Bustedknuckles

joined 1 year ago
[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

72 so far, Harris with 67. Pretty low turnout given the stakes

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 63 points 4 hours ago (14 children)

Man, if he'd form a populist left party and stop caucusing with the Dems, he might get a lot of enthusiastic support and candidates running locally soon

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 61 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

I get this, but probably the best way to feel safer is to forge local connections. Check on your neighbors, they'll check on you

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

I was just talking with a friend about this. How do you build up a left-wing populist party? Establishment Dems seem like they'd rather lose than bring in progressives. So it'd have to be very grassroots, right? Tea party definitely had some help from the top at the time

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

We tried in Oregon. The real problem is that both Democrat establishment and Republican establishment hate RCV because it diminishes their power. It may be time for progressives to separate from Dems a bit more at local and state levels. Look at Osborn in NE

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

None, I'm afraid. 5% of Republicans voted for Biden in 2020. 5% voted for Harris in 2024. A centrist waste

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 65 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

I'm revising my estimation of the electorate a lot tonight

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

If this shift is both A)right and B) representative across states, Harris is looking at over 400 electoral votes on Tuesday. I feel crazy just typing that

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The good news is that Biden is president this time, not trump. Plus the immunity for protecting democracy by ruthlessly enforcing election integrity

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

"that 'I voted' sticker is sexy....." Normalize fetishizing political involvement!

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Whether he wants them to or not

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I posted twice, automod got one of them, but the other was gloriously empowering. Can recommend 8/10 Edit: I'm definitely a lurker though. We have value and votes, and are important to the ecosystem!

 

An exercise in why you shouldn't worry too much about polls

 

Almost as good as Lichtman's keys!

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