Last week we talked about the election from a national perspective and this week, I am going to focus on my own state, Colorado. Although the Republicans did not do as well as expectations nationally, they still took control of the House which will perhaps dampen the Democrats drive to transform America, at least legislatively. Biden will still have his phone and his pen and can do pretty much whatever he wants by Executive Order only to be held back from time to time by the courts.
Perhaps if the Republicans would listen more closely to the Libertarian philosophy they would avoid the vote splitting that was a small factor in this election. The Colorado Republicans couldn't win a one-horse race, just sayin'.
Thanks so much, Dave, for successfully lobbying at lunch today for comments to be posted to your, IMHO, very accurate, informative & overall well-done blog!
It seems to me a significant number of elections may be decided by the probably all too tiny proportion of the same/usual, influenceable, & therefore, overly influential voters who vote "for the candidate" & pay attention to candidates' positions on issues & issues, rather than voting blindly by party, race, sex etc.
Part of a major winning election strategy perhaps, therefore, should/could include identifying & emphasizing our agreement & compatibility with the interests of these voters?
That is to say, probably/possibly, a vast majority of voters, as apparently, like the 2022 Pennsylvania senate election, will vote for the candidate of a party regardless of the candidate's clear & obvious ability or inability to perform the job.
I also seem to recall even one dead candidate being elected somewhere - an informed electorate?
Dave, while everything you cited contributed to the GOP 2022 election debacle here in Colorado, you didn't address ballot harvesting, which was in my opinion the single biggest reason for the nearly across-the-board losses. Our losses were no surprise to me, as I predicted this would happen right after the GOP primaries - a prediction I shared with Mark Hillman, who I'm sure you know.
The following is something I sent to an Establishment Republican friend who believes the losses across the country were all because of Trump and MAGA. As I recall, Trump never made any visits to Colorado during the campaign, let alone hold a rally here. My email to my friend:
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There’s only one thing that explains why the Democrats go crazy whenever it’s mentioned that weeks of early voting and mail-in ballots should be eliminated, and in-person voter ID to vote should be required, and it’s not because of voter disenfranchisement which the courts have pretty consistently maintained.. It’s because these things legalize ballot harvesting and greatly increase opportunities for voter fraud. https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020
Voting is an individual right and, as such, an individual responsibility. When political parties and activists pay people go out and collect up millions of ballots from people who’d never vote on their own initiative, they neutralize the vote of the citizen who votes on his/her own initiative. In Washington and Oregon States polling places have been all but eliminated. Anyone know the last time these two states voted for a Republican President? 1984. Interesting this is around the time early voting and mail-in ballots we just getting going.
Early voting and mail-in ballots started to gain momentum in 2001. In Oregon they started much earlier in the 1980s. They’re going to destroy America if they haven’t already. The only way we might reverse it is to out-harvest the Left. They’ve been doing it for years, even decades. We haven’t started, but having myself studied it recently, here’s how you do it:
1. Make sure every registered Republican ballot is voted. Monitor Republican voters by communicating with them via email, texting, phone calls, and if those things don’t work, make a home visit to collect up the ballot. If they don’t want to vote during a home visit, try to get a relative to ask them to sign the security envelope and to give the ballot to the relative to vote for them. The latter thing might be illegal in some states, but it’s almost impossible to prosecute it. Pay people to make in-home visits if necessary.
2. Contact every Independent voter the same way to determine if they’re inclined to vote for Republicans. If they are, go through the same process as with registered Republican ballot harvesting. If they aren’t, determine if they’re incline to vote Democrat or if they’re fence-sitters. If they’re fence sitters, check to see if they’ve voted at the start of the last week of voting and if they haven’t, find out if they still think they will and if so, ask if they’ve decided for whom. If it’s for Republicans go through the same process as with registered Republicans. If they have voted, find out for whom they voted and keep a record of it for future elections. Pay people to do all of this if you have to.
3. Monitor registered Democrats to see who has voted and how many have voted to determine how many votes you might have to manufacture to make up the difference. This is something that Republicans might shy away from, but if they want to beat Democrats at their own game it’s a must. Pay people to do this if you have to. Don’t get caught. (Though it seems I'm advocating this, I'm not.
It's said with great sarcasm to point out numerous suspicious activities in 2020 such as the one cited in the following internet article about Barr.)
Had this happened to a Democrat presidential candidate who lost his race while Merrick Garland was AG, I’ll bet there’d have been an in-depth investigation.
Love this one!!
Perhaps if the Republicans would listen more closely to the Libertarian philosophy they would avoid the vote splitting that was a small factor in this election. The Colorado Republicans couldn't win a one-horse race, just sayin'.
Thanks so much, Dave, for successfully lobbying at lunch today for comments to be posted to your, IMHO, very accurate, informative & overall well-done blog!
It seems to me a significant number of elections may be decided by the probably all too tiny proportion of the same/usual, influenceable, & therefore, overly influential voters who vote "for the candidate" & pay attention to candidates' positions on issues & issues, rather than voting blindly by party, race, sex etc.
Part of a major winning election strategy perhaps, therefore, should/could include identifying & emphasizing our agreement & compatibility with the interests of these voters?
That is to say, probably/possibly, a vast majority of voters, as apparently, like the 2022 Pennsylvania senate election, will vote for the candidate of a party regardless of the candidate's clear & obvious ability or inability to perform the job.
I also seem to recall even one dead candidate being elected somewhere - an informed electorate?
God Save Colorado!!!
Dave, while everything you cited contributed to the GOP 2022 election debacle here in Colorado, you didn't address ballot harvesting, which was in my opinion the single biggest reason for the nearly across-the-board losses. Our losses were no surprise to me, as I predicted this would happen right after the GOP primaries - a prediction I shared with Mark Hillman, who I'm sure you know.
The following is something I sent to an Establishment Republican friend who believes the losses across the country were all because of Trump and MAGA. As I recall, Trump never made any visits to Colorado during the campaign, let alone hold a rally here. My email to my friend:
*****
There’s only one thing that explains why the Democrats go crazy whenever it’s mentioned that weeks of early voting and mail-in ballots should be eliminated, and in-person voter ID to vote should be required, and it’s not because of voter disenfranchisement which the courts have pretty consistently maintained.. It’s because these things legalize ballot harvesting and greatly increase opportunities for voter fraud. https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020
Voting is an individual right and, as such, an individual responsibility. When political parties and activists pay people go out and collect up millions of ballots from people who’d never vote on their own initiative, they neutralize the vote of the citizen who votes on his/her own initiative. In Washington and Oregon States polling places have been all but eliminated. Anyone know the last time these two states voted for a Republican President? 1984. Interesting this is around the time early voting and mail-in ballots we just getting going.
Early voting and mail-in ballots started to gain momentum in 2001. In Oregon they started much earlier in the 1980s. They’re going to destroy America if they haven’t already. The only way we might reverse it is to out-harvest the Left. They’ve been doing it for years, even decades. We haven’t started, but having myself studied it recently, here’s how you do it:
1. Make sure every registered Republican ballot is voted. Monitor Republican voters by communicating with them via email, texting, phone calls, and if those things don’t work, make a home visit to collect up the ballot. If they don’t want to vote during a home visit, try to get a relative to ask them to sign the security envelope and to give the ballot to the relative to vote for them. The latter thing might be illegal in some states, but it’s almost impossible to prosecute it. Pay people to make in-home visits if necessary.
2. Contact every Independent voter the same way to determine if they’re inclined to vote for Republicans. If they are, go through the same process as with registered Republican ballot harvesting. If they aren’t, determine if they’re incline to vote Democrat or if they’re fence-sitters. If they’re fence sitters, check to see if they’ve voted at the start of the last week of voting and if they haven’t, find out if they still think they will and if so, ask if they’ve decided for whom. If it’s for Republicans go through the same process as with registered Republicans. If they have voted, find out for whom they voted and keep a record of it for future elections. Pay people to do all of this if you have to.
3. Monitor registered Democrats to see who has voted and how many have voted to determine how many votes you might have to manufacture to make up the difference. This is something that Republicans might shy away from, but if they want to beat Democrats at their own game it’s a must. Pay people to do this if you have to. Don’t get caught. (Though it seems I'm advocating this, I'm not.
It's said with great sarcasm to point out numerous suspicious activities in 2020 such as the one cited in the following internet article about Barr.)
Has anyone ever figured out what happened to the semi-trailer full of ballots that was picked up in New York and delivered to Pennsylvania? Report: AG Barr shut down investigation into truckload of 2020 ballots moved from NY to Pennsylvania – https://www.worldtribune.com/report-ag-barr-shut-down-investigation-into-truckload-of-2020-ballots-moved-from-ny-to-pennsylvania/
Had this happened to a Democrat presidential candidate who lost his race while Merrick Garland was AG, I’ll bet there’d have been an in-depth investigation.
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