US Politics XXIX: The Final Thread Before XXX

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Polls look like they were spot on or even a little below for MN.
Bodes well for WI and MI, probably not too determinative for PA.
 
I am very thankful that the Democratic Party orchestrated putting a safe candidate into its role as the nominee!

I mean, one of the stories thus far has been the idea that Biden didn't do well with Latinos in Florida because they thought he was too socialist/communist/whatever.

Biden. Too socialist/communist. So...

I think the big story here will be, again, heavy duty GOP voter suppression, and the fact that there's still a lot of really stupid people in this country who a) clearly don't understand the actual concepts of socialism and communism, and b) won't budge from Trump no matter who the Democrats put up.
 
i was all for bernie in the primaries too but let's be real it's not likely that he would have done any better tonight. this was always going to be a referendum on trump no matter who was running against him.
 
Also, Prop 22 won in California. Both parties are all-in on the gig economy since the Democrats abandoned labor, and this just set a precedent of employment without benefits. There is no future.
 
I mean, one of the stories thus far has been the idea that Biden didn't do well with Latinos in Florida because they thought he was too socialist/communist/whatever.

Biden. Too socialist/communist. So...

I think the big story here will be, again, heavy duty GOP voter suppression, and the fact that there's still a lot of really stupid people in this country who won't budge from Trump no matter who the Democrats put up.
Sanders was excellent with Latino voters on the whole, and Florida Cubans are a unique subset of voters.
i was all for bernie in the primaries too but let's be real it's not likely that he would have done any better tonight.
If you don't think the last eight months of Sanders being able to extol the virtues of universal healthcare compared to the hellscape crafted by everyone to his right in this country that led to the pandemic fallout, you're out of your mind. The way he would have been able to draw normal non-voters out would have been unprecedented. It would have been an electoral slaughter.

Would Bernie have won in 2016? Yes, I'm confident in that. Would Bernie have won in 2020? I mean, he would have won by 8 figures. It would have been an insane victory. But we chose a guy who is wishy-washy on a fucking public option and who is worried about broken windows as the cops continue to murder black people in the streets.
 
Also, Prop 22 won in California. Both parties are all-in on the gig economy since the Democrats abandoned labor, and this just set a precedent of employment without benefits. There is no future.


Speaking of wild state amendments: Florida narrowly passed $15 minimum wage.

Keep in mind that Florida requires 60% vote to pass.

So yeah. Talk about an inconsistency. But I’m happy.
 
i was all for bernie in the primaries too but let's be real it's not likely that he would have done any better tonight. this was always going to be a referendum on trump no matter who was running against him.

But safe centrism didn't work in 2016. Too early to call this time around but you would have thought 233,000 COVID deaths and 9.5m cases and it's going to be close to a tie. Does that not suggest that perhaps safe centrism doesn't work?
 
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