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I would usually write "a plague on whoever came up with that old 90s R&B vid of the guy singing the song about counting before he 'starts all over again' and posted it EVERYWHERE to describe Nevada's ballot counting" but with COVID on the planet, it seems unwise.
BUT DAMMIT I'VE HAD THAT SONG IN MY HEAD FOR FOUR FREAKING DAYS.
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My maths/politics geek friend is still occasionally posting updates on the numbers in the states. Someone pointed out that it doesn't matter now that Biden has PA, and he replied in allcaps: IT MATTERS TO OUR TIPPING RESULTS
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I have drunk most of a can of Mountain Dew. This was probably unwise.
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A few newspaper headlines in Australia:
The West Australian: Donny Spit!
Sydney Morning Herald: A Time To Heal
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An originally-from-GA friend got narky about something one of the PSA guys said regarding most GAians not even knowing who Chuck Schumer was. Except I took it to some other Americans (because I wanted advice on whether to suggest cooling her jets and if so, how) and they said that it was more about federal vs local politics - big vs small govt - which made more sense of the first reply I saw to her, which was about who knows best for the area and the liberties of the individual.
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In other, local political news, the NSW Electoral Commission is redrawing state electoral districts: I think that the population of the area has increased so much that they're adding new districts.
We'd be in one of the new districts, which would be a mix of low-density suburban and high-density suburban with significant non-white and immigrant populations.
At least two local politicians (neither of them from the in-power party at local, state, or fed level in our area) said this was going to be a kind of gerrymandering to ensure present incumbents had better chances of holding onto their seats. Which is interesting because I don't think our state rep (or the state rep of the electorate that we're being merged with) was that hard up for votes. Must check his numbers for last election (last year).
As I said, significant non-white and immigrant populations, which doesn't automatically mean a centrist vote around here. A lot of non-white and immigrant populations either don't trust democratic processes, or they're conservative in outlook. Then again, the whole area is pretty conservative in outlook, so it's not like we're suddenly going to turn hard left (the Greens). Although the Greens are starting to see larger numbers in state and federal elections. Conservatives are easily 50% or more, but Centrists are at least 15-20%, and the main Left Wing Party (Greens) saw a peak of over 10% in the last set of elections. Possibly even more.
We may be heavily churched around here, but our churches believe and speak of things like Climate Change and Acknowledgement Of Country (the primacy of the indigenous peoples who lived here before colonisation; they haven't quite reached the point of reparations, so far as I know). It's just that it gets lost when you start bringing Religious Privilege (under the name of "Religious Freedom") into the mix: then they'll vote for whoever will allow us to maintain our religious privilege.
It would be interesting to see what's required to run for office. Would I want to run for office? Probably not, given that I'd end up with my fannish history on display and I'm not comfortable with that. Plus, I fall asleep in meetings so so easily. And I'm really not a good policy person, I'm a fix-it person. Which tends to mean running a bit roughshod over others if I think there's a solution that I can enact. Benevolent dictator of the world? Sure. Politician? I don't think so!
Okay, time to work.
BUT DAMMIT I'VE HAD THAT SONG IN MY HEAD FOR FOUR FREAKING DAYS.
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My maths/politics geek friend is still occasionally posting updates on the numbers in the states. Someone pointed out that it doesn't matter now that Biden has PA, and he replied in allcaps: IT MATTERS TO OUR TIPPING RESULTS
--
I have drunk most of a can of Mountain Dew. This was probably unwise.
--
A few newspaper headlines in Australia:
The West Australian: Donny Spit!
The front page of tomorrow's The West Australian. pic.twitter.com/rodWYHP3xl
— The West Australian (@westaustralian) November 8, 2020
Sydney Morning Herald: A Time To Heal
Back on the job. Here’s Monday’s front page pic.twitter.com/hA49VTtw6P
— Ben Cubby (@bencubby) November 8, 2020
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An originally-from-GA friend got narky about something one of the PSA guys said regarding most GAians not even knowing who Chuck Schumer was. Except I took it to some other Americans (because I wanted advice on whether to suggest cooling her jets and if so, how) and they said that it was more about federal vs local politics - big vs small govt - which made more sense of the first reply I saw to her, which was about who knows best for the area and the liberties of the individual.
--
In other, local political news, the NSW Electoral Commission is redrawing state electoral districts: I think that the population of the area has increased so much that they're adding new districts.
We'd be in one of the new districts, which would be a mix of low-density suburban and high-density suburban with significant non-white and immigrant populations.
At least two local politicians (neither of them from the in-power party at local, state, or fed level in our area) said this was going to be a kind of gerrymandering to ensure present incumbents had better chances of holding onto their seats. Which is interesting because I don't think our state rep (or the state rep of the electorate that we're being merged with) was that hard up for votes. Must check his numbers for last election (last year).
As I said, significant non-white and immigrant populations, which doesn't automatically mean a centrist vote around here. A lot of non-white and immigrant populations either don't trust democratic processes, or they're conservative in outlook. Then again, the whole area is pretty conservative in outlook, so it's not like we're suddenly going to turn hard left (the Greens). Although the Greens are starting to see larger numbers in state and federal elections. Conservatives are easily 50% or more, but Centrists are at least 15-20%, and the main Left Wing Party (Greens) saw a peak of over 10% in the last set of elections. Possibly even more.
We may be heavily churched around here, but our churches believe and speak of things like Climate Change and Acknowledgement Of Country (the primacy of the indigenous peoples who lived here before colonisation; they haven't quite reached the point of reparations, so far as I know). It's just that it gets lost when you start bringing Religious Privilege (under the name of "Religious Freedom") into the mix: then they'll vote for whoever will allow us to maintain our religious privilege.
It would be interesting to see what's required to run for office. Would I want to run for office? Probably not, given that I'd end up with my fannish history on display and I'm not comfortable with that. Plus, I fall asleep in meetings so so easily. And I'm really not a good policy person, I'm a fix-it person. Which tends to mean running a bit roughshod over others if I think there's a solution that I can enact. Benevolent dictator of the world? Sure. Politician? I don't think so!
Okay, time to work.
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