If voting for genocide is easier for you than making a VotePact, what does that say about you? [This piece was published by ArabAmerica.com] The “Uncommitted” movement has predictably floundered. Parts of it will vote Harris, others have effectively meld into Abandon Harris and vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party or some other non-genocidal […]
Dueling Fascisms Produce Meta Fascism
Huey Long is reported to have said that fascism in the US “will come in the guise of anti-fascism.” We now have dueling fascisms pretending to be anti-fascists and therefore producing a meta fascism. There’s obviously a mantra of calling Trump and his supporters fascists and Nazis by backers of Harris and co. And there may […]
Polling Data Highlights the Viability of Anti-Establishment Candidates
I recently hypothesized: A majority of people could want an anti-establishment candidate as president and we would never know it because the public is never asked who they actually want. Pollsters are in effect limiting the choices of the public. Polls — which should be a method by which the public, rather than the parties or the […]
The VotePact Playlist
Come Together…Mind Games…Dancing In the Dark…Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated…Resistance…Sowing The Seeds Of Love…Arky, Arky…We Can Work It Out…Higher Ground…Get Together… I’ve told you about my VotePact strategy: A would-be Trump voter and a would-be Harris voter should pair up and both vote for other candidates who better reflect their values: Greens, Libertarians, socialists, independents, whoever. So, instead […]
“This Voter Movement Could Change Everything!” with Lee Camp
Demanding an Electoral Revolution from the Reader
“It is terrible to watch people cling to their captivity and insist on their own destruction.” Shortly after James Baldwin’s death, Toni Morrison eulogized him: “I never heard a single command from you, yet the demands you made on me, the challenges you issued to me, were nevertheless unmistakable.” I can’t be as gentle as Baldwin, […]
“I Vote Green, as Usual, to the Dismay of Some Friends. But What Else Can One Do?”
VotePact offers a self-promoting strategy which could snowball. It can be achieved with a Stein voter prompting a would-be Harris and would-be Trump voters to break out of the duopoly together. Reader Patricia Spicer commented on my last piece: “I like the idea of ranked choice and would like to see it in operation. Meanwhile I […]
How Polling Should Be Done: • Voter as Tiebreaker • Ranked Choice Voting
My last piece — “The Ubiquitous ‘Public Opinion Poll’ Doesn’t Actually Measure Public Opinion” — actually understated the problem: every poll being run right now to my knowledge is asking the same question: “If the election for President were held today, and the candidates were Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, which candidate would you support?” Specifically, […]
The Ubiquitous “Public Opinion Poll” Doesn’t Actually Measure Public Opinion
Of all the ways the establishment manipulates the public during elections — disinformation from campaigns, media bias, ballot access restrictions, Big Tech manipulation, etc. — there’s one way that’s especially insidious and under-appreciated: Polling. Polling is depicted as measuring public opinion, but the most prevalent polling question doesn’t actually ask the public their opinion. Here’s […]