I'm surprised that the Electoral College's origins hasn't gotten more focus in 2020 given the come-to-Jesus moment society has seemed to start towards on a lot of racial and societal topics. The EC ended up as a compromise of sorts even for those, like James Madison, who preferred a popular vote/direct election for the presidency. This was because the South, who had 1/3 of their population as slaves, wanted to leverage this population from the 3/5 compromise for Congressional representation and the indirect means the EC provided. In other words, since slaves couldn't vote but did count as 60% of the population the South was opposed to a popular vote scenario where they had fewer eligible voters than the North.
do you think if there was a D president as awful and hated as Trump they would've been an assassination attempt by now?
feels like SS procedure and US surveillance apparatus make it unlikely we'll see another assassination attempt on a sitting prez
feels like SS procedure and US surveillance apparatus make it unlikely we'll see another assassination attempt on a sitting prez
do you think if there was a D president as awful and hated as Trump they would've been an assassination attempt by now?
I mean Ph could get to stand right behind Trump at a rally no questions asked if he wanted to.
If I was wearing a Q shirt and MAGA hat.
I've talked myself into believing there will be an electoral college tie under the main assumption that Trump will win every state in which Biden is not reliably polling at or above 50% currently. Anyone else concocting any weird scenarios or hypotheticals in their head?
I mean Ph could get to stand right behind Trump at a rally no questions asked if he wanted to.
If I was wearing a Q shirt and MAGA hat.
I’m fascinated to see what happens to the MAGA people that previously identified as republicans but fairly passively but are now all in on Trump if he loses. Do they flock to whoever the next carnival barker is? Do they fall in line with Cotton/Hawley types?
Trump has unquestionably harnessed some energy that wasn’t there before- is that tied to him specifically, can his template be repeated, is the energy just here now, or do those folks just kinda revert back to being whatever they were before?
DJT, Jr. is the answer to this question. The 2024 Republican nominee whether the President wins or loses.