#Election

I don't know what's gonna happen. But I think there is maybe just the teensiest tiniest bit too much pessimism about how/when the US will manage to open society/the economy
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I used to carry that sentiment that people who didn’t vote for the 2016 election basically voted for Trump until I grew up and realized that is not the case
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What is the lesson from #HartlepoolByElection for forecasting future elections?I have 2 hypotheses.1. Hartlepool was behind the curve in #GE2019 & the by-election represents catch up.2. #Brexit realignment of British
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The Labour Party has to change massively if it's ever going to win.So those of us who criticised what Labour had become or even those who voted for parties that
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Our school district @sd61schools is looking to majorly cut music programs, particularly the elementary strings program and the middle school bands. I'm devastated and angry. I have three kids, one
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I've been going on about the potential harm that could come from a hot mess of a public Facebook group set up by awesome people to support a totally worthy
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Glenn is just MAGA now. We should think of him the same way we think of Erick Erickson or the hacks at the Federalist. Completely locked into the right wing
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Why are you all doing this to yourselves? What do you hope to gain here? You don’t need to watch this. You know how you’re voting. Read a book, watch
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He said Democracy was on the ballot. Y'all said, he was looking to secure his legacy, and nothing more.Then she said 45 was a Russian stooge, y'all said, but her
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1) Note to all my new followers (over 12,000 in the last month): I'm going to say something virtually no other pollster/analyst (that I am aware of) will say.As we
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Some perspective. I’ll be 62 next month, low end of eligibility for SS. I’ve paid into SS all of my since I was 17. 1/ We can agree that the
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Karl Rove—who met w/ Trump a few days ago—was once sued for allegedly rigging the 2004 presidential election in Ohio, but the key witness died in a plane crash. (Kerry
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The last 17 opinion polls, by 10 different companies, all give the Conservatives a double digit lead.Of the 9 companies to have polled at least twice, 7 have the Con
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We have a rule in our house: no phones at the table.We made the rule to preserve family time and keep technology out. It wasn’t until Friday night that I
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Fuck it.I was Noelle’s Social Media Coordinator. I was initially proud to have been on the team, but her flip-flopping and push for us to believe Russiagate always worried me.On
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i'm gonna address this "bernie sanders betrayed us, let's vote for howie hawkins" thing: a thread let's get one thing straight first: bernie sanders is a politician. you never knew
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