#Election

BBC World Service

bbcworldservice

It’s two weeks until Americans elect their next president and the world is watching (THREAD 1/10) Here’s what the US can learn from other countries about holding an election

nsram

nsram

Today I decided to do a county bellwether analysis of the 2020 elections based on data from 2000-2016 (5 elections). This data can be downloaded from https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ This thre

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/10“If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?” is a famous line from Lin Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit, “Hamilton” though Alexander Hamilton may not have said it that

Clark Neily

ConLawWarrior

I've been mocking the "Four Seasons" press conference pretty mercilessly today. Here's why: 1. It's hilarious. Your heart would have to be made of stone not to laugh at the

NBC 15 News

mynbc15

#BREAKING: Joseph R. Biden, who served as vice president for eight years under President Barack Obama, will return to the White House in January as the 46th president of the

Lulu Friesdat

LuluFriesdat

Thread 1. @BrianLehrer I am shocked to hear @JohnKerry admit that they suspected the algorithm of the voting machines in Ohio was manipulated in 2004 & yet they did not

Alex Nunns

alexnunns

I hate to piss on your chips Paul, but this "exclusive" was covered in my book The Candidate three years ago. https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1298852196365357056 The real news from Patrick Heneghan's intervention is

Nate Weiner

NateWeiner

You. Yes you, that feels confident that Biden is on track to win. Maybe you keep seeing polls where he is way ahead or that 538’s forecast says he has

Scott Lemieux

LemieuxLGM

Speaking of 2000, I’ve been thinking a lot about this shrewd insight from @adriennemiller’s recent memoir: DFW was on a brilliant run as an essayist at the time, and I

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

An under-discussed aspect of the Flynn affair that goes hand in hand with Mitch McConnell stonewalling the SCOTUS appointment:President Obama was elected for a four year term.Republicans act under the

James Surowiecki

JamesSurowiecki

1. Thread about my 2-year-old, COVID testing, and why it's so important that rapid testing is expanded and made widely available, rather than being concentrated on high-risk populations.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/trump-cor

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

A pro-Trump, Israel-dwelling cybersecurity CEO is being prosecuted by the feds, and Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz has joined the defense and the far right is up in arms about the

Calla

CallaWalsh

Thread//Massachusetts has the LEAST COMPETITIVE state legislature elections in the country — and it’s honestly terrifying to see that, because of this lack of competitiveness, how few of our representatives

TrumpsTaxes

TrumpsTaxes

WHAT IF THERE IS A 269-269 ELECTORAL COLLEGE TIE?!Quick thread.So I've seen this come up and given the layout of the states and their electoral votes, a tie is far

Peter Manseau

plmanseau

Thinking a lot lately about this gif from the greatest baseball movie of all time: The Natural. I’ve used it as a somewhat hyperbolic illustration of my hopes for the

Jonathan Rauch

jon_rauch

Harris and Abrams don't have the experience. Maybe not Warren, either, and she's probably too scary. Whitmer is green, still in only her second year as governor. 5/13 So the