No offense… but what exactly do you expect from this site? I could have a made something that performs the same with with a blank page and Harris.jpeg
Does HN skew democratic? Maybe so. Still interesting to see the breakdown.
Show HN: Who Should Be the President?
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#12RFK is still on the ballot in more than half of the states. He should be added to your site. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-map-on-the-ballot-states...
I mean, he is makings ads telling people to not vote for him, and instead to vote for Trump. If you cared enough to vote for him, I would think you would believe what he is telling you there.
It’s a bit nuanced to put into a 30 second ad, but he requested his supporters to vote for Trump in battleground states and to vote for him in races that aren’t close (e.g. California).
Given his overall goal of not letting the Democrats win, this is a reasonable position for him to take. It is also reasonable for his supporters to vote for him, both to show their dissatisfaction with the other choices, but also because it sounds good for a future race if he were able to say e.g. “8% of people voted for me even though I dropped out”.
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#13Fastly is an interesting choice.
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#14RFK is still on the ballot in more than half of the states. He should be added to your site. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-map-on-the-ballot-states...
He dropped out while I was developing this, so I removed him. But I could re-add him if it makes sense.
I’m not sure what the criteria are for “making sense”, but he’ll probably get more votes than some of the other third party candidates, despite suspending his campaign. Makes sense to me.
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#15No offense… but what exactly do you expect from this site? I could have a made something that performs the same with with a blank page and Harris.jpeg
Does HN skew democratic? Maybe so. Still interesting to see the breakdown.
"Does the Pope poop in the woods?"
Wait... I think I mixed something up with rejoinder..
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#16Bernie Sanders!!!
Assuming the desired outcome is actual democracy...
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#17From the nation’s capital: “You are outside of the United States and cannot participate. However, you can still watch the results!”
We know we don’t have representation, you don’t need to rub it in ;-)
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#18From the nation’s capital: “You are outside of the United States and cannot participate. However, you can still watch the results!” We know we don’t have representation, you don’t need to rub it in ;-)
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#19Bernie Sanders!!! Assuming the desired outcome is actual democracy...
What happened to the idea that politics is off-limits on this site? Fine by me and it is quite hard to avoid the subject as it stands, at least in this here election year.
Sanders is a socialist who strives for a socialist society, not a liberal democracy. A quick stroll through history shows that where socialism takes hold democracy tends to suffer because those who oppose socialism are seen as "enemies of the people" or "enemies of the state" who should not be allowed to speak.
Having said that it is true that Sanders should have been the candidate for the "democratic" party in 2016 seeing how as he got the most votes but the '"democratic" national convention' had other ideas and shoved him aside in favour of Hillary 'we came, we saw, he died' Clinton just like they shoved aside their single permitted candidate in 2024 to replace him with someone who never got elected to any position. Just like Trump took a wrecking ball to the Republican party it would be good for the "democratic" party if someone came in to do the same to them so that something new could rise from the rubble which hopefully aligns closer to the party's name. Until such a time I consider it improper to omit the quotes around the name, "democratic" party.
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#20No offense… but what exactly do you expect from this site? I could have a made something that performs the same with with a blank page and Harris.jpeg
Does HN skew democratic? Maybe so. Still interesting to see the breakdown.
Was that a serious question? If so, a quick perusal of the archives will show you where the flag hangs. Just look for all the greyed-out posts and you'll know where the Overton window is to be found.