Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[RAFUH]

The fastest way to fix that is to then repeal that law from the 1915 1914 whatever it is that limited the amount of Representatives each state could have. Have Wyoming be the baseline or whoever the smallest state is in the union and then go out by metrics of that.

Christ that party can't disappear soon enough...

Definitely this,.

Right now the states with low populations are over represented in Congress

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

So I always knew there was some % of Bernie supporters that were 1) damaging to Bernie's cause and 2) clinical morons.

I guess we now have confirmation that that number is 16%

 

[riddick]

Definitely this,.

Right now the states with low populations are over represented in Congress

And the Senate over represents those with the smaller population. Hell, they split a nothing state in Dakota do they could have FOUR senators instead of 2. The Senate nap makes it REALLY hard to have a Democratic controlled legislature and executive branch. And, should it be a clean sweep in 2020 I don't foresee it lasting more than 2 years with the map in 2022.

And I'm not meaning to denigrate either Dakota it's just that there's nothing in almost 95% of both of them combined.

 

[TheBigIguana]

There are +/- 50 early voting locations to vote in person in the county where I live. Sounds quite a few, eh? Well, the county is more than 1200 square miles in size and there are 1.2 million registered voters in the county. My state does not allow no-excuse voting by mail. Due to our ancient agrarian tradition, election day is on a Tuesday. Not a weekend. Not a national holiday. A day in the middle of the modern working week. Yes, there will be many additional voting sites but on election day you must vote at your specific precinct and there's no exception so if you did not vote early and your employer insists you stay late and you miss getting in line by time of poll closing - you are out of luck.

Every bit of this is designed to suppress the vote, which is to the advantage of the GOP. There's simply no good reason why Americans cannot vote by mail or via secure computer system.

I'll be honest I want voting to be as easy as possible but online voting makes me squeamish.

 

[Huyton Layne]

So I always knew there was some % of Bernie supporters that were 1) damaging to Bernie's cause and 2) clinical morons.

I guess we now have confirmation that that number is 16%

"I'm fairly left so I wont vote for the guy that's slightly right against the guy who's very right and against everything I stand for, oh and a twunt. Because derp."

 

[BlueTX]

I'll be honest I want voting to be as easy as possible but online voting makes me squeamish.

Fair enough. Vote by mail.

 

[neil999]

So I always knew there was some % of Bernie supporters that were 1) damaging to Bernie's cause and 2) clinical morons.

I guess we now have confirmation that that number is 16%

Tbh I think they are anarchists

 

[BlueTX]

And the Senate over represents those with the smaller population. Hell, they split a nothing state in Dakota do they could have FOUR senators instead of 2. The Senate nap makes it REALLY hard to have a Democratic controlled legislature and executive branch. And, should it be a clean sweep in 2020 I don't foresee it lasting more than 2 years with the map in 2022.

And I'm not meaning to denigrate either Dakota it's just that there's nothing in almost 95% of both of them combined.

The 2022 map is pretty favorable to Dems. 2024 is another matter.

 

[tsubaki]

The 2022 map is pretty favorable to Dems. 2024 is another matter.

how difficult would it be for them to get PR and DC to have Senate representation? Would that need an amendment?

 

[riddick]

how difficult would it be for them to get PR and DC to have Senate representation? Would that need an amendment?

Nope, they have to want it and "we" have to want it.

 

[Death]

We got spirit, yes we do. We are sandwiches filled with poo!

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

We got spirit, yes we do. We are sandwiches filled with poo!

Another valuable contribution.

 

[Death]

Another valuable contribution.

I’m an important cog BB. I’m neither pro Dem or Rep I’m like an unbiased peaceful moderator of discussion. Just keeping it ticking over and not trying to influence.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I’m an important cog BB. I’m neither pro Dem or Rep I’m like an unbiased peaceful moderator of discussion. Just keeping it ticking over and not trying to influence.

Keep telling yourself that mate.

 

[Death]

Keep telling yourself that mate.

BB id only be circuitous if I didn’t express to you that I’m a little hurt in the way you are coming at me this morning.