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CAPS LOCK BROKEN posted:LBJ won his senate election in 1948 when the authorities in texas "found" a box of uncounted ballots that just so happened to push him over the edge. American elections are closer to latin america's rigged contests than they are to elections in any country with fair ones. As a resident of the US, what other countries should I look to for inspiration if I want to improve the United States' flawed electoral process?
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for real though theres inspiration all over the place to improve the electoral process democratically, most of which is common sense. automatic voter registration at 18, not stripping felons of their right to vote, independent zoning processes (i think a couple states already do this) with possibly an amendment against gerrymandering, voting being held as a holiday, no electoral college. it's just that most people in power actively want the process to be undemocratic for their personal benefit, so it is.
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Oct 26, 2018 21:07
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The smarter candidate won.
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Oct 26, 2018 21:09
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Remind me who was the galaxy brain in the Clinton campaign who saw troubling Blue Wall polls and came up with the idea that they should not reinforce it, so they could trick the Trump campaign.
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Dr Christmas posted:Remind me who was the galaxy brain in the Clinton campaign who saw troubling Blue Wall polls and came up with the idea that they should not reinforce it, so they could trick the Trump campaign. ~The Algorithm~
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Cerebral Bore posted:~The Algorithm~ This same worship of The Algorithm underpins all of tech and finance too, it's great.
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Oct 26, 2018 21:38
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Dr Christmas posted:Remind me who was the galaxy brain in the Clinton campaign who saw troubling Blue Wall polls and came up with the idea that they should not reinforce it, so they could trick the Trump campaign. Robby Mook?
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Oct 26, 2018 22:30
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Stexils posted:common sense. Politicians use it all the time and it grates.
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if i let politicians dictate which phrases i was allowed to use i would have to replace 50 percent of my jeb bush insults, and that is unacceptable
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Nothus posted:Robby Mook? do not blame Robby Mook. Robby Mook is not a man, but merely a vessel. Through him the words of THE ALGORITHM flow.
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Kobayashi posted:This same worship of The Algorithm underpins all of tech and finance too, it's great. Algorithms make sense for tech and finance but people there seem to think because they are good at one thing and rich that they aren't as dumb as the rest of us.
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Oct 27, 2018 05:11
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I've noticed this in all skilled professions and it's hilarious when they haven't become managers yet.
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Oct 27, 2018 05:13
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Then it's hilarious but only if you don't work there. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Oct 27, 2018 05:13
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The fact that two ultra-conservative terrorists being apprehended in two days is barely mentioned in this thread and not mentioned at all in the other USPol thread, despite their national-news-making sprees of violence and hate, suggests that maybe they should be renamed or combined or outright removed, IMO
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I am actually going to close this thread. We will consider what needs to happen wrt the existence of a "USPOL" thread after the midterms.
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