The Guardian (a left-of-centre British newspaper) did something similar in 2004, getting volunteers to phone voters in battleground states imploring them to vote Democrat. If anything, this boosted the Republican vote, as random foreigners telling citizens who to vote for is not a good look.
At the risk of explaining a joke into the ground your comment has more than one reference. The UK's two main parties have their colors flipped. Labour's color is red.
In 2000, the NY Times arbitrarily went with Red for Republicans because the first letter matched. This was the first time they printed color maps for an election. Everyone else kinda just went along with what the NY Times was doing that year.
And yeah, like you say CNN was showing that map a lot in 2000 and once people started saying "red state" and "blue state" it kinda stuck.
I think the nut job aspect would be leaping to the conclusion they would be forcing people to quarter these folks, as opposed to arranging long term hotels/rentals or maybe voluntary hosts. Employers do this all the time and people don't presume a constitutional crisis.
Still seems stupid, shouldn't need that much manpower to help canvas.
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The Guardian (a left-of-centre British newspaper) did something similar in 2004, getting volunteers to phone voters in battleground states imploring them to vote Democrat. If anything, this boosted the Republican vote, as random foreigners telling citizens who to vote for is not a good look.
Meanwhile, Russian propaganda is laundered through US sources backing Republicans
Unless they're Australian or South African billionaires that is.
See the difference is they're too stupid to know that
Only Americans get to tell other countries who they can and can't elect!
At the risk of explaining a joke into the ground your comment has more than one reference. The UK's two main parties have their colors flipped. Labour's color is red.
Lol. The USA's two parties have their colours flipped.
In Finaland we also have red for the Social Democrats, and blue for a couple right-wing parties
Blue for right wing, red for left wing has been standard since forever. What colour was the USSR?
Same color as the Nazis I think.
In 2000, the NY Times arbitrarily went with Red for Republicans because the first letter matched. This was the first time they printed color maps for an election. Everyone else kinda just went along with what the NY Times was doing that year.
And yeah, like you say CNN was showing that map a lot in 2000 and once people started saying "red state" and "blue state" it kinda stuck.
So does nearly every country except the US. But it must be everyone else who has it flipped
Same for Canada. Libs are red, cons blue.
America: looks left, right, and down before proxying the road
Up:
As for the majority, if not the entirety of the Commonwealth I’d think.
Hunh, that's interesting. https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/british-labour-party-sending-staff-to-campaign-for-harris-in-us-swing-states-united-kingdom-uk-left-leaning-kamala-harris-2024-election-democratic-party-north-carolina-pennsylvania
Brace yourselves, here come the 3rd amendment absolutist nutjobs.
This feels like kink-shaming
I think the nut job aspect would be leaping to the conclusion they would be forcing people to quarter these folks, as opposed to arranging long term hotels/rentals or maybe voluntary hosts. Employers do this all the time and people don't presume a constitutional crisis.
Still seems stupid, shouldn't need that much manpower to help canvas.
Isn't there an amendment about this?
Correct. The 3rd amendment requires enlisted military personnel to ask and obtain your consent prior to fucking your wife in your own home.
I dunno I'd probably let someone from Labour fuck my wife, I hear they're pretty good at fucking the British people.
/s fuck the Tories.
"Definitely bring back prima nocta"