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Where the votes were in Boston

Chris Lovett analyzes the presidential results across Boston wards - Democrats still won overall, but their numbers were down across the board.

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The people should choose their candidate, not party leaders.
They chose someone they thought could be controlled, and ended up losing.

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Actually we (democrats chose and presidential candidate and a VP candidate to serve if the president isn’t able to. When Biden dropped out, the VP moved up. We voted for her (maybe you voted another party in which case it’s not your say). It would have been better if Biden never ran for reelection and let us choose a president apart from him, but to say “the party” chose her is disingenuous.

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Is next in line if the president is unable to serve, not if he is unable to run, that isn't the system,
I think she was chosen by her party not her parties voters

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The party ALWAYS picks the nominee. They just indulge us with a primary.

A primary where they differentially fund the contenders.

You seem to be under the false impression that political parties are democratic institutions, rather than private political corporations.

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Being selected by electors within the party while bypassing the voters at large is what happened.
I'm not confused.

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There is no requirement to follow that process.

Political parties aren't regulated like that.

That my opinion is the party shouldn't choose the candidate, the people should.

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Harris is next in line for the Presidency should Biden become incapacitated or dies.

That has nothing to do with a party's nominee to stand for an election. The electors within the Democratic party nominated her after Biden had won the primary and decided to drop out.

Harris and the Democrats told the country that democracy was on the line yet bypassed democracy in nominating Harris without holding anything resembling an election or a campaign. That hypocrisy might have been the reason she lost. It's really aggravating.

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Kamala Harris’ names was not on the ballot during primary season. Technically, Biden could have stayed in the race and dropped her from the ticket, with the approval of his pledged delegates in Chicago.

I voted from Dean Phillips in March, who was running against Biden and Marianne Williamson at the point. Harris wasn’t on the ballot. At the end of the day, the party, not the voters, put Harris at the top of the ticket. Saying otherwise is proffering alternative facts.

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…to a candidate who is most definitely controlled by a certain dictator.

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And that was just important for bumper stickers and bragging rights.

The Electoral College is voter suppression for the 43 states that don't matter.

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The Electoral College has caused too many problems, and should be eliminated. The fact that the Electoral College still exists and is in place and in use has a great deal to do with the fact that we've (Democrats) had so many POTUS elections that were stolen from us, and why Donald Trump got in, to begin with.

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as big a problem. Even without the EC, Trump would likely still be President-elect.

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The fact that he won the popular vote for once does not mean that the electoral college is ok.

(and laughed at) posited the EC as DEI for mediocre white men.

If Gore had become president, I am not sure trump would be elected.

The Electoral College has caused too many problems, and should be eliminated

It's working for somebody. Which is why it will never be eliminated.

"Of the acres, by the acres and for the acres..."

Here is one bit of free advice for the Democratic party:

If you'd like more votes, next time you update your official website (and party agenda), under the “Who We Serve” tab, don’t forget to include white guys who are not retired, gay, disabled or unionized. If I am to take a wild guess, that's probably over 15% of the country's population, or 40 to 50 million eligible voters.

https://democrats.org/who-we-are/who-we-serve/

And I didn't vote for Trump nor do I subscribe to the great replacement theory.

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Under who we serve, it should just say " All Americans"

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"identity politics" is just a right-wing dogwhistle to get guys like you riled up, and getting rid of "identity politics" means discarding anyone who's not straight, white and Christian.

And I'm mixed race and an Atheist.
Any more assumptions?

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For someone that’s a frequent poster like yourself, how do you keep screwing this one up?! I told you last time no one wants to see your ass, but you keep showing it.

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