Voting Day in the United States

[ciao_yall]

Seems like this is an optimal political outcome for Biden:

Dems won't be able to pass anything that the electorate would see as too far out there, but Biden and Schumer can still stack the judiciary in a way that will make the base happy, while maybe passing some bipartisan legislation here and there. In the meantime, Rs in the house will constantly remind the electorate how crazy they are, taking brief breaks from that to fight with one other. And even if McCarthy is somehow able to keep his colleagues from acting on their own worst impulses (unlikely), Trump will be in full swing.

Biden really couldn't ask for a better set-up for the 2024 election (assuming he plans to run).

Yep, Rs will have the mirror image of the narrow majority Ds have had for the past 2 years, and it was only the remarkable caucus wrangling skills of Speaker Pelosi that made it possible to do anything with a narrow majority in a big tent. To put it mildly, McCarthy is no Pelosi, and a lot his members are running around naked outside the tent.

I wonder if we will be able to pass even more progressive legislation. Gen-Z is coming up and much more progressive.

And the "average American" might not like Socialism or Big Government or Union Special Interests, but they do like good wages, affordable food and fuel prices, affordable health care, Social Security, good schools for their kids and all that sort of stuff that comes with it.

[Wahoo Redux]

The overlooked reason the Latino vote is turning right

The overall arc of progress suggests that more Hispanics are going to be voting conservative in the future.

Political conservatism means just that — maintaining institutions and traditions — which helps explain why the wealthy vote more conservatively than the poor and the oppressed, who understandably long for change. There are certainly many Hispanic Americans who are poor and oppressed, but there's considerable evidence that many are doing better than ever.

[mamselle]

Recent analysts are suggesting the a more accurate phrase may be "Latino voters," since, as you observe, there is more apparent segmentation now, with no one "bloc" of votes to be called "The Latino vote," going forward (which was always a bit paternalistic anyway...).

M.