2018 Midterm Election Thread

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#3,701
Franklin Pierce said:
NYT MAKES CHANGES TO ELECTION NEEDLE SO READERS WON’T GET UPSET

The New York Times is changing a voting data graphic that many readers claim led them to falsely believe then-candidate Donald Trump would lose the 2016 presidential election in a landslide.

TheNYT is working to avoid triggering panic attacks among people who felt the election needle duped them into believing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would easily win. The needle supposedly created confusion between real-life election data and flawed predictive polling.

NYT Makes Changes To Election Needle So Readers Won’t Get Upset
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wow. thats bad. can't handle a needle.
 
#3,707
#3,707
High-Turnout Early Vote Favors GOP
Synopsis:
Good morning, I’m still reporting on the election.
More than 35 million early votes have been counted nationwide as of Monday – 60% more than the 21 million votes cast during the entire 2014 midterm election!
Republican voters have outpaced Democrats in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee and Texas. Democrat voters led only in Nevada and New Mexico.
That does not bode well for the Desperate Dems because the early vote total in 2016 was much higher – 46 million. Translation – even though the early vote is high for a midterm, it is still dwarfed by the last Presidential race.
Historically, Democrats always lead on the early voting which favors younger voters, while Republicans rely on the heavier election day voting when the older voter is used to casting their ballots.
A heavy early vote for Republicans will be difficult for Democrats to overcome.
Interestingly, in deep blue New Mexico, early voter turnout has broken records, but one group of traditionally Dem voters has been surprisingly absent. According to Bernalillo County Clerk Linda Stover:
“Women are out-voting men about two to one, which is average. [However,] millennials are still not voting. It’s the older folks that are carrying more of the vote.”
 
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#3,708
Orange_Crush said:
Then as usual, your idiotic response was useless.



And you're talking put off both sides of your mouth, as usual. You want people to earmark their tax dollars, but admit that's not the way society (socialism) works, so you are indeed promoting your opinions as the ones govt takes from me via tax money and use to support.
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What??????? I don't want people to earmark their tax dollars. My response was only intended as an explanation of the study results.
 
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#3,709
volfanjustin said:
Indeed, if this continues the dems are done unless they can get more and more illegals here to vote
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One day, the black community is going to rally around a conservative black candidate for president and it will bury the dems. Up to now all the national level black conservatives have been labeled as "Uncle Toms".
 
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BigOrangeD said:
High-Turnout Early Vote Favors GOP
Synopsis:
Good morning, I’m still reporting on the election.
More than 35 million early votes have been counted nationwide as of Monday – 60% more than the 21 million votes cast during the entire 2014 midterm election!
Republican voters have outpaced Democrats in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee and Texas. Democrat voters led only in Nevada and New Mexico.
That does not bode well for the Desperate Dems because the early vote total in 2016 was much higher – 46 million. Translation – even though the early vote is high for a midterm, it is still dwarfed by the last Presidential race.
Historically, Democrats always lead on the early voting which favors younger voters, while Republicans rely on the heavier election day voting when the older voter is used to casting their ballots.
A heavy early vote for Republicans will be difficult for Democrats to overcome.
Interestingly, in deep blue New Mexico, early voter turnout has broken records, but one group of traditionally Dem voters has been surprisingly absent. According to Bernalillo County Clerk Linda Stover:
“Women are out-voting men about two to one, which is average. [However,] millennials are still not voting. It’s the older folks that are carrying more of the vote.”
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This is way wrong
 
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#3,716
roosterjbh said:
This is way wrong
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you just talking about their math? or the base numbers used? 35 is only 40% more than 21, so that is definitely wrong, just curious if you were referring to something else.
I also wonder if there is a direct correlation between early voting turnout and election day votes?
 
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GAVol said:
The funny thing is, 80% of them were Democrats 25 years ago.
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It was a fascinatingly sad transition. Still suffering the effects.

Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bushand chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics, such as race-baiting, or appealing to racial prejudice to maintain Republican support in the Southern states.
 
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luthervol said:
It was a fascinatingly sad transition. Still suffering the effects.

Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bushand chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics, such as race-baiting, or appealing to racial prejudice to maintain Republican support in the Southern states.
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Race baiting ? That’s horrible . Who would ever do such a thing ?
 
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#3,720
luthervol said:
It was a fascinatingly sad transition. Still suffering the effects.

Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bushand chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics, such as race-baiting, or appealing to racial prejudice to maintain Republican support in the Southern states.
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Funny how they all stayed Democrats until the mid 90s.... with a southern Democrat sitting in the White House.
 
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luthervol said:
What??????? I don't want people to earmark their tax dollars. My response was only intended as an explanation of the study results.
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Let's cut through your drivel. You said that religious giving explains the difference between conservative and liberal charitability. I'm trying to get you to tell us what you think that distinction is supposed to mean? You wrote it as though religious giving is somehow of less worth than other giving.

You claimed that there are some shucksters in then name of religion, but there are those abuses in all areas of charity, as well as mass abuse and waste in government spending.

EXACTLY what distinction were you trying to make about religious charity, and if there was no distinction of note to make, why make the post? And if there is no distinction to be made, you're just admitting what you were arguing with--that conservatives are more charitable.

Let's start with that and we'll mark your areas of retreat from there.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
Let's cut through your dribble. You said that religious giving explains the difference between conservative and liberal charitability. I'm trying to get you to tell us what you think that distinction is supposed to mean? You wrote it as though religious giving is somehow of less worth than other giving.

You claimed that there are some shucksters in then name of religion, but there are those abuses in all areas of charity, as well as mass abuse and waste in government spending.

EXACTLY what distinction were you trying to make about religious charity, and if there was no distinction of note to make, why make the post? And if there is no distinction to be made, you're just admitting what you were arguing with--that conservatives are more charitable.

Let's start with that and we'll mark your areas of retreat from there.
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Dribble?
Why are you trying to get me to tell you what that destination means? Why does it have to mean anything? I'm just telling you that is why you see that difference. It may be more of a factor of being fundamentally religious than being charitable. You misinterpreted (shocker) what I said as though I was claiming religious giving was worth less than other giving. That's on you. It's not worth less but is based on different motivators.
 
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#3,725
I just voted for Phil Bredesen (Senate), Karl Dean (Governor) and Renee Hoyos (House 2nd District). I feel pretty good about those votes ... but if it makes the Pubs on here feel good, it's been a long time since I voted for anyone that actually won (and by that I mean, Obama always lost Tennessee).
 
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