#2020 Election

Quiz: How Well Do You Understand the Swings in the 2020 Election?

Submitted by ban nock on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 4:41pm

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/02/upshot/2020-election-quiz...

I thought I was a dunce at 3 wrong, but later I looked and they have the percent who answered correctly for each question. Many could have simply done as well by randomly picking any answer.

Not sure if the nyt still has the 3 free articles a month.

A small refresher / history lesson for ex-President Trump

Submitted by bondibox on Fri, 11/06/2020 - 1:34am

In 2000, Katherine Harris the Florida Secretary of State, who was actually the co-chair of George Bush's campaign, stopped the counting of ballots before it was even finished. There was never a "recount" in Florida because there was never a fully completed first count. Absentee ballots weren't even counted until months later, under an audit by a consortium of news outlets. The final tally showed that Al Gore had the most votes in Florida and should have been the 43rd President.

The Guardian: Obama Allegedly Plots Pivotal Role in Democratic Primary

Submitted by sixthmassextinction on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 1:52pm

There's a disturbing entry in the Guardian's liveblog of today's news, in a summary of an article from The Atlantic.

Concerning the Political Fundraising Game

Submitted by CharredPC on Thu, 04/04/2019 - 1:55pm

Bernie's first quarter fundraising results were very impressive. But let's not get caught up in the trap of thinking that whoever can raise the highest amount wins.