jordanlundSep 10, 2024

Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread!

https://lemmy.world/post/19615812

Tuesday 9/10 Presidential Debate Megathread! - Lemmy.World

Was tempted to call this “Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo” but a) A lot of Lemmy won’t get the OG reference. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakin%27_2:_Electric_Boogaloo] and 2) “Boogaloo” has been co-opted and carries an unfortunate connotation [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement] these days. Also, while it’s Trump’s 2nd debate of the season, it’s Harris’s first… It’s being run by ABC News at 9 PM Eastern time, 6 PM Pacific, I see MSNBC starts their coverage TWO HOURS EARLY. That’s a lot of air time to fill, guys. Good luck! Live updates, how and when to watch, debate rules, etc. here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/10/debate-trump-harris-2024-live-updates/75145043007/ [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/10/debate-trump-harris-2024-live-updates/75145043007/]

Show threadPhobosAnomalySep 10, 2024

Outside view from across the pond:

It appears from the outset that the Trump camp is tripping over it’s own feet and stepping on landmine after landmine. Literally all Harris seems to have to do is stay on message, bat off anything too controversial, and let the opposition’s trousers fall down by themselves.

It’ll be interesting either way. The only real surprise to me will be whether I’ll learn about key moments from news outlets or from mad memez first.

Show threadJesusSep 10, 2024

I wish that was all she needed to do, but Trump is still a slight favorite in a lot polls that account for how the electoral college votes will be divided.

She can’t just stay on message, she needs to drive a lot of turn out in very specific parts of the nation because, sadly, the American president isn’t picked by the majority of voters.

Republicans often win the electoral college and lose the popular vote.

Show threadtigeruppercutSep 10, 2024
Losing the popular vote and winning the EC has fortunately only happened twice (or once if you instead count 2000 as stolen by SCOTUS by stopping the recount) but it unfortunately seems to be the way modern elections trend. We really need to get rid of the stupid voting system
Show threadRepple (she/her)
Put a different way, republicans have only won the popular vote for president once since the 1980s.
Sep 11, 2024 at 2:32amWeb
Show threadtigeruppercutSep 11, 2024

That’s my favorite way to talk about it as well. They’ve won one population vote in the past 35 years.

Side note: holy hell, I just realized Carter has his 100th birthday in a few weeks