American Politics

[Sanity Check]

Why most people who now die with Covid in England have had a vaccination | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters

Don’t think of this as a bad sign, it’s exactly what’s expected from an effective but imperfect jab

www.theguardian.com

This is scary, if true.

 

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Why most people who now die with Covid in England have had a vaccination | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters

Don’t think of this as a bad sign, it’s exactly what’s expected from an effective but imperfect jab

www.theguardian.com

This is scary, if true.

why?

 

[kkck]

Any article can be scary if you only read a headline, take it out of context, and then proceed to not read the actual article.

 

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why?

I think more than 90% of the elderly were vaccinated in the UK.

With more than 70% of the entire UK population receiving the vaccine.

The numbers might not add up. As may become clearer as time passes.

 

[kkck]

Politics News | Breaking Political News, Video & Analysis-ABC News

ABC News is your trusted source on political news stories and videos. Get the latest coverage and analysis on everything from the Trump presidency, Senate, House and Supreme Court.

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Welp, there's biden's approval rating. it's still pretty much trump's approval but flipped... Though there is a steady downward trend. I suppose it makes sense since he can't get anything to pass the senate.

 

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People trying to think for themselves.

Approve / disapprove?

 

[M3J]

Saw her bio and timeline and yep, she's definitely an idiot.

 

[hokageji]

aaah, she's contesting against AOC.... unless its a UFC match, we know what the result is gonna be.

 

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aaah, she's contesting against AOC.... unless its a UFC match, we know what the result is gonna be.

Only 10 people in AOC’s district donate to her * WorldNetDaily * by Around the Web

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www.wnd.com

Ocasio-Cortez’s reelection campaign has reported receiving contributions from just 10 individuals living within her district in the first half of 2019, according to its Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

 

[xi0]

Only 10 people in AOC’s district donate to her * WorldNetDaily * by Around the Web

... Read more

www.wnd.com

Ocasio-Cortez’s reelection campaign has reported receiving contributions from just 10 individuals living within her district in the first half of 2019, according to its Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

What's your point? She won her first term with something like 80% of the vote against a moderate Republican. The GOP going full-blown MAGA is somehow a better strategy?

 

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What's your point? She won her first term with something like 80% of the vote against a moderate Republican. The GOP going full-blown MAGA is somehow a better strategy?

What would you think if less than 10 residents in the state of florida donated to Trump's campaign?

New York is considered a strong democrat state. How is it possible for AOC to have so little support there.

Maybe this isn't a relevant point to some.

But it is to me.

 

[kkck]

OpenSecrets

www.opensecrets.org

Welp, there's the information regarding AOC's campaign contributions. It doesn't specify her district but it says almost 80% of her campaign contributions were small individual contributions.

 

[xi0]

What would you think if less than 10 residents in the state of florida donated to Trump's campaign?

New York is considered a strong democrat state. How is it possible for AOC to have so little support there.

Maybe this isn't a relevant point to some.

But it is to me.

He's not running in Florida for congress though? Why would it be relevant?

She beat her opponent with 78% of the vote in 2018, and 71% of the vote in 2020. In what universe does she have "so little support"? Her district seems to support her pretty well, regardless of whether they had donated to her campaign in 2019 or not.

Why is it relevant to you? What even is the point? This is my second time asking and I'm still not sure.

 

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He's not running in Florida for congress though? Why would it be relevant?

She beat her opponent with 78% of the vote in 2018, and 71% of the vote in 2020. In what universe does she have "so little support"? Her district seems to support her pretty well, regardless of whether they had donated to her campaign in 2019 or not.

Why is it relevant to you? What even is the point? This is my second time asking and I'm still not sure.

If her largest support base is not her native district (going by donations).

Perhaps her largest voting bloc is comprised of illegal immigrants?

That could be one explanation for the majority of her donors being "small" while not having a residence in her district. It may also explain pandering to illegals in the form of offering them free healthcare and free unemployment benefits by democrats.

(Deceased voters representing a significant proportion of her voting volume is another possibility.)

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I just find it funny to question how much legitimate and real support democrats have. On the off chance they happen to be a splinter minority.

Everything sucks at the moment. Can't do much about it. Except laugh.

 

[xi0]

If her largest support base is not her native district (going by donations).

Perhaps her largest voting bloc is comprised of illegal immigrants?

That could be one explanation for the majority of her donors being "small" while not having a residence in her district. It may also explain pandering to illegals in the form of offering them free healthcare and free unemployment benefits by democrats.

(Deceased voters representing a significant proportion of her voting volume is another possibility.)

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I just find it funny to question how much legitimate and real support democrats have. On the off chance they happen to be a splinter minority.

Everything sucks at the moment. Can't do much about it. Except laugh.

We can probably go through many members of congress and find the same type of shit. But even then, the numbers were cherrypicked from August 2019, an entire year and half before the election. She was a popular incumbent, how much support did she really need in the primary? Why doesn't it mention how many total donors she had then?

What is more likely, that the very blue 14th district likes AOC for whatever reason they have, or illegals and deceased voters are giving her 70+% victories two elections in a row?

 

[M3J]

"Illegal immigrants." Yet no one ever mentions anything about colonizers and how they committed genocide to create USA.

 

[kkck]

There is a case to be made that receiving funding from outside your district for representative's races is corruption. Though there is no specific reason to single out AOC in this as this is pretty standard across political parties...

In-District vs. Out-of-District

Some candidates raise much of their money from the districts they hope to represent whether they are incumbent lawmakers or not. Those candidates most likely to cast a wider geographic net tend to have national profiles as members of their party's leadership, chairs of important committees, etc.

www.opensecrets.org

 

[xi0]

If you sort by the top donations, 6 of the top 10 are Republican, 4 are Democrat, and all of them have over 90% of their donations coming from outside of their districts. But yes, conservatives should just keep giving AOC all of the attention she obviously craves.

 

[kkck]

If you sort by the top donations, 6 of the top 10 are Republican, 4 are Democrat, and all of them have over 90% of their donations coming from outside of their districts. But yes, conservatives should just keep giving AOC all of the attention she obviously craves.

Yep, though that is not too uneven either. It all plays into how the US election system is rotten to it's core. From how elections are funded at all levels to the electoral college which people have been brainwashed into believing is a democratic institution. Of course, singling out AOC here is at best rhetorical marble gargling...

 

[M3J]

Conservatives will attack the opposing political party, often ironically, all the time. It's not for anyone but their supporters and anyone that could be swayed easily to support them. FOr example, Trump talked about draining the swamp and how corrupt Dems are, but he filled it up with even more muck and was just as corrupt, if not more, but his supporters believed him and still do.