Sadly the majority won't last. Democrats still lack an identity and an objective and the number 1 issue for Americans is the economy which there is no easy fix for. DEI, virtue signalling, immigration is not going to solve economic issues and will lead to a flip in 2030.
Why such cynical analysis? Four years is a long time, and it's trivially easy to trend up (economically) from where America is right now.
You also seem to take as a given that DEI, virtue signalling, immigration will be as it was in 2020, but I doubt it. Parties are capable of growth. The Democratic mainstream seems like they're less extreme now.
That's not true at all. Significant shifts in governments and broadly related to that (Brexit etc) are always discussed and some of the most discussed topics in the history of HN.
I think the results are probably flooding most mainstream news and anyone here is probably invested enough to have already got news as to what percentage of America had voted for ...
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>What to Submit
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
The "interesting new phenomenon" caveat for politics and mainstream stories is one of the most unevenly applied wild-card policies in the guidelines. Had things gone the other way, HN would be a lot more lenient about it.
Sadly the majority won't last. Democrats still lack an identity and an objective and the number 1 issue for Americans is the economy which there is no easy fix for. DEI, virtue signalling, immigration is not going to solve economic issues and will lead to a flip in 2030.
Why such cynical analysis? Four years is a long time, and it's trivially easy to trend up (economically) from where America is right now.
You also seem to take as a given that DEI, virtue signalling, immigration will be as it was in 2020, but I doubt it. Parties are capable of growth. The Democratic mainstream seems like they're less extreme now.
There are some flagged posts (and one almost flagged):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50362418
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50362285
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361936
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361247
One of the things here at HN taken as general rule of thumb is avoid posting article topics which are probably overwhelming current mainstream news.
That's not true. We've had non-stop celebrity news for the last week.
That's not true at all. Significant shifts in governments and broadly related to that (Brexit etc) are always discussed and some of the most discussed topics in the history of HN.
I think the results are probably flooding most mainstream news and anyone here is probably invested enough to have already got news as to what percentage of America had voted for ...
From [1] >What to Submit
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
A historic election not seen in decades is obviously an "interesting new phenomenon".
The "interesting new phenomenon" caveat for politics and mainstream stories is one of the most unevenly applied wild-card policies in the guidelines. Had things gone the other way, HN would be a lot more lenient about it.
Its more like bikeshedding subjects.
Expecting a lack of bias from HN is like expecting a decent salad at KFC.
They have their reasons - it is what it is.
Plenty of other sites exist with news and discussion.
The news about the elections in the US is all over other media. It's not needed here.
It would be reasonable, if the moderators decide to allow it, to wait until America is awake.