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November 5, 2020
YES: Ottawa top doctor says people need to ‘learn to coexist’ with COVID-19. “Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that Ottawa’s partial lockdown would come to an end on Saturday, as Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health said that it’s time for people to learn to ‘coexist’ with the COVID-19 pandemic.”
LATE TO THE PARTY: Panic: 546% spike in post-election searches for ‘homes with bunkers’.
SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Michigan, Wisconsin Elections Officials Refuse To Explain Sudden Biden Vote Influx.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN):
PROPOSITION 16 GOES DOWN IN 22 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FLAMES: I am happy to report that we have defeated Proposition 16 in California (56% NO/44% YES). Thank you to all Instapundit readers who helped us out by volunteering, contributing or voting!
The YES campaign supporters are now making excuses as to how they could have spent about $22 million (as against our pathetic $1.7 million) and still lost. Their claim is that voters were just confused. But that’s nonsense. Polls have been consistent for decades. Whenever the issue is stated fairly and clearly, opposition to race and sex preferences is overwhelming. All the NO campaign had to do is make sure voters knew what the issue was.
In 2003, 2006, 2013, and 2016, the Gallup has asked the following question of poll respondents:
“Which comes closer to your view about evaluating students for admission into college or university—applicants should be admitted solely on the basis of merit, even if that results in few minority students being admitted (or) an applicant’s racial or ethnic background should be considered to help promote diversity on college campuses, even if that means admitting some minority students who otherwise would not be admitted.”
The responses were consistent: The number of respondents choosing “solely on merit” is always at least twice as great as the number choosing “help promote diversity.” In 2016, it was 70% for “solely on merit” vs. 26% for considering racial or ethnic background.
Note that the question was posed so as to take account of the arguments on both sides. Respondents were alerted to the possibility that without considering race or ethnic background “few minority students” may be admitted. Note also that, if anything, the question is unfair to the “NO on 16” campaign, since most “NO” voters are willing to take into consideration things other than academic achievement (such as low income); they simply oppose using race or ethnicity as the measure of disadvantage.
In 2019, Pew Research conducted a similar poll that focused on employment instead of college admissions. Like the Gallup poll, the Pew poll gave respondents two choices:
“When it comes to decisions about hiring and promotions, companies and organizations should—
… Only take qualifications into account, even if it results in less diversity.
Or …
… Also take race and ethnicity into account in order to increase diversity.”
The results were consistent with the Gallup poll: 74% chose “only take qualifications into account,” while 24% chose “also take race and ethnicity into account.”
This was not because respondents didn’t see any value in racial and ethnic diversity in the workplace. When asked how important it is “for companies and organizations to promote racial and ethnic diversity in their workplace,” 75% said it is either “very important” or “somewhat important.” Only 24% said it was “not too important” or “not at all important.” They did not, however, believe race or ethnicity should be taken into consideration in hiring or promotions.
Pew Research also undertook a poll on the consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions in 2019. The results were similar to those in the Gallup poll, except they were a little more critical of considering race or ethnicity than the Gallup respondents. Among adults, 73% said race and ethnicity should not be a factor. Majorities of all races and ethnicities agreed. Only 26% of adults said they should be either a major (7%) or a minor (19%) factor.
No wonder Prop 16 failed.
GRIFTING POLITICAL CONSULTANTS HAPPIEST: Dems Spend More Than Quarter Billion to Lose Longshot Senate Races.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Election Night Confirmed the Polls Were Lies.
The signs have been there for months. Trump supporters knew they were being lied to. But some Biden voters suspected it. A few true liberal holdouts began nervously grumbling about the Big Tech censorship of the Hunter Biden financial scandals. African Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ, and blue-collar workers increasingly have resisted their typecasting. Famous rappers began giving cultural permission to vote for Trump.
Like kamikaze planes splashing harmlessly in the sea adjacent to their targets, the legacy media either lied to America or themselves as they squandered the last shreds of illusionary credibility. The polls were never meant to reflect public opinion. They were always about shaping the opinion. And as the day of reckoning approached and the real opinion failed to follow the pollster’s wishful thinking, many tried to pull out of their dives, reporting a “tightening” race.
Balderdash. The opinions have not changed that much in just a few days.
Read the whole thing.
I’d just add that most of our so-called journalists are actually narrative-peddlers, and ought to be addressed as such.
AS I’VE SAID, HIS REPUTATION HAS BEEN INFLATED ALL ALONG: Nate Silver faces wrath of Twitter after polls miss big.
BECAUSE IT DOES: Most Americans Think Social Media Has a Negative Effect on the US
PJ MEDIA LIVE BLOG: Battle for the White House.
Yes, we’re still manning the election live blog with fresh updates from the legal and political battles.
TRUE: The biggest loser of election 2020: Identity politics.
For five years, Trump has been subjected to a daily barrage of attacks branding him as a racist. Democrats ran heavily against his immigration stances, and the media tried to tie him to white supremacists. And yet, instead of seeing his share of the nonwhite vote dwindle, it increased.
Politics occurs at the margins. Trump’s improved performance with key Democratic constituencies has surely kept him competitive. In several of the key swing states, Democratic chances hinge on their ability to pile on votes from nonwhites, and they did not get the margins they wanted. And this all happened in spite of this summer’s wokeness marathon, which, in hindsight, appears to be mostly a media creation and not something sincerely felt by members of racial minorities.
Most Americans just want to get on and live their lives. Only a few shrieking neurotic upper-class White People, and those grifting off of them, take this stuff seriously.
Related: The best news from last night was Trump’s gains with minority voters.
November 4, 2020
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CHARGES OF MICHIGAN ELECTION FRAUD:
BREAKING: Michigan @USPS Whistleblower Details Directive From Superiors: Back-Date Late Mail-In-Ballots As Received November 3rd, 2020 So They Are Accepted
“Separate them from standard letter mail so they can hand stamp them with YESTERDAY'S DATE & put them through"#MailFraud pic.twitter.com/n7AcNwpq80
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 5, 2020
OUT: FABIAN SOCIALISM. IN: FABIAN POPULISM:
POLITICO IS NOT HAPPY: “Biden looks screwed even if he wins/At a minimum, the lackluster performance of Democratic Senate candidates would hamstring a President Biden from Day One.”
Plus: “The article doesn’t even mention the role of Trump himself. As ex-President, he’ll be liberated to speak, building some new media operation. He’ll be the Democrats’ nemesis. And won’t he be the front-runner for the GOP nomination in 2024?”
Yes, I believe I’ve said something similar myself.
ANALYSIS: TRUE.
And you’ll recall that I predicted that they’d do just this, on orders from the Democrats, before the vote.
TRUMP HAS COATTAILS LIKE A WINNER: NH State Senate Flips to GOP, House Balance Still Unknown.
OPEN THREAD: Any news to discuss?
OLD AND BUSTED: The Blue Wave!
The New Hotness? Number of Pro-Life Women in the House of Representatives Doubles in Blow to Pelosi.