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'It looks bad': Trump panics after support for deportations tank in private GOP poll
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don't be too sure. they've spent every waking moment since 2020 taking over election boards, gerrymandering, and otherwise double-re-fucking the election process to try and prevent them ever losing again. in my own state, the state board of elections was promptly overrun by deep R trump loyalists, and have proceeded to cut polling locations in every county in the state, which does literally nothing but hurt the D voter--not only because of access, but that also makes it easier for them to send "monitors" to "watch" the polling, who i'm sure won't really be there to intimidate people
i wish i was more optimistic, but i'm not the same person i was on 11/4/2024
But they're assuming they're base won't leave when doing those gerrymandering things. This is why he is talking about cancelling midterms. Gerrymandering with no base is worse than no gerrymandering. He'll lose a bigger area.
it's not just the votes
long story short: the end goal was always to make it so that state election boards (all R, of course) can just call the winner, regardless of the actual voting results
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/14-gop-controlled-states-have-passed-laws-to-impede-free-elections/
But those state election boards have to survive too. They have to live amongst the people that hate what's going on? I'm not sure. I'm also not saying you're wrong. I just don't know.
The Regime might have a generous vacation policy for their election boards. A free trip to Mar-a-Lago or Alligator Alcatraz, depending on your affiliation.
i don't think so. you don't attain to a position that high in the state government without having resources/connections (read fucktons of money), which means you don't have to live around or even look at the poors
Well, most of them are really really stupid, so there's that.
progressive people want someone who's smarter than themselves to lead. conservatives want someone who's exactly as dumb as they are. which is, as you say: really really fucking pants-on-head stupid
this is also why words like "progress," "education," "expert," even "science" have become pejoratives to them