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'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres

http://www.ft.com/content/8252d574-ae2a-4403-9cf9-031295ba67f5

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564397

#HackerNews #Pennsylvania #Voters #DataCenters #Community #Activism

'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres

http://www.ft.com/content/8252d574-ae2a-4403-9cf9-031295ba67f5

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564397

#HackerNews #Pennsylvania #Voters #DataCenters #Community #Activism

'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres

http://www.ft.com/content/8252d574-ae2a-4403-9cf9-031295ba67f5

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564397

#HackerNews #Pennsylvania #Voters #DataCenters #Community #Activism

'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres

http://www.ft.com/content/8252d574-ae2a-4403-9cf9-031295ba67f5

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564397

#HackerNews #Pennsylvania #Voters #DataCenters #Community #Activism

'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres

http://www.ft.com/content/8252d574-ae2a-4403-9cf9-031295ba67f5

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564397

#HackerNews #Pennsylvania #Voters #DataCenters #Community #Activism

@memeorandum The #NYPost is a #RightWing rag. They must be afraid of #Talarico by now. What the NYPost fails to grasp is that a LOT of #voters have #woken up to the fact that Toxic Capitalism, wielded by Billionaire & Trillionaire TechBros really IS the problem, & are likely to vote for someone with the nutsack to say so out loud. Not the flex ya thought NYPost.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/germany-afd-democracy-country-citizenship-far-right. "On 6 September, #voters in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt are expected to give [the] #AfD a resounding victory. If the arithmetic falls in a certain way, a #German far-right Party could assume power for the first time since the #Nazis. It is possible the AfD could just fall short. That would depend on whether enough centrist Parties make it over the 5% hurdle to enter the #legislature."

#Trump #DonaldTrump #America #USA #Presidents #President #Maga #Music #Republican #Republicans #Democrats #UnitedStates #USPol #Midterms #Video #Midterms2026 #Bush #Obama #BarackObama #Clinton #GeorgeBush #BillClinton #Biden #Voters #JoeBiden #Song #Politics #Vote #Funny #AI #Viral #memes #Democrat #Youtube #meme Remember remember the 3rd of November. The midterms are coming, and people need to send Trump a clear message. Here’s a little reminder what you need to do…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uu9eiCdtPvw?ra=m

#Primaries #Voters beware of #CorporateDemocrats re-branding themselves to catch the #Progressive wave
➡️ Check their records ⬅️
➡️ Check their FUNDING ⬅️

https://www.levernews.com/the-corporate-dem-asking-super-pacs-to-call-him-a-progressive/

No national emergency, no seized ballots, no troops at the polls. But the maps are redrawn, the federal election watchdog is gutted, mail-in voting throttled, and "the creation of a climate of fear is a goal in and of itself." The doomsday isn't the seizure of the vote. It's the seizure of the will to vote—so November never comes.

https://archive.is/OuHRM

#Midterms2026 #2A #StatePower #USpolitics #Trump #SusanKlopferTruth #USpoli #USA #Trump #maga #elections #voters #cisa #greenday #nimrod

@dangillmor
@GregPalast has been working this beat since early 2000's & has something to help #voters get past #GOP #VoterSuppression tactics

Check out his website:
https://www.saveyourvote.org/
Please boost for reach

Hoover Institution: Hoover Institution Launches California Decides. “The Hoover Institution today announced the launch of California Decides, a new civic education initiative designed to give Californians clear, accessible, and evidence-based information about how their state works, the policy challenges it faces, and the choices voters will make at the ballot box. Launching ahead of the […]

6% of #Texas #voters >1.2M people have had their voter registrations suspended, many might not even know. Why - voter’s county doesn’t know their address or thinks they’ve moved. Doesn’t stop people from voting in Nov #midterm #elections, but makes it much more difficult. If voter shows up on #ElectionDay & registration is suspended they must fill out “statement of residence” form, if they’ve moved to new county they’ll either be reqd 2 vote in their old 1 or use provisional #ballot #elections

www.usatoday.com/story/news/s...
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Keep reposting please for democrats and independents to check their voter status asap. Has to be corrected asap to be eligible to vote!

#Texas #Voters #News #Political #Blues

More than 1.2 million Texas vo...

Denver Post: Info for confidential voters was made public in Colorado secretary of state web update, office confirms. “The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office made information for more than 130,000 confidential voters publicly accessible for over a week because of an error in updating a voter registration tool, agency officials said Thursday. Agency staff confirmed that 59 voter profiles for […]

@mikegalsworthy That would require that #Britain restores #free #movement of labour, which is opposed by the #LabourParty, the #Tories & #ReformUK. It's vital for our #economy, but far too many of our #politicians think the #majority of the #voters won't accept it. They're wrong!

StateScoop: Pennsylvania launches voter data dashboard. “Pennsylvania election officials on Monday launched a new data dashboard designed to make the state’s voter registration data easier for the public to access and track ahead of the November election.”

#TennesseeBrando

#Voters Are Fed Up with Trump

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gSx3cPvchsw

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260823-trump-says-canada-wants-benefits-of-being-a-state-as-trade-war-deepens. #Trump is an #enemy of #freedom, of #democracy, & of #humanrights. He's a would-be #dictator, & a #friend of #dictators. He is no friend of #democratic #countries - long-standing #allies of the #UnitedStates - like #Canada & #Denmark, that's for certain. He's also an #imperialist, who wants to seize territory - by force - that doesn't belong to him. And #American #voters put this guy in the #WhiteHouse?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/21/iran-military-lessons-tactics-strategy-trump/. "The immediate #blame for the #debacle in #Iran attaches to #Trump & his #incompetent #advisors [but] the ultimate blame must lie... with the #voters. It was the choice... of #American voters to return Trump, a man manifestly incompetent... incapable of absorbing unwelcome or contrary #information... to the #WhiteHouse."

Mamdani’s multilingual, meme-friendly style wins over young voters

Zohran Mamdani has built a notably different kind of political connection with New York’s diverse communities. His approach centers on delivering campaign outreach in multiple languages, including Mandarin, Bengali and Spanish. Rather than relying solely on En…

https://justpaste.in/news/mamdanis-multilingual-meme-friendly-style-wins-over-young-voters/

#LifeampStyle #mamdani #voters #style #languages

#Trump and #Republicans won by pretending to be #populists. Then they betrayed their #voters by being #elitists instead. #DemocraticSocialists actually are populists, and can appeal to the #MAGA base if they do it right.

When Democracy Needs a Qualification

https://satiregpt.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/when-democracy-needs-a-qualification/

#Trump #DonaldTrump #America #USA #American #War #Iran #0man #Politics #USPol #News #SkyNews #IranWar #President #Voters #UnitedStates He’s almost as crazy as the voters who thought he’d make a great leader…

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/17/public-in-england-and-wales-wrongly-think-most-killers-are-minority-ethnic. "YouGov’s survey of 1,800 people in #England & #Wales found that people thought 55% of convicted #killers were from an #ethnic #minority, when the real percentage is 35%. They also thought just 45% of #homicides were committed by #white people, when the real figure is 64%. #Reform #voters were furthest from the #truth, believing 70% of #killers were from ethnic minorities - 10% more than voters of any other party." So, #Racism isn't a problem? Like Hell it isn't!

DATE: August 15, 2026 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: Voters punish politicians more for infidelity if their spouse leaves them

URL: https://www.psypost.org/voters-punish-politicians-more-for-infidelity-if-their-spouse-leaves-them/

When a political candidate is caught in an infidelity scandal, voters judge the politician more harshly if their spouse decides to leave the marriage. A recent experiment also revealed that voters tend to punish politicians from their own political party more severely than those across the aisle. These results were published in the *Journal of Political Marketing*.

Political spouses frequently act as character witnesses for candidates, projecting an image of stability and family values to the public. When a scandal breaks, the spouse is often thrust into the spotlight. Their reaction can serve as a guide for how voters should interpret the controversy. In American politics, examples range from Hillary Clinton’s public defense of Bill Clinton in the 1990s to Melania Trump’s continued presence following allegations against Donald Trump.

The theoretical expectations surrounding spousal responses are split. On one hand, a supportive spouse might signal to the public that the marriage can survive, softening the blow of the scandal. This aligns with traditional gender expectations, sometimes termed benevolent sexism, where women are rewarded by society for remaining loyal in prescribed roles. On the other hand, if a spouse leaves, it could validate the public’s worst suspicions about the candidate’s character.

Political party values also complicate these expectations. Democratic candidates often emphasize social justice and gender equality, meaning an affair could be viewed as a hypocritical violation of those ideals. Republican candidates frequently campaign on traditional family values and moral behavior. An infidelity scandal could similarly damage a conservative politician’s credibility by contradicting their stated platform.

Jason Gainous, a mass communication researcher at the University of Sharjah, led a team of political scientists to examine these dynamics. They wanted to understand whether a wife’s decision to stay with or leave an unfaithful politician changes how voters evaluate him. The research team also sought to determine how a voter’s own political party affiliation influences their judgment of the candidate’s actions.

To test these reactions, the researchers designed an online survey experiment involving adult participants. They included quality control measures to ensure participants were paying attention, discarding automated bot responses and those who completed the survey too quickly or too slowly. This left a final sample of 1,401 individuals who were guided through a three-stage process simulating the unfolding of a political scandal.

First, each person read a fictional biography of a male candidate. The biographies detailed the candidate’s age, education, military service, and political experience. The profiles were identical, except half the participants were told the candidate was a Democrat, and the other half were told he was a Republican.

After reading the biography, participants rated their support for the candidate. They answered questions about how likely they were to vote for him, share his information on social media, donate to his campaign, attend a fundraiser, and trust him. These responses were combined into a general index of candidate support.

In the second stage, participants read a mock news article revealing that the candidate had engaged in an affair with a legislative assistant. The article noted that the politician initially lied to his constituents before admitting to the relationship and expressing regret. After reading this update, the participants evaluated the candidate again. As expected, support for the candidate dropped across the board after the scandal was revealed.

The final stage introduced the key experimental variable. Participants read a second news story detailing the spouse’s reaction to the affair. Half of the group read that the spouse decided to stay in the marriage and support the candidate. The other half read that the spouse chose to separate from the politician. Following this final update, participants rated the candidate a third time using the same set of questions.

The researchers tracked the shifts in support across these three stages to measure how much participants penalized the candidate. The data revealed that voters punished the candidate more severely when his wife chose to leave him. While a supportive spouse did not completely erase the reputational damage of the affair, a separating spouse amplified the negative evaluations. The wife’s departure appeared to confirm the severity of the candidate’s moral failing in the eyes of the voters.

The researchers also measured participants’ adherence to traditional gender roles to see if these beliefs influenced their reactions. Participants who held stronger traditional or sexist views regarding gender were harsher on the candidate in reaction to the spouse’s decision. However, when looking at the overall shift from the initial biography to the final spousal decision, these same individuals were slightly less likely to penalize the candidate overall compared to other voters.

The research team uncovered unexpected patterns regarding political party affiliation. They initially hypothesized that voters would be protective of candidates from their own party and harsher on opponents. Past research often suggests that voters will rationalize the bad behavior of a politician who shares their ideology to protect their party’s electoral success. The results of this experiment showed the exact opposite.

Participants were actually more likely to penalize a candidate who shared their own political affiliation. This penalty was especially pronounced when the spouse left the candidate. Strong Democrats were highly critical of the Democratic candidate in this scenario. Strong Republicans displayed a similar, though slightly less extreme, willingness to punish the Republican candidate when the marriage ended.

Overall, voters were slightly more likely to penalize the Democratic candidate than the Republican candidate for the affair. The researchers accounted for variables like respondent age, education, and income, ensuring that the effects they observed were primarily driven by the experimental changes and political affiliations.

The experiment provides a controlled look at voter behavior, but real-world political landscapes involve additional variables. The study focused exclusively on a heterosexual male politician, which reflects the most common demographic involved in historical political sex scandals. Public reactions might differ if the unfaithful politician were female or if the scandal involved a same-sex relationship.

The specific nature of the affair and the candidate’s apology could also alter public perception in real-world scenarios. The mock scenario combined infidelity with workplace power dynamics and public deception. Future research could isolate these elements to see how different forms of misconduct influence voter forgiveness. Evolving cultural norms around gender and marriage will likely continue to shift how the public interprets these personal controversies.

The study, “Political Evaluations and Spousal Responses to Candidate Infidelity: Should I Stay or Should I Go?,” was authored by Jason Gainous, Alyson Hendricks-Benton, Lauren Reuss, Taylor Sowders, Forest Clevenger, Samuel Stottman, Julia Mattingly, and Bella Beilman.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/voters-punish-politicians-more-for-infidelity-if-their-spouse-leaves-them/

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PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/democratic-schadenfreude-and-the-latino-vote

A graphical reminder... #Vote #Midterms #Primary #Election

And, for #Michigan #voters (and likely other states, too) who get #absentee #MailIn #Ballots - you are _not_ required to use the #USPO to mail your ballot back. You can easily hand-deliver these to #DropBoxes and avoid whatever #Gestapo 'watchers' they may send. It's not difficult and you have a wide time window to return them.

#JustVote and get the asshats tossed out of #government everywhere, at _every_ level.

#California #Voters, mail your ballots at least a week before the June 2 #election.

Do not listen to #VoterSuppression #disinfo that tells you to "wait and see." Time to wait is over, vote now or #USPS might not deliver your ballot in time to be counted.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-05/election-officials-appeared-skeptical-of-social-media-posts-urging-democrats-to-delay-casting-their-ballots

CBC: Judge orders Alberta separatist group to pull down online database of voter information. “A court injunction obtained by Elections Alberta on Thursday has forced an Alberta separatist group to shut down an online database built from an electoral list that contained personal information of millions of Albertans.”

@bbcnews

Greens didn't "seize" the vote.

Progressive British voters uplifted a progressive candidate, because voters REFUSE to be seized, taken for granted, and betrayed.

Britain wants an end to the Epstein Class just like everyone else.

#uk #Epstein #epsteinClass #progressive #dems #uplift #voters #ShowUp

The "mood of the #nation," in 1972, was so overwhelmingly #vengeful, #greedy, #bigoted, and blindly #reactionary that no presidential candidate who even faintly reminded "typical #voters" of the #fear & #anxiety they'd felt during the constant "social upheavals" of the 1960s had any chance at all of beating #Nixon last year--not even #TedKennedy...

Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

#quote #quotes #1970s

This article has some great charts & graphs, showing the breakdown in early voters.
TODAY by NOON, checkins (including early votes) has BLOWN AWAY recent mayoral races, 1.2M votes total!
We will likely see totals which will compare w/ the record-breaking races of 1965, '69: 2.6M, 2.46M votes (81%!).
Early voters younger than 44 were a huge surprise this time...
#NYC #mayor #election #ZohranMamdani #early #votes #total #electorate #motivated #young #voters #MamdaniMandate
https://www.amny.com/news/early-voting-turnout-record-nyc-mayor-2025/

The #RockbridgeNetwork has assembled a database with deep profiles of potential #voters through nonpolitical memberships, including outdoors groups & churches, acc/to a person directly familiar with the organization.

#ChrisBuskirk’s ties to #Trump’s orbit go beyond Rockbridge. #1789Capital, the #VC firm he co-founded with investor #OmeedMalik, focuses on what the partners call “patriotic capitalism” & now counts Donald Trump Jr. as a partner.

#law #democracy #technocracy #aristocracy #USpol

"Just briefly in our #political #economy today, two new #surveys show both #voters and #business leaders are now blaming the current #National-led #Government, rather than the previous #Labour Government, for an ongoing #economic #slump that worsened again in August."

Details in the latest free #newsletter from Bernard #Hickey [email protected]

#trump continues to shatter #democracy in #America today he posted https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/32604 End to #MailInBallots & #VotingMachines. There will be immediate appeals #SupremeCourt. #Trump announced he will issue #executiveorder 2 #eliminate #MailInBallots & #voting machines ahead of 2026 midterm #elections arguing they R vulnerable 2 #fraud. Dems warn this would disenfranchise #voters & #legal experts stress that states, not president, have authority over election administration #maga #elections

Tell the US Senate to stop voter suppression and vote NO on the SAVE Act! 202-224-3121

The SAVE Act would limit access to the polls by enacting the most restrictive voter ID requirement this country has ever seen.

#VotingRights #StopTheSaveAct #democracy #voters #StopVoterSuppression

Tell Congress to stop voter suppression and vote NO on the SAVE Act! Find a gathering at {link here} or by visiting our bio!

The SAVE Act would limit access to the polls by enacting the most restrictive voter ID requirement this country has ever seen.

#votingrights #stopthesaveact #democracy #voters #stopvotersuppression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWb5NW01DQ

#TheRationalNational

#AdolphMusk Caught Gifting Himslef More #TaxpayerMoney Whilst Screwing #Voters

#USAFascistShitShow #FailUpScumbags #BillionairesSUCK #CapitalismandGovernment

Slight sales #taxhike around Crystal Lake Illinois was meant to help fund programs for #mentalhealth services but brought ‘greater crisis,’ a local board leader claims. While the town's sales tax is still 3% lower than some #Illinois towns, and raising #salestax ended an unpopular #propertytax levy, the apparently complicated math predictions stumped county officials who now see shortfalls in funding lower than predicted tax tallies sold to #voters.

https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/01/03/mchenry-county-sales-tax-hike-was-meant-to-fund-mental-health-it-brought-greater-crisis-board-leader-said/

An #ElectionDenial Group Has Spent Months Compiling ‘Suspicious Voter’ Lists in #NorthCarolina

Emails obtained by WIRED show that technology from a company called #EagleAI Network is helping election deniers target their neighbors.
#election2024 #election #ElectionDeniers #ai #voters

https://www.wired.com/story/eagleai-network-suspicious-voter-lists-north-carolina/

#OHIO #NEWS -

What would Ohio #Issue1 do?

Ohio's #USSenate #candidates make final push to #voters ahead of #election in highly contested race

Court denies request to force count of #votes for #GreenParty’s #JillStein in Ohio

#FactCheck: NO #Evidence #Trump's Name Misprinted On #HamiltonCounty, Ohio, #Ballots

Ohio sues for access to #HomelandSecurity #citizenship databases

What to expect in Ohio on #ElectionDay

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/ohio-rights-and-reports-0a0eth61y

Back in the #crosshairs of #GOP #hatemongering, many #migrants plan to #vote #defensively.

While #Democrats have broken countless #promises to #migrants, #Trump’s #extreme #antiimmigrant #politics presents an even graver #threat to #immigrant #voters.

https://therealnews.com/migrants-plan-to-vote-defensively-in-election

A #Trump #Rally #Speaker #Trashed #PuertoRicans. #Democratic #PresidentialNominee #KamalaHarris Reached Out to Them.

Her #campaign moved swiftly to #highlight that even as a #speaker at Trump’s rally in #NewYork made #offensive #remarks about #PuertoRico and #Latinos, she was visiting #PuertoRican #voters in #Philadelphia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/politics/kamala-harris-philadelphia-voters.html

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump’s #Racist #NYC #Rally Was #Vile. It Was Also #PoliticalSuicide

The #MadisonSquareGarden #rally, operatic in its #repulsive #bigotry, will almost certainly #alienate more #voters who might have #voted for #Trump.

— If you #vote for Trump you are a #racist and #Nazi. #Period, #EndoftheDiscussion.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-racist-nyc-rally-was-vile-it-was-also-political-suicide/

#Voters view #VicePresident #KamalaHarris more #favorably as she settles into #role atop #Democratic #ticket: #APNORC #poll

“Everyone talks about how #polarized we are. I don’t see the #election solving that”

https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-trump-harris-favorability-rating-3f0a52c889027df9b46f2d9407190217

The #Missouri #Candidate Who Told #Voters Not to Be “#Weak and #Gay” #Lost By an Embarrassing Margin

The #Hatemongering #secretaryofstate #candidate placed a distant #sixth in the state’s #GOP #primary.

https://www.them.us/story/valentina-gomez-missouri-secretary-of-state-weak-and-gay-huge-loss

What #Katie #Britt’s misleading, melodramatic speech revealed about the Republican Party

The question for the #evangelical #voters who make up much of the Republican base is
-- how much more politics can #outweigh #morals in the name of whatever conservatism even means anymore?

Politico reported Monday that an evangelical group is 🔸spending north of $60 million🔸 to get a twice-impeached, repeatedly indicted former president back in the White House,
so perhaps that is our answer.

The whole “moral majority” movement in conservative politics always involved #theatrics and #cosplay.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took it to a new level by deploying Hunter Biden’s sexting photos during a House committee hearing.

And now the future of the Republican Party is sitting in a kitchen purporting to speak honestly with voters of faith while telling a lurid lie for political purposes.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-11/katie-britt-state-of-the-union-rebuttal-border-mexico-lie