British Expats - 2020 Election

That is more detail than i care for, but i will add that i have been tracking the registered voters on the pinellas site and there is a slight increase in republicans, which is disappointing.

Must be all those posh outliers like Clearwater because St. Pete is about as blue as they come. Perhaps we can hope that revulsion for the orange turd and his non-Republican values is turning some Republicans to vote blue?

Leslie

Oct 26th 2020 2:32 pm

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Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12926684)

Talking of Judges, ACB got the nod.

Too bad the Pence staff won't be there.

retzie

Oct 26th 2020 3:41 pm

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Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 12926654)

The times that I've skipped it has been because of my own lack of research so, FWIW, it is a failure of sorts. For you, next general election, you'll be forewarned and will probably be able to better research your candidates. Also, you know now that there are a lot of people on here willing to help you find the information you need before hand.

Thanks. It was the judges that got me :(. Oh, and in the primary, I don't remember the race, but there was a "Vote for 12" followed by 13 names.

I used to wonder why so few Americans vote. I have to say, I have a idea now.

Lion in Winter

Oct 26th 2020 10:51 pm

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Originally Posted by retzie (Post 12926719)

While I agree that the judge voting is difficult - I find it hard to feel that I'm really in a position to assess their performance except in obvious cases of poor performance pointed out by the watchdog sources - I suspect that a more likely reason for not voting is chronic disempowerment, a feeling that it's "just politics" as opposed to something that will directly affect their lives.

civilservant

Oct 26th 2020 11:42 pm

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The whole concept of voting for judges is just so alien to me. If you're running for a political office, how can you possibly be impartial?

scrubbedexpat091

Oct 27th 2020 12:30 am

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Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12926807)

The whole concept of voting for judges is just so alien to me. If you're running for a political office, how can you possibly be impartial?

You can't really.

Same with District Attorneys and Sheriffs which are just politicians by a different name.

Harveyspecter

Oct 27th 2020 12:38 am

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I became a citizen in July so was able to vote for the first time last week!

I must admit I am concerned though. Things really seem to have gone backwards under this administration, some of which is potentially irreparable. The problem is that people say 'Vote!' but how does that fix things like the fudging the GOP have done with the SCOTUS recently?

Lion in Winter

Oct 27th 2020 1:30 am

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I must admit I am concerned though.

Understatement of the year!

Getting back from the last four years will be difficult. Another four of the same would be appalling and dangerous.

HDWill

Oct 27th 2020 3:37 am

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Originally Posted by Harveyspecter (Post 12926831)

Well if more people had 'Voted!' for Hillary in 2016, there would be a progressive majority or supermajority on the SCOTUS right now.

civilservant

Oct 27th 2020 3:41 am

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Originally Posted by HDWill (Post 12926894)

Well if more people had 'Voted!' for Hillary in 2016, there would be a progressive majority or supermajority on the SCOTUS right now.

Are you that naÃ¯ve? You think McConnell would have allowed that to happen?

The reality is there would be at least a single vacancy right now, probably 2, possibly even 3.

Harveyspecter

Oct 27th 2020 4:49 am

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Well I haven't read through the thread so was being cautious. I'm VERY concerned. I have a wife and daughter that could be hugely affected by the recent SCOTUS appointee etc and my concern is if, as in the past, when Democrats get in power they just sweep GOP messes under the rug under the pretense of 'moving forward'. The GOP don't care about the election because they now have a majority in the SCOTUS

scrubbedexpat099

Oct 27th 2020 4:55 am

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Many people last time voted Trump due to the threat to their Constitutional rights.

Anian

Oct 27th 2020 5:45 am

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Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12926927)

Many people last time voted Trump due to the threat to their Constitutional rights.

You mean the completed made-up threat with no basis in reality? It gets told at every election and some people are dumb enough to believe it no matter how many times it fails to come true.Remember when Obama took everyone's guns away?

scrubbedexpat099

Oct 27th 2020 6:04 am

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 12926940)

Look what has happened in California, look what many Progressives are standing on, are they lying?

TexanScot

Oct 27th 2020 6:52 am

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Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12926945)

Look what has happened in California