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    2 months ago

    previously wrote that, from the point of view of maximising her chances to win the Electoral College, Harris should have selected Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her running mate instead of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Democrats could regret this choice

    Nah I fuckin hate Shapiro glad she didn’t pick him. Wtf do these writers think PA voters are? Not Democrats if they don’t pick our government employee?

    Do people actually vote because of VP being your governor?!

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      2 months ago

      It’s just bullshit. It’s all bullshit.

      Pundits are a fucking plague on society. They’re all just trying to push some worthless agenda, either political or personal, and will write any bullshit that gets them on print. It does not need to align with reality at all.

      At this point, what’s the point of pretending Walz is a gamble? He’s pretty much universally loved and all attacks on him so far are failing.

      What’s the point of pretending the Democratic convention was not a success? Comparing it to the Republican one is like comparing a world class ballet dancer to an old demented man shitting himself.

      What’s the point on reporting on tiny variations of 0.2 percentage points that are well outside of any statistical significance? The author is a statistician, and should know better.

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      2 months ago

      Shapiro is a bigger Zionist than Biden and has the name disadvantage. I’m glad she went with Walz. Plus we can make jokes about Coach vs Couch

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      Wtf do these writers think PA voters are?

      The writer is Australian, so he’s probably going off the pronouncements of US pundits.

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      Do people actually vote because of VP being your governor?!

      Sometimes? Sure. Ngl, though, if it helps at all, it’d only be in PA, where it seems walz is helping like, everywhere.

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      True, but if Republicans are talking about the electoral college let’s talk about eliminating it. They have the “silent majority” and making that change would ensure that elections would go to what the people want. It was only created as a compromise between those who wanted a democratic vote and those that wanted the Senate to elect the president.