2019-2020 US Election Megathread II: Tim Ryan's Empire

[Galloism]

Those trees are my friends!

All the more reason they shouldn't get to vote

Very well!

[Telconi]

All the more reason they shouldn't get to vote

Very well!

*Pulls starter cord on chainsaw*

[Chan Island]

All the more reason they shouldn't get to vote

Very well!

So today I looked at this thread expecting a discussion about some candidate's policy or words, and instead got the ents going to war.

[San Lumen]

Perhaps farms, cattle and trees should cast ballots?

I'd love to have 1800 more votes.

Oh I have a big section of woods on my property. I'd love to have a few thousand more votes.

can my dogs be allowed to vote too?

[Telconi]

Oh I have a big section of woods on my property. I'd love to have a few thousand more votes.

can my dogs be allowed to vote too?

No.

[San Lumen]

can my dogs be allowed to vote too?

No.

why not?

[Telconi]

No.

why not?

You probably got some crazy Democrat doggos.

[Nouveau Yathrib]

Let’s use New York as an example. 64% of the population lives in the NYMA.
Now let’s look at the voting dispersal in 2016:

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The real question is, why is it fair that all of those other people get dictated to by the people of the NYMA?

That doesn’t look like a map of the actual vote, it looks like a swing or trend map of how they voted relative to the last election.

[Sidesh0w B0b]

Bill Weld is a serious politician, but he's not a serious contender for a primary. Most people don't even know Bill is running and he's definitely not getting media traction. This is assuming there even is a republican primary.

Maybe left-leaning media outlets are refusing to cover Weld because it goes against their goal of vilifying the Republican Party.

The GOP doesn't need any help in that regard. The media only need bring mics and cameras to this shitshow. The Republicans enjoy their villianhood now more than ever.

[Sidesh0w B0b]

Screw off forest lord, wild trees don't count.

I will smite thee for angering the Tree Gods, they will send an army of angry lumberjacks to destroy you.

Telephone poles just went missing.

[Tarsonis]

Let’s use New York as an example. 64% of the population lives in the NYMA.
Now let’s look at the voting dispersal in 2016:

(Image)

The real question is, why is it fair that all of those other people get dictated to by the people of the NYMA?

That doesn’t look like a map of the actual vote, it looks like a swing or trend map of how they voted relative to the last election.

Curse you google! I thought it was weird that Buffalo was red.

[San Lumen]

That doesn’t look like a map of the actual vote, it looks like a swing or trend map of how they voted relative to the last election.

Curse you google! I thought it was weird that Buffalo was red.

Here is the results of the last gubernatorial election in New York with county by county results: https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail ... eID=810000

Is that result unfair to you?

[Besterus Averagium Gamington]

U.S 2020 Election - Trump Election 2: Electric Boogaloo

Asides from the cheap joke, as an outsider and arguably more left-leaning to the U.S, is it even possible for the current political climate to elect a Democrat/left-leaning president? Trump's still quite popular.

[Duhon]

U.S 2020 Election - Trump Election 2: Electric Boogaloo

Asides from the cheap joke, as an outsider and arguably more left-leaning to the U.S, is it even possible for the current political climate to elect a Democrat/left-leaning president? Trump's still quite popular.

As a fellow outsider (Pinoy to your... Aussie?), I must say it's more an election for Democrats to lose than for Trump to win. His averages may never have risen beyond 50%, but his base is rock-solid behind him. If Democrats choose the wrong candidate the US will see Trump destroy it (and I dunno, the whole world? that would seem even more palatable by then) by 2024.

[The Xenopolis Confederation]

U.S 2020 Election - Trump Election 2: Electric Boogaloo

Asides from the cheap joke, as an outsider and arguably more left-leaning to the U.S, is it even possible for the current political climate to elect a Democrat/left-leaning president? Trump's still quite popular.

As a fellow outsider (Pinoy to your... Aussie?), I must say it's more an election for Democrats to lose than for Trump to win. His averages may never have risen beyond 50%, but his base is rock-solid behind him. If Democrats choose the wrong candidate the US will see Trump destroy it (and I dunno, the whole world? that would seem even more palatable by then) by 2024.

Which is why the democrats must nominate Bernie instead of Biden.

[San Lumen]

As a fellow outsider (Pinoy to your... Aussie?), I must say it's more an election for Democrats to lose than for Trump to win. His averages may never have risen beyond 50%, but his base is rock-solid behind him. If Democrats choose the wrong candidate the US will see Trump destroy it (and I dunno, the whole world? that would seem even more palatable by then) by 2024.

Which is why the democrats must nominate Bernie instead of Biden.

Bernie would be destroyed in a general election. His comment about allowing prisoners to vote including the Boston bomber will be his Willie Horton and if you dont think it would be an effective attack it would

[Thuzbekistan]

Which is why the democrats must nominate Bernie instead of Biden.

Bernie would be destroyed in a general election. His comment about allowing prisoners to vote including the Boston bomber will be his Willie Horton and if you dont think it would be an effective attack it would

Which is so dumb. Why on earth should prisoners vote? After they've served their sentences, absolutely. During that time? No. They are there because they HARMED society and should not be able to have a say in how that society is governed.

However, we should start reconsidering what crimes actually send you to jail, get rid of mandatory minimums, and allow people with felonies to vote even during their sentence so long as it wasn't a horrid crime like murder, theft above 5,000, or other heinous crimes.

[Galloism]

They are there because they HARMED society and should not be able to have a say in how that society is governed.

I too look forward to stripping the vote from all executives from oil companies and similar types of entities.

[Thuzbekistan]

They are there because they HARMED society and should not be able to have a say in how that society is governed.

I too look forward to stripping the vote from all executives from oil companies and similar types of entities.

Let's do it

[The Xenopolis Confederation]

Which is why the democrats must nominate Bernie instead of Biden.

Bernie would be destroyed in a general election. His comment about allowing prisoners to vote including the Boston bomber will be his Willie Horton and if you dont think it would be an effective attack it would

Nah, I think he'd do great. If his Boston Bomber comment dooms him, then I have no hope for the United States.

[The Xenopolis Confederation]

Bernie would be destroyed in a general election. His comment about allowing prisoners to vote including the Boston bomber will be his Willie Horton and if you dont think it would be an effective attack it would

Which is so dumb. Why on earth should prisoners vote? After they've served their sentences, absolutely. During that time? No. They are there because they HARMED society and should not be able to have a say in how that society is governed.

However, we should start reconsidering what crimes actually send you to jail, get rid of mandatory minimums, and allow people with felonies to vote even during their sentence so long as it wasn't a horrid crime like murder, theft above 5,000, or other heinous crimes.

Because they are an American citizen. Smoking a little weed shouldn't bar you from the right to a say in the makeup of the government.

[Washington Resistance Army]

They are there because they HARMED society and should not be able to have a say in how that society is governed.

I too look forward to stripping the vote from all executives from oil companies and similar types of entities.

Actually a good idea.

[Ors Might]

Why is that more fair? Why is it fair that culturally homogenous group A, gets to dictate to culturally homogeneous group B, just because Group A has more people, even though group B controls more land area and some live hundreds of miles away from group A?

Because, farms, cattle and trees don’t cast ballots.

I guess it’s unfair Cindy Axne is a Congresswoman from Iowa because the only county she won in her district was Polk County which is Des Moines.

In a state like Nevada where 75 percent of state is in Clark county and another 15 percent in washoe under a system like your proposing the Republican would always win. 15 percent of the state would be deciding statewide elections. How is that fair?

I’m not seeing any reason why we shouldn’t protect cultural minorities from apathetic cultural majorities. It’s something we do all the time.

[San Lumen]

Bernie would be destroyed in a general election. His comment about allowing prisoners to vote including the Boston bomber will be his Willie Horton and if you dont think it would be an effective attack it would

Nah, I think he'd do great. If his Boston Bomber comment dooms him, then I have no hope for the United States.

You support allowing the Boston Bomber to vote from prison?

[San Lumen]

Because, farms, cattle and trees don’t cast ballots.

I guess it’s unfair Cindy Axne is a Congresswoman from Iowa because the only county she won in her district was Polk County which is Des Moines.

In a state like Nevada where 75 percent of state is in Clark county and another 15 percent in washoe under a system like your proposing the Republican would always win. 15 percent of the state would be deciding statewide elections. How is that fair?

I’m not seeing any reason why we shouldn’t protect cultural minorities from apathetic cultural majorities. It’s something we do all the time.

The result in that district is therefore unfair and the incumbent should have won reelection because he won every county in the district but Polk?