U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

that's a much bigger task than you're making it out to be.

Lol I know it wont amount to anything, but it’s somewhat true. The only mission here is not to actually win but to cast doubt in the electoral process.

like Trump saying what he's saying isn't exactly a head fake, because we already know he's gonna try shit cos he's already tried shit. the nice thing now at least is he's not in the White House, stopping the transition

At a polling site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Joanne Kelchner, 77, called Trump a “big daddy” and said she voted for him. “He’ll smack you if you’re an asshole.”
Debbie Probus, a retired 61 year old, said she was undecided but ultimately decided to vote for Trump.

“Because of what’s going on overseas. I figure he’s a lot more authoritative. Even though he’s not classy. He’s a lot more authorative and trying to keep people in line. I think Kamala is, in my opinion, too sweet, just from her way she projects on TV, she’s always laughing like it’s a game. It’s not a game. And what’s going on is terrible,” she said.

how many "undecided voters" were ever actually undecided? like 20%?

it's the new House that certifies the election, right?

which is to say, it might not be a Republican House on Jan. 6

yes. but the way the vote counting works has changed from 2020 to where to even contest a state's results, 1/5th of both the Senate and the House have to sign off (where it was previously one Rep, one Senator, and then to discard, must pass majority vote in both chambers).

and good point!

no doubt they're gonna try to pull some shit if they lose, I don't really think any of it will work but if it's a narrow margin in one state...

i think that putting a significant number of electors in jail over the past couple of years might have helped deter some potential state level participants if their plan is to go for a simple rerun of last time.

I'm pretty happy that I'm not seeing any reports of violence/intimidation at polling places so far. I don't know if I thought that was *likely* but I definitely thought it was *possible* (and of course it still is.) But so far so good I think?

Voted...about 35 minutes to get through line.

no, two polling sites in GA had to shut down temporarily due to threats. "non credible" but still.

The election worker I spoke with while I was canvassing said their instructions, as of this year, incorporated what to do if any white powder shows up. involved shedding everything down, evacuating, etc.

no, two polling sites in GA had to shut down temporarily due to threats. "non credible" but still.

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, November 5, 2024 11:30 AM bookmarkflaglink

yeah, the goal is still achieved, delaying/obstructing the vote

those are all perfectly nice places except for ohio

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 November 2024 10:48 AM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

cincinatti’s pretty nice

plus they got freaky spaghetti chili

I hear they have rizzlers

they've got skibidi rizz ohio

It is inexplicable that Ohio has supplanted Florida as the "weird" state in youth culture, since I can't think of any weird stuff that's Ohio-specific. My son says it's probably because RL Stine is from Ohio, but who the hell knows.

shedding everything down

Was your election worker a goose?

Cincinnati sucks a lot

Handy: https://www.weareequis.us/research/2024latinovote

ohio def has some of that crazy florida energy

George Pearkes ✧@pe✧✧✧.e✧‬
Philly hit 70% turnout* before 11:30a, not what you want to see if you're Trump.

https://bsky.app/profile/peark.es/post/3la7oe72kj627

*of 2020 totals

Mike Wilson‬ ✧@mkwilso✧✧✧.b✧✧✧.soc✧✧✧‬
At this rate, turnout will surpass 2020 numbers by 1PM.

Philly, don't be a heeeeeeeeeeeero

nice

If pre-election data is even *directionally* correct, I don't think people are ready for some of the insane swings right that we're likely to see in some safely blue/red parts of the country in this election.

They won't decide things this time, but will be something to watch.

— Lakshya Jain (@lxeagle17) November 5, 2024

cool, cool

this thing did kind of happen in the midterms, so not unreasonable to expect it happen again. plus in ny the democrats are truly the most feckless and corrupt state democratic party in perhaps the whole nation so wouldn’t be shocked to see people turn against them

Kornacki explaining how we might get a lot of info tonight, thanks to radical rewriting of state laws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNU1x4Sz4_M

xxpost not sure what that means? Safely red parts swinging right?

I think he's talking about blue places moving right (e.g. NYS) and red places moving left (e.g. Iowa)

he thinks trump will gain in safe red states and safe blue states like ny and cali

in a reply, he says "Florida, parts of California, maybe some of the safely red Deep South states too."

extra fun because states like ny, fl, and the Deep South will be among the first to report

flopson otm re: cincinnati I love that place unreservedly

yeah, I am keeping this in mind, from Ettingermentum:

I would tell people not to really pay much attention to Florida. It gets a lot of attention early on because the polls close very early there and it counts the votes very fast, but it’s a very unique state. In 2020, it was one of the few states that swung out right towards Trump. That seemed to be a sign that he was doing well nationally. It was more of a sign that he was doing well in states like Florida—[and there] are practically no other states in the country that are like Florida.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-to-watch-election-night-like-an-expert/

ive voted*

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mdhqf6mc7rcq4ubsiv5fiun4/bafkreigxudgka7nsjtza4s7tekwlyagyt2mpf72fc3njhpslpov2ptgdge@jpeg

*not really i still have to drop it off

Whoa, the Epic party

[and there] are practically no other states in the country that are like Florida.

And how!

freakin epic

EPIC For Libertarians

EPIC (for "Every Politically Independent Citizen") is an Endorsement Party. We are running no candidates, but we point all to the most Conserva-tarian / liberty-minded / Jeffersonian / American candidate in a race.

Libertarians almost always win that award. So long as they are serious about changing minds and potentially GOVERNING, the Libertarians gain our endorsement.

damn they got montana and marino

https://i.imgur.com/6Fk21yA.png

Cincinatti is a racist shithole, Cleveland is as well but it’s at least interesting

seems like the epic "party" is just that one guy mark stewart greenstein and he goes around endorsing people apparently if theyre running or not and he runs for office himself

it was cool when the river caught fire that one time

cleveland's football team is just named a color, and not even a pleasing color. not even a color they use on their helmets! WTF is up with that

update: the two bomb threats in Georgia came from Russia.

good to see Trump and Russia still closely aligned

flopson otm re: cincinnati I love that place unreservedly

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 5 November 2024 12:18 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it rocks. i live in columbus now (which, while i would never defend or call “good” or “nice” isn’t nearly as bad as i expected) but we went to cincinatti recently for a weekend and were like damn can we move here

did you have the chili

https://i.imgur.com/ykuSgWi.png