The 2020 primary election continues to be discussed on social media, and I personally believe this is a good thing. Joe Biden and the rest of his caucus seriously under performed in November, and we cannot afford to under perform again in 2024. We need to understand what really happened, and what needs to change …
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The 2020 election in perspective
Short post for today, but the point is pretty simple. The year started with a 33% drop in GDP. An epidemic has killed over 300,000 Americans. The President blocked medicine from coming into this country to reduce the severity of the epidemic. The Senate blocked stimulus bills for Americans who had lost their jobs. Unemployment …
Two types of election systems
There are only two types of elections systems currently in use: Party insiders decide Voters have the final say Every election system can be categorized as one of the three. Here is the proof: Based off of Wikipedia’s list, there are 14 types of election systems they list as currently being used, with one being …
The Lincoln Project
Let’s take a quick look at the Lincoln Project, this one will be quick. All data is from OpenSecrets and Ballotpedia. In the 2020 cycle the Lincoln Project raised about $8 million. That’s it. Biden for President raised $937.67 million, over 100 times the total amount raised by the Lincoln Project. The Lincoln Project spent …
2024 winning strategy
I honestly believe that if Kamala Harris had stayed in the race Warren would be President elect. The reason is because most Democratic states had yet to vote, and I think Bernie’s anti-Democratic rhetoric would have ended up hurting him and seeing a split moderate vote would have encouraged more progressives to vote for the …
What to expect in the near future
The next 6 months are going to determine the next decade of American politics. The decisions of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are going to deeply impact how many voters turn out in 2022, and this will significantly impact whether the Republicans win a trifecta in 2024. I shouldn’t need to go …
2020 Senate Elections, part 1
I’ll get this off my chest… this year’s Senate elections were the biggest electoral disappointment of my life. Massive epidemic, a historic recession, and the Democrats seriously under performed up and down the ballot. The Senate election odds and polling were both favoring a Democratic win, and that fizzled out completely. https://bookies.com/news/senate-races-odds-tracker Democrats were expected …
2020 Presidential election analysis
The 2020 Presidential election is finally over. Joe Biden is going to be the first New Democrat President since Bill Clinton. This post will have 4 main parts, the first will look at how Joe Biden did compared to his predecessors over the last 30 years, the second part will look at individual state results …
Why the Electoral College Exists
There are a lot of different claims about why the Electoral College exists here in the United States. The arguments from Wikipedia from supporters states: Supporters argue that it is a fundamental component of American federalism. They maintain the system elected the winner of the nationwide popular vote in over 90% of presidential elections; promotes …
2020 Elections to watch
Here are the races I am watching this year: Federal 1.1. Executive The Presidential election, because duh. If Biden wins Arizona and Florida tonight, he is all but guaranteed to win the presidency. 1.2. Senate Alabama, likely Republican pickup Arizona Colorado Georgia Iowa Maine North Carolina 1.3 House 2. State 2.1. Governors Montana, Mike Cooney …