Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Here is a look at what happens if the Dems stick with Identity Politics

quote [ David Wasserman, House editor for the Cook Political Report, joins Chuck to discuss the Democrats’ geography problems for the 2018 midterm elections. ]

Like I said in the earlier post I think the populist wing is wining the message war...here this is a look at what happens if they don't.

70% of the people represented by 30% of the elected officials and 30% of the people represented by 70% of elected officials.
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[by bbqkink]
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lilmookieesquire said @ 2:16am GMT on 9th August
That statistic is taken *from* a "Judicial Watches review of a 2016 EAC EVACS report" from an article written by "Tyler Durden".

I looked up the data. It's a voluntary census. However, re: EAC criticisms:
Reveal
"Critics have contended that the EAC has responded positively to political pressure from the Republican Party and the Department of Justice. For example, the EAC is said to have overstated the problem of voter fraud, which is often cited by Republicans as a justification for restrictive measures that Democrats charge are intended to prevent qualified Democrats from voting. The EAC Chair denied that there was any political pressure.[16] Tova Wang, a consultant to the Commission, wrote a detailed account in The Washington Post about how her research and that of her Republican co-author had been disregarded or altered, to produce a published report "that completely stood our own work on its head." The changes included playing up the voter fraud issue and omitting references to charges of voter intimidation lodged by Democrats, as well as removing all criticisms of the Department of Justice.[17]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Assistance_Commission


It states the complaint came from "The Election Integrity Project California, Inc." and "Judicial Watch, Inc" and calls these websites "Non-partisan organizations" yet (1) they are Incorporated and (2) the wiki says:

Reveal
"Judicial Watch is an American conservative non-partisan[1] watchdog group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to investigate alleged misconduct by government officials.[2] Founded in 1994, it has sued the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Most of its lawsuits have been dismissed.[2] As of October 2016 it was the plaintiff in more than 20 ongoing lawsuits involving Hillary Clinton.[2]"


re: The Electoral Integrity Project

They seem to have better chops, but seem a bit radical in terms of:
Reveal

"The project received media attention in 2016 when it ranked the United States last among western nations.[2]... An editorial in the Wall Street Journal ridiculed the study, noting that "Democracy in New York (which scored a 61) and Virginia (60) is supposedly more imperiled than in Rwanda (64), though Rwanda is controlled by an autocrat. The worst-performing state, Arizona (53), is outranked by Kuwait (55), Ivory Coast (59) and Kyrgyzstan (54)"


So, while I appreciate the legal gesture, it's not a reliable source to say that LA country has stacked voters. I'm not saying they don't, but that's not a solid source (IMHO).
lilmookieesquire said @ 2:26am GMT on 9th August
That statistic is taken *from* a "Judicial Watches review of a 2016 EAC EVACS report" from an article written by "Tyler Durden".

I looked up the data. It's a voluntary census. However, re: EAC criticisms:
Reveal
"Critics have contended that the EAC has responded positively to political pressure from the Republican Party and the Department of Justice. For example, the EAC is said to have overstated the problem of voter fraud, which is often cited by Republicans as a justification for restrictive measures that Democrats charge are intended to prevent qualified Democrats from voting. The EAC Chair denied that there was any political pressure.[16] Tova Wang, a consultant to the Commission, wrote a detailed account in The Washington Post about how her research and that of her Republican co-author had been disregarded or altered, to produce a published report "that completely stood our own work on its head." The changes included playing up the voter fraud issue and omitting references to charges of voter intimidation lodged by Democrats, as well as removing all criticisms of the Department of Justice.[17]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Assistance_Commission


It states the complaint came from "The Election Integrity Project California, Inc." and "Judicial Watch, Inc" and calls these websites "Non-partisan organizations" yet (1) they are Incorporated and (2) the wiki says:

Reveal
"Judicial Watch is an American conservative non-partisan[1] watchdog group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to investigate alleged misconduct by government officials.[2] Founded in 1994, it has sued the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Most of its lawsuits have been dismissed.[2] As of October 2016 it was the plaintiff in more than 20 ongoing lawsuits involving Hillary Clinton.[2]"


re: The Electoral Integrity Project

They seem to have better chops, but seem a bit radical in terms of:
Reveal

"The project received media attention in 2016 when it ranked the United States last among western nations.[2]... An editorial in the Wall Street Journal ridiculed the study, noting that "Democracy in New York (which scored a 61) and Virginia (60) is supposedly more imperiled than in Rwanda (64), though Rwanda is controlled by an autocrat. The worst-performing state, Arizona (53), is outranked by Kuwait (55), Ivory Coast (59) and Kyrgyzstan (54)"


So, while I appreciate the legal gesture, it's not a reliable source to say that LA country has stacked voters. I'm not saying they don't, but that's not a solid source (IMHO).

That said MSMBC is pretty shaite.

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lilmookieesquire said @ 2:16am GMT on 9th August
That statistic is taken *from* a "Judicial Watches review of a 2016 EAC EVACS report" from an article written by "Tyler Durden".

I looked up the data. It's a voluntary census. However, re: EAC criticisms:
Reveal
"Critics have contended that the EAC has responded positively to political pressure from the Republican Party and the Department of Justice. For example, the EAC is said to have overstated the problem of voter fraud, which is often cited by Republicans as a justification for restrictive measures that Democrats charge are intended to prevent qualified Democrats from voting. The EAC Chair denied that there was any political pressure.[16] Tova Wang, a consultant to the Commission, wrote a detailed account in The Washington Post about how her research and that of her Republican co-author had been disregarded or altered, to produce a published report "that completely stood our own work on its head." The changes included playing up the voter fraud issue and omitting references to charges of voter intimidation lodged by Democrats, as well as removing all criticisms of the Department of Justice.[17]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Assistance_Commission


It states the complaint came from "The Election Integrity Project California, Inc." and "Judicial Watch, Inc" and calls these websites "Non-partisan organizations" yet (1) they are Incorporated and (2) the wiki says:

Reveal
"Judicial Watch is an American conservative non-partisan[1] watchdog group that files Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits to investigate alleged misconduct by government officials.[2] Founded in 1994, it has sued the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Most of its lawsuits have been dismissed.[2] As of October 2016 it was the plaintiff in more than 20 ongoing lawsuits involving Hillary Clinton.[2]"


re: The Electoral Integrity Project

They seem to have better chops, but seem a bit radical in terms of:
Reveal

"The project received media attention in 2016 when it ranked the United States last among western nations.[2]... An editorial in the Wall Street Journal ridiculed the study, noting that "Democracy in New York (which scored a 61) and Virginia (60) is supposedly more imperiled than in Rwanda (64), though Rwanda is controlled by an autocrat. The worst-performing state, Arizona (53), is outranked by Kuwait (55), Ivory Coast (59) and Kyrgyzstan (54)"


So, while I appreciate the legal gesture, it's not a reliable source to say that LA country has stacked voters. I'm not saying they don't, but that's not a solid source (IMHO).

That said MSMBC is pretty shaite.

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