@punkhaiku

#USpol

In a sense, #TFG is right: a boyant economy has usually been beneficial for the incumbent president in an #election.

@GottaLaff

Good morning - depending on how much weight you put on the predictive aspects of by-elections, you can interpret this how you wish:

on a low turnout (just on a third of eligible voters cast a ballot) Labour sees a massive swing (third largest in recent by-election history) away from the Conservatives to win Blackpool South

The Greens didn't do well but perhaps the think to watch is Reform UK, very much coming up on the (right) outside against the Tories!

#election #politics

#Colangelo says #Trump's willingness to go to the trouble of the convoluted repayment scheme to #Cohen “shows just how important it was to him to hide the true nature of Cohen's illegal payment to Ms. Daniels & the overall #election #conspiracy that they had launched."

#MichaelCohen is a key witness. Colangelo explained the litany of problems w/Cohen to get ahead of defense’s attempt to discredit him - something Trump's lawyers can't do, their client won't let them: admit mistakes were made.

Reportedly, #Trump pursed his lips at ↑ that & wrote a note which he passed to his atty Todd Blanche, then whispered to atty, Emil Bove.

#Colangelo described a communication from Keith Davidson, the lawyer for #KarenMcDougal, to Dylan Howard, a #NationalEnquirer editor, as it became clear Trump was winning the #election: "What have we done," he said.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

"Another story about sexual infidelity, especially w/ a porn star, on the heels of the '#AccessHollywood' tape, could have been devastating to his campaign," #Colangelo says of the #StormyDaniels story. He says that "w/pressure mounting & Election Day fast approaching, Donald #Trump agreed to the #payoff & directed #Cohen to proceed."

Colangelo says Trump told Cohen to drag out paying Daniels, in the hopes of getting past the #election & then not paying her at all.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

A woman clad in a burqa shows her ink-marked finger after voting at a polling station during the first phase of the general election in Kairana, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, April 19, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

@photography
#India
#UttarPradesh
#election
#women

Here are some practical tips for the conversations you might have before #Election2024 with people who believe the 2020 election was stolen:

https://theconversation.com/how-to-have-the-hard-conversations-about-who-really-won-the-2020-presidential-election-before-election-day-2024-226194
#USPolitics #Election #Trump

How to have the hard conversations about who really won the 2020 presidential election − before Election Day 2024

What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those who think the 2020 election was stolen?

^{The Conversation}

"Today, #Republican senators are trying to kill the legislation...

Some worry about handing President #Biden a win so close to the #election (I’d argue the 400,000 kids lifted out of poverty would be the real winners, but to each their own.)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said this explicitly in January: “Passing a #tax bill that makes the president look good... means he could be reelected.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/11/child-tax-credit-republicans-senate/

#GOP #Corruption #Politics #Family #Children #USA #News

#IowaSupremeCourt weighs whether 6-wk #AbortionBan can take effect

#Iowa’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thurs in a case that could decide the future of #abortion in that state, the latest in a series of #legal battles that threaten abortion #access across the country during a historic #election year.

#law #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #AbortionIsHealthCare #AbortionRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/11/iowa-abortion-ban-court/

As #Elections Loom, Congressional Maps Challenged as Discriminatory Will Remain in Place
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With control of the House of Representatives hanging in the balance, the time-consuming appeals process means elections in multiple districts will take place using maps that have been challenged as discriminatory to #voters of color.

#Voting #SouthCarolina #Florida #Election #Gerrymandering #News #Law #Congress #Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/elections-district-maps-deemed-discriminatory-south-carolina-florida?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2024 Elections to Use District Maps Challenged as Discriminatory

With control of the House of Representatives hanging in the balance, the time-consuming appeals process means elections in multiple districts will take place using maps that have been challenged as discriminatory to voters of color.

^ProPublica