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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Sept 19, 2024 6:18:24 GMT
I'll just leave this map here. Montana stands out like a sore thumb, compared to Wisconsin, for example. So how do the North Carolina numbers fit into your theory?? Also, am I alone in being utterly clueless what “Teamsters” are?? People who are forced to use Microsoft Teams?? It sounds like a hoky-poky nickname which stuck.
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Post by sanders on Sept 19, 2024 6:49:41 GMT
This is how Harris wins. Holds the Black vote from 2020. Improving in educated suburban areas:
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Post by bigfatron on Sept 19, 2024 7:28:55 GMT
I believe the Teamsters were originally haulage wagon drivers who managed teams of horses and the name stuck when they transitioned to motor vehicle driving/loading.
They have always been one of - if not the most - corrupt union, being run by Jimmy Hoffa in the fifties and had strong mafia involvement…
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Post by No Offence Alan on Sept 19, 2024 7:33:52 GMT
So how do the North Carolina numbers fit into your theory?? Also, am I alone in being utterly clueless what “Teamsters” are?? People who are forced to use Microsoft Teams?? It sounds like a hoky-poky nickname which stuck. They are truck drivers, yes? So presumably back in the pre-ICE days, it referred to teams of horses? Edit: bigfatron beat me to it!
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Post by sanders on Sept 19, 2024 15:07:05 GMT
Western Pennsylvania Teamsters endorse Kamala Harris. It could Mae the difference there. WesterN PA has many swing areas. Harris' Alleghany County (Pittsburgh) margin matters. Vote share closer to 60% ideally..PA still has many union members.
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Post by timmullen on Sept 19, 2024 15:31:23 GMT
I believe the Teamsters were originally haulage wagon drivers who managed teams of horses and the name stuck when they transitioned to motor vehicle driving/loading. They have always been one of - if not the most - corrupt union, being run by Jimmy Hoffa in the fifties and had strong mafia involvement… And his son James from 1998-2022, a period which saw them split from the AFL-CIO (broadly the US equivalent of the TUC). They’re actually not monolithically Democratic supporting, backing Reagan twice and GHW Bush, and having mixed support for GW Bush (opposed his lifting of restrictions on Mexican truck drivers but supported drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Their current National President, Sean O’Brien was a keynote speaker at this year’s Republican National Convention, so I guess their national neutrality, based on soundings amongst Branches, may be interpreted as a win for Harris (evidenced by the Western Pennsylvania branch endorsement which I suspect may be the first of a fair few).
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Post by islington on Sept 19, 2024 16:50:04 GMT
I believe the Teamsters were originally haulage wagon drivers who managed teams of horses and the name stuck when they transitioned to motor vehicle driving/loading. They have always been one of - if not the most - corrupt union, being run by Jimmy Hoffa in the fifties and had strong mafia involvement… Q: How many Teamsters does it take to change a light bulb? A: Twelve. You got a problem with that?
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Post by sanders on Sept 19, 2024 17:47:06 GMT
Pennsylvania giving Harris a bigger margin seems logical when you remember that Michigan is about 3% Muslim and the Greens have led with Arab Americans:
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Post by stb12 on Sept 19, 2024 20:56:56 GMT
A three state path is apparently the main focus of the Trump campaign: Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. He could afford to lose all the other battleground states with them archive.is/SPCPh
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