Bobo pulls one off.
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I gotta give you a hand, y’all did a great job with these.
Ok, as someone from Colorado, District 4 is super fucking rural... Think 23.3 people per square mile (District 1 is Denver, 4,678 people per square mile). These people are Trump people, and Boebert is a Trump bootlicker, this is not a surprise. She changed districts because she knew she couldn't win her old district.
Colorado has 8 districts, so this is the result of 1/8 of the population, and easily the most red. This is not a representation of Colorado, Colorado is firmly blue and most of us fucking hate her guts.
Weird i assumed it was some kinky voyeuristic part of the country that gets off on public sex acts
I don't understand how the system in the US works at all. It seems like a very small amount of people with a very specific background vote on people. So there's a ton of people getting elected all the time. But somehow the people who are elected make international news all the time? They seem very much not important and only represent a small part of the population.
Am I missing something? Why are these clowns like Bobo The Clown and Magic The Gathering getting so much attention? Who cares what some random idiots do, if they don't actually have that much power to begin with.
You're right! If the Republicans had firm control over the house, these shit heads wouldn't have the power they do. However, the current house has a razor thin margin, 213 Democrats and 222 Republicans, so losing 5 Republicans and they can't pass anything. This has given that small portion of ultra right wing reps (Boebert, MTG, Gaetz, etc.) a ton of power over the Republican Party.
The more I learn about American politics, the more I think it's the dumbest shit ever.
Extreme politicians having more leverage, in situations where the lead of the majoritiy party is very thin, is actually very common in most democracies.
The specific stupidity of the American democracy is the „winner takes it all“ rule which leads to a two party system.
You are correct.
The major problem is the way that rural populations are privileged in the ways they influence political outcomes. Of course, they get raw-dogged (economically) as a result of their stupid choices, but hey, they got to "own the libs" by inflicting assholes like beetlebert on the rest of us.
As a district 4 resident I'll add some more context (and reason why we need ranked choice voting nationally). The Republican primary was packed, with 6 total candidates. Boebert only got 43% of the vote, and the next closest was Sonnenberg at 13%. The non-MAGA conservatives spread their votes across all the other candidates. With ranked choice, it would be a much closer margin. I'm not saying she would have lost, but over 50% of voting repubs wanted someone else over Boebert.
The "good" news is Boebert is pooling poorly vs Dems in the district, which means we have a chance to flip district 4 blue in November.
This page has the election results https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/colorado-us-house-district-4-results
And heres the 538 page for CO district 4. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/house/2024/colorado/4/
That's because PUBLIC HANDJOBS are EXACTLY what Jesus Preached!
At least her cat fights with MTG are always a good reminder of how much of a cesspool the Republican Party really is.
Yeah, that's great for some sleazy talk/[un] reality show. Not so great in government offices.
I don't recall ever seeing Bobo and mtg both at the same time... pretty sure they're just one Nazi who occasionally dons a wig and glasses.
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That's embarrassing for Colorado
On the other hand, this is a clear minority of Colorado. The state has turned solid blue over the past decade. This largely rural district no longer represents Colorado as a state. Much like MTG's largely rural district in Georgia no longer represents Georgia as a state.
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Wasn’t even close
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/25/us/elections/results-colorado-us-house-4-primary.html
How are so many people so incredibly stupid lol
I'm sure your question was rhetorical, but for those listening from the back: Decades of intentionally under-funding public education, for a start.
And go back even further, exposure to lead fumes from leaded gas in cars made an entire generation incapable of complex logical thought.
True. I literally think of that most days when I see older folks irrationally freak out at the smallest inconvenience. Not that this happens to most old folks, it's just really remarkable when you do witness it. It's really sad that they can't control it, just too bad about the ones who gained power and used it to fuck everyone else over.
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They were registered as "Republican" for the primary, so they draw from the two-digit IQ crowd already.
Fox addiction.
What the fuck is wrong with America?
In a word: Conservativism.
[...] we can also trace a longer structural change in the imagination of the right: namely, the gradual acceptance of the entrance of the masses onto the political stage. From Hobbes to the slaveholders to the neoconservatives, the right has grown increasingly aware that any successful defense of the old regime must incorporate the lower orders in some capacity other than as underlings or starstruck fans. The masses must either be able to locate themselves symbolically in the ruling class or be provided with real opportunities to become faux aristocrats in the family, the factory, and the field. The former path makes for an upside-down populism, in which the lowest of the low see themselves projected in the highest of the high; the latter makes for a democratic feudalism, in which the husband or supervisor or white man plays the part of a lord.
-The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism From Edmund Burke to Donald Trump, by Corey Robin
People actually want that shit. God damn.
Name recognition is a hell of a thing. It explains why shitty incumbents consistently get re-elected. Also, voters are so fucking stupid.
Also, voters are so fucking stupid.
Especially if they already have a Republican mindset.
I'm trying really hard to keep the faith in my fellow Americans. This really makes it hard. 😩
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The district is extremely rural and Republican and the opposition to Boebert were unable to coalesce around any one candidate, thus splitting the slightly less crazy vote. Let's be clear here though, none of the other candidates were good picks either.
I'm so glad she got a happy ending.
Gross.
Did she promise a handy to everyone?
What the actual fuck ?
well fuck a duck
Don’t give her any ideas
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