{"id":44040,"date":"2026-02-27T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=44040"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:50:39","slug":"that-incoming-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/27\/that-incoming-train\/","title":{"rendered":"That Incoming Train"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why are leftists and independents periodically worrying about federal interference in voting? Here’s one report:<\/p>\n

Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November\u2019s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump\u2019s promised executive order on the issue. The White House declined to elaborate on Trump\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the Constitution, it\u2019s the legislatures and states that really control how a state conducts its elections, and the president doesn\u2019t have any power to do that,\u201d said Peter Ticktin, a Florida lawyer who is advocating for the draft executive order. Ticktin attended the New York Military Academy with Trump and was part of his legal team that filed an unsuccessful 2022 lawsuit accusing Democrats of conspiring to damage him with allegations that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. [WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This Ticktin fellow claims the President will be able to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines; he doesn’t seem to realize mail-in ballots are of importance to the military and citizens who are overseas, while voting machines, even if they do unsettle me, will delay summations for, in some areas of the country, weeks. In the latter case, reliable Republican voters may feel disenfranchised.<\/p>\n

Perhaps he’d be more trustworthy to the far-right if he just appealed, publicly and repeatedly, to the divine, although manipulating the election certainly discredits the divine’s power, now doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

So what has the right in a tizzy<\/em>, as a few generations ago used to say?<\/p>\n

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Voters are closely split over which party they prefer in the November midterm elections, but Democrats hold a wide advantage in voter enthusiasm over Republicans that could help them reclaim at least some power, according to a\u00a0Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The poll reflects Republicans\u2019 slippery grasp on power in Washington as they struggle to motivate their core supporters to show up for them in a year when President Donald Trump will not be on the ballot and when many voters are reporting dissatisfaction with the economy.<\/p>\n

More Democrats than Republicans said they are certain to vote this fall \u2014 79 percent to 65 percent among registered voters. That 14-point advantage is the largest Democrats have reported on this question ahead of a midterm election since at least 2006. In 2018, when Democrats won back the House in a wave election during Trump\u2019s first term, Post-ABC polls showed that they held a five-point edge in January on certainty to vote, while Republicans pulled close to even by Election Day. [<\/span>WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And I continue to say neither Party is in good shape if they have to depend on enthusiasm. The Democrats have a big enough advantage that they may pick up sixty seats next election – but based on the high unpopularity of not only President Trump, but the entire Republican Party.<\/p>\n

Paradoxically, though, I see the results of the Gallup<\/strong><\/em> poll<\/a> to your right, showing both parties to be in disfavor, to be a relatively healthy movement on the part of the American electorate. I am not a fan of the tribal approach to politics, nor the I’ve always voted this way!<\/em> group; citizens who demand politicians and parties persuasively argue their positions strikes me as far more mature and likely to select a government more likely to successfully shepherd the country into the future.<\/p>\n

But when half the electorate is disappointed and frustrated with the current offerings, it’s a signal that the current leaders need to be replaced, hopefully with better leaders. The dishonesty displayed by Trump and Biden is being paid off in that chart.<\/p>\n

Which Party will admit to fault first?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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