2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[Josquius]

I never liked Latinx. If Latinos came out and were like "hey anglos! Call us Latinx!" then I would.

It just sounded like a bunch of English speakers trying to fix Spanish for being too sexist. And hey I am fine with fixing sexism in Spanish, but let the Spanish speakers do it. I will then adopt whatever they collectively decide on.

Until that time though, Latinos/Latinas it is.

I believe the Spanish language equivalent would be Latine/Latines - which makes sense in Spanish grammatically and can be pronounced in Spanish, unlike Latinx.

As said Latin@ is one I've encountered in writing.
When I was making a website 10 years ago (so old ) I was provided translated versions from different countries to plugin.
The Spanish one had lots of random @ signs in there so I asked if this was an error - they explained no, it's just what you do to make clear you mean men or women.

I do wonder what happened with this. Never really hear of it as you do latinx, though it is more aesthetically pleasing.

[DGuller]

Incendiaries used the attack Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington had the words "Free Palestine" and "Free Gaza" written on them.  Our antizionist friends are so helpful.  I'm glad they're on our side.  Aren't you guys glad they are helping us by lighting our ballots on fire?

To be fair, let's not take the arsonists at their word as to what political faction they belong to.  We can't be sure about every attack on election legitimacy, but we can be sure that at least some will be designed by Russian intelligence aiming to destabilize the situation whichever way the winds blow.  Russian intelligence is quite capable of operating under someone else's flag.

[DGuller]

I early voted, it sure is nice to now have that option in New Jersey.  Hopefully there would be no surprises in the last week that would've made me change my vote.

[Grey Fox]

What kind of surprise would make you vote for the fascist candidate?

[DGuller]

What kind of surprise would make you vote for the fascist candidate?

Finding out that Kamala's thoughts on what is and isn't garbage are not in line with my own would definitely make me rethink my views.

[Josquius]

What kind of surprise would make you vote for the fascist candidate?

Didn't you hear? He's the opposite of a nazi. He's the communist candidate.

[garbon]

Look like Trump is happy to try to run against Biden again.

[Grey Fox]

What kind of surprise would make you vote for the fascist candidate?

Finding out that Kamala's thoughts on what is and isn't garbage are not in line with my own would definitely make me rethink my views.

Leaving wether there are deportation camps or not in the USA on garbage is bold. Good thing you can't change it. Only vote again

[DGuller]

You can't take my vote for granted just because the other guy is bad.  You have to earn it.  You definitely won't earn it by having unacceptable views on what garbage is.

[garbon]

You can't take my vote for granted just because the other guy is bad.  You have to earn it.  You definitely won't earn it by having unacceptable views on what garbage is.

Cool but this specific situation isn't a hypothetical.

[The Brain]

No peace without garbage.

[Tamas]

I am thinking both parties are trying to re-fight the 2016 election. First it was Democrats in Garbage Gate going "oh lol he pulled a Hillary Clinton, oh joy" and then the Trump team did the same after Biden's gaffe

[crazy canuck]

I don't think it's so much fighting the 2016 battle but rather it's just bad politics to call the voting public names.  I can't believe American politics has descended to this level, but there we are.

[crazy canuck]

An interesting article in The Globe and Mail, behind a paywall, Interviewing a number of posters, who indicate that there's a concern that the reason the race looks so close is because a lot of effort has gone into correcting for past years when Trump support was under reported in the polls. 

The upshot, according to one of the people that was interviewed,  is that all the surprises on election day will be in favour of Harris.  That person said it's very difficult to judge how much the polls might be over corrected but estimated it could range from getting it exactly right to 9 points off in Harris' favour.

[Tamas]

An interesting article in The Globe and Mail, behind a paywall, Interviewing a number of posters, who indicate that there's a concern that the reason the race looks so close is because a lot of effort has gone into correcting for past years when Trump support was under reported in the polls. 

The upshot, according to one of the people that was interviewed,  is that all the surprises on election day will be in favour of Harris.  That person said it's very difficult to judge how much the polls might be over corrected but estimated it could range from getting it exactly right to 9 points off in Harris' favour.

That's a tempting theory to accept. We'll soon see.