-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
Democratic Presidential Primaries & Caucuses |March OT| Last Tuesday was 1000 years ago, old news no one cares about (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
- Thread starter Poodlestrike
- Start date
- Status
Pretty good turnout at my polling place in the Bay Area this morning, and seemed overwhelmingly pro-Bernie.
...You don't see much difference in voting for your preferred candidate in a DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY when only 4 states have previously cast their votes as opposed to a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION where the alternative was Trump?! C'mon. People certainly weren't feeling Biden a few states ago as well. Shit can change fast. Is it likely? Of course not. But the stakes are nowhere near the same.
Warren at least has done more to try to earn people's votes with her Senate career.
Jill Stein hasn't done anything of value....yet she expects she deserves a spot in the election because of absolutely nothing
It's not really misinformation. Taxes for the middle class will in fact go up for the middle class under Bernie's M4A plan. Any dispute of that is wrong. The caveat is that it will likely be a net savings for most people. But taxes will in fact go up.
I mean, if you go and post about unions on gaming side, you're going to see a lot of bullshit in response.
So only zealots are allowed on ERA? Like it or not, Moderates are a large portion of both political parties and independants. Elections sway based on their votes.
Nice job picking the 2nd worse per capita country for your example. That said, they still manage to do better than we do.
Hoping that Bernie wins, but have a feeling Americans will vote against their best interests as usual.
Millenials Are Killing the only chance of electing a progressive candidate by not actually showing up and voting :p
Whatever happens next, our conscience is clean my friend. Aiming high flying high.
The last thing millennials are set to destroy? Themselves. Makes you think.
.... that is not a great a sign.
Forgot the biggest one in FL.
I'm in VA and voted but didn't get asked any exit poll questions. Anyone know if these polls are supposed to be in all the precincts or just a few?
well to clarify (and I know you're not talking to me but I'll jump in :>), American centrists are very right wing compared to other developed countries, so while they're certainly important in American politics for politicians to win over, it behooves me personally and morally as a citizen to drag the political dialogue as far left as I can, and to avoid negotiating or compromising on high stakes issues with American "centrists."
I can understand the frustration. Shit sucks and you don't think Biden's going to change much, that his return to old norms won't work. Being frustrated with what's led us to here is valid as all heck, and I'm glad you're still going to vote in November because sitting it out just moved us one vote closer to your fears of Biden not winning if he's the nominee.
Of course, we're still not at that point yet, either.
This is why we'll never make meaningful progress in this country.
Somehow convinced both my parents to vote for Bernie in the nick of time even though neither of them like him or his policies that much.
If your ideological stance is based on tempering expectations and telling people what isn't achievable, you're holding the country back.
Every year that M4A isn't a reality is another year that moderates decided it was ok to let thousands die. Fuck that.
have millenials actually and early gen z actually showing up to the polls at a rate drastically less than previous gens?
I don't expect a majority of people to be plugged into all the candidates and stuff all the time, but it just feels really bad to see almost half of people deciding only a day before the vote.
I don't think so honestly. Bernie had 2 rallies in VA on Saturday and turnout was really high. There's a huge untapped Latino, Muslim, black community here that are going for Bernie that I don't think the polls are capturing.
Voting in LA under the new system was a mixed bag. Lines were long and registration was a big bottleneck. And a lot of machines seemed to be down, not that it mattered because registration was the bottleneck. But the machines are sleek and seem as foolproof as electronic voting can be.
Put a paper in, select your options and it prints your choices in clear language on the paper. Then you can review it and press another button to transmit. And the paper is saved in a bin for manual review.
Put a paper in, select your options and it prints your choices in clear language on the paper. Then you can review it and press another button to transmit. And the paper is saved in a bin for manual review.
I don't think the polls are capturing much of the Latino vote in general. That's why Nevada was such a blowout.
The irony is that Sanders' plan puts some of the burden on workers, making it more palatable for businesses and therefore the better plan from a capitalist's point of view.
I expect Bidan to do well in VA, Bernie looks to do well in Maine.
Haven't you learned absolutely anything from the last election, the polls mean absolutely shit as you don't become president by popular vote.
So does Bernie get his ~150 delegate lead people are saying he needs tonight? Im honestly not sure. I have no idea how tonight is going to go.
- Status