The trouble with two party systems is that the two parties necessarily contain the extreme fringes. The question is then how much influence the extremists habe within the larger party.
After claiming fraudulent elections every time his whole politically career, this last election was a historic blowout and he admits it was fair. I hope it's a wet blanket on all the election conspiracies of recent years--see, it is possible for Republicans to lose after all, who knew?
AI policies for each party drastically differ. And considering the US is the epicenter of AI right now, the midterm results are more relevant than ever for HN.
Saying you want politics off the site is in and of itself, a political opinion.
> unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon
A year ago GOP was projected to keep the senate by a safe margin, and here they are losing seats by a wide margin. Even if you're not into the politics of it, the analysis of the electoral data itself would count as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." Which counties flipped? Why? By how many? Were there flaws in polling data? Is there a statistical trend?
Sure if you just read headlines, but if you read what has happened so far you would see where it is on topic. Texas flipping not just a senate seat but the governor office as well in a state that Musk has spent millions trying to prevent the flip. It affects some of the bigger topics on this site. SpaceX, Tesla, and data centers (which the texas flip just caused AI stocks to fall) https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/04/ai-stocks-texas-governor-dat...
I don’t think it can be off topic. The bubble is going to burst and it’s not going to be pretty and there will be a need for some type of political/financial analysis of all of these data centers being built across the country particularly from a infrastructure standpoint.
It's not left vs. right, it's up vs. down. Always has been, and always will be. The L vs. R thing is another wedge issue/fault line to keep people divided-and-conquered.
Yeah I hate when that yucky political stuff gets in the way.
Anyway, back to work on my systems that spy on people to extract more ad revenue, and autonomous killbots. The tech for those is so _cool_, lots of fun challenges :)
If more engineering/medical/science are involved in politics means more public infrastructure aside from data centers I can live with that, if it means more clear thinking, more practical thinking, more can do and less lawyering why not, after all, the lawyers and the business/finance people can’t say they haven’t had their opportunities over the years.
Wondering what they are doing in 2 years if Democrats will win back Presidency - do the same people who kissed Republican asses then also donate xxx millions? :-D
And what will they answer then if asked about their prior/past donations to Trump? :-D
As a typical HN libertarian, these results are confusing. Was there something about Republican policy that the voter base disagreed with? My neighbors in southern states say that Trump is doing wonders for the economy, that gas and grocery prices have never been lower.
Libertarianism is a synthetic political ideology created to lower the taxes of, reduce regulations for, and increase profits of billionaires at the expense of the climate and ordinary people's lives.
That's a very good question. I wish them the best of luck, but "we're not Trump" isn't exactly a complete political program. Also, they risk reversing the few things that Trump did right, mainly convincing Europe to get their (our?) shit together.
MrGilbert | 3 hours ago
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adrianN | 3 hours ago
Sad that this line has become necessary.
dudefeliciano | 3 hours ago
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waterTanuki | 3 hours ago
Saying you want politics off the site is in and of itself, a political opinion.
bushbaba | 3 hours ago
“ Off-Topic: Most stories about politics” https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
waterTanuki | 3 hours ago
A year ago GOP was projected to keep the senate by a safe margin, and here they are losing seats by a wide margin. Even if you're not into the politics of it, the analysis of the electoral data itself would count as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." Which counties flipped? Why? By how many? Were there flaws in polling data? Is there a statistical trend?
Also this isn't an article, it's a live feed.
1659447091 | 2 hours ago
Sure if you just read headlines, but if you read what has happened so far you would see where it is on topic. Texas flipping not just a senate seat but the governor office as well in a state that Musk has spent millions trying to prevent the flip. It affects some of the bigger topics on this site. SpaceX, Tesla, and data centers (which the texas flip just caused AI stocks to fall) https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/04/ai-stocks-texas-governor-dat...
MrGilbert | 3 hours ago
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dudefeliciano | 2 hours ago
Taking out a rotten tooth is never pretty but it needs to be done.
burnt-resistor | an hour ago
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bschwindHN | 3 hours ago
Anyway, back to work on my systems that spy on people to extract more ad revenue, and autonomous killbots. The tech for those is so _cool_, lots of fun challenges :)
Danox | 2 hours ago
apexalpha | 2 hours ago
This is the same subject now.
KellyCriterion | 2 hours ago
And what will they answer then if asked about their prior/past donations to Trump? :-D
Freedom2 | 2 hours ago
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burnt-resistor | an hour ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_and_libertarianism
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/cato-institute/#hi...
apexalpha | 2 hours ago
Let's see if the leaderless Democrats can actually affect some change.
anal_reactor | 54 minutes ago