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

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In Florida Political Candidates Who Fight Climate Change Stand to Benefit in Election
October 15, 2024

Introduction:

(Eurekalert) A majority of Floridians expressed support for political candidates who fight climate change in a new Florida Atlantic University survey. The survey found that nearly 52% of respondents agreed that a candidate with a record of reducing climate impacts was more likely to get their vote.

The Invading Sea’s Florida Climate Survey also revealed strong support in the state for increasing renewable energy use and teaching climate science in K-12 classrooms. The survey is the 11th conducted by the FAU Center for Environmental Studies (CES) on Floridians’ opinions about climate-related issues since October 2019.

The results of the survey, which was conducted before hurricanes Helene and Milton, showed that most Floridians want more government action on climate change. About 68% agreed that the state should do more to address climate impacts, while 67% agreed that the federal government should do more.

“Floridians are experiencing enough of the weather challenges predicted by climate change researchers that a majority of adults in the state now see value in some kind of collective action to fight climate change,” said Colin Polsky, Ph.D., associate vice president of Broward Campuses for FAU and a professor of geosciences within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.

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The survey was conducted in English and Spanish from Sept. 4-6. The sample consisted of 1,400 Floridians, ages 18 and older, with a survey margin of error of +/- 2.53%.

Read more here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1061246

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A MAGA Conspiracist Is Trying to Launch a Lurid Lie About Tim Walz—and It’s Working
by Anna Merlan
October 14, 2024

Introduction:

(Mother Jones) In recent days, a number of news sites that rely heavily on aggregation have posted stories about Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, reporting “allegations” that he sexually assaulted a minor while working as a teacher and football coach.

The clearly false claims stem from the prolific work of one man, a Twitter conspiracy peddler who goes by Black Insurrectionist. After previously pushing a lie about a presidential debate “whistleblower,” he’s at it again, and even his clownish mistakes haven’t kept the claims from taking off on Twitter, or being promoted by automated sections of the news ecosystem.

Black Insurrectionist, who tweets under the handle @docnetyoutube, is a self-professed MAGA fan who says he’s based in Dallas. He’s paid for his Twitter account, meaning his visibility is boosted on the site; he’s also followed by a number of people in the MAGA and right-leaning fake news spheres, including Donald Trump Jr., dirty tricks specialist and Trump adviser Roger Stone, Pizzagate promoter Liz Crokin, and conspiracy kingpin Alex Jones.

In September, he promoted an obviously fake story about a “whistleblower” at ABC News anonymously claiming the presidential debate hosted by the channel had been biased in favor of Kamala Harris. To back up the claims, he published a purported affidavit by the whistleblower, a poorly formatted and typo-riddled document that, among other things, claimed that Harris had been assured she wouldn’t be questioned about her time as “Attorney General in San Francisco,” a job she never held, as it doesn’t exist. The clumsy story still received immense pickup, including from hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, who began tweeting at various entities to investigate the claim; Elon Musk also shared some of Ackman’s posts.

Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... working/

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Arizona is gone. They'll go 3-4 points Trump based on this.

Nebraska update — 94K counted (34% return rate)
Dems 42.6%
Reps 40.8%
Other 16.6%

Dem return rate 40.5%
Rep return rate 30.1%

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New Sentencing Project Report Reveals Four Million Americans Denied Voting Rights Due to Felony Convictions
October 10, 2024

Introduction:

(Common Dreams) WASHINGTON - A new report from The Sentencing Project, “Locked Out 2024: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction” found that 4 million Americans will be unable to vote in the upcoming 2024 election due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Despite recent reforms in several states that have reduced disenfranchisement rates, the report underscores the continued exclusion of millions of Americans from the democratic process.

“Felony disenfranchisement remains a critical barrier to full civic participation, particularly for communities of color. Seventy percent of voting-age Americans who are banned from voting are currently living in their communities, without a voice in the policies and laws that shape their lives,” said Kara Gotsch, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project. “Despite progress in many states, felony disenfranchisement echoes policies of the past, like poll taxes and literacy tests. Felony voting bans keep communities that have been historically unheard and under-resourced from having equal representation in our democracy. It’s time to guarantee voting rights for all, including those with felony convictions, to create a truly inclusive democracy.”

The report also found that:

• Since 2016, the number of disenfranchised people has declined by 31% as more states implement policies to restore voting rights, but significant barriers remain, particularly for individuals unable to pay court-ordered fines and fees.

• One in 22 African Americans of voting age is disenfranchised, a rate more than three times that of non-African Americans. More than 10% of African American citizens are barred from voting in five states—Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, South Dakota and Tennessee.

Read more of the Eurekalert article here: https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/ ... nvictions

To read the report prepared by The Sentencing Project: https://www.sentencingproject.org/repor ... conviction

caltrek's comment: Short of murder, felony convictions are the ultimate form of voter suppression.

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PA update - 10/17

Total ballots requested: 1,758,409
Dems 1,035,258 (58.9%)
Reps 512,044 (29.1%)
Other 211,107 (12.0%)

Total ballots returned: 692,561
Dems 450,379 (65.0%)
Reps 179,208 (25.9%)
Other 62,974 (9.1%)

Dem return rate 43.5%
Rep return rate 35.0%

Return rate edge: D+8.5%

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A MAGA Conspiracist Is Trying to Launch a Lurid Lie About Tim Walz—and It’s Working
by Anna Merlan
October 14, 2024

Introduction:

(Mother Jones) In recent days, a number of news sites that rely heavily on aggregation have posted stories about Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, reporting “allegations” that he sexually assaulted a minor while working as a teacher and football coach.

The clearly false claims stem from the prolific work of one man, a Twitter conspiracy peddler who goes by Black Insurrectionist. After previously pushing a lie about a presidential debate “whistleblower,” he’s at it again, and even his clownish mistakes haven’t kept the claims from taking off on Twitter, or being promoted by automated sections of the news ecosystem.

Black Insurrectionist, who tweets under the handle @docnetyoutube, is a self-professed MAGA fan who says he’s based in Dallas. He’s paid for his Twitter account, meaning his visibility is boosted on the site; he’s also followed by a number of people in the MAGA and right-leaning fake news spheres, including Donald Trump Jr., dirty tricks specialist and Trump adviser Roger Stone, Pizzagate promoter Liz Crokin, and conspiracy kingpin Alex Jones.

In September, he promoted an obviously fake story about a “whistleblower” at ABC News anonymously claiming the presidential debate hosted by the channel had been biased in favor of Kamala Harris. To back up the claims, he published a purported affidavit by the whistleblower, a poorly formatted and typo-riddled document that, among other things, claimed that Harris had been assured she wouldn’t be questioned about her time as “Attorney General in San Francisco,” a job she never held, as it doesn’t exist. The clumsy story still received immense pickup, including from hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, who began tweeting at various entities to investigate the claim; Elon Musk also shared some of Ackman’s posts.

Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... working/

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the idiot who spread these claims should be sued

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