Every political reporter and pundit talking about #RFKJr pulling 10-15% in the polls knows (or should know) that that means like 2% in November.

And the lion's share of those votes will come from cranky people who usually vote third party. #media #Election2024

Many Americans believe Congress could be fixed with a simple solution: Throw the bums out with term limits.

But that creates more problems than it solves, says political scientists.

For one, members in their legally mandated final term in office enjoy a kind of "senioritis" -- and experience apathy toward being productive in their final year, because they don't have to face the voters again at the ballot box.

https://theconversation.com/term-limits-arent-the-answer-229090
#uspolitics #election2024

Third-party campaigns can inject new ideas and force major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests.

The minor-party campaigns of Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan in 2000 are remarkable examples where their campaign increased overall voter turnout.

But lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties make the rules – and those rules make it very hard for third parties.

https://theconversation.com/third-parties-will-affect-the-2024-campaigns-but-election-laws-written-by-democrats-and-republicans-will-prevent-them-from-winning-226877
#Election #Election2024 #USPolitics

Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning

The Democrats and Republicans try to keep them off the ballot. But third-party campaigns can inject new ideas and force major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests.

^{The Conversation}

#Georgia Promised to Fix How #Voter Challenges Are Handled.
A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse.
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SB 189, which goes into effect in July, will give Georgia residents more time to contest the eligibility of fellow citizens’ inclusion on voter rolls.

The #law will make it easier to use questionable evidence in those challenges.

#News #Elections #Voting #Election2024 #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-law-could-lead-to-more-voter-suppression

Georgia Law Could Lead to More Voter Suppression, Advocates Warn

SB 189, which goes into effect in July, will give Georgia residents more time to contest the eligibility of fellow citizens’ inclusion on voter rolls and make it easier to use questionable evidence in those challenges.

^ProPublica

Sent from a friend - honestly spot on.

#Politics #USPol #Election2024 #GOP #Republicans #Funny #Meme #Cats #AltText

Something to remember as we all prepare for #Election2024:

In the United States today, it can feel like conservatives and liberals are living in different realities. To build bridges, make the case about how issues affect us personally, not just how they play into our political arguments.

More, and the research behind this:
https://theconversation.com/making-it-personal-considering-an-issues-relevance-to-your-own-life-could-help-reduce-political-polarization-222831
#USPolitics

Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization

Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite sides of an issue see more eye to eye.

^{The Conversation}

In the past 3 weeks, the #Biden admin has extended overtime pay for 4 mil workers, moved to cancel student debt for 25 mil borrowers, banned non-competes, banned drilling on 13 mil acres of AK wilderness, forced airlines to give refunds for delayed/ canceled flights and restored net neutrality.

Doesn't matter given that nobody knows this, popularism is BS, there's no liberal equivalent of Fox, the legacy media is relentlessly hostile and Biden's the elderly PM of Israel. #Election2024

#Trump losing 17% of the vote in a closed swing-state primary to a candidate who dropped out months ago should lead to a lotta commentary about his weakness. It won’t, because the press is obsessed with Trumpers sticking with Trump regardless, but it should.

Imagine how they’d cover Dean Phillips pulling those numbers against #Biden.

#Election2024

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/23/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-primary.html

Der eine verbrennt sich während des Trump-Verfahrens vor dem New York State Court aus Angst vor der totalen faschistischen Weltverschwörung. Die andere ruft zur Bewaffnung im Namen Gottes auf. Wer ständig wie #Trump in den Wald seine narzisstischen Verschwörungstheorien hineinruft, erntet genau diese Saat: Lügen, Hass, Zwietracht und völligen Irrsinn.

Wes Geistes Kinder sind das eigentlich?

#uselection #democracy #politics #election2024 #biden #republican #qanon

https://www.fr.de/politik/trump-vertraute-waehler-us-wahl-waffe-glock-kari-lake-zr-93023499.html

Trump-Vertraute mit gefährlicher Forderung: Wähler sollen sich vor US-Wahl bewaffnen

Bei einer Kundgebung erntete die Republikanerin Kari Lake lautstarke Publikums Zustimmung. Ihre Empfehlung vor den Wahlen: eine Glock-Pistole.

^www.fr.de