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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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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.

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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.

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By StillFromDorchester on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 10:15pm.

Being selected by electors within the party while bypassing the voters at large is what happened.
I'm not confused.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 3:01am.

There is no requirement to follow that process.

Political parties aren't regulated like that.

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By StillFromDorchester on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 8:18am.

That my opinion is the party shouldn't choose the candidate, the people should.

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By cinnamngrl on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 9:03am.

The party shouldn't choose the party's candidate?

You know the democratic party has meetings where they vote on rules and procedures, right?

By StillFromDorchester on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 12:18pm.

They chose the VP to be the nominee without input from voters (a primary)

By cinnamngrl on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 1:06pm.

They followed the rules. If you want the rules to be different then you need to attend the local, regional, state and national meetings.

By StillFromDorchester on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 1:48pm.

To be on the ballot, voters should. Why is that difficult for some to understand, You are the second person telling me they have rules and followed them.

Should they skip Primaries going forward and let the DNC pick who we get to vote for?

By cinnamngrl on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 6:12am.

Perhaps you should read the rules.

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.

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By Waquiot on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 8:50pm.

Kamala Harris’ names was not on the ballot during primary season. Technically, Biden could have stayed in the race and dropped her from the ticket, with the approval of his pledged delegates in Chicago.

I voted from Dean Phillips in March, who was running against Biden and Marianne Williamson at the point. Harris wasn’t on the ballot. At the end of the day, the party, not the voters, put Harris at the top of the ticket. Saying otherwise is proffering alternative facts.

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

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

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By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 3:03am.

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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.

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By MC Slim JB on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 8:35pm.

as big a problem. Even without the EC, Trump would likely still be President-elect.

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By cinnamngrl on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 11:14am.

The fact that he won the popular vote for once does not mean that the electoral college is ok.

By MC Slim JB on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 1:52pm.

(and laughed at) posited the EC as DEI for mediocre white men.

By cinnamngrl on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 4:32pm.

If Gore had become president, I am not sure trump would be elected.

By lbb on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 9:49am.

The Electoral College has caused too many problems, and should be eliminated

It's working for somebody. Which is why it will never be eliminated.

"Of the acres, by the acres and for the acres..."

By dvg on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 10:48pm.

Here is one bit of free advice for the Democratic party:

If you'd like more votes, next time you update your official website (and party agenda), under the “Who We Serve” tab, don’t forget to include white guys who are not retired, gay, disabled or unionized. If I am to take a wild guess, that's probably over 15% of the country's population, or 40 to 50 million eligible voters.

https://democrats.org/who-we-are/who-we-serve/

And I didn't vote for Trump nor do I subscribe to the great replacement theory.

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By StillFromDorchester on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 11:22pm.

Under who we serve, it should just say " All Americans"

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By lbb on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 9:53am.

"identity politics" is just a right-wing dogwhistle to get guys like you riled up, and getting rid of "identity politics" means discarding anyone who's not straight, white and Christian.

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By StillFromDorchester on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 10:27am.

And I'm mixed race and an Atheist.
Any more assumptions?

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By lbb on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 9:01am.

...did I get anything else wrong?

Keep blowing that dogwhistle, it keeps you from more harmful activities.

By StillFromDorchester on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 10:00am.

Seeing a list like this and not realizing it's identity politics

African Americans
Americans with Disabilities
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Democrats Abroad
Ethnic Americans
Latinos
Faith Community
LGBTQ+ Community
Native Americans
Rural Americans
Seniors and Retirees
Small Business Community
Union Members and Families
Veterans and Military Families
Women
Young People and Students

"We have to knock it off with identity politics "
James Carville

Also accusing me of possibly doing something harmful if i'm not commenting on here is more childish than offensive so I won't be responding to any comments from you again, on this or any other post.

By robo on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 11:20am.

For someone that’s a frequent poster like yourself, how do you keep screwing this one up?! I told you last time no one wants to see your ass, but you keep showing it.

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By lbb on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 9:01am.

For someone who's a frequent againsty like yourself, how do you keep screwing this one up?! I told you last time you need to change your algorithm, but you keep being the same old bot.

By robo on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 3:20pm.

You can always date a poster based on their incorrect use of ‘troll’ or ‘bot’. Case in point.