So we won’t know for sure until all demographic data is released on the 2020 election, but it sure looks like Trump didn’t do so hot with senior citizens this election cycle…or at least not for a Republican candidate. While the media has focused myopically on why Trump did even slightly better with minority voters…
When Will American Conservatives Take Climate Crisis Seriously? Or Embrace Renewable Energy?
On a message board that I frequent, someone asked “What are some things that European conservatives do better than American conservatives?” I scanned through about 10 answers, and have (so far) not seen anyone mention the environment, pollution, and renewable energy—and that might tell you something about how conservatives in America think on this issue….
A Big Reason Trump Should Pass Stimulus On His Way Out the Door
People have pointed out that if Trump plans to run again in 2024, he absolutely should try to get a second stimulus passed. But he should do it even if he doesn’t run again in 2024. Partly for his own legacy. Right now, he will be most fondly remembered as… The first POTUS in US…
The Election Wasn’t a Blowout but it Still Proved People Hate Trump
“Damn, how did Trump get more votes than last time? How did he do so well?” I’m not sure an incumbent President losing by the biggest margin since Herbert Hoover is really “doing well” by any objective measure, but I understand the sentiment: how did so many people vote for an impeached, incompetent, traitorous criminal…
15 Reasons Al Gore in 2000 and Trump Today are NOT the Same Thing
Every conservative right now “Well, Trump is just using all his legal options. It took Al Gore 38 days to concede. There’s no difference.” These Al Gore comparisons are dead wrong for so many reasons… 1. The vote in Florida truly was less than a 1,000 vote difference and at one point only 537 votes….
Why Do People in Rural Areas Vote Republican?
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…
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
Episode 78–Fatherhood [Think of the Children]
In his final pitch to voters, an emotional Alabama Liberal thinks about his parents, his kids, and the future of kids in America…