2020 US General Election Thread V: Pandemic Postpones Polls

[Aclion]

VA is going to be a lot closer than it should be because Northam has been a disaster for the Dems there but I don't think the GOP will be able to take it just because so many Dem voters have moved into NoVa.

Nah VA will go Dem regardless and it would've gone Dem in 2016 regardless of Kaine being on the ticket. But Hillary decided she needed someone to compete with her for lack of charisma so she picked Tim Kaine.

I really can't see VA going dem after the stunts northam pulled last month.

[Aureumterra]

Nah VA will go Dem regardless and it would've gone Dem in 2016 regardless of Kaine being on the ticket. But Hillary decided she needed someone to compete with her for lack of charisma so she picked Tim Kaine.

I really can't see VA going dem after the stunts northam pulled last month.

It’ll definitely draw out the Republican base that’s for sure, unless Northam employs voter suppression

On second thought, if Virginia doesn’t go red, I’m blaming it all on voter suppression!

[Mettaton-EX]

He did, but if a bunch of those Bernie voters go third party, stay home or vote Trump it'll badly complicate things for the Biden campaign.

Considering that bloc of the party was insubstantial in 2016 and the vast majority of Sanders backers went for Clinton, and considering Biden is at the very least more favorable to less-extreme members of the Sanders bloc, it seems dubious that they would break en masse or in significant numbers.

the (2016 primary: sanders/2016 general: not clinton) bloc is mostly the same as the (2016 primary: sanders/2020 primary: not sanders) bloc. disproportionately white rural voters who were voting primarily against clinton, not for sanders

[San Lumen]

Nah VA will go Dem regardless and it would've gone Dem in 2016 regardless of Kaine being on the ticket. But Hillary decided she needed someone to compete with her for lack of charisma so she picked Tim Kaine.

I really can't see VA going dem after the stunts northam pulled last month.

There is no way Trump is winning Virginia unless a meteor took out Northern Virginia.

[Farnhamia]

Considering that bloc of the party was insubstantial in 2016 and the vast majority of Sanders backers went for Clinton, and considering Biden is at the very least more favorable to less-extreme members of the Sanders bloc, it seems dubious that they would break en masse or in significant numbers.

the (2016 primary: sanders/2016 general: not clinton) bloc is mostly the same as the (2016 primary: sanders/2020 primary: not sanders) bloc. disproportionately white rural voters who were voting primarily against clinton, not for sanders

And yet Clinton got almost 3 million more votes than Trump. Weird. She lost because of bad campaign strategy, not because people didn't vote for her.

[San Lumen]

the (2016 primary: sanders/2016 general: not clinton) bloc is mostly the same as the (2016 primary: sanders/2020 primary: not sanders) bloc. disproportionately white rural voters who were voting primarily against clinton, not for sanders

And yet Clinton got almost 3 million more votes than Trump. Weird. She lost because of bad campaign strategy, not because people didn't vote for her.

and the stupid system we have.

[Farnhamia]

And yet Clinton got almost 3 million more votes than Trump. Weird. She lost because of bad campaign strategy, not because people didn't vote for her.

and the stupid system we have.

Irrelevant. You go into an election with the system you have, no the system you wish you had.

[Telconi]

And yet Clinton got almost 3 million more votes than Trump. Weird. She lost because of bad campaign strategy, not because people didn't vote for her.

and the stupid system we have.

The rules weren't changed because of Clinton, she knew the rules when she ran for president, crying about the rules after the fact doesn't make it an unfair contest.

[Juristonia]

and the stupid system we have.

The rules weren't changed because of Clinton, she knew the rules when she ran for president, crying about the rules after the fact doesn't make it an unfair contest.

So if stricter gun control becomes law, we'll hear nothing from you about it.

[Ifreann]

and the stupid system we have.

Irrelevant. You go into an election with the system you have, no the system you wish you had.

It is a stupid system, though.

[San Lumen]

Irrelevant. You go into an election with the system you have, no the system you wish you had.

It is a stupid system, though.

Imagine if we elected statewide officials not by number of votes received but by land area. I doubt many would think that was fair. I dont see why people think president ought to be any different

[Diopolis]

It is a stupid system, though.

Imagine if we elected statewide officials not by number of votes received but by land area. I doubt many would think that was fair. I dont see why people think president ought to be any different

I mean, I would think it was fair.

[San Lumen]

Imagine if we elected statewide officials not by number of votes received but by land area. I doubt many would think that was fair. I dont see why people think president ought to be any different

I mean, I would think it was fair.

How would that be fair? In a state like Nevada a Republican would always win

[Talvezout]

Honestly, North Carolina, Arizona, and Wisconsin are gonna be the toss-ups of this election

Depending on how the possible recession and COVID-19 pandemic continues, it could possibly see Biden winning by some pretty big margins - if the current economic roller coaster continues, I'd imagine that states that were more assuredly Republican (Iowa, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, etc) could become toss-ups

[Diopolis]

I mean, I would think it was fair.

How would that be fair? In a state like Nevada a Republican would always win

Equal representation for equal land area.

[Telconi]

The rules weren't changed because of Clinton, she knew the rules when she ran for president, crying about the rules after the fact doesn't make it an unfair contest.

So if stricter gun control becomes law, we'll hear nothing from you about it.

If course not, fair rules aren't related to scum being scum.

[Telconi]

I mean, I would think it was fair.

How would that be fair? In a state like Nevada a Republican would always win

Democrats are capable of changing their positions to appeal to rural people.

[San Lumen]

How would that be fair? In a state like Nevada a Republican would always win

Equal representation for equal land area.

How what that be equal representation when a majority of the population votes for someone else for Governor or Attorney General for example?

[Diopolis]

Equal representation for equal land area.

How what that be equal representation when a majority of the population votes for someone else for Governor or Attorney General for example?

1 acre 1 vote principle.

[Ifreann]

How what that be equal representation when a majority of the population votes for someone else for Governor or Attorney General for example?

1 acre 1 vote principle.

I have the acre, and I get the vote.

[San Lumen]

How what that be equal representation when a majority of the population votes for someone else for Governor or Attorney General for example?

1 acre 1 vote principle.

That's not a thing nor should it be. Why should land area matter more than votes?

[Diopolis]

1 acre 1 vote principle.

I have the acre, and I get the vote.

I did wonder if someone would make that discworld reference.

[Telconi]

1 acre 1 vote principle.

That's not a thing nor should it be. Why should land area matter more than votes?

Why should people matter more than land area?

[Diopolis]

1 acre 1 vote principle.

That's not a thing nor should it be. Why should land area matter more than votes?

Why should votes matter? They're just a way to keep track of things.

[The East Marches II]

1 acre 1 vote principle.

That's not a thing nor should it be. Why should land area matter more than votes?

You don't care about voting. Why should you lecture us?