[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[OlympicIRL 4,770]

9 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Would anyone care to know how I (will have) voted?

 

That's prohibited under article 7 part (c) of the TISC code of conduct guidelines.

[Finnator123 292]

@Olympian1010 , do you know why Democrats have a donkey logo & Republicans have an elephant logo? 
 

[Olympian1010 7,479]

27 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

@Olympian1010 , do you know why Democrats have a donkey logo & Republicans have an elephant logo? 
 

I should (because I’m in a college level Politics class), but I do not. I’ll ask my teacher today and get back to you.

[Olympian1010 7,479]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Republican.

 

 

I did vote for one today so jokes on you

[heywoodu 13,560]

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I should (because I’m in a college level Politics class), but I do not. I’ll ask my teacher today and get back to you.

It has something to do with a cartoonist  (I happened to have listened a 10-year old episode of the 'Stuff you missed in history class' podcast about exactly this last week  )

[Finnator123 292]

@Olympian1010 , No need. CNN told me lmao

"Political cartoonist Thomas Nast popularized elephants as symbols for the GOP way back in 1874, when he used the jumbo-sized animal to depict the GOP vote in a drawing in Harper's Weekly. Democrat Andrew Jackson started using a donkey in his presidential campaign ads in 1828, after his critics started calling him a "jackass" for his populist views. Years later, Nast drew a donkey in another political cartoon and, voila, a Democratic symbol was born."

[Federer91 2,140]

17 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Would anyone care to know how I (will have) voted?

 

For how many things did you vote?  I'm always confused with how big the US elections are with both national, state and whatnot stuff. 

[Wumo 2,796]

@Olympian1010 California always have so many ballot measures. 

 

[heywoodu 13,560]

13 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

@Olympian1010 California always have so many ballot measures. 

 

They can vote for all of these things today?  

 

Interesting, although I've got a feeling a lot of these things are measures people vote for without spending more than two minutes to look at the pros and cons.. 

[hckošice 13,267]

  Always surprised that young Americans never fights for a referendum on lowering the alcohol minimum legal drinking age to 18