Voting Bloc Puns

I realize that Hispanics are not monolithic (Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexican-Americans) etc.

I do know that Obama talked about the “coalition of the ascendant” that propelled him to victory.

Demographics have also been cited as being on the side of the Democratic Party.

Youngkin however won 55 percent to 43 percent of the Hispanic vote in Virginia.

Blip or a trend?

Edit: anecdotally I will say that I know some very conservative Hispanics who want to regale me with what they recently saw on OAN.

Julian Assange is currently sitting in Belmarsh Prison in the UK, awaiting a decision on the US government's appeal of the lower court's decision not to extradite him to the US to face one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and 17 counts under the Espionage Act of 1917. If convicted on all counts, he faces 175 years in prison.

These charges all stem from his participation in the acquisition and publication of the Iraq War Logs and other documents from whistleblower Chelsea Manning in 2010 and 2011. That is, none of his alleged crimes have anything to do with the DNC or Podesta email leaks, nor with the 2016 US Presidential election or Russian collusion.

My CMV is about groups of US voters themselves, not politicians, parties, or political factions, each of which may have good reasons (from their perspective) to support Assange's prosecution, or at least to not stand in the way. I'm going to lay out some of the major US voting blocs and explain why I think they should oppose the prosecution. None of this is to say they should like Assange or think he's a good person, only that he should not be prosecuted.

Marxists/socialists/leftists: This seems the most obvious: the US government, particularly the foreign policy and national security state, is the largest pro-capitalist and anti-communist force on earth. Leftists are among the most persecuted by FBI and CIA; the ability to publish documents that embarrass them must be defended.

Progressives/Liberals: WaPo describes in 2013 the Obama DoJ's decision not to prosecute Assange:

> Justice officials said they looked hard at Assange but realized that they have what they described as a “New York Times problem.” If the Justice Department indicted Assange, it would also have to prosecute the New York Times and other news organizations and writers who published classified material....

The charges that Trump's DoJ eventually brought against Assange are over the same alleged offenses that Obama's declined to prosecute. If you are a liberal or progressive that holds Assange partially responsible for Trump's victory in 2016, that's a fair positi

“I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the SAME JUDGMENT.” (1 corinthians 1:10)

Now according to the fundamental doctrines of the Inc book, they have looked up the meaning of judgement in the dictionary to prove that “voting” is expressing judgement. Therefore, they interpret that they must all have the same vote.

However, If we read the succeeding verses (1:11-17), we will find that Apostle Paul is speaking about quarreling among Corinthians regarding the church leader to follow. Some follow only Paul; others, Apollos; still others, Cephas. Paul argued that Christians must be united as one Church under Christ. They must be united under the Gospel and nowhere was the apostle Paul speaking here of political voting.

Now we come to the book of acts that they quoted in their fundamental doctrines book:

“Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.” (Acts 15:1-2)

They used the above verses as an example where the church had a dispute and brought it up to the elders and leader of the church (who is referred to as apostle james).

They then skipped the subsequent verses all the way to verse 18 and only quote verse 19 to prove that the church leader has the final say-

“It is my judgment “,… (Acts 15:19)

However, if you should read verses 3 to 18, the issue that was discussed among the church leaders was regarding the Gentiles being circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.

If you read Mark 12:14-17 there were pharisees who asked jesus if they should pay imperial tax to caesar. (They were tryng to trap jesus) jesus replied to them to “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s”

Hence christ is telling us to follow the law of the government. Vote according to your own decision as a citizen.Bloc voting should never be connected to matters of the faith as it has no biblical basis. In fact, the inc’s bloc voting has contributed to the country’s suffering.voting for politicians that have corruption records is asking for more problems for your countrymen.

Before the September 11th attacks, an estimated 80% of non-African-American Muslims were Republican voters. After the beginning of the War on Terror, Muslim approval for Bush cratered to 7%.

Trump was able to increase his Muslim percentage from 16% in 2016 to 30% in 2020, however much of this was bolstered from the white Muslim population. With the current events around Afghanistan and what may finally be the complete withdrawal of US troops, are there openings for the GOP to recapture this lost voting bloc?

>Selling out requires personal gain.
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>Also, everyone in this entire comment thread is forgetting Bernie has not established popular support for him. So in Bernie's mind, he doesn't actually know if enough people will back him if he uses his bully pulpit and consistently withdraws his support.
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>So what option does that leave him with? Adding at least some progressive economic reforms that provide benefits to regular Americans.
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>Look I believe Bernie is flawed in his approach, but the fact is saying his name alienates you from 90% of the right and 40% of the left. His policies are popular but he himself never was. FDR knew the people backed him in almost every corner of the map. They backed him and his policies.
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>I am not advocating for his approach, just shedding some light on why he is making the choices in this manner.
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>Bernie as an outsider failed to win popular support, but said good speeches.
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>Bernie as an insider will likely get us at least some of the things in here.
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>That is more than what most politicians can claim to have done in the last 50 years.
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>We need the outside approach to keep building support and the inside approach to keep getting at least some small wins.

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Bernie's failed bid for Dem's nominee has made it exceeding clear to him and JDs that they themselves lack popular broad support. This makes using the bully pulpit a thousand times more risky. History tells us that the best ideas don't win. The most well-funded and well-marketed ideas do.

We all know the polls on his policies, but at the end of the day we live in a country with massive sectarian divides where names like Bernie Sanders and AOC have strong reactions to their names.

This goes back to what Saagar said a while back, that control of MSM narrative is almost everything when it comes to political power and public policy passed.

Look I am no political strategist, and I disagree with Bernie's and JD's choices to not vote as a bloc or to not FTV, but there is a real cost to using the bully pulpit and not enough people joining the call to action. This applies to every economic progressive populist policy out there. Unlike t

Living A Holy Life... Or Livin' La Vida Loca?

The reason why their 'count' is inaccurate is that they have so many lukewarm and cold members. And the real reason for that is because they want out.

Also, the reason why they have so many 'tiwalag' is due to the fact that THOSE MEMBERS GOT THEIR SENSES BACK FROM BEING BRAINWASHED.

It is quite obvious that the cult goes for quantity, not quality. There is a good reason for that as well. And that reason being has some serious strings attached to it.

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Is it true that there is no bloc voting in other countries? And also the transfer form in other countries has no expiration date?

The situation is much worse here in the PH. I worry that I might lose my parents soon because they are old and have comorbidities. I sacrificed a year already of not seeing them because I work in the hospital.

Now all hospitals are full, many people are dying without even being counted in the official statistics. And the government has such audacity to claim that their response is excellent. Tanena nyo.

And I can't help but to blame this church also for chosing such incompetent officials to lead the country. What's more frustrating is that I was included in those people who blindly followed and I felt like this was also my fault. I hate this government and also this church. I blame them for the crisis that this country is facing.

Hello! I am a practical Catholic (I don’t go to Church as I know I can talk and have a personal relationship with God wherever and whenever I want, any moment of the day.) I am new in this group, and in the 10 minutes I started reading posts, ang dami ko agad nalaman na mga form of corruption in the INC Church.

During election season, I’ve seen friends who ran for public posts (Mayor down to Barangay kagawad) spend a lot of time and effort to talk to INC Church leadership to be carried by the same Church, dahil malaki talaga ang boto na madadala sa iyo ng INC dahil solid bloc voters sila.

Me and my friend has observed na bumababa ang rate ng mga blind followers in younger generations (millennials, gen Z) or atleast those younger age groups that are active on social media. We are wondering if the same din kaya ito sa younger population in INC? We wanted to study the culture of bloc voting of INC kasi anlaki talaga ng impact ng bloc voting ng INC sa elections, and hopefully malaman namin how we can dismantle the same.

Paano kaya? Is it possible?

I’m so confused when people talk about them