#Electoral

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Every healthy democracy in the world imposes checks & balances on the exercise of power. Those checks may be constitutional, legal, conventional or merely ethical, but they're crucial if democracy

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Nov 3: What might go wrong? Part IIIPart I is here: https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1299769221329555456Part II is here: https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1299832936125014016We’re up to #6: Trump will attempt to

Matt Glassman

MattGlassman312

Ok. Let's do a quick succession tweetstorm.First, if a POTUS dies, under the 25th amendment, sec 1, the Vice-President becomes president. (Previously, a similar provisions in Article II, Sec 1,

Matthijs Rooduijn

mrooduijn

Will Covid-19 kill off the populist radical right? By means of data from @pollofpolls_EU and #ThePopuList I examined how 31 PRR parties have fared in the polls in the last

AutisticArmy

Autist_Army

A lot of folks are disappointed by the lack of positive change we're going to see no matter the results of the election. But electoral politics was never where the

Markus Leninist #JoinAUnion

Markus_Leninist

I have been suspended by the Labour Party.The charge-sheet reads 'Supporting Socialism', of which I am certainly guilty, and I have absolutely no intention of indulging in the masochism of

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

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: KASI]1/8On this day in 1954, a couple of Polish descent, the Kasners, had a baby girl in Hamburg. Friends would later address her as Kasi. Within 3 months

Miz Donna⭐⭐⭐

mizdonna

Re new SCOTUS nomination thread. The Dems have a few problems. They made it loud and clear, no matter what the outcome of the election is, they are contesting it

Rashiv Tripathi

rashivtripathi

BJP will gain majority in #BengalElections2021 tomorrow, a thread on importance of Bengal for @BJP4India 1. Personal- Bengal is close to leaders like Modi-Shah, due to origins of Jan Sangh

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JakeAnbinder

Any aspect of local government that confers power to citizens outside of voting in regular elections is undemocratic and probably regressive https://twitter.com/emayfarris/status/1198660481222946818 exhibit Ahttps://twitter.com/JakeAnbinder/status/11

Scott Harold Payne

scotthpayne

Some folks have asked what I mean by "organizing like hell" for 3 years/what that looks like. If you're familiar with electoral politics then skip this. Not going to be

Dani Rodrik

rodrikdani

I’m starting to think the idea that Trump captured the Republican Party has it exactly backward. It’s the party that’s captured Trump, making him pursue all its favorite policies (taxes,

Tim Hogan

TimInHonolulu

1. #Russianbots: Here's how I think voter data was used. Background: July 2016, I had reason to investigate what I thought was a theft of Hawaii Democratic Party data. It

Neglectful Gardener: #BLM One Human Race, 1 Planet

SimonPease1

1/13 There's a division in the pro EU community here at the moment, which is unnecessary, and divisive at a time when Unity is important. Just for clarity, I believe

Verdad_Teller 🛡♦🎃

Truthteller1349

Unconventional Warfare – The Democrat Plan To Oust Trump http://www.conservativehq.com/node/33226 To get rid of President Trump and to seize power permanently Democrats will rely on the principles of unconventional warfare.Here’s