Pre-match: Can't believe it took this long for this thread, the 2024 Presidential election thread!

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Who will be the 2 Candidates for the 2 big parties in 2024

  1. Joe Biden

    34 vote(s)
    53.1%
  2. Kamala Harris

    20 vote(s)
    31.3%
  3. Bernie Sanders

    2 vote(s)
    3.1%
  4. Ted Cruz

    1 vote(s)
    1.6%
  5. Donald Trump (from prison)

    28 vote(s)
    43.8%
  6. One of the Trump idiots

    4 vote(s)
    6.3%
  7. A Never Trump Republican

    2 vote(s)
    3.1%
  8. The dude from Florida (not florida man)

    6 vote(s)
    9.4%
  9. A Trumpian Republican

    10 vote(s)
    15.6%
  10. Hail Grimes!

    10 vote(s)
    15.6%
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  1. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    This might give you an idea of what they're like: "Teamsters union pays $2.9m to settle racial discrimination lawsuit".



    You'll recall that Sean O'Brien spoke at the RNC.
     
  2. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Toronto
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/nebraska-electoral-system-trump-win-election

    Nebraska may change its electoral system at the last second to help Trump win

    In one of those strange freaks of American politics, Nebraska has a split electoral college vote, and for the past few elections the city of Omaha has reliably voted Democrat. The other four electoral districts vote solidly Republican. Ordinarily, this little hiccup in the system wouldn’t matter much. But 2024 represents a uniquely precarious moment.

    As it stands, once you remove the settled Democrat and Republican states, the most direct path to a Kamala Harris victory is by way of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. With those three states, she would receive exactly 270 electoral college seats, the number she needs to win. In that case, she would win if, and only if, she holds that one electoral college vote in the congressional district of Omaha, Nebraska.

    The Omaha congressional district hasn’t mattered much due to a kind of bipartisan detente, a balance of power. Nebraska is not the only state that splits its electoral system by district. So does Maine. And Maine, while mostly Democratic, has a similarly reliable Republican constituency, which will almost certainly give its electoral college seat to Trump. If Nebraska changes its system to give Trump an advantage, Maine has said it will reciprocate in order to cancel out any attempt to shift the balance of power.

    Largely for this reason, the inclination to change the law has been muted in Nebraska, even though Republicans control the statehouse. Having a contested electoral college seat also makes Nebraska slightly more worthy of attention from both national parties, meaning the current division is, to some small degree, in the interests of Nebraskans on the whole.

    Yet that state of detente may be set to unravel. The Maine legislature has now gone out of session, and last Friday, Jim Pillen, the governor of Nebraska, made a public statement: “I strongly support statewide unity and joining 48 other states by awarding all five of our electoral college votes to the presidential candidate who wins the majority of Nebraskans’ votes,” he said. “As I have also made clear, I am willing to convene the Legislature for a special session to fix this 30-year-old problem before the 2024 election. However, I must receive clear and public indication that 33 senators are willing to vote in such a session to restore winner-take-all.”

    Pillen is effectively deflecting the electoral college question onto the state senators, but he is also opening the door to the possibility of the switch, which could alter the course of the election.
     
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  3. Banana republic without bananas.
     
  4. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    Plenty of nuts though.
     
  5. Hope they end up being peanuts.
     
  6. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You are indeed more than white about it....
    at least White (61%). 16% of International Brotherhood of Teamsters employees are Hispanic or Latino. 12% of International Brotherhood of Teamsters employees are Black or African American.
    is is also 80% male....To make things worse, their leader is very much an opportunist and charlatan.
     
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  7. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
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    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "
    On Wednesday, the union released the results of their surve….

    It found that almost 60% of rank-and-file union members preferred to endorse Trump, while 34% backed Harris, according to an electronic member poll. A phone poll indicated similar margins, with 58% supporting Trump and 31% supporting Harris."


    https://www.threads.net/@ellaleeuk_...QGzv8aisL9lAoPXdAv-mNet5FagEsLob3BBtksbyZEr3g
     
  8. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just remembered this anecdotal story, I went to a NAS concert at Wolf Trap on July 21. I was sitting on the lawn with my girlfriend. Two couples sat next to us, 2 white females and 2 guys, one black and one white, clearly on a double date. At some point their conversation veered into politics. The women were adamant in their disgust of Trump, however the dudes were obviously pro felon.
    Eventually, the black guy referred himself as a teamster and claimed how good things were for them truck drivers under the Trump administration. A few minutes later, the dudes went to buy some drinks and one of the girl, likely the black dude date, told the other, I need to dump this asshole, I can't deal with his trump bs.
     
  9. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
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    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Nice string of polls:

     
  10. the5timechamp

    the5timechamp Member+

    Nov 3, 2012
    Meanwhile at self ownage avenue… gender changes happen in the blink of an eye

     
  11. Germanyfan1993

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jun 17, 2018
    EMERSON (B+) polls, Sep 15-18

    Georgia Trump +2
    Wisconsin Trump 2
    Arizona Trump +1
    Nevada TIED
    North Carolina TIED
    Pennsylvania TIED
    Michigan Harris +1
     
  12. Germanyfan1993

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jun 17, 2018
    I think this is directed towards myself even though im not @, however i agree with all 3 points. Jan 6th was unacceptable and shouldn't of happened with delusional MAGA supporters which i i don't support. His fraud and charges don't impact my daily life.. i care about where the economy and inflation are at. The pet stuff was ridiculous i never looked into what's real and what's not but it doesn't have any place to be discussed @ the debate. Happy now?
     
  13. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

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    Olympia
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    Annual inflation is at 2.5%, so no worries there.
     
  14. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    The number of people who actually want deflation and don't understand the economic consequences of that is way too ********ing high.
     
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  15. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    @SamScouse this came up before. It’s an empty threat. Maine can just call the legislature into session and retaliate.



    How long did yall laugh?
     
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  16. superdave

    superdave Member+

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    VB, VA
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    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  17. superdave

    superdave Member+

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    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    He seems nice

     
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  18. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    They always hate animals, too.
     
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  19. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

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    Olympia
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    France

    Dogs in particular. Haven't heard stories of them shooting cats ... yet. But given how much they project, we should probably just assume they are eating them.
     
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  20. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We kept our mouth shut but were rolling our eyes....I was tempted to tell them "Go girls" though.
     
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  21. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you willing to share where you are? I'm in Boulder.
     
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  22. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    This illustrates my point pretty well thank you
     
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  23. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would need to hear why they believe the economy will be better, despite all the analysis that says it is not likely to be.
     
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  24. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And we imported one from Brasil.
     
  25. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Olympia
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    Economic anxieties.

    It's just so tragic coming from a gay guy, given LGBT+ will be among the first "eradicated".
     

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