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 …
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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 …
The United States Constitution
If you go look at history in other countries, you find that in Parliamentary democracies they have failed whenever a far right government came into power. Germany in 1933 is the most famous example, but similar systems in Spain led to Franco, and the United Kingdom’s election led to Brexit, which is threatening the country’s …
The Future of Social Security
If you don’t know how OASI works, please read my first article in this series, How Social Security Works. It should be common knowledge by now that Social Security has a massive surplus. This money is borrowed by the government as one of the largest parts of our government debt, accounting for over $2 trillion …
Vote for Joe
I cast my primary vote for Elizabeth Warren because I believe she had the best combination of strategy and progressive ideals, significantly more than any other candidate in the race. I voted for her despite her not really having a chance of winning because I wanted her to have as much influence at forming the …
Rule of Man
This is a short post because this is an extremely simply issue. We have finally received extremely rudimentary details on Trump’s taxes from a leak given to the New York Times. They have not released or leaked the full tax returns yet. The tax returns claim that Trump gave his daughter Ivanka over $700,000 in …
May Justice Live Forever
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday is an event which will significantly impact the future of American politics for the rest of our history. The Roberts Court has seen multiple 5-4 decisions which have been extremely decisive for the future of our country. The timing of this vacancy just before an election which will …