#Election

back in 2016 when i started speaking out against the duterte admin because of the killings, i drew the ire of many. they called me privileged, and deluded, called me
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I lost my job in April because of this virus and still haven't found a job despite the best of my abilities and the experience. I can't survive on unemployment
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No, the race is not tightening: it continues to be stable, Biden is closing strong. Unlike 2016, when half the country did not vote, we are having a record turnout.
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1/n Inspired by @itsafronomics recent thread, I’m going to discuss how the neglect of analysis regarding race in econ harms our understanding of society and social injustice. A lot of
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The glee with which Democrats and MSM report (or even hope for) every scrap of bad news regarding this virus, leads me to believe one of two things:1. This was
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Things I’m in the process of changing my mind on:1. The electoral college being good2. Polarization being bad3. Whataboutism being bad Take two candidates in a general election. Candidate A
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From Bill Smelvoe: genius! A few thoughts on Amy Coney Barrett, our new Supreme Court justice.- As noted above, she's a done deal. So Democrats should not waste time trying
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1. There’s been reasonable resistance to the analogy, but Trump’s speech, with the NYT’s response, does cast the 2020 election squarely in a 1968 mold: then as now the political
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Exclusive: National Guard called in to thwart cyberattack in Louisiana weeks before electionhttps://reut.rs/37zZXFJ  In a previously unreported incident, the national guard was called in to respond to a series of
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Why are polls are so unreliable???Is it bias? Conspiracy? Poor methods?Well, it's complicated. But I'll try to explain. (1/17) #Polling has drastically evolved. The dawn of modern election Polling began
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every. single. election. Young people are sooooooo interested in politics and say they intend to vote this time around, maybe this time they'll do it!!!!!every. single. election. The problem with
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The reaction to this completely innocuous (and correct) tweet shows exactly how much some people have learned since the Trump election: nothinghttps://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1277966905391759367 After Trump was elected all these peopl
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This gives you an understand of why a peaceful and stable Nigeria is not in the best interest of certain colonial powers, hence Nigeria has been beset by internal strife
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Exhausting. And for what purpose?https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1265271275007721472 Does he think he can win an election with only the votes of the 40% of Americans who are implacably loyal to him? Doesn't he
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So my daughter was almost killed on a bike this morning. We're in probably the most bike-friendly place in CA - Carpinteria. There are bike lanes on all the major
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Josh Hawley claims he doesn’t know whether the people he egged on at the Capitol on Jan. 6 “participated in the criminal riot.”He must be so frustrated to have that
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