Nate Cohn: It Wasn't Turnout that Doomed Democrats
Posted By: Dreadnought, 12/3/2024 10:28:40 PM
Today, Nate Cohn has an analysis of polling data collected by the NY Times and Siena College. What it shows is exactly what this earlier Vox article also found. Democrats did not lose the 2024 election because of turnout. Put another way, they didn't lose because the progressive base was unenthusiastic and decided to stay home. They lost because swing voters turned away from them and toward Donald Trump. The low turnout among traditionally Democratic-leaning groups — especially nonwhite voters — was a reflection of lower support for Harris: Millions of Democrats soured on their party
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Trump nominates Paul Atkins as SEC chair
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President-elect Trump has nominated former Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Paul Atkins to replace outgoing chair Gary Gensler when he departs on Inauguration Day.
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Popcorn Time: Dems in Disarray As Real
Reason for Their Dismay Over Hunter Biden
Pardon Is Revealed 4 replies
Reason for Their Dismay Over Hunter Biden
Pardon Is Revealed 4 replies
Watching Democrats and press figures contort themselves into pretzels to either shamelessly justify or self-servingly distance themselves from Joe Biden giving his son, convicted felon Hunter Biden, a "full and unconditional" pardon in the last weeks of his presidency has been something else.
You've got the ones like Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) who tweeted "I respect President Biden, but I think he got this one wrong. This wasn’t a politically motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies, and was convicted by a jury of his peers."
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Trump considers replacing Pete Hegseth
with Ron DeSantis as Defense secretary
pick: report 45 replies
with Ron DeSantis as Defense secretary
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President-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth, his controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, with one-time 2024 rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, people familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday.
The move comes as Hegseth, a 44-year-old Army veteran and former Fox News personality, faces increasing scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement. The defense secretary post requires Senate confirmation and Hegseth faces an increasingly uphill battle to win over GOP members with concerns about his past.
Today, Nate Cohn has an analysis of polling data collected by the NY Times and Siena College. What it shows is exactly what this earlier Vox article also found. Democrats did not lose the 2024 election because of turnout. Put another way, they didn't lose because the progressive base was unenthusiastic and decided to stay home. They lost because swing voters turned away from them and toward Donald Trump.
The low turnout among traditionally Democratic-leaning groups — especially nonwhite voters — was a reflection of lower support for Harris: Millions of Democrats soured on their party
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Yoon delivered an address announcing his declaration of martial law to root out purported North Korean forces and sidestep legislative gridlock from political opposition that he likened to a dictatorship, the Korea Times reported.
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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski desperately tried to defend President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter — even accusing mainstream liberal media of being “hysterically imbalanced” in giving so much coverage to the commander-in-chief’s shocking about-face.
The lefty “Morning Joe” anchors slammed mainstream media for going into overkill in deriding Biden’s sudden reversal on his promise not to let his son walk free after the president announced a “full and unconditional” pardon for Hunter on Sunday, calling their criticisms “completely out of step with reality.”
“You know, the New York Times, like, the top six stories online today were all about the pardon,”
Commit a crime, get deported before doing the time.
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Adams said he soon plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump’s new “border czar” Tom Homan on the incoming administration’s plans to potentially deport accused migrant criminals.
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Trump considers replacing Pete Hegseth
with Ron DeSantis as Defense secretary
pick: report 45 replies
with Ron DeSantis as Defense secretary
pick: report 45 replies
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The move comes as Hegseth, a 44-year-old Army veteran and former Fox News personality, faces increasing scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement. The defense secretary post requires Senate confirmation and Hegseth faces an increasingly uphill battle to win over GOP members with concerns about his past.
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