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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Mobile escalators are already a thing. They're just not part of the actual plane.
Instead, they're mounted on trucks.
A German tech firm makes mobile escalator steps.
Techünert: Here's their site
Edited by M84 on Oct 12th 2020 at 10:38:31 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedAustin American-Statesman:
Appeals court allows Abbott to close multiple ballot drop-off sites
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, all appointed by President Donald Trump, rejected arguments from civil and voting rights groups that claimed Abbott's order suppressed voting rights by making it harder to cast a ballot, particularly for elderly and disabled voters who are the most likely to use mail-in balloting.
Was nice while it lasted.
Unrelated: If a Governor dies who gets there job?
Conflict of loyalty, more like, seeing as they aren't up for reconfirmation.
Meanwhile, this article makes a strong case that Biden's lead in the Rust Belt is mainly due to him persuading a small segment of Trump voters, with turnout playing a minor role
. Here we see a mathematical phenomenon, too - by winning over a Trump voter you not just increment the Biden vote by 1, you also shrink the Trump vote by 1. Turning out a nonvoter is only worth 1 vote, not 2.
It's certainly amazing how all the pre-2020 theories of the presidential election - that it'd be based on increased turnout by young voters and minorities - are being mostly proven wrong. Instead, Biden is building his lead mainly by winning over older and white voters.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
There was a Pew Research study that said Democrats taking back the House in 2018 was due to a mixture of all three factors: increased turnout, 2016 3rd party voters disproportionately backing Democrats and peeling off some Trump voters.
I'm on my phone so I'll link the study in a few minutes.
Edited by nova92 on Oct 13th 2020 at 1:49:17 AM
^^Well, the US House of Representatives (unlike for example the German Bundestag) has a fixed size. By definition, you can only expand your caucus by shrinking the other one.
It's a different question than whether you are winning on turnout or on persuasion.
I've already given my opinion on the Florida governor's COVID-19 management in the COVID thread, this is far from the worst thing he's done.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanFound the Pew Research Study
:
According to the study, Democratic vote gain in 2018 compared to 2016 came from -
1) +4% 2016 nonvoters
2) +3% Higher turnout among Clinton voters than Trump voters
3) +.6% 2016 3rd party voters
4) +.6% 2016 Trump voters.
Editing because I'm kinda spamming this thread.
IIRC, something like 20% of Georgia's mail-in-ballot requests so far are allegedly from people who didn't vote in 2016. Of course, the final numbers could be lower, they may not have been eligible in 2016, they could be transplants from other states, but I'd be very interested in an after-election analysis of turnout vs. vote switching.
Edited by nova92 on Oct 13th 2020 at 5:40:48 AM
Of course, for this years numbers so far, this is what they've been getting in polls, while actual turnout can, well, turn out to be a different matter. If they're using phone polls, which are gold-standard, I know that as a thirty-something I'm unlikely to answer my phone to a number I'm unfamiliar with.
Edited by PointMaid on Oct 13th 2020 at 7:33:31 AM
Maskless Florida Gov. DeSantis Gives High Fives at Trump Rally—Then Rubs Nose
Woah. What An Idiot
Edited by miraculous on Oct 13th 2020 at 6:45:07 AM
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."I voted today, and now all the political ads have disappeared from my YouTube. I can’t tell if that’s just a coincidence, or if it’s too soon and they’ll be back, or Google’s tracking system is even faster than I thought.
Whatever the case may be, I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Oct 13th 2020 at 10:02:07 AM
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An escalator on a plane? ...Is that possible?
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Oct 12th 2020 at 10:17:24 AM
i'm tired, my friend