#fuck the electoral college

[halfwaybyaccident]

Hey guys, just a reminder that the Supreme Court case Bush v Gore was 5 to 4, one of the 5 who voted in favor of Bush, Clarence Thomas, was appointed by HW Bush.

The SCOTUS is corrupt as Hell, and that's not a bug, it's a feature.

#fuck trump #fuck republicans #eat the rich #boring dystopia #a boring dystopia #fuck conservatives #clarence thomas #fuck scotus #fuck the supreme court #fuck bush #bush v gore #fuck the electoral college #abolish the electoral college #popular vote #pack the court #scotus term limits #scotus

[personal-blog243]

#please sign and share #petition #petitions #please sign this petition #please share #please sign #elections #election year #abolish the electoral college #stop the electoral college #fuck the electoral college

[deadpresidents]

Hypothetically what do you think would have happened if the january 6 rioters had gotten to pence or pelosi before they got safe?

At this point, I almost dread answering questions like this anymore because I know the kind of hate mail it will unleash for the next few days, but it's important to keep talking about what happened on January 6, 2021 since so many people are trying to normalize it. That includes many people whose lives were in danger that day, as well as the former President who tried to hold on to power by encouraging his supporters to launch a violent insurrection and is now referring to those who have been brought to justice for attempting a coup as "patriots" and "hostages".

I genuinely believe that there were people in that crowd who would have killed Vice President Pence, Speaker Pelosi, and certain Congressional leaders if they had reached them on January 6th. I think there are people in that crowd who were ready to hold lawmakers hostage. Why else did they have handcuffs and zip ties? To help the Capitol Police maintain order? (Oh yeah...that's right, thanks for reminding me: they violently attacked the police -- some even beat police officers with the "Blue Lives Matter" flags that they brought with them.) Now, I do not think that everybody who was at the Capitol on January 6th -- or even the majority of those who took part in the insurrection -- were willing to go that far. I think a lot of them got swept up in what was happening and went with the flow. That doesn't excuse what they did. The flow that they got swept up in was still a fucking insurrection, and anyone who took part in that deserves to be held accountable. But I think there were certain elements embedded throughout that crowd that were much more organized and prepared to fully execute their plans for a coup after disrupting the certification of the Electoral College votes.

I actually think Vice President Pence was probably in more danger than even Speaker Pelosi or some of the Democratic leaders because Trump was so actively calling him out in the days and hours before the insurrection. I think that's why Pence is so adamant now about not supporting Trump. I mean, think about how disgustingly loyal and subservient Pence was to Trump throughout those four years until basically the first few days of January 2021. But even as other Republican leaders are crumbling and offering their allegiance to Trump again in 2024, Pence is standing by his decision not to endorse or support Trump, and I think that's because he realizes that Trump absolutely almost got him (and his family, who were with him in the Capitol on that day) killed on January 6th. Shit, even Mitch McConnell has folded and endorsed Trump again despite the fact that Trump has spent the last three years not only insulting him but also making racist attacks and questioning McConnell's wife's loyalty to the United States all because Elaine Chao had the audacity to resign from Trump's Cabinet in the wake of the insurrection. Yet Mike Pence -- who spent the better part of four years following Trump around like Paul Heyman follows Roman Reigns...

...THAT same Mike Pence is steadfastly refusing to endorse Trump because he has personal experience about how real of an existential threat Trump is. Some of those people at the Capitol were very serious about following through on their chants to "Hang Mike Pence", and not only does Pence realize that, but he also knows now that Trump -- who refused to take actions that would have helped clear the Capitol more quickly -- said "he deserves it" when hearing about those chants.

That's what is so scary about the insurrection, its aftermath, and the Trump Republican Party's redefinition of what happened that day. It almost worked. They stormed the United States Capitol and invaded both chambers of Congress. They carried Confederate flags into the United States Capitol -- even the fucking Confederate States of America didn't successfully invade Washington, D.C. and plant their flag in the Capitol. They were willing to hurt and probably kill some of America's elected leaders. And the people who helped plan and instigate the events of January 6th have spent the three-plus years since then learning from their mistakes and figuring out how to be successful next time. And guess what? "Next time" is only a few months away.

#History #Insurrection #January 6 #January 6th Insurrection #Traitors #Donald Trump #President Trump #Mike Pence #Vice President Pence #2020 Election #Electoral College Certification #U.S. Capitol #Storming of the Capitol #Capitol Riot #Politics #MAGA Insurrection #Trumpism #Trump Cult #Congress #Shitshow at the Fuck Factory #I'm impressed by my own ability to squeeze a WWE reference into that answer

[nando161mando]

#everyone's #parents #conservative #fyi #psa #antifa #antifascist #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #eat the rich #eat the fucking rich #democracy #class war #corrupt gop #corrupt government #government #government corruption #corrupt politicians #corrupt police #electoral college #electoral bonds #electoralism

[pwecie]

What do Splatoon 3’s Splatfests and the United States Electoral College both have in common?

NEITHER GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT THE POPULAR VOTE

#electoral college #splatoon 3 #splatfest #splatoon #nintendo #fuck this shit

[havegaysex]

For the record I think people who aren't voting to be much worse and dangerous for democracy at large than people who protest vote.

#Voting #vote blue #please vote #voting matters #go vote #us elections #vote democrat #vote biden #Vote blue no matter who #voting rights #american politics #vote #Yes the electoral college is fucked but you still need to be an active participant in the electoral process #Voting for a candidate who won't win as an act of protest of the elector system or whatever else is still voting #vote vote vote #election 2024 #2020 presidential election #local government #Local elections

[pythiaswine]

"i dont want to vote trump or biden bc they both suck" VOTE THIRD PARTY THEN!! If we don't all do it, it reinforces the idea that our votes don't matter. if you vote for one over the other, they think they can get away w the two party system. if you don't vote at all, they won't even know the difference because they'll still have a winner and no third-party contenders. if you want the electoral college gone, VOTE THIRD PARTY! they won't listen until we make them. this is called political efficacy. stop believing it's hopeless bc that is how they have the power to keep making decisions that the people don't agree with.

#voting #u.s. house of representatives #u.s. politics #u.s. supreme court #u.s. senate #2024 elections #us elections #u.s. elections #fuck the elites #electoral college #political #politics #us politics #donald trump #joe biden #democrats #republicans #political efficacy

[cezico]

So I did some math and 33.7% of the U.S. population lives in states that were won in the 2020 election by a margin of 20% or larger. I can say beyond a reasonable doubt that all of these states will vote for the same candidate again this year. Due to the electoral college, voting for a third party in these states only has one real impact: increasing the popular vote for said third party.

Look, I understand telling people in the Pennsylvanias and Ohios of the world that voting third party can be catastrophic, and understandably so considering how close some states are projected to be. But the fact is that many states will be decided long before November 5, and whining to the people who live in the Connecticuts and Utahs of the world about vote splitting is a waste of your damn time.

Politicians pay attention to election results. Even just slightly more third-party support could be enough for major parties to change their policies. That's how multi-party democracies are supposed to work. If you live in a swing state that truly could go either way, I'd advise you don't vote third party. If you don't, vote for the candidate you actually want.

#rant over #im just sick of people acting like all third party votes are treating equally #fuck the electoral college but we might as well take advantage of it while it still exists #politics #2024 election

[queerpyracy]

the only thing worse than how the US is just one constant fucking election cycle is how voting discourse is also constant and i have to keep hearing about how cynical leftists are the most pressing threat to american democracy. consider logging off

#i just don't think that's true lads! #you're gonna have to show me the numbers on how 'leftists who choose not to vote' stacks up against active govt disenfranchisement #also how are we still yelling about individual voting re: presidential elections when We All Know about the electoral college like come on #2016 was extremely famously not decided by the popular vote #babbles #us politics / #Because I Feel Like I Have To Append This To Every Post I Make About Voting: #i have missed like one cemetery district election since i turned 18. #i'll fucking do it but christ alive

[transwolvie]

Don't trust people who try to blame you or guilt you about Trump getting elected or not. Trump LOST the popular vote in 2016 and still became president. We DID vote against Trump, and we fucking SUCCEEDED, and he LOST, and then STILL BECAME PRESIDENT. PROCESS THAT. REALLY PROCESS THAT. PEOPLE ALREADY VOTED AGAINST TRUMP AND BEAT HIM AND THEN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE PUT HIM IN POWER ANYWAY.

#tomi talks #you know why the fuck i know my vote doesn't matter? #cuz i did get out there and vote #and i saw that trump lost. we all saw #and then the electoral college got to pick the republican anyway.

[nando161mando]

Electoralism gets you nowhere. Go out and make some noise if you want change

#electoral college #electoralism #change #organise #direct action #class war #facts #activism #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #eat the rich #eat the fucking rich #capitalism #fascism #electoral politics #electoral commission #oppression #repression #anti capitalist #antifascist #antinazi #antiauthoritarian

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #political cartoons #drawings #art #2022 #2020 election #republicans be like #conservatives be like #abolish the electoral college #electoral college #gerrymandering #land doesn't vote people do #trump lost #popular vote #trump supporters #fuck trump supporters #@breadpanes

[reptilia2003]

i mean it when I say if democrats lose the presidency in November this is why

and we have a political class that is mostly homeowners and therefore isn’t experiencing this every day and really understanding just how dire it has gotten, not just in the traditionally expensive places like NYC and SF but EVERYWHERE.

ultimately a lot of this problem really does get solved at the state and local level but there is some stuff that can be done federally and it would probably be helpful for biden’s reelection if he ran on “hey the cost of housing sucks and we will try to fix it.”

bc a “good” economy doesn’t matter if half your income has to go to rent. even if other categories of inflation are down and wages are up, if your biggest expense has gotten way bigger, you’re gonna feel it and be rightfully upset about it.

#ive made some version of this post several times now but im gonna keep saying it!!! #also liberal NIMBYism is terrible for electoral politics bc if your blue state has a massive housing shortage #you’re gonna move to a cheaper state which is probably a red state. and therefore dems lose house seats and electoral college votes #ANYWAY as usual tldr: just build more housing you stupid fucks #urbanism #and I guess I should start a tag for #2024 election

[timeisacephalopod]

Part of being Canadian is how similar we are to the US, and honestly not a single person on earth I think could genuinely pin point the difference between Canadian and American culture but the average Canadian. Americans assume we're the same as them (we aren't), even a bunch of Canadians think we're Americans, especially around voting seasons, and about half our cultural identity is "we're Not American!" but there are some cultural differences and if we all spoke French equally we could have had a language distinction but nooooo. Despite not being America unfortunately such a fuck off massive country right below your teeny tiny ass country (population wise) does result in a cultural avalanche from said fuck off massive country. Especially when you share a language.

The war of 1812 will forever be funny to me though because Americans were like "hmm maybe Canadians would also like to tell the British to fuck off, we will invade to show them!" And Canada was like *burns down the white house* and we've been tentatively chill with each other ever since lmao (even when we probably like. Shouldn't be cool with America but like. We could not risk that implosion politically or otherwise it'd be suicide).

#winters ramblings #apparently americans think they won the war of 1812 and you did not. you did not achieve your goal #and a bit over 100 years later canada would nicely ask sempi to be free and britian decided yeah i guess #you guys did a vimmy ridge in WW1 i guess you can be yourselves #and native people- still unable to vote and would be ineligible for another some 50 years or so- were probably like ??!!!!?!!! #REMOVE these pale faced demons!! and i cant say i blame them for that even if my settler ass does not mind being from here #no fucked up spiders very few fucked up bugs ok seasons amd weather where *I* live anyway #i cant complain too much aint no spiders the size of my head OR fucked up weirdo beez on steroids that look like some feckin #HUNGER GAMES ass shit and not an earth bug. if i lived on either coast though my opinion would be different #especially the east coast FUCK their ocean-y assed winters lake effect is bad enough. the SNOW BELT is bad enough #i cando without that shite too although outwest aint better especially in the praries but still no fucked up bugs so 🤷🏻‍♀️ #anyway i do genuinely believe if youre not canadian you wouldnt even know the difference between America and Canadian culture #OR the difference of history and even CANADIANS dont know our voting system isnt the same #like we dont even have half the shit Americans do like an electoral college and canadians STILL think we need to vote #as if we're in a 2 party system. we arent. arguably were in a 4 party system but 3 if you reasonably dont count Greens #its fuckin weird though because youll see people talk about canada and america interchangeably #and like i cant evenblame em when even some canadians get confused or WORSE actually WANT to be america #usually conservatives who like deepthroating boot #although i do think this is somewhat odd as a phenomenon because America doesn't have ONE culture #what canada is near idential to is NORTHERN Americans like the south is a whole Thing with a textured history #like obviously the north is too but culturally i get that more than what the south has going because you could even argue #the south have MULTIPLE cultures and in the north you could at least argue the coasts are distinct culturally #like they got terms like pacific north west we dont have ANY of that we are an EXTREMELY small rural country #its strange to confise it with America but at the same time like. yeah that makes perfect sense to me. and not all at once lol

[sun-5h1ne]

Broski’s I hate to break it to ya but the qsmp election is most likely gonna be rigged against who ever your candidate is.

This is an election held and mediated by the federation not the citizens. The federation isn’t gonna allow people who have openly bashed them not only in the privacy of their friends but on the debate stage. The federation isn’t looking out for the good of the citizens it is looking for an escape goat to break the community that has formed between the players.

Anyways the players that I think are most likely gonna win are gonna be foolish or elquackity. But Cellbit and felps are also up for grabs if either of them get a lot of the votes due to them being apart of/kidnapped by the federation and who knows what the fuck they did to them.

So be nice. Be chill. Respect the creators, admins and fellow fans. We don’t want early 2010s tumblr back.

#qsmp elections #qsmp federation #qsmp census bureau #it is the electoral college in America but worse #and the electoral college is bad enough #kelp will help #this ain’t my foolish bias showing I swear! #I’m just a big world builder and not rigging it would be a dumb fucking choice for the feds #qsmp

[freakpit]

i will never forget reading a discussion about voting third party etc and someone responding with “we should still vote blue no matter who because people die under republicans” ... why do you think that motherfucker is called genocide joe . democrats and republicans are the same in so many cases

#op #good fucking lord #i personally don’t think a third party candidate would make through specifically because of the electoral college #but that doesn’t mean we should vote for fuckinng JOE BIDEN . just because he’s a democrat #good lord #vote blue no matter who is the dumbest shit