#Electoral

Devutopia

D_Raval

I'm staying in the Labour Party but I do understand why some people have decided to leave it. I hope this is temporary. The practical reality is that the Labour

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

This is a comment on Tweet #20 of yesterday's thread entitled "Why the GOP Prefers Russia."I'd like to recommend a book entitled Simple Justice by Richard Kluger for anyone interested

Illiberal Democrat

Me_Predictor

Have noticed that several kattar hindutva types ( among ordinary supporters )are the ones who go hammer and tongs on the economy and politically actually turn against the BJP faster

Don Siegelman

DonSiegelman

60 Million people have already voted but how many will be counted?Thousands of Wisconsin ballots have already been tossed by the Supreme Court. This could flip the state’s electoral votes

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

While capital can respond to government decisions every second, withdrawing its approval with catastrophic consequences if it doesn't like them, citizens are stuck with a voting system that allows us

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

Five days before Election Day in 2016, HRC's national lead dropped to 3.0 in 538. (It was 1.3 in RCP). Today it's 8.9 in 538 (and 7.7 in RCP). The

Andrew Yang🧢🗽🇺🇸

AndrewYang

Joe is going to win. #TrumpIsLosing No incumbent has faced a consistent 10-point deficit this close to Election Day.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/polls-now-show-trump-as-an-underdog-against-biden.html What are the possible catalys

David Blagden

blagden_david

A basic reality that advocates of Scottish independence should acknowledge - but won’t, for some obvious electoral reasons - is that it wouldn’t suddenly free them from the hated English

isthisnametaken?

isthisnetaken

There’s another conspiracy theory going around that Alice Cummings, the director of IDOX – the company awarded the track & trace contract – is the sister of Dom CummingsShe isn’t

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) Cheryl asks a good question: what do they really want?2) Whether they read it directly or just absorbed it, they ALL believe in the "Cloward-Piven" thesis of how you

Vaush

VaushV

Failing to vote doesn't "tear down the establishment" or "dismantle the two-party system" The establishment loves it when discontent and apathy drives people to abstain from voting. Likewise, voting doesn't

Adam Ozimek

ModeledBehavior

I understand Republicans who are afraid of the rise of the far left. I absolutely am as well, I’ve written about it for years. But that’s a reason to vote

user XMC

ximuoicay

I've done electoral organizing in the past, and with a lot of progressive people tossing their hats into the ring for local races, I've been asked about who to support,

Mattia Zulianello ⚡🦁

Zulianello_M

Are populist parties (still) challengers?I've just read the umpteenth article considering (almost all) populist parties as challenger parties. This conclusion is disconfirmed by empirical reality and is grounded on this

Ariel White

ArielRWhite

Embarrassing question time: fellow political scientists, what do we know about ranked choice voting? How do I vote on Massachusetts Q2? (small thread) (Apologies to anyone who followed me under

Michele Goodwin

michelebgoodwin

To promote white supremacy and the Confederacy, its leaders were willing to embrace chaos, destruction, mass carnage, and demolish lands--all for what were unjust principles from the start--including the enslavement