Yesterday, Kamala Harris continued her uplifting message by going to a Black church in Detroit and channeling the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by saying the nation was "ready to bend the arc of history toward justice." Meanwhile, Donald Trump held a rally in Lititz, PA where he threw out his prepared speech and adlibbed it, attacking the polls as fake and the Democrats as demonic. read more
For those of you who participated in the pre-election poll on Electoral-Vote.com, the results are in!
Could Harris Lose the Popular Vote and Still Win the Electoral College?
It has been an article of faith among political operatives for years that a Democrat needs to win the popular vote by about 3 points to win the Electoral College, which tilts toward the Republicans due to the disproportionate effect of there being more medium-sized red states than there are medium-sized blue states. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 2.1%, but fell short in the Electoral College. But this year, there are signs that things could be different. Is it possible that Kamala Harris could win the popular vote by a very small margin, or even lose it, and still get at least 270 electoral votes? Maybe.
In sheep farming, "herding" is the act of getting all the sheep to move in the same direction, preferably the one the farmer wants. Sometimes, dogs are trained to help out. In polling, "herding" is the act of looking at all the other polls and then somehow massaging your data to make it look more like the other ones. In sheep farming, herding is good. In polling, herding is bad.
We've already had an item about how people are canceling their Washington Post subscriptions by the bushel. As of our piece on Wednesday, the total was 200,000 cancellations. As of now, it's passed 250,000, and will presumably continue to climb. That's 10% of the entire subscriber base.
#19 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-11-05 07:29 PM
Yeah?
But what about this?
shrimptacodan's November 5th challenge (is she up to it?)
#10 | Posted by NerfHerder
Yep!
This was a very interesting comment from earlier in the week:
"I get the feeling he doesn't understand how blocking works."On the Retort it is called plonking, not blocking.
#166 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-10-29 11:49 PM
On other social media sites, when you attempt to reply to someone who has you blocked, the system does not allow you to post said reply. Furthermore, you can no longer see the posts of the person who blocked you. Your only option then is to block that person in return, and neither of you will ever see another one of your posts.
Here, 'tis a little bit different.
When you plonk someone (add to your Killfile), sure, you no longer see their posts.
But here comes the fun part: Yeah, you can no longer see the plonked person's posts, but they can still see yours.
Which means that you can't see the plonked person's reply!
And everyone else can also see plonked person's reply.
You're welcome, oneironaut
Deadman?
First there was this ...
Do you honestly think something went wrong on the server side to repost 1000+ times by Hans or was he sitting in his basement continuously hitting the publish comment button with ever growing incel rage until it finally posted 1000+ times? My bet is that someone's mom didn't bring the pizza rolls in time and Hans was rage hitting submit while likely screaming the n-word at the top of his lungs. Thankfully, he likely resides in a windowless basement so no one was exposed to his racial abuse....and then there was this...
#18 | Posted by deadman at 2024-10-17 08:23 PM
#18 | Posted by: deadman | Flag: Serious level
Interestingly enough, this is post #18.
"Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
"Kamala's support is much higher than the polls indicate."
And just how accurate was your prediction?
We'll know in about 14 hours!
Reminder: If Kamala Harris has enough states called for her totaling 216 Electoral College votes - by 11:00pm Eastern Time - that's it.
That's the whole ball game!
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