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Forwarded from What, when, where, why, and how? (Whoever)
Alright gonna ask homework

do you know you lowest rung locally elected official? City council, town council, mayor. Who technically represents you at the lowest level?

If you don't know I do suggest learning they have more power over your day to day life than the president.
Forwarded from Africa Elects Official
#Botswana, national parliament election results (61/61 seats declared):

UDC (centre-left): 36 (+28)
BDP (centre-right): 4 (-34)
BCP (centre-left): 15 (+8)
BPF (*): 5 (+1)
Independent (*): 1 (-)

+/- vs. pre-election composition

https://africaelects.com/botswana
https://hoodmaps.com/berlin-neighborhood-map
I don't remember, if I have ever shared this page but it seems like a fun way to plan your next city trip.
Forwarded from Europe Elects Official
#Germany, Infratest dimap poll:

CDU/CSU-EPP: 34% (+3)
AfD-ESN: 17%
SPD-S&D: 16%
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 11% (-2)
BSW-NI: 6% (-2)
FDP-RE: 4% (+1)

+/- vs. 7-9 October 2024

Fieldwork: 28-30 October 2024
Sample size: 1,333

http://europeelects.eu/germany
TIL ChatGPT outsourced Kenyan workers to help train its AI by labeling harmful content such as abuse, violence, and gore; one worker called the assignment "torture". [source, comments]
Forwarded from Science News
Since the 1990s, Congress has become increasingly polarized and gridlocked. The driver behind this is the replacement of moderate legislators with more ideologically extreme legislators, particularly among Republicans. This "explains virtually all of the recent growth in partisan polarization."

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#PartisanPolarization #PoliticalGridlock #ModerateVsExtreme #CongressionalChanges #IdeologicalShift
Forwarded from Europe Elects Official
How would Europeans vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election if they had a chance?

Pollsters across the continent asked, Europe Elects aggregated:

Harris (~S&D|RE) vs. Trump (ECR) (only those revealing voting intention):

🇩🇰96–4
🇫🇮90–8
🇸🇪90–10
🇳🇱87–13
🇳🇴86–12
🇩🇪85–15
🇮🇪84–16
🇫🇷83–17
🇱🇹83–17
🇦🇹82–18
🇪🇸80–20
🇵🇹79–21
🇧🇪78–22
🇮🇹75–25
🇪🇪74–26
🇨🇭72–20
🇱🇻69–31
🇵🇱69–31
🇬🇧68–32
🇽🇰67–33
🇷🇴62–38
🇬🇷61–39
🇭🇷60–40
🇨🇿54–46
🇸🇮49–51
🇸🇰48–52
🇲🇩44–56
🇧🇬42–58
🇭🇺38–62
🇬🇪34–66
🇷🇸33–67
🇷🇺22–78

Fieldwork: October
Sample size: see details

Details, methodology and raw polls considered in the analysis:
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