2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

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Behind the Curtain: Top Dems now believe Biden will exit

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Several top Democrats privately tell us the rising pressure of party congressional leaders and close friends will persuade President Biden to decide to drop out of the presidential race, as soon as this weekend.

Why it matters: The 81-year-old president, now self-isolating with COVID, remains publicly dug in. But privately he's resigned to mounting pressure, bad polls, and untenable scrutiny making it impossible to continue his campaign, the Democrats tell us.

Behind the scenes: The private message, distilled to its bluntest form: The top leaders of his party, his friends and key donors believe he can't win, can't change public perceptions of his age and acuity, and can't deliver congressional majorities.

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/18/presid ... -democrats

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J.D. Vance’s Radical Plan to Build a Government of Trump Loyalists
by Andrew Prokop
July 17, 2024

Introduction:

(Vox) Donald Trump’s allies have laid out sweeping plans to reshape the executive branch of the federal government if he is returned to power, plans that involve firing perhaps tens of thousands of career civil servants and replacing them with handpicked MAGA allies.

But how far, exactly, would Trump go in trying to tear down what he calls the “deep state?” The answer hasn’t been clear.

In picking J.D. Vance as his vice president, he’s picked someone who will egg him on to go very far indeed.

“If I was giving him one piece of advice” for a second term, Vance said on a 2021 podcast:

“Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.”

Read more here: https://www.vox.com/politics/361455/jd ... c-speech

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Trump and Biden Campaigns Rethink Communication Strategies Post Assassination Attempt
by Eleanor Hawkins
July 18, 2024

Introduction:

(Axios) The assassination attempt on former President Trump has served as an inflection point for him and President Biden — each of whom are changing the way they communicate to try to show they are presidential and can unite the country.

Why it matters: It presents an opportunity for a much-needed PR reset for both campaigns as they rethink how to appeal to voters through new communications strategies and softer rhetoric.

Between the lines: Consistency is key if you hope to win votes with new messaging, says one longtime GOP campaign operative.

• "Resets are common occurrences in political campaigns, but the true test of something like this is the longevity of that reset — rather than one speech or one given week," the operative said.

• "Voters will need to see [the change] over a long period of time before even beginning to think of it as more than just a temporary tactic."

Read more here: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/18/trump ... rhetoric

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Voting Rights at Risk After Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Challenge Racial Gerrymandering
by Sam D. Hayes
July 18, 2024

Introduction:

(The Conversation) Two recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional redistricting will have starkly different consequences for Black voters in the 2024 election.

One ruling boosted Black voting power in Louisiana, while another decision upheld a South Carolina congressional map that the lower court had declared “illegal racial gerrymandering.”

Despite these seemingly contradictory outcomes, there is a through line.

In both cases, the justices gave partisan state legislatures more power to craft congressional districts and overruled the lower federal courts that had ordered state legislatures to draw new maps.

Together, these decisions represent a conservative shift in the Supreme Court’s approach to redistricting that could have major effects on American democracy.

Read more here: https://theconversation.com/voting-rig ... ng-232359

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[firestar464]

Who is this guy?

[Ozzie guy]

Joe is going to have to step down, he can't try and stick in for ego because he will only get shamed.
I actually think democrats can win if they put up someone good and Trump makes a few mistakes etc

[firestar464]

Nah we gonna be fine. If he steps down, he should just resign and hand the presidency to Harris, which'll make her the consensus nominee, ensuring much-needed stability. Keep in mind that Harris is only popular relative to Joe however, and isn't that much better in the polls.

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I think Trump was drunk or a little bit high in his speech last night. lol

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Bidens a selfish son of a bitch if he doesn't drop out. There's no fucking way around it.