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I knew you were Brazilian but I didn't realise you were in the north east, the stronghold of corrupt socialists and gangsters. That's a rough life. At least southern Brazil has some areas which are relatively more respectable.
Yep, life in the Northeast is tough, but doable. It's hot as fuck, and as I mentioned, the old horse halter's vote rule still stands, even if not enforced by law. It's thanks to our region that Lula da Silva, our former thief-in-law, is still pretty popular, and so is the left wing, not so much for their progressive stances and more because they implanted a welfare system that helps them barely go by their toughest times. The man is still treated as some sort of divinity thanks to this.

And the southern parts are only respectable by a technicality. This year is also regional election year down here. While the southernmost states are a bit of a stronghold of the right-wing, there are places where the left also managed to take over, most famously the Rio Grande do Sul state. The current poll leader for the race of the Mayor seat of Porto Alegre, the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, is Manuela D'Ávila, long-life self-professed communist who was the vice-president candidate under Fernando Haddad's seat, who you may know was the main opponent to Jair Bolsonaro, our current spazzy prez. I live in the state of Ceará, where the so-called new face of the national left wing lives. His name is Ciro Gomes, and he's basically a fusion of the worst parts of Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn and Donald Trump. Take of it what you will.

It's been a long while since the political left has been dictating the state's goings, and that's because two of our most notorious politicians, namely Getúlio Vargas and Leonel Brizola, came from there. Nevermind that Vargas had sympathies with the causes of Hitler and Mussolini, he's still used as a prop for the local left-wing cronies as an example of policies that benefitted the working class, especially after he decided to send a full army regiment to combat the aforementioned dictators in order to secure the US's strategic allyship. It was under him that several of our state-owned companies were funded, such as Petrobras and Vale (the latter of which was privatized to save themselves a shitload of debt) and our Labour Laws were built. Same with Brizola: Certain righties will blame him for the downfall of the state of Rio de Janeiro, where he took political refuge after the military coup of 1964, and since his times, Rio de Janeiro has been a hellhole of terrible administration after another.

Trust me, Brazilian politics are a goddamn mess, and all it does is divide our already-divided coexistence.
 
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What is with the sudden support for abolishing the electoral college? I knew there had been groups pushing for dismantling it, but I didn’t realize how effective they’ve been.

Are people truly this retarded? Mob rule is better than equal representation for states?

So, because New York City or San Francisco is pumped full of ultra-liberals and illegal immigrants - they should get to decide who runs the country? Just because they have more voters squeezed into their little shit-filled sardine can of a city?

My coworker asked why we shouldn’t elect a president based on the popular vote instead of the electoral college. She also spends time on Tik Tok. I wonder if there’s a correlation there?

Because California Democrats aren't happy with their current amount of power - which is already TWENTY PERCENT of the entire "votes to win" amount in the current electoral college as well as making up TWELVE PERCENT of our entire congress.

The power level they would like would be "all of it, forever"

Hilariously, though, this would be another case of shooting themselves in the foot most likely because if you look at the 2016 election (California specifically) while you might note that that California alone represents 20% of the "VOTES TO WIN" amount - they only represented 10% of the actual voting that year, meaning they'd actually be limiting their own voting power by 50% - on the hope and bet that Republicans wouldn't flourish under the "new system".
 
I'm compiling receipts for tomorrow morning.
Democrats need not fear. This, my sixth published biennial election prediction essay, is perhaps my easiest: Former vice president Joe Biden will win comfortably unless we experience the greatest polling failure in modern history. Democrats will also gain control of the Senate and expand their majority in the House. While not the landslide that some hope for, Democrats will simultaneously control the presidency and both houses of Congress for only the third time since Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980.​
EDIT: got the archive. https://archive.is/u1Ii1
 
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I'm compiling receipts for tomorrow morning.
Democrats need not fear. This, my sixth published biennial election prediction essay, is perhaps my easiest: Former vice president Joe Biden will win comfortably unless we experience the greatest polling failure in modern history. Democrats will also gain control of the Senate and expand their majority in the House. While not the landslide that some hope for, Democrats will simultaneously control the presidency and both houses of Congress for only the third time since Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980.​
Fuck it, Im gonna make my prediction here. Trump will win the presidency but will lose the electoral college. The Senate will remain comfortably Republican and the House will remain democrat.
 
Spent about an hour last night in a full blown shouting match with my Roommate over me voting Trump. Once it was obvious we weren't getting anywhere we both promptly agreed to disagree, and went back to happily drinking beer and watching terrible movies.

Don't let this politics bullshit swallow you whole. Call a friend, have dinner with family, spend time doing something fun. Things might look ugly right now but regardless the outcome we'll get past this eventually.
 
Spent about an hour last night in a full blown shouting match with my Roommate over me voting Trump. Once it was obvious we weren't getting anywhere we both promptly agreed to disagree, and went back to happily drinking beer and watching terrible movies.

Don't let this politics bullshit swallow you whole. Call a friend, have dinner with family, spend time doing something fun. Things might look ugly right now but regardless the outcome we'll get past this eventually.
I'll be playing D&D tonight with my buddies (online since we live all over the country). I might be checking into the results here and there, but seeing as they might not even be the final count I won't think too seriously about them. I voted in the early elections, there's not much more I can do.

Edit: Also is this site loading significantly slower or is that just me? I wouldn't be surprised if there was more activity on this site today to slow it down.
 
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