Re:The curious case of Romanian broadband
by jahaja on Sunday October 18, 2020 @01:45PM
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> Voter “suppression” insofar as it exists works at the margins
So gerrymandering, 55% voter turnout, long queues, voting on a working day, having felons not being eligible, the electoral college system etc. isn't indicative of voter suppression?
> I’ve never voted in a Presidential election,
What's the point of your personal anecdote?
> What is an “easy-to-vote, EU-style election?”
That's a single state? Why did Trump say that the Republican party would never be elected again? [0] It's not exactly a secret. France had 77% voter turnout.
> It’s popular conceptually until it comes time to make actual trade-offs
What trade-offs? Skipping a foreign war?
> Biden won the Democratic nomination because his competitors’ single-payer proposals eliminated private insurance
You're always writing in authoritatively simplistic causal language. "X caused Y", when there's no such obviously direct relationship.
So gerrymandering, 55% voter turnout, long queues, voting on a working day, having felons not being eligible, the electoral college system etc. isn't indicative of voter suppression?
> I’ve never voted in a Presidential election,
What's the point of your personal anecdote?
> What is an “easy-to-vote, EU-style election?”
That's a single state? Why did Trump say that the Republican party would never be elected again? [0] It's not exactly a secret. France had 77% voter turnout.
> It’s popular conceptually until it comes time to make actual trade-offs
What trade-offs? Skipping a foreign war?
> Biden won the Democratic nomination because his competitors’ single-payer proposals eliminated private insurance
You're always writing in authoritatively simplistic causal language. "X caused Y", when there's no such obviously direct relationship.
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republ...