I seldom post on TexAgs and never on the political board. I've always had a serious, non-hateful, question about politics in the US today, so I thought I'd use the post-election fervor and see If I could have a cordial, non-combative, non-threatening, civil and possibly educational discussion. Worst case, I've wasted 15 mins of my life.
I'll preface the discussion by saying there is one fact on which I believe we can all agree. Liberals, Conservatives, Dems, GOP etc. PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. One of MY beliefs that I think is verifiable is the following: Pew research says 78% of journalists are liberal or left leaning. Pew research found 87% of college professors or academics are liberal or left leaning. Pew research found the 80-90% of Hollywood is liberal. The point of the statistics would be to show or verify my belief that the media, journalism, Hollywood, academia, social media, et al. are overwhelmingly liberal or lean that way. I will call this a FACT.
I know many liberals or Democrats are not happy with the past national election and I can certainly sympathize with your position and my question is not to add salt to the wound, but I need to ask my question. With the overwhelming evidence that conservatives or republicans have the deck completely stacked against them, how can they still garner over of 50% of the vote? Harris spent a billion dollars and doubled Trump's spending, and she still lost? If I were a democrat or liberal, this would terrify me. Not just for the past election cycle but as a political reality. This would be like A&M's football team having to let their opponent start each drive on the A&M's 40 yd line and A&M having to start each drive on their own 25 yd line.
So, I'll ask, and I really would appreciate if Democrats, liberal, progressives, academic et al. would respond. If Republicans can get over 50% of the vote, what would the result be if there was a more balanced, less bias environment without one side putting their finger on the scale?
Thanks for letting me ask. I hope y'all have a blessed day.
I'll preface the discussion by saying there is one fact on which I believe we can all agree. Liberals, Conservatives, Dems, GOP etc. PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. One of MY beliefs that I think is verifiable is the following: Pew research says 78% of journalists are liberal or left leaning. Pew research found 87% of college professors or academics are liberal or left leaning. Pew research found the 80-90% of Hollywood is liberal. The point of the statistics would be to show or verify my belief that the media, journalism, Hollywood, academia, social media, et al. are overwhelmingly liberal or lean that way. I will call this a FACT.
I know many liberals or Democrats are not happy with the past national election and I can certainly sympathize with your position and my question is not to add salt to the wound, but I need to ask my question. With the overwhelming evidence that conservatives or republicans have the deck completely stacked against them, how can they still garner over of 50% of the vote? Harris spent a billion dollars and doubled Trump's spending, and she still lost? If I were a democrat or liberal, this would terrify me. Not just for the past election cycle but as a political reality. This would be like A&M's football team having to let their opponent start each drive on the A&M's 40 yd line and A&M having to start each drive on their own 25 yd line.
So, I'll ask, and I really would appreciate if Democrats, liberal, progressives, academic et al. would respond. If Republicans can get over 50% of the vote, what would the result be if there was a more balanced, less bias environment without one side putting their finger on the scale?
Thanks for letting me ask. I hope y'all have a blessed day.
