Watching from Britain, where throwing money at candidates is unlawful, it seems bizarre that you buy your politicians. It's not an election, it's an auction.
You are correct. Have you also observed that the USA is unstable ? We are living in the last days of the Weimar Republic. Do you remember what comes next ?
So tired of money corrupting our government. They should be running on ideas to help Americans not who can spend the most money. There needs to be a cap on how much can be wasted. So many people living on the streets when politicians waste so much in ads that tell you nothing.
We need to pressure congress to repeal Citizens United via a Constitutional Amendment. There was someone who introduced it in March 2022 but I am not sure what happened with it.
If we took money out of politics and tan on ideas, this would be a one party government. (Democrats). Republicans only have power because of money from the ultra rich and corporations. They have no policy ideas.
@@tammyclawson3105 Nothing wrong with government that ousting republicans wouldn't fix... They've run on hatred of government since reagan and sabotage it at every election... Good ole boy buddies that hate gummint are placed in positions of power where they proceed to poison and dismantle it... Citizens United gave the rich, the corporations, and foreign powers a wide road to pour corrupting money into the koch disinformation warfare machinery...
Imagine if they spent all that money investing helping the regular people... the homeless.... education... mental health... health care for everyone.... etc. It's insane... smdh
Howard well your claims are unfounded and rely on conspiracy and speculation and believing everyone's out to get you, then it turns out it was nonsense. Unlike the evidence against the GOP and trump which is audio and video, no speculation required just being able to listen and see.
You want to know what's disgusting? You have millions of homeless people in America, you have millions dying from a lack of health insurance. These (people) are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to run for political office. How disgusting is that.
It's true, the Europeans spend only a few months on most of their campaigns. Stateside we have a giant bonfire of wasted cash every election of 2 year campaigns (18 months too long). One of a number of reasons for generating more fake money out of thin air for frivolous waste. With endless purse strings you'd think they could solve homelessness, but they don't care.
they have 0 principles, yell about voter fraud, accept any crack pot theory with 0 evidence 0 critical thinking then trump and the GOP are caught doing election fraud, him asking people to vote 2x once by mail and in person, him and the georgia phone call asking for more votes after the election, the fake elector plot where they gave fake documents to like 7 states and tried to get mike pence to install him as king, his action on jan 6th and telling them to let the men with guns through the magnetometers and denying calls for reinforcements leaving iti up to Nancy to save the country.. Mike pence also a hero that day, he bought our democracy time.
Staggering amounts of money isn't going to make Herschel Walker Senate material. This person has to sit in the upper chamber of our Congress. Come on now! It's almost delusional that people think that he is the proper choice for their state! I saw a poll on Fox News that said as far as experience Raphael Warnock was winning, but people were actually voting that Herschel Walker had more experience! What are they telling them in Georgia?!?
The problem is how close it seemingly has to be... I don't think people understand what they vote for, well the lower educated base of the Republicans that is.
There is a man going to Washington from Pennsylvania who's brain is literally broken....it PHYSICALLY CANNOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY and he was "voted" in....and he STILL makes more sense than the guy who's ALREADY in the White House....the county is over....let's stop kidding ourselves....we ALL need to hunker down and prepare for the absolute worst....
So much money that could be used to feed children, house families, provide health care, improve schools. All for a run off that should have been a no brainer, because one of the candidates appears not to have one to start with.
I always feel that way. We gotta get money out of politics, but the only people who can vote for that are the ones who get the money. It’s ridiculous. We had money pouring into our school board race and we are one of those Title X counties. Wouldn’t the money be better spent on the education of our children?
Its even worse according to Lets Talk Elections. Blacks started to win in GA by 49%. So the racist asshole legislature passed a law saying you got to get 50% to win or runoff. So its 2022, we have to black canidates but that outdated asshole law is making them runoff still
@ Marilyn from Tarot Clarity: The Left has been moving closer to the steep cliff on the Left and really speeded up in 2015. They want you to be a serf and they landlords. Their, Democrats, adopted motto is “you will own nothing and you will be happy.”
Warnock must be voted in to win Georgia. He is doing many things for the people and is the best candidate for the job. Herschel Walker is a great football player but no politician. He has mental issues and we do not need anyone in government like Herschel.
@@chenzen1578 : Manchin was sometimes the sole vote that opposed the other 49 D Senators. That made his vote pivotal in those decisions, because none of the 50 R Senators voted with the Ds. If the Ds gain a seat (51 Senators plus the VP to break ties) it would take two defections to block them, not just one. That would undercut Manchin's power.
Oh he's not the only one. Where have you been for the past two years. Holy sh*t not sure another two years of this is going to bode well for anyone including the cucks
Joe Manchin’s flex power would be diluted. Same with Kristen Sinema. Yeah? Fortunately at least those two were deal makers that did deliver legislation.
He sure doesn't because he know he won't be able to do all the bullshit that he did with build back better...holding America back from going forward...🤔
There comes a point where the electorate has reached a saturation point and no amount of money will affect anything anymore at that point only the policy matters.
I'm not American but I love to see Democrats win! Any party that is more on the side of the regular Joes more than being with the rich is the party I recommend for any given country!
How exactly are democrats for the average Joe again??? Inflation?? High gas and heating costs????? Last time I checked food is what the average family eats at the store and now we pay plastic taxes, inflation taxes, have to bring our own freaking bags, food taxes, beer taxes, and closing down 1000s of jobs is not very average Joe as Biden did w the pipeline and arm the Taliban w 80 billion dollars of high tech equipment isnt very average Joe either...how about elections that take weeks or months to figure out vs the prior 24 hour ones isnt very average Joe but very Stalinist....you aren't that bright are you or avergae Joe??? Censorship and disarming free men isnt very aversge Joe either genius??? Democrats are for the average low informative moron who watches low IQ media.
@Daniel Deng That’s the lie we’ve been told. I used to be a democrat and believe the dems were for my little a-, but when I saw them giving billions to other countries while Americans can’t afford food and gas I wised up.
Andy let me remind you that Democrats elected a REAL DEAD PERSON, and they also elected Fetterman. Now I don't use the word "sad" because that is reserved for democrats speaking about republicans, but don't you think your comment might be a little off base.
@@BigKandRtv they already have done a great job, inflation reduction act, the cares act, CHIPs act, trying to reduce student death, Burn pit legislation, pulling out Afghanistan, the lend lease agreement with Ukraine, tough talk on china in defending US interests in Taiwan and abroad. Some inflation reduction act went to climate change and clean energy which i think is the biggest investment in US history. The GDP is up 2.6% up from the projected 2.4%, inflation is lessening, gas prices i think are going down still Military industrial complex is in full swing, and for a moral reason for once. We're in a pretty good spot considering republicans fight tooth and nail to prevent anything from helping the American people, and manchin and sinema are republicans in dem clothing.
I'm really impressed by how much money Democrats have been able to spend on these democratically existential campaigns. It's amazing what you can do when your states are high GDP, high educational attainment rate, and with enormous tech sectors. Success is born in Blue States.
No one's talking about DeSantis's unconstitutional "desantisizing" Florida's redistricting map that gave the GOP 4-FOUR- more members of Congress from Florida. Florida’s Constitution was amended in 2010 to prohibit partisan-driven redistricting. the state’s Republican Legislature had drawn congressional maps that largely kept districts intact, leaving the GOP with only a modest electoral advantage. DeSantis threw out the Legislature’s work and redrew Florida’s congressional districts, making them far more favorable to Republicans. The plan was so aggressive that the Republican-controlled Legislature balked and fought DeSantis for months. The governor vetoed the lawmakers and pushed his map through. No Florida governor had ever pushed their own district lines before. DeSantis’ office publicly stressed that partisan considerations played no role and that partisan operatives were not involved in the new map. But how that map was drawn - and who helped decide its new boundaries - reveals that the governor’s office misled the public and the state Legislature. According to records and interviews, top DeSantis aides had a “Florida Redistricting Kick-off Call” with out-of-state operatives. They worked behind the scenes with an attorney who serves as the national GOP’s top redistricting lawyer and other consultants tied to the national party with people connected to the national GOP. Those outsiders had also been working with states across the country to help the Republican Party create a favorable election map. In the days after the call, the law firm working for DeSantis logged dozens of hours on the effort, invoices show. The firm has since billed the state more than $450,000 for its work on redistricting. A week and a half after the call, DeSantis unveiled his new map. It heavily favored the GOP 4-FOUR- more members of Congress from Florida-the largest gain by either party in any state- and wiped away half of the state’s Black-dominated congressional districts, dramatically curtailing Black voting power. This is the first instance where a state so thoroughly dismantled a Black-dominated district and it's success will forge a path for Republicans all over the country to take aim at Black-held districts. As predicted, Republicans won 20 of Florida’s 28 seats in the midterms and now control more than 70% of the House delegation in a state where Trump won just over half of the vote. Show less
Steven... I live in New York so I don't know anything about that. My question is this... why didn't the legislator and especially democrats sue DeSantis over this redistricting????
The money going into the Georgia race is obscene. There should be limits on what can be spent. Additionally, gerrymandering should not be allowed. In comparison, gerrymandering has been illegal in Canada since the 60's. This forces parties to run on policies and what they can do for the people.
Citzens united was a bill passed by the Republicans that brought dark money in to the voting system. You REPUBLICANS GOOGLE up citizens united . That is the reason that there is so much money in these POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. 🤑
@@elijahbethea6313 even worst is that after Citizens United most big donors can remain unanimous if they want. Arizona and California just approved legislation designed to at least remove that layer of secrecy. Of course Republicans are fighting back trying to stop every measure that will bring more transparency to our elections
Allowing Herschel Walker membership in 'the world's greatest deliberative body' would be an embarrassment for Georgia. What's in the water down there? A child can see he's not qualified.
Looking in from outside, I find it incredible that ANY Georgian would cast a vote for Walker, even if you are a "dyed in the wool" Republican. It just doesn't make any sense people.
crazy right? Im German and Murica seems more and more like a huge open air asylum. Hard to fathom that ppl can put on their pwn pants, drive cars and breath regularly but would vote for such a guy.
Is anyone in Georgia concerned about the volume of ads we would be receiving through thanksgiving. Hopefully one party wins both Arizona and Nevada so we can be at Peace.
A 51st Senate seat for the D party would mean Joe Manchin could no longer single-handedly block the D agenda. But a House with an R majority would be able to block it. So perhaps the most important result of the Georgia runoff will be the perceptions about whether Trump is a loser and a fool. DeSantis probably secretly wants Walker to lose.
I agree, I have no idea why the conservative Supreme court couldn't wait till after the election to do the roe v wade thing. That energized the democratic young voters and a lot of women to go vote. I shook my head when they did that(supreme court)
I'm a Republican, and I enjoyed Trumps Outlaw Presidency more than any other and I've been voting since Nixon thumped McGovern...from where I sit Trump is done..this election has shown me that conspiracy theorists just can't defeat democracy...Especially when the Other Party is standing tall in the saddle and blazing away at the commies:.. Case Closed your Honor- the defense of democracy is The Boss.PERIOD.
Why doesn't Georgia just do preferential voting at the ballot? That's what they're doing in effect, but making it as inconvenient, drawn out, and expensive as possible. Get voters to rank their choices and get the same result without holding runoffs. Though it makes it more obvious people can vote third party without "wasting" a vote, so that probably answers my question. Rather keep the possible third party down than make things easier/better for the public.
@@vancedthobehill8048 people who aren’t brainwashed should be able to vote for whoever they want. Don’t get mad at them just because they have a fully working brain.
Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression is GA Gov Kemp's speciality. He used these to go from Sec of State to Governor. When the Supreme court cited him for both these issues, his response was to craft a voter suppression law that has been adopted by other Trumpist legislators. It's a playbook to hurt Democrats but more to the point: minority communities. Consider most Blacks live in 8 states in the US? A bit of creative districting alone removes most of the work civil rights activist and Statesman John Lewis voting rights work. Voter Suppression laws just wipe up what's left.
@@thetruthhurts8657 🤣Trumpty Dumpty Made a bad call, Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the Left's horses And all the Left's men, Pointed and laughed and said: "DO IT AGAIN!"🤣
Minorities alone don't have the numbers in GA to choose a candidate IF everyone in GA votes. Based on color of voters? Whites would have to help elect Warnock. Minorities can't do it alone. The race was only close because Blacks and youth came out in record numbers and those areas were BLUE. The Republicans on the other hand not show up to vote. HAD Republicans shown up, Walker would have won.
@@sdot5389 Stacey Abrams can play on a national stage. Gerrymandering and voter suppression laws hurt minority voices badly. Most Blacks live in only about 8 US states. Having said this, Abrams has some messaging issues. For example, we have a subset of Blacks in GA that will not vote for Abrams because she is against Reparations. She stated she will put money into community programs and would refuse to support Reparations. Why would she make that kind of blunder? This is a hot button. She should have at least said that she would consider Reparations as she is working on community programs. Systemic racism affects us all. It makes whites vote against their own self interest choosing party over country and it makes Blacks choose policies and candidates that hurt Black communities. A white Kemp-rubber-stamp Republican representative won in my district of 93% minority. The alternative would have been a human rights activist from Cuba. Kemp has hurt our state but Abrams wasn't inclusive enough to build a bridge. Abrams has had to work 1000 times harder just to get this many votes. These White Christian Nationalist don't make the walk easy for "others." Ossoff (Jew) and Warnock (Ebenezer Pastor) had appeal to whites when they were originally elected but as they roll forward the dance becomes about not stepping on white toes. Ossoff chose his legislation more carefully.
Can someone explain me why Americans register to vote? It seems such a bizar tradition/law to do. If you're an American, you should be able to vote... Don't get why you have to register
You have a candidate that won the election in Georgia by over 48,000 votes and he's not the winner because of some 1960s racist law in 2022. In a REAL VOTE, if you win by 1 vote, you should be declared the winner!
MTn. ( Midas Touch )said that Cook Political Report reported that Mark Kelly has won the Senate seat in AZ , making the race to 49 to 49 , this is good news.
Hi - can anyone help me? I'm looking for a red wave. Thousands of Trumpanzees have been telling us to look out for it for several months now and now the time has arrived, I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can you please let me know if you spot it? Thanks
Voting has never been more important in America. The turn out this time round has been astonishing. It shows that Republicans voted against the GOP to bring back some normality to the political arena and away from the crazy liars. Biden wouldn't be my first pick but the one thing we can all agree he's trying his best and is not a fear monger like Trump nor would he sell out America or trash talk like that idiot!
It's hard to believe so many Democrats vote for masks, lockdowns, enforced experimental vaccinations, destruction of children's education, and brain damage
mark cunneen: Be informed, Biden has sold out America to China, to the world order or Reset, to serfdom, to food and gas shortages, to children being owned by the state and not their parents, to debt. Biden’s loyalty is to himself.
@@isaiah2810 Oh, and supporting women's reproductive rights is not pro-abortion. it is just allowing the actual person to control her own body. I don't think men can even understand what a huge deal it is to be pregnant.
@@cleinberger All of that is just allegations and none of them are provable. And even if they were true, a pro life voter isn’t going to care about his personal life. Yes they’d prefer someone who wasn’t a hypocrite. But so far as voting goes all they care about is that he will vote against abortion in the Senate. Warnock will vote for it. They aren’t going to vote for Warnock.
The candidate that you got about 2% of the vote in Georgia has stopped the other two candidates the chance to get more than 50% of the votes and it is going to cost a fortune to have a run off election, they should do away with the 50% rule in Georgia and the first candidate with the highest vote should be declared the winner .
Sadly Reba, MONEY has ALWAYS played a role in politics. Especially the "dark money" that is so prevalent today! Just wish legislation would go through to allow a question on ballots which would allow American people to vote whether or not such monies should be acceptable by future candidates. The Almighty donated money is what has caused CORRUPTION IN THE POLITICS WITHIN OUR COUNTRY. Other countries forbid this practice, yet OUR COUNTRY condones it. Not to even mention the millions of dollars LOST ON LOSING CANDIDATES! Oh well, guessing a "tax write-off" is always in the offing, huh?
It’s playing out exactly how the election laws are written in each state. Research Nevada election laws and processes and you’ll know the facts instead of assumptions and conspiracies.
@@michelewarnecke4535 Laws being overseen by the same person that is Running for Governor who was asked by both parties to Recuse herself but refused. Yep no grounds for questioning the validity of an election here. Especially when all of the issues seem to be in areas that historically vote against the party she represents.
I really hope this doesn't come down to the runoff in GA - the prospect of a deluded football player with a fake LEA badge holding the balance of power in the Senate is beyond farcical.
@@8ofwands300 because why? you didn't listen to them saying it takes time, or knew that it takes time from previous elections what exactly was the concern.
@@AstraI Huh??? What are you talking about??? 😳. Your hostility is ridiculous and irrational. I called to make sure my mailed- in ballot was received in Connecticut., which, frankly, is recommended by most voter registration sites. Are you insane???
@@kimmartin6063 I don't know why people don't understand that prices are high around the world. The USA is in better shape than a lot of other countries. I'm voting for Democracy. I want to hold onto my rights and freedom.
How does being a former astronaut or former running back makes you a good candidate? It's what you do when you win what's making people vote for you. And when you run on the highly unpopular retrumpican agenda, well then you might loose.
@@chenzen1578 Because astronauts are American heroes and obviously intelligent to be able to land such a profession. Plus, this guy was a commander so he has leadership experience. Obviously there is more to it than that & it was more tongue-in-cheek, but I follow Mark Kelly and he is a good guy. John McCain would have supported him over Masters.
McConnell disapproved of Walker as a candidate. Now he has made a deal with Kemp giving Kemp senatorial campaign money to help Walker with Kemp's ground crew.
I think you also have to throw a note in every once in awhile about Kari Lake and Lauren Boebert. Lake is losing by 25-30k. Boebert is up 1100 with 5% left.
@pj48 I agree, my hope is Lake loses, and goes and jumps in one, preferably one that's still frozen over, and wonder why anyone would vote for Boebert who doesn't even know why our founding fathers put the separation of church and state in our beloved U.S. Constitution. She has little or no idea about how our government works, about the fight women had to fight just to get to vote. Totally ignorant of so much and yet some people of Colorado voted for her. They did the same with T-rump until social media showed him for nothing but a grifting conman , liar, and working for Gladymeer Pootin and almost ruined the greatest Republic the world has ever known!
🔴🔴🔴 Voting for left... means marxists (comunists, socialists) is a vote for satanists. Karl Marx was a Satanist! The inventor of communism was a Satanist!! The Satan theme is most explicitly set forth in Marx's "The Fiddler," dedicated to his father: **************** - See this sword? the Prince of darkness Sold it to me. ...And... - With Satan I have struck MY DEAL **************** ✸ Dear ones... in communism it was never about atheism but about worshiping Satan! Atheism (unbelief in God) is for the popular masses or working slaves (rats) as the Marxist elite calls them! ✸ Don't let the communists rise to power! Get communist cancer out of your country!
Come on seriously, there’s too many people that voted for a very sick man that can’t say a coherent sentence. Why?? Do you really think that’s a good idea? No one with common sense can believe that. Please say it’s because people know nothing about him and voted for party only although that’s not good either. He cannot govern properly like he is now. Just wow that anyone thinks it’s ok.
@@lesliecurran1704 that’s another bad excuse. There really isn’t any excuse for voting for him. I feel sorry for the people that have enough sense to know it. All I can say is good luck.
Being from Canada, this all seems like such a long drawn out process where money buys your governance. Both parties should be allotted X dollars and no more ... seems money, gerrymandering and power brokers are chipping the edge off of democracy more and more. Not a good thing,
It was better a few years ago! But since Donald Trump came on the scene, it has been getting more corrupted. Hopefully, our American friends recover from the mess this man created!
It's important in any country. But especially for USA because it holds itself up to the world as the home of democracy, greatest democracy, etc ... all that bullshite.
