MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to Pleasant Politics@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoTrump rally shooter Thomas Crooks was registered as a Republicaneu.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down18
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkTrump rally shooter Thomas Crooks was registered as a Republicaneu.usatoday.comMrMakabar@slrpnk.net to Pleasant Politics@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down10·1 year agoBullshit. That county has 2x as many registered Democrats as Republicans.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 year agoBethel Park is in House District 40, which is a +30 R district. They have voted R for congress ever since 1969, the first election listed.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause the county includes Pittsburgh. Bethel Park is a bumfuck suburb in the land of churches and meth affectionately known as Pennsyltucky.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoOk. 60% still isn’t ‘everybody’.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoFair enough. What I should have said was “Frequently, voters register in the dominant party to vote in the primary for the party that is presumed to win.” Everybody is an exaggeration.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThank you. I don’t like the hand waving that they are using to somehow blame this on their ‘enemies’ and that kind of exaggeration feeds into it.
Bullshit. That county has 2x as many registered Democrats as Republicans.
Bethel Park is in House District 40, which is a +30 R district. They have voted R for congress ever since 1969, the first election listed.
Because the county includes Pittsburgh. Bethel Park is a bumfuck suburb in the land of churches and meth affectionately known as Pennsyltucky.
Ok. 60% still isn’t ‘everybody’.
Fair enough. What I should have said was “Frequently, voters register in the dominant party to vote in the primary for the party that is presumed to win.” Everybody is an exaggeration.
Thank you. I don’t like the hand waving that they are using to somehow blame this on their ‘enemies’ and that kind of exaggeration feeds into it.