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Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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busymom0 wrote: post #199
Someone1234 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to this[0] New Jersey State Senate District 3 has an eligible population of around 176,344 (74.9% of total) in 2010. So roughly a 35.7% turnout (with a lot of assumptions and bad data). I wish turnout was higher just so candidates were more representative no matter who ultimately won. But realistically when a single person represents over 150K citizens, it is hard to call it very representative regardless.…

> eligible population of around 176,344 That's misleading. It's the 158,476 registered voters that matter. Also has a very large unaffiliated voter base of 57,808 (36.5%). > The district had 158,476 registered voters as of July 1, 2021, of whom 57,808 (36.5%) were registered as unaffiliated, 57,660 (36.4%) were registered as Democrats, 40,620 (25.6%) were registered as Republicans, and 2,388 (1.5%) were registered to…

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Post by op00to »

beervirus wrote: post #86
post_break wrote: post #77

I find this part hilarious "Durr said he entered the race after being denied a concealed carry permit despite having a clean record." So the state with one of the most strict gun laws burns someone, and now he's probably going to win. I wonder if he's going to start turning screws to get their permit issue laws changed. Did you know in NJ you can not posses hollow point bullets? You can go to jail. 18 months in priso…

New Jersey has some of the absolute worst gun laws in the country.

New Jersey has some of the best gun laws in the country.

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Post by adolph »

baldeagle wrote: post #13

Meanwhile in Texas, each State Senate District has 940,178 people. 70,000 people in a state senate district just seems more workable.

The Texas legislature also has a component with finer grained population, the Texas House.

The Texas House has 150 House Districts, based on the 2010 Census. Each House District has a population of around 167,637 people.

https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-p...

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Post by PKop »

generalk wrote: post #140
PKop wrote: post #46

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Blocking the faces of children in the prime of their life, where they need to develop social skills through interaction and facial expression, is madness. The covid risk for children is a rounding error. This is not prudent risk management; mind-boggling for someone from the tech industry who should be able to do a cursory look at statistics and dismiss this practice out of hand.

> Blocking the faces of children in the prime of their > life, where they need to develop social skills through > interaction and facial expression, is madness. [Citation needed.] I am unable to find a single reliable source that says mask wearing has any sociological or psychological effect on children or anyone else. Anecdotally, I haven't seen anything like that. Just typical kids. > The covid risk for children is…

You're only saying that you don't care about the detrimental effects of masking children or disrupting normal education processes, because adults will have some minor unspecified improvement on their rate of catching covid. Ok.

I disagree that it's worth harming kids development to attempt to avoid spreading a coronavirus that is becoming endemic, will always be around, and whose spread can't be stopped. Not worth it.

Ohio total covid deaths: 24,763

Ohio total 18 and under covid deaths: 12

Ohio total 18 and under population (2019): 2,578,019

If this isn't a rounding error, what is?

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Post by op00to »

It’s hilarious the GOP walked right into Murphy’s trap.

Murphy wanted Sweeney out, and this guy had the story and was in the right place at the right time to do it.

The best part is Duff or Fudd or whatever the guys name is going to get destroyed by the educated political elite of NJ’s legislature. It’s like a toddler playing sports with adults.

Next cycle that seat will have a D in it.

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Post by colinmhayes »

jimmygrapes wrote: post #299
colinmhayes wrote: post #133

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Democrats still control the senate in virginia so I'm not sure gun control is over. Biased because I live in Chicago, but it's legitimately impossible to stop gangs as long as it's possible to get a gun. As soon as someone is arrested there are 5 kids ready to take their place. The only solutions to gun violence here are end poverty or stop guns from out of state from entering the city.

I still cannot really fathom this logic. Why would you not want to address WHY guns are used?

I do. I'm working hard to end poverty. It takes a long time. Many people will die before the situations that cause gun violence are solved.

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Post by madengr »

tootie wrote: post #109
post_break wrote: post #77

I find this part hilarious "Durr said he entered the race after being denied a concealed carry permit despite having a clean record." So the state with one of the most strict gun laws burns someone, and now he's probably going to win. I wonder if he's going to start turning screws to get their permit issue laws changed. Did you know in NJ you can not posses hollow point bullets? You can go to jail. 18 months in priso…

It's so bonkers. America has the most unfettered gun ownership laws in the developed world by a mile and somehow it's still a political wedge that can outweigh healthcare, fair taxation, education.

That’s because it’s a fundamental right that the government is strictly prohibited from violating. The Bill of Rights says nothing about your other topics.

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Post by jterrys »

soperj wrote: post #132
jterrys wrote: post #114

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I'm not up to date on city politics, but I had a friend that used to live in Seattle for a while. She kind of hightailed it outta there once she found a remote job because of the homelessness/drug problem. Told me people protested the museum downtown for installing architecture that made setting up homeless tents hostile, and that the city's solution to the drug problem (induced by already decriminalizing hard drugs)…

You say that like the war on drugs is the solution? Do you think that any of these people don't use drugs because it's a crime? It's just making their life worse.

>You say that like the war on drugs is the solution?

I'm not saying that at all, that's you putting words in my mouth.

>Do you think that any of these people don't use drugs because it's a crime? It's just making their life worse.

Ultimately became an irrelevant point of view for my friend, who, fearing for her safety, moved away from Seattle.

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Post by op00to »

HWR_14 wrote: post #291
op00to wrote: post #264

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You got that from a campaign ad? Wow, you’re easily swayed.

He's probably getting it from the fact that yesterday the people in South Jersey voted out the 16 year incumbent who led the State Senate.

The 16 year incumbent who was at constant arms with the Governor who was just re-elected. It’s almost as if the dem party wanted to see Sweeney lose so he would get out of Murphy’s way…

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Post by TMWNN »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #108
wyager wrote: post #80

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This truck driver has a bit more credibility when signaling “down to earth” than GWB. People like down to earth politicians because it’s less likely they’re aspirational psychopaths who will sell out their selectorate.

> This truck driver has a bit more credibility when signaling “down to earth” than GWB. GWB won a national election for the presidency against a man a least twice as smart as he was. I'd say GWB had immense credibility at signalling his "I'm the guy you'd want to have a beer with" credentials. > It’s less likely they’re aspirational psychopaths Why is it less likely? "Down to earth" is just as likely to be an affecta…

>GWB won a national election for the presidency against a man a least twice as smart as he was.

And who would this twice-as-smart person be?

Is it Gore? No; Gore's grades at Harvard were comparable to that of Bush at Yale. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/03/19/g...>

Is it Kerry? No; Bush (Yale '68) had a slightly higher GPA than Kerry (Yale '66). https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/kerry-grades-nea...>

I ask again, who is this mystery person that George W. Bush defeated for the presidency despite the handicap of 50% less brains?

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