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Where the votes were in Boston

By adamg on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 3:33pm

Chris Lovett analyzes the presidential results across Boston wards - Democrats still won overall, but their numbers were down across the board.

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2024 elections


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Comments

By StillFromDorchester on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 3:41pm.

The people should choose their candidate, not party leaders.
They chose someone they thought could be controlled, and ended up losing.

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By Anon on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 3:51pm.

Actually we (democrats chose and presidential candidate and a VP candidate to serve if the president isn’t able to. When Biden dropped out, the VP moved up. We voted for her (maybe you voted another party in which case it’s not your say). It would have been better if Biden never ran for reelection and let us choose a president apart from him, but to say “the party” chose her is disingenuous.

By StillFromDorchester on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 4:54pm.

Is next in line if the president is unable to serve, not if he is unable to run, that isn't the system,
I think she was chosen by her party not her parties voters

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 7:35pm.

The party ALWAYS picks the nominee. They just indulge us with a primary.

A primary where they differentially fund the contenders.

You seem to be under the false impression that political parties are democratic institutions, rather than private political corporations.

By BostonDog on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 5:43pm.

Harris is next in line for the Presidency should Biden become incapacitated or dies.

That has nothing to do with a party's nominee to stand for an election. The electors within the Democratic party nominated her after Biden had won the primary and decided to drop out.

Harris and the Democrats told the country that democracy was on the line yet bypassed democracy in nominating Harris without holding anything resembling an election or a campaign. That hypocrisy might have been the reason she lost. It's really aggravating.

By Brent Jeffries on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 4:43pm.

…to a candidate who is most definitely controlled by a certain dictator.

By CopleyScott17 on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 4:30pm.

And that was just important for bumper stickers and bragging rights.

The Electoral College is voter suppression for the 43 states that don't matter.

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By mplo on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 6:07pm.

The Electoral College has caused too many problems, and should be eliminated. The fact that the Electoral College still exists and is in place and in use has a great deal to do with the fact that we've (Democrats) had so many POTUS elections that were stolen from us, and why Donald Trump got in, to begin with.