President Biden was projected to lose the Democratic caucuses in American Samoa to an obscure candidate in a surprising result that comes amid a string of Super Tuesday wins.  The race was cal…
    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      1042·
      9 months ago

      Samoa is pretty unimportant but polling is showing how fucked Biden (and all of us) are.

        • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
          612·
          9 months ago

          There are also reasons to take polls seriously. Biden isn’t a slam dunk and trying to shame or silence legitimate concerns hurts his chances of winning.

          The media’s reaction to Jon Stewart calling Biden old seriously hurt their credibility.

          • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
            52·
            9 months ago

            In what way is pointing to some factually suspicious elements to these polls that are being cited, trying to “shame or silence legitimate concerns”?

            I literally posted an article yesterday that said, among some other things, “It lets weak Secretary of State Antony Blinken and duplicitous President Joe Biden be less servile when Netanyahu dismisses the low death toll.” I’m hunky dory with legitimate concerns. Illegitimate concerns I feel the need to address in the sense of pointing out hey this seems illegitimate.

            Surely that’s not confusing or inappropriate?

  • TSR55@lemm.ee
    21·
    9 months ago

    Something like 91 total votes were cast, 51 went to that Palmer guy so he gets the delegates. Unclear why he’d bother but I’m sure he has some kind of angle.

    • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
      14·
      9 months ago

      Unclear why he’d bother

      That’s the best bar story ever!

      Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I won the American Samoa Democratic primary?

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    President Biden was projected to lose the Democratic caucuses in American Samoa to an obscure candidate in a surprising result that comes amid a string of Super Tuesday wins.

    The race was called Tuesday night by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), who confirmed the results with the Democratic Party of American Samoa.

    Palmer has reportedly qualified for the presidential ballot in just 16 states and territories, according to a release from the campaign through PR Newswire.

    Since American Samoa is a U.S. territory, it doesn’t have electoral votes in the general election — but it can still send 11 delegates to the Democratic National Convention later this year.

    Democrat Michael Bloomberg came out on top in the party’s 2020 Super Tuesday contest in American Samoa, while then-candidate Biden got single-digit support.

    The contests are set to give boosts to both Biden and former President Trump, the GOP front-runner, as they fight to lock in their respective party nods.

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    31·
    9 months ago

    I like how it’s phrased not as “this is the candidate that won, I’m so concerned about Biden’s poor performance that obviously as a genuine Democrat, I’m hyping up this other guy who isn’t old who I think would be better.”

    Or “Hey everybody you should support the Green Party instead, because I don’t like the DNC I’m trying to promote them, as a genuine leftist”

    Nope

      • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
        2·
        9 months ago

        Bro I’m a double communist and just to prove it I’m gonna vote for Trump and if you don’t too then everyone’s gonna think your lame

        • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Vote for Danald Tramp! Then when we’re being tortured to death in prison camps the Demorcats will really know it’s time to reform.