2020 archive
Vetting the Vote 0
PoliticalProf decodes de code.
Poll Watchers 0
Via SFGate comes a Washington Post article exploring a brief history of political polling in the U. S., as well as of pollsters’ history of blowing it big time in presidential elections.
And PoliticalProf offers a link to an article exploring why the polls were, as my old boss would have said, in error and why they may never be right again.
A Bananas Republic 0
I have a nagging bad feeling that I just can’t shake.
I find it hard to see this as anything other than a clumsy attempt at a coup d’etat by a weakling who’s a wannabe strong man.
WYSIWYG 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear reminds us “Trump voter” and “Republican” are synonyms. A snippet; much more at the link.
The opposite has happened because Trump stands for the same things that Republicans stand for, he just says the quiet parts out loud, and Republicans love him for it.
Stray Thought 0
The telly-phone has been mercifully quiet today.
DIY 0
And now for a bit of good news . . . .
Gutting Out the Voting Booths 0
Grant Marek, writing at SFGate, runs the numbers. A snippet:
Compare that to Fulton County in Georgia (which includes Atlanta): There are 255 polling places for more than 1 million people, or 1 polling place for every 4,172 voters.
More numbers at the link.
