#Electoral

Ingrid M

iMusing

1. geography: large island, small population, massive oceans between us and other continents.2. polity. Incredibly compliant population, including under heavy handed policing.3. internal borders. States that can and did close,

David Chapman

davidchapman141

THREAD: Has there ever been a recession, pandemic, and riots in an election year. Yes! Twice. And 4 times we've seen a pandemic & recession in an election year.In 1820,

Kevin Gray

DrKevinGray

It is easy to single out Chang for this nonsense, but his views are largely derivative of the geriatric hard right in SK. These people are largely distrustful of democracy

Christopher Williams

cjw_phd

I am not a human right, ethics, or philosophy expert, so I don't want to address this from any of those perspectives. But what I do want to do is

César A. Hidalgo

cesifoti

Map Time!So you’ve seen a lot of maps in the last few days. What maps work, which ones don’t, and how to think about them? Time for a thread !

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TimNissen1

So people weigh in.The way I see it we have a cluster of related problems and money is probably at the center of most of them.Where do we start? Nukes

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

It’s amazing to me how people attribute democracy to an electoral system. Proportional Representation Representation by Population (FPTP) Ranked Ballots. What are the differences?https://twitter.com/copymiller/status/1305473005053792256 B

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

If what remains of American democracy survives the next 3 months or so - not just the election, but the aftermath - boy oh boy, does there need to be

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

Jamal🌹🌊🌍🌏🌎

Ju11am

A thread for requesting a FL Absentee Ballot for the November 3rd, 2020 Election because FL actively discourages voter participation, COVID-19 amplifies that. It's important that folks who wish to

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vegix

Let's talk a bit about how we win this election.It's coming soon and we need to have all hands on deck to maximize our impact here.I believe there are several

Pascal Vaillant

pascal_vaillant

Qu'est-ce que le "Blue Shift" (virage au bleu), et pourquoi beaucoup de gens redoutent un mois post-électoral troublé aux États-Unis d'Amérique après le scrutin présidentiel du 3 novembre : résumé

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

With Labour ahead in the polls, a note about them - and what to expect.Over the next two weeks, the Tories should briefly go back ahead: because they'll probably get

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

What is Trump?He’s the culmination of decades of oligarchic power.Decades in which billionaires became the motive force of politics.Dethroning Trump in November is crucial. But the bigger task is dethroning

Sewell Chan

sewellchan

If either nominee dies or withdraws before the Nov. 3 election, his party — @DNC or @GOP — has to designate the replacement. But whether there's enough time for that nominee

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mutual_ayyde

man whats really sad about the dirtbag left screaming at warren for stabbing bernie in the back is that our collective response to coronavirus matters far far far more than