Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
- 5,256
Good point - should have checked ! But the statement is still true
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[Politics] Donald Trump, US President Elect 2025
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Withdean11
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There is an estimated 8m votes remaining to be counted just in California (57/40 D/R) so lets wait and see the final number.Where did 20 million Democrats go from 2020 to 2024.
Joe got 81 million votes
Kamala got 60?
But It's looking likely that Trump will have more votes than he did in 2020, whilst Harris will be way down on Biden's 2020 votes but still more than Clinton in 2016 & Obama in 2012.
Perhaps a better question would be where did Biden's additional votes come from?
It wouldn't though would it. His supporters would make him a martyr .....and then no doubt partition the Pope for him to become a Saint,
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,293
EFA.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,293
DiedWhere did 20 million Democrats go from 2020 to 2024.
Joe got 81 million votes
Kamala got 60?
Voted for Trump
Voted for Stein
Didn't vote
Etc etc.
Reading too much into vote counts seems pointless before counting is over, it’s not like the UK where all the votes are counted and THEN we find out who wins
That's fine, they can worship a martyr, I do not have an issue with this.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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In 2020 you had some unique factors that contributed to big turnout:
1. A big motivation to get Trump out.
2. A big feeling that Trump had mishandled Covid.
3. A white male, experienced, familiar candidate as an alternative to Trump.
jordanseagull
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- Feb 11, 2009
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There absolutely will not be Democrats (and you'd need about 35% of them) voting to amend the Constitution to allow 3 term Presidencies to enable Trump, no. Obviously not....................... and you think there'll be enough democrats to block it? Plus some too scared to risk their families by opposing it. Senate, congress and the judges all going/gone republican with big majorities.
We can always learn from history; so now we can learn from history what will happen. It's happened before.
For the avoidance of doubt, you cannot amend the Constitution with a majority, and the GOP have nothing close to the required senators/representatives to get such an amendment moving. They'd need a huge number of Dem senators/representatives to vote for it for an amendment to even get to the first stage of recommendation.
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nicko31
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That sounds quite painful
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,313
I think to partition the Pope is a bit extreme, and messy. Maybe they should just petition him?
Hooray.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 26,343
Did the election fixers get the wrong date ?
Why isn't Trump declaring a steal this time ? Why aren't the Democrats ?
I'm getting this horrible feel that the elections were fair all the time.
AZ Gull
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I think you mean South Dakota, not North Dakota.
The Florida measure currently has 57% support, but in that state the requirement is to reach 60% so it will fail to pass.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Seagull58
In the Algarve
I meant South Dakota if they voted 55% against, the only state not to get a simple majority for the measure, although, as you say, Florida needed 60%
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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The wealth of the 10 richest people in the world – a list dominated by US tech billionaires – increased by a record amount after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, according to a widely cited index.
www.theguardian.com
Hey look! Trump is already making people richer. He's not even in office yet.
Trump’s victory adds record $64bn to wealth of richest top 10
Share surge increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefit
www.theguardian.com
Hey look! Trump is already making people richer. He's not even in office yet.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 26,343
Sadly, there is absolutely no evidence to support either of those claims.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
It appears that in each area where those Labour folk were on holiday and not working, the Democrats lost quite a lot of votes.