Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)
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Ghoat
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I looked at those, didn't see the answer. Not being argumentative, but if someone makes a point based on specific percentages, it's not unreasonable to ask about them. Even moreso, since I live in Alabama, and voted in that election
Wasn't the question that 60% of white women voted for Moore? I think those data are found in the 2nd article I posted.
Nothing like sticking to your principles!
Ghoat
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Yes, and you're correct, I didn't see it. That's pretty surprising. Only 26% of white men. What were those guys thinking lol
Rook
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Whilst 98% of black women voted for Jones, just 34% of white women did the same. In short, nearly two-thirds of white women voted instead for Moore, the Republican candidate whose campaign was riddled with allegations of child molestation. He has also been a strident voice against LGBT rights and called Islam a “false religion.” The exit polls also show that 93% of black men backed Jones, compared with 26% of white men.
Rook
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I didn't even think it was 64%
TheFinnFan
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Common sense and due process won.
Common sense and due process won.
BirkenheadBlue
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Crawled out your hole again have you?
Kenshin
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Isnt pursuing any charges then.
Whichever way you put it , pretty strange how the accusation isn't quite as important anymore now kavanagh got the job.
It appears like it was simply designed as a political weapon to stop him rather than actual accusations.
What I cannot understand is why the USA has allowed itself to get into this mess.
Did it not used to be that a Supreme Court nominee needed something like at least 60% of senators to vote in favour?
At least that way a large degree of bi-partisan voting would be needed and a reasonable consensus would be shown to exist.
This 51 vote thing leads to bitter partisanship as we have seen......and allows a President to pick more extremist candidates than is good for both justice and the country.
When and why was this changed?
Did it not used to be that a Supreme Court nominee needed something like at least 60% of senators to vote in favour?
At least that way a large degree of bi-partisan voting would be needed and a reasonable consensus would be shown to exist.
This 51 vote thing leads to bitter partisanship as we have seen......and allows a President to pick more extremist candidates than is good for both justice and the country.
When and why was this changed?
One of the most sickening things about US politics is that the black community, in spite of the systematic oppression it has had to deal with, still retains its solidarity for other oppressed groups (whether it be Muslims, Jews, or the entire working class communities).
The fact that a lot of white working class people in America can't see it.
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