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  1. “We will win at least a few states, some of them perhaps by decent margins!” -President Trump

    Friday, 07-Aug-20 21:19:53 UTC from web
    1. @mrmattimation 50% of white people, per Newsweek, :eyeroll:

      Saturday, 08-Aug-20 04:58:00 UTC from web
      1. @scribus eh, that's not exactly uncommon for a Republican, if anything it's a little low. McCain had 55% of whites in 2008, and he lost the election by a bigger margin than any candidate of the 21st century. No Democrat has carried the white vote since at least 1964, and maybe even before that, the data only goes back to 1976.

        Saturday, 08-Aug-20 07:37:12 UTC from web
        1. @mrmattimation Yeah, but I'm not really concerned about the historicity of the GOP, though. This jackass may be lower than other old white jackasses have been, but when 50% can agree, even in a straw poll, with (vague sweeping arm gesture)? It's more the revelations about the national psyche than it is old stats and current prognostications. I just grew up inherently skeptical of The System, but still -- I used to be able to believe in People, as a whole. This administration has shattered my faith in anything other than entropy. I always kind of knew I was "Brown eyes watching from a White perspective," but the other white faces used to only sometimes let their hatred show. Now, they seem to be hiding even their former pretense of humanity in favor of letting their hate flag take full mast. And... damn, man. Just... damn. I want it over. And I'm almost ashamed of what I'd be willing to do to End it, capital-E.

          Saturday, 08-Aug-20 14:53:02 UTC from web