POTUS/General Election Thread 2020 + Aftermath

**Montmorency** · 04-17-2021, 00:05

"common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions."

We all thought this shit died by the end of WW2 (which I mean in multiple senses).

But after all, racism is a form of stupidity. (dude)

See also:

The Democrats are “the party of the incredibly wealthy coastal elites,” while Republicans are the party of “the great American middle.” The former fight for out-of-touch “urbanists” and “woke” corporations, while the latter stand with the forgotten men and women of rural America.

If you’ve watched a Republican campaign ad or read a conservative pundit at any point in the last four years (and/or four decades), you’ve heard some iteration of this message. Anti-metropolitan populism is as ubiquitous in GOP rhetoric as salt is on French fries. In fact, Republicans are so unabashed in their rural chauvinism that they routinely argue that America’s political institutions should not give equal representation to people who live in cities. Just last year, Tom Cotton argued that Washington, D.C., does not deserve Senate representation because, while it may be more populous than Wyoming, “Wyoming is a well-rounded working-class state,” while D.C. is a city of “bureaucrats and other white-collar professionals.”

All of which makes the current sticking point in negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure a bit remarkable: While Joe Biden would like to finance new infrastructure by raising taxes on wealthy corporate shareholders (who disproportionately live in large coastal cities), moderate Republicans are demanding that he “pay for” new roads and bridges by raising taxes on Americans who drive a lot (who disproportionately live in rural areas).

**Hooahguy** · 04-17-2021, 00:42

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

**Hooahguy** · 05-20-2021, 15:41

Interesting data out about the impact of peaceful vs non-peaceful BLM protests over the summer and how it negatively impacted Biden (and I assume Dems as a whole). Article is behind a paywall, but the twitter thread sums it up nicely. The results are predictable, as the average American likely doesnt take kindly to people rioting in their neighborhoods, nor are they very receptive to people saying that less policing is the answer after said riots. I do believe that MLK's quote about white moderates valuing peace over justice rings true, but said white moderates vote too, so Im not surprised.