Show threadbsmall2Nov 14, 2024

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Here's a racket-plot and pict view of election results for the past 3 USA presidential elections. The difference between the Democrat and Republican vote numbers seems so small compared to the difference between the Voter Turnout (VTO) and Voting Age Population (VAP) numbers...

I'll try to put the .csv data files and racket code on-line in a git repostiory soon.

#USpol #HRCandTRump #HarrisAndTrump etc.. #USAPresidentialElections

bsmall2Nov 14, 2024

See how small the difference is between the number of votes for Dem(Democrats) and Rep(Republicans) are. A 5 Million (5M) vote difference seems like a lot, but then compare it with the 108 Million (108M) difference between the Voter Turnout (VTO) and the Voting Age Population (VAP)... The USA's problems with Democracy are deeper than Trump and the Republicans...
Inspiration: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/08/trump-ii-a-pre-mortem/
Figures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-Presidential-Election-Results-1788863

#uspol #USAPresidentialElections 2024 #HarrisTRump 2016 #HRCTrump #VoterTurnout #VAPVEPVTO

Trump II: a Pre-Mortem

Without Democrats left in the Senate, House of Representatives, White House or on the Supreme Court, the Trumpublicans can now turn to the business for

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Show threadbsmall2Nov 7, 2024
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> John Kerry lost in part because his “Ready to Serve” campaign emphasized his military career as the war in Iraq unraveled. Harris played up her role as a hard-ass prosecutor at a time of record police shootings–no wonder her support with Black and Hispanic men collapsed.
#JohnKerry #uspoll #USAPresidentialElections
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