups in CA just from her previous work. 
 

 

Edited November 10, 2019 by Chris B

[DRW50]

 

It's because Obama winning was seen as an anomaly, a correction that had to be fixed. That's one of the reasons Romney got such push from the press in 2012 and why so many were shaken that it was never very close. Trump winning took the country back to what the media expected. They just feel ashamed because he isn't respectable, handsome, or able to fill their daddy issues the way Romney or McCain could.

[DRW50]

It's always strange to step back and remember the daughter from The Goodbye Girl is now on Twitter blasting people. Here she is with the sociophatic and monstrous Gym Jordan. 

 

 

[DramatistDreamer]

Yesss!  Finally!! Goodbye.

 

 

I do think some campaigns are paying attention to certain pockets but I don't believe that much of the media is.  Very few media outlets talked about the South Asian community's voting habits in Virginia.  Traditionally, much of the focus tends to be on East Asian communities but not so much South East Asian (Hmong, Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese Americans) and rarely South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Americans).

[DRW50]

Awful.

 

 

[DramatistDreamer]

Oh. My. God. These people are horrible human beings. I've never taken an Uber and I may never take one at this rate. I just can't with these people and their terrible ideas and mindset.

[JaneAusten]

Lord how hard is it for me to say Bernie Sanders is right about a few things. First buying themselves into elections, buying elections, and they are also sociopaths.  Pre-meditated murder is not a MISTAKE.