All of them I hope!
Seriously, I meant the one in New York.
I think there were a lot of people who were pro-choice and voted Republican because they figured Roe v. Wade meant it was pretty much a done deal. i.e. They just didn’t think it’d ever be overturned, so who cared what the pro-life wingnuts shouted about?
Okay, in the Americas, geographic smart aleck.
The NY Times is desperate to be seen as centrist. When the economic news is good, it’s “Inflation is down and employment is up, but there are still troubles for Biden.” When it’s bad, it’s “In bad news for Biden, inflation is up and employment is down.”
You should follow the NY Times Pitchbot on Twitter – very eye opening.
There’s nothing “centrist” about that right-leaning slant.
I’ve said it before, the New York Times has been putting out a lot of garbage. They are not what they used to be. I’d say the same for the Washington Post.
I’m actually getting really irritated with even the media that I’m used to watching. Even when they give President Biden credit for the good he’s doing, they have to remind everyone that he’s old and his poll numbers are just awful. Dude can’t get a break.
I’m really sick of it.
And his poll numbers suck because they keep reminding everyone how old and feeble he is rather than playing up his wins. It’s a vicious cycle.
Yup. And, the funny thing is, he’s just a few years older than Trump, and less feeble. Trump makes gaffes all the time, but Biden’s are played up way more, even in the NY Times.
I suppose this is off-topic for this thread. My takeaway is that the Democrats are on a pretty good winning streak for a couple of reasons – abortion, Trump, and Republican identity politics are wearing thin.
My perspective is farther from yours than I realized.
Any lurker should be aware that these quotations did not actually appear in the New York Times.
Yes, but as I would say about Bari-Weiss-mirror-image* New York Times bashing, there is a legitimate, not-made-up other side, in this case having to do with low turnout becoming the Democratic Party’s friend. See:
Democrats did great, but this is not the 2024 electorate
It’s not bothsidesism when there really are two, or more, sides. As in analysis of the Tuesday election results.
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* Bari Weiss is a center-right to conservative former New York Times staffer who also claims the Times is unfair to people with her politics.
It’s undeniable that the electorate in off-year elections is smaller than, and different from, the main event coming up in Nov 2024.
One argument, as you say, is the more educated folks vote in off-season elections. A different argument is it’s the politically involved who vote in offseason. If there’s one thing Fox, Hannity, et al, and finally trumpism has done, it’s engage a new and different bunch of people to become politically involved. Lotta far right frothers think and talk about politics a lot more than the “educated left-leaning voter” from your cite.
It could, if the push to ignore the amendment succeeds or prominently drags out. It’s one thing if you feel disheartened that your own party did not do all it could to further your goals. It’s quite another thing to have something directly taken away from you so brazenly in direct contradiction to the democratic vote.
And it is unlike the similar, and thus far successful, attempt to quash the restoration of felons voting rights in Florida which also passed by amendment but was poison-pilled with added monetary penalties by the GOP. Because if you’re successful in thwarting the democratic vote, then you’ll have people pissed off at you but will simultaneously be reducing the number of people able to vote.
Whereas if you only effectively disenfranchise people on one issue, you’ve made them angry but have not prevented them from voting.
Thanks for this info — I’d missed it. Historic indeed.
Yes. Fifteen or twenty years ago, we complained that American voter turnout was so low.
Much as I despise any vote for Trump, I think it’s good that voter turnout has gotten much higher in recent years (though young’uns still tend to disappoint).
In the NY Times today, there’s an opinion piece from Ezra Klein asking if Democrats are just whistling past the graveyard. Ezra Klein is a NY Times opinion writer, and that was his takeaway. (I don’t know what the answer is, but that’s the literal headline).
And, in the Paul Krugman blog piece today, he writes:
And it’s a running joke among economists I talk to that even mainstream news organizations apparently find it hard to say nice things about the Biden economy. When, say, a new employment report comes in, the headlines don’t usually say things like “Job growth comes in above expectations”; they’re more likely along the lines of, “Rapid job growth may slow soon, experts say, posing problems for Biden.”
So, it’s not just my impression.
538 said it was three things-
Comey memo
Relentless lies and negative campaigning vs Clinton (including by the Bernie-bros)
And poor Electoral strategy.
That last may ties into Democratic overconfidence .
Right. We need to include LGTBQ rights in the platform, but it is not a hill to die on like abortion rights.
It is a good example, but take a look at the gibberish of your quote…