Subj : Re: Punditry
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Sep 06 2022 17:54:00

>  MP> >  MP> I would 100% agree if the punditry did not start before the polls
>  MP> >  MP> closed across the country.  For years now, they barely wait for 6P
>  MP> >  MP> before they start.  The "new channel" era has done nothing but mak
>  MP> >  MP> worse.
>  MP> > The vast majority of people would have voted before 6pm on election nig
>  MP> > and those in line would probably not be watching TV anyway.
>  MP> 6pm in my state is 3pm on the West Coast, where there are still a lot of
>  MP> electoral votes at stake and at least 3 hours left to get in line to
>  MP> vote.

> In my state, the majority of votes were turned in well before election day,
> People voting on election day faced > 3hr. wait times.

2020 was abnormal, but my claim is they've been doing it "for years now,"
not just 2020 and since.  Most years before 2020, people were not off work
early enough to be in line at 3pm, and most areas outside of the Pacific NW
had in-person voting.

>  MP> In both cases, those politicians and corporations do indeed expect things
>  MP> in return.  Certainly you are not that naive.

> I don't think so.

Politicians expect things in return.  If we were talking "Republican
politicians" only, this discussion would not be so pointless because the
one of us that won't admit the obvious here would.


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