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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
As I recall, they pushed for it in swing states that could go either way like Pennsylvania, so that even if they lose the popular vote of the state they could get something for the Republican running, while avoiding it in states that are already solidly Republican.
If I had to guess, there's no point in trying in solidly Democratic states like California or New York.
Edited by LSBK on Oct 30th 2020 at 9:20:22 AM
They pretty much never have had the chance to in their respective state legislatures. Republicans have only held both the House and Senate of California at the same time for two years out of the past sixty; the New York State Assembly has been in Democratic hands since the 1970's and pretty much the only reason Republicans ever had the chance to control the New York State Senate in recent years is when some Democrats decide to vote with them for whatever reason.
Also, Nebraska and Maine have few electoral votes in the College — them doing weird stuff wasn't really that much of a concern at the time.
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EDIT: As of now 538 has Biden is 90% chance to win. Time for Sportsball!
- For an American football frame of reference, the Red team has the ball at their own 20 yard line with 2:00 left in the game and they're down by 7.
- For a baseball frame of reference, it's the bottom of the 8th inning with the Red team batting, down by 2 runs, 1 out and bases empty.
- Basketball (NBA rules): Red team is down by 4 with the ball and 80 seconds left.
Edited by megarockman on Oct 30th 2020 at 10:56:45 AM
The damned queen and the relentless knight.![]()
Umm I doubt that, there are several districts in California like 4th, 8th, 22nd, and 23rd districts are extremely red. (I live in 23rd sadly... and..
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If they got that past it would be at least 4 solid electoral votes.
Biden contributed an op-ed to South Korea's Yonhap news agency
, saying that "stand with South Korea, strengthening our alliance to safeguard peace in East Asia and beyond, rather than extorting Seoul with reckless threats to remove our troops." and that he will " engage in principled diplomacy and keep pressing toward a denuclearized North Korea and a unified Korean Peninsula, while working to reunite Korean Americans separated from loved ones in North Korea for decades.".
Asia has always been a...perilous tightrope for diplomacy. The Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese hate each other's guts. You can't help one without the other two jumping on your neck. The only place they all seem to be cool with that's nearby is the Philippines.
Based on that sentence, the US would put a sanction on the Philippines for siding with their enemies. I imagine doing the same for any country that shows signs of kowtowing to China. Whatever happens in the elections would prove riskier because of the rift it creates between the government and its people.
Crazy stupid in battle. Crazy cupid on a nice date.Just one more reason why Biden needs to win: Trump adviser Stephen Miller reveals aggressive second-term immigration agenda
You thought the stuff they pulled in the first term was bad? That's just a warm-up.
Basically, the judge added this to the list of Things A President Cannot Do.
So... I guess capitalism won the day?
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesI'd say that arbitrary suppression of speech for political purposes lost the day, which is a net good even if the target is TikTok.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Yesterday, I informed my brother that West Virginia is a state of its own. "What!?" he said. "But there's no East Virginia!"
I do wonder if people in the lesser-known states are jealous of the more famous ones. For instance, everybody in my country knows about California. West Virginia, though, is much less famous. Kansas is famous as the place where Dorothy and Toto aren't anymore. People generally know that Illinois exists, but not much more.
On-topic, I honestly do believe that come Saturday next week, we'll be seeing a landslide for Biden, smiling and thinking "And to think we were so worried..."

It's one of those things where it would only be a remotely coherent idea if everyone else did it or you're rarely relevant as a weight in the election.
Edited by RainehDaze on Oct 30th 2020 at 2:18:03 PM