Jimmy Fallon Quotes
Today is the midterm elections. The Washington Post is predicting that there's a 98 percent chance of the Republicans taking the Senate and The New York Times says there's a 75 percent chance. And CNN said, 'Wait, that's today?'
Fallon, Jimmy. Monologue. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, NBC, 4 Nov. 2014.
This seeming abnormality was the result of most of the House of Representatives Congressional Districts being heavily weighted to one party or the other, some the result of demographics and most the result of intentional gerrymandering by the politicians in the State Legislatures. The Republicans at that time were much better at this than the Democrats and very few of the districts were competitive between the parties. Many Democratic urban districts had small democratic areas of the suburbs added to them giving them a larger majority than they needed to win while taking them out of the suburban districts making them easier to win for the Republicans. The original Constitutional concept that the House represented the people proportionately was then undermined as the Republicans could easily win the vast majority of the congressional seats and at the some tome garner millions of votes less nationally than the Democrats,
Owner of one of the only 2 Mexican Television Networks. There js no other industrial democracy that has a two party system; the others have 3 or more parties. Other democracies have their election day scheduled for a non-work day—usually a weekend. A number of states of the U. S. also allow voting on weekends and on multiple days. The individual states have the right (within limits) to set the time and rules of elections. Those states where conservatives have control tend to restrict voting as narrowly as they can, as their supporters tend to be more affluent and have jobs where they can vote on a Tuesday without economic penalty or family dislocation. Where liberals control, they tend to take steps to make voting very easy, especially of the poor and working class, as they have more supports in these groups.
This point is taken seriously even today by all modern political campaigns. The “advance man” is a key staff member whose job is to arrange for a good turnout when the candidate appears. The numbers are important, and so is the makeup of the crowd—including the presence of local politicians and people of importance. His older brother was running for Consul—the highest elected office of the Roman Empire. The Handbook, was his advice to his brother as to how to conduct his campaign.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Republican party had many closely contested primary contests—often with more than 2 candidates. Though not always, most of the Republican incumbents and challengers in the primaries were very rich. The Republicans had been so successful against the Democrats by attacking opponents viciously and crudely, truthfully and otherwise, that they brought that style of campaigning into their primary elections and often these primary election debates were very nasty fights.
Most Americans thought that this issue was settled long ago, but there are still some revanchist conservatives who are fighting the fight of the 18th and 19th century democracies of restricting voting to only the “educated” or “property” classes.
James Thomas Fallon is an American comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and as the host of late-night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and before that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
