Unlike most of the pundits and political writers who get paid to talk about the “white working class” and/or red states, I’m actually from a rural area in a red state and feel uniquely qualified to answer the question on everyone’s minds: “Why are people in rural areas voting Republican?” 1. Because they falsely believe Democrats are…
Author: Alabama Liberal
The Power Imbalance Between Rural and Urban Areas
It’s becoming a little-talked about fact that even though big cities and blue states are supposedly “socialist,” they actually control the economy: the staggering majority of American GDP comes from blue cities and blue states. Meanwhile, Republicans that supposedly hate government are in charge of rural areas in red states who’s only real contribution to…
Are There Ever Really “Undecided” Voters?
The undecided voter is a little bit like the Loch Ness Monster: often heard of, but rarely seen. Every election cycle, we see endless appeals to that 10% that says they’re undecided (and this cycle it was closer to 3% even pretending to be). If they actually exist, they’d be enough to sway any Presidential…
No, Trumpers Were Not the “Silent Majority,” People Were Just Afraid of Them
Everyone who’s not in a militia: “Why are Trumpers so surprised that they did not win? More specifically, that they are not the majority?” They don’t want to admit this, and have deluded themselves into believing it, fully aided by a rightwing media that sells them a lie that they are the “Silent Majority” despite…
5 Ways Democrats Can Still Win the Senate
Joe Biden cannot take office with a Republican majority in the Senate. If he did, he’d be the first Democratic President since Grover Cleveland in 1885 to take office without congressional control. And McConnell has already signaled that he would block Biden’s cabinet picks from all but the most centrist Democrats or even moderate Republicans….
Unpopular Vote: No, the Polls were NOT Wrong
“Can we ever trust political polling again given how wrong they were yet again in 2020?” I have no idea why people keep saying stuff like this. In 2016, Hillary won by three million votes, and now Biden is on track to break Obama’s 2008 record for most votes received by a Presidential candidate (73…
Send in the Clowns
Detailing only some of the ways Trump and (towards the end) Senate Republicans have betrayed this country
Yep, Voting Third Party is a Wasted Vote
I don’t think that many people are going to throw their vote away this cycle. Partially, because “Libertarian Party” candidate Gary Johnson only got votes because sexists didn’t want to vote for Hillary Clinton over Trump…and this year’s Libertarian Party nominee is Jo Jorgensen, a woman. And if you’re going to vote for an old…
OF COURSE Trump is a Chinese Asset too, and not Just a Russian One
Trump’s base “Well, maybe Trump has ties to Russia, but he’s tougher on China!” First off, it’s amazing that so many Republican voters are perfectly fine with Trump being a Russian asset–but maybe that’s because they’ve swallowed the Steve Bannon fallacy that since Russia is majority white (supremacist) and Christian, they can be the next…
Today’s SCOTUS Doesn’t Reflect America. Why that’s a Huge Problem
Most rational people: “Today’s SCOTUS is not even remotely reflective of the United States of America, is that a problem?” Conservative white male Heritage Foundation Horde: “Not at all!” But, of course, it is… To be honest, I don’t see that many people other than fanatical conservatives who really pay attention to judge races. However,…
Senate Republicans Only Rammed Through “Handmaid’s Tale” Because They Know They’re Going to Lose
“Will ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ getting rammed through the SCOTUS be bad for Republican Senators?” …Oh yes… Conservative voters have already gotten the thing they most want—so it de-incentivizes them to vote (especially if they happen to live in one of those Georgia/Texas districts with 10 hour wait times). And especially if they know Trump is going…
“Reasons to Reelect Trump”…That are Completely False
I keep seeing the same Republican “reasons” to reelect Trump surfacing all over the internet in a way that is not only suspicious (why the same talking points over and over?) but provably false. I’ll now debunk a few of the ones I see the most… 1. “There’s a strong economy.” The economy has collapsed….
Why Republicans Should NOT Vote for Trump
As a response to Joe Biden’s staggering number of endorsements from Republicans (including some from people that worked in the Trump White House), I sometimes see questions from Republicans asking “Why are so many prominent Republicans not voting for Trump?” For Republicans, voting for Trump should be about as appealing as injecting bleach (also, Trump’s…