@ubisuntamerica @ettingermentum Wasn't 2024 turnout lower than 2020 though? Obviously 2020 was unusually high but still
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@ettingermentum Voter turnout has also gone way up. Every election seems to have record turnout nowadays.
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It’s happening with the media, too. Less than four years ago special election coverage was so nonexistent that you had to go down a million different links to find results pages in the NYT. Now they’re getting full-on live results reporting on cable.
Matthew Zeitlin@MattZeitlin
feels like politics is getting much more optimized: donors realized they can spend way more, state legislatures are writing much more aggressive maps whenever they want, and meddling in primaries happens all the time now
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@Davidisonaroll @comedy_murder @CarefulTweeter @tombruhcks For Hoyle's seat this is less of an issue as he won an outright majority, but in 2010 53% of Buckingham voters voted to have actual representation, and were lumped with speaker Bercow instead, and had to abide with that sordid state of affairs for 9 more years after!
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@Davidisonaroll @comedy_murder @CarefulTweeter @tombruhcks What about the Speaker's seat? They do "take their seat" but they don't represent their constituency, never take part in debate or votes, except to break ties (and even then only for continuing debate or the status quo).
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"Sinn Fein representatives met in Westminster"
The National@ScotNational
BREAKING: SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein representatives met in Westminster last night The group discussed 'the historic election results across these islands'
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@furious31630 Americans try to understand how consitutional monarchy works challenge IMPOSSIBLE EDITION
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fork found in.. garage??
Pop Tingz@PopTingz
King Charles III has announced a ban on LGBTQIA+ conversion therapy and classified the practice as abusive.
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@Davidisonaroll @comedy_murder @CarefulTweeter @tombruhcks If you want to make this kind of argument you have to be in favour of some form of PR, otherwise you could say the same about a majority of voters voted for candidates not in X party and they should be representated still.
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@comedy_murder @CarefulTweeter @tombruhcks It’s not though is it. In most constituencies with abstentionist MPs, a majority of voters voted for candidates who would take their seat. And even in those where a narrow majority voted SF, thousands of others who do want representation are denied it, and they should have it.
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@JoelMacManus @_ConnorSharp Joel why are you the orange guy now
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@_ConnorSharp OMG, New Zealand's leading housing economist thinks housing is good for the economy.
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It's amazing the extent NIMBYs will go to prevent new housing being built.
Like you want to set on fire $100k in a court battle to try and get rid of an acclaimed economist from an independent panel, because he believes in supply and demand?
Go find a better hobby omfg
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@TNOQuoProQuid "I guess you could say that Blofelds plans for The New Order are just Things That Never Were, another W for me."
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auditioning for this so James Bond can finally be gay, woke, soy, and—most importantly—american
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
Auditions have officially begun to find the next James Bond. Nina Gold (‘The Force Awakens’, ‘Game of Thrones’) is the casting director.
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@PronouncedHare @dpskiffington Because Winston uses most of his political energy on foreign affairs that most people don't care about. He saved MFAT from cuts in the coalition's first budget even though it probably won him precisely 0 votes from grateful public servants.
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You know you watch the populist surge in places like the US, the UK, Germany, Italy, France and now Australia and you kind of feel grateful that our own populist party just isn’t as capable at campaigning and therefore never poll this high.
AusPoll@AusPoll6
🚨 NEW: Federal voting intention 🟧 ONP: 32% 🟥 ALP: 28.5% 🟦 L/NP: 16.5% 🟩 GRN: 11.5% ⬛️ OTH: 11.5% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 55% 🟦 L/NP: 45% ALP vs ONP 🟥 ALP: 51% 🟧 ONP: 49% L/NP vs ONP 🟧 ONP: 51% 🟦 L/NP: 49% Roy Morgan [SMS] | 13-14 May | n=2348
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@HipsterRoberts American political parties are like the most easiest parties to do entryism on in the world, the literal party of lincoln got taken over by confederate lovers! This is bad for a prospective DSA party, but is why the current strategy of DSA democrats is bearing fruit.
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Ok what happens when a cuomo runs on our ballot line and wins. We have no control over that in the American context, a fact completely and totally ignored by these arguments lol. For Christ’s sake capital took over the party of Karl Marx and you believe they won’t do it to us lol
nice omar 🟥@whoisomariam
DSA starts a party. Within a region (eg.: Commie Corridor), DSA will refuse to endorse anyone who isn’t running on its ballot line. If you are running for office where DSA’s voice and ground game is the strongest, and you want its support, you must run within the Party. 🧵
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@mtvsthewrld_ Also you have to be a somewhat normal person to not fuck up this PR stunt by either going too hard and kicking a kids shins or just standing there and not participating at all. Like I do not trust half of congress to not somehow turn this into a disaster
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The fact that he is so good at this really puts into perspective how cartoonishly evil the average politician is
Pop Base@PopBase
Zohran Mamdani has turned blocks in front of 50 NYC public schools into car-free ‘Soccer Streets’ where children can play in celebration of the upcoming World Cup.
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@breadandposes Most consequential thing Miliband did as leader was change the leadership vote to be just members voting. Milifans stay winning
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Very funny how starmer crushes all the labour right people and loses to all the "left wing." Even after all that's happened they simply cannot get a labour membership to be rightwing
Duncan Robinson@duncanrobinson
LabourList/Survation polling says Starmer batters Streeting in a contest that goes to the members
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@White_Janissary @gayest_tone B-but China wants to destroy their cushy position in the international order so they can be king of the ashes! The department of defense said so!!!
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@gayest_tone It turns out that being incredibly successful in the U.S. Led Rules Based International Order makes a country much less likely to want to tear down the U.S. Led Rules Based International Order. Who would have guessed eh?
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No idea if this is true, but if there’s one thing you learn from reading modern Chinese history it’s that “the PRC selling an erstwhile ally down the river to improve relations with the United States” is usually a pretty safe bet.
WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧@WarMonitor3
China has begun to put large pressure on Iran to reach and agreement, which is significant as Irans largest economic partner-POLITICO
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@neontrotsky @joolsd We literally have another existing example of this right now named Donald Trump
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@joolsd Doing popular things so the electorate loves you and then using that popularity to bully the shitty politician is replicable
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it doesn't count because it's not replicable? call the boss of politics to complain then
Lyra Sieradzka@lyrasie
mamdani Socialistly balancing the budget is some truly son of the century-tier bullshitting because what he's basically doing is ransoming hochul for state funds with the threat of a primary challenge. very based, but not a very replicable form of fiscal politics
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@Bouncyballs234 @TheNumerophile0 No way they pick Al Smith's protege to face Hoover, do you think the dems really want to have another 30 year losing streak?
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@TheNumerophile0 I'm sorry but you're kind of delulu. Hoover will probably win, but I just don't see how he gets an extra swing towards him. Esp since I feel the economy is starting to weaken. I also hear rumours that the governor of NY is running which might net some swings in the area.
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Okay, guys, here's my current 1932 prediction. As long as the economy doesn't go belly up, or something far-fetched like that, I think Hoover will cruise to reelection.
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@ishan_para43481 @TheNumerophile0 You think they're going to pick an Al Smith rehash like Roosevelt after the thumping Hoover gave them last time? No way! They have to nominate a southerner to make up for the trust they lost by nominating a Catholic last time.
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@Dylllllllllann @nikicaga Somehow wearing the mussolini fit he looks way cooler?!?
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KEIR HAS SEEN THE MUSSOLINI EDITS AND IS CHANNELING THEM
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer invited all Ministers into his office tonight to tell them that for the sake of the country, "Wes can't win" One Minister said: “There was something in his eyes I haven't seen before. And I liked it" [@JackElsom]
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@nikicaga Mainly worried that a gop lockout would benefit becerra as the republicans choose to vote for him
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THE GOP LOCKOUT OPTION IS HERE
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡@PollTracker2024
Emerson poll | 5/9-5/10 LV California Governor 2026 jungle primary (Leaners pushed, top two advance) 🟦Xavier Becerra 20.3% 🟦Tom Steyer 18.9% 🟥Steve Hilton 17.7% 🟦Katie Porter 13.1% 🟥Chad Bianco 12.0% 🟦Matt Mahan 9.3% 🟦Antonio Villaraigosa 5.1% 🟦Tony Thurmond 1.3%
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@SocialistSauce @naaycoqui @MalloryMovies Bernie is blue goldwater, never wins but is vindicated as his ideology becomes the mainstream position of the party
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Very encouraging that her strength here coincides with an utter collapse for Newsom. He really is Blue DeSantis and hopefully he will be politically toxic to a degree of inviability come the primary.
InteractivePolls@IAPolls2022
2028 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 🔵 AOC: 26% (+10) 🔵 Buttigieg: 22% (+7) 🔵 Newsom: 21% (-14) 🔵 Harris: 13% (+5) 🔵 Beshear: 4% 🔵 Booker: 4% 🔵 Shapiro: 2% —— 🔴 Rubio: 45% (+22) 🔴 Vance: 30% (-17) 🔴 DeSantis: 11% (-2) AtlasIntel (A) | 5/4-7 | A
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@Liquid_Times Need a greens ACT coalition where they agree to decriminalise drugs and legalise marijuana, and then they call a snap election before their first budget
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There's another grand coalition that would unite around 70% of voters & ideologically it makes a lot of sense, but nobody's talking about it.
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The dream team: Hipkins as PM, Luxon as Finance Minister & Winnie as Foreign Minister.
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@67palmbeachpete @londonette Precisely one senile dean of an oxford college who has forgotten to vote since 1992
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@londonette I’d like to know how many people exist who know kier starmer as ‘the Oxford graduate’ and not as prime minister
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Scraping the bottom of the "FIND THE LOCAL ANGLE" barrel here
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