By next week Wednesday we should know the results of the election; so we will spend Thursday discussing the significance of the final vote. Besides the presidency, we can discuss the Senate race and state referendums, such as recreational marijuana.
I will not have videos until after the election, so if you want something to chew on until our meeting, HERE is a link to the 538 forecast.
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Here are the videos that were shown at the meeting:
- Election summary by Democracy Now
- Election analysis by John Heilemann
- Understanding Hillary by Vox
I finally figured out that a red state is Republican (I was living out of the country when the colors started). After all, they both start with R. I thought purple meant it was a toss-up but today it seems to mean independent.
ReplyDeleteI feel good about my vote (thanks, Mike) but my strategy backfired - I wanted a balanced Congress even if it slows down change.
Interesting point. It could be that the Republicans won the Senate because people thought Trump was going to lose.
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