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Out of nowhere? Less than a month before the election? Yes.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Ehh, if it gets the vote out for more younger voters, whatevs. Early voting numbers so far look great. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/PP_2024.4.9_partisan-coalitions_4-01.png https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/wp-content/uploads/site... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote
- moralestapia 2y ago
  Yeah, some of us are kind of tired of politicians, though. >if it gets the vote [...] whatevs Precisely, because of this. Edit: I was replying to your comment about "feelings don't matter" or some nonsense, but you backpedaled and deleted it, enough said I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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- Scipio_Afri 2y ago
  Those links are from 2023 and 2020, respectively. Not sure what point you’re trying to convey or if you grabbed the wrong article
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    My first link illustrates that the electorate continues to tilt left/progressive as 1.8M voters over the age of 55 die every year, 5k per day (per the CDC); those voters lean very far to the right. 4M voters turn 18 every year, they lean very far to the left (including women [1]). The data should not be evaluated as a snapshot in time, but instead viewed as a sliding window, as a demographic system. This is not politics, importantly; this is demographics, with political outcomes being the resulting output of the system. My second link was the wrong link, thank you! I have updated that link to a 2024 election cycle link. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41522705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41522705 (citations)
HarryHirsch 2y ago
Yes, because there's a good chance that the Senate will become Republican this round, and the marihuana legislation will get stuck there. The Democrats will say "but we tried", the Republicans will score points with their clientele, and everything will go on just as before because Biden-Harris run on a platform of keeping the status quo.

Ehh, if it gets the vote out for more younger voters, whatevs. Early voting numbers so far look great. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/PP_2024.4.9_partisan-coalitions_4-01.png https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/wp-content/uploads/site... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote

moralestapia 2y ago
Yeah, some of us are kind of tired of politicians, though. >if it gets the vote [...] whatevs Precisely, because of this. Edit: I was replying to your comment about "feelings don't matter" or some nonsense, but you backpedaled and deleted it, enough said I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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Scipio_Afri 2y ago
Those links are from 2023 and 2020, respectively. Not sure what point you’re trying to convey or if you grabbed the wrong article
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  My first link illustrates that the electorate continues to tilt left/progressive as 1.8M voters over the age of 55 die every year, 5k per day (per the CDC); those voters lean very far to the right. 4M voters turn 18 every year, they lean very far to the left (including women [1]). The data should not be evaluated as a snapshot in time, but instead viewed as a sliding window, as a demographic system. This is not politics, importantly; this is demographics, with political outcomes being the resulting output of the system. My second link was the wrong link, thank you! I have updated that link to a 2024 election cycle link. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41522705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41522705 (citations)

HarryHirsch 2y ago

Yes, because there's a good chance that the Senate will become Republican this round, and the marihuana legislation will get stuck there. The Democrats will say "but we tried", the Republicans will score points with their clientele, and everything will go on just as before because Biden-Harris run on a platform of keeping the status quo.