Who is better for housing?

From Mansion Global:

Housing Was a Factor for About 40% of Early Voters in the U.S. Presidential Election

For U.S. adults who voted in the presidential election by Nov. 1, about two in five said the housing market was a factor in their decision, according to a report from Redfin on Monday.

Of the 1,002 early voters surveyed, 38% said housing affordability affected their choice for president, while 40% said it was a factor in their local races. 

Kamala Harris voters were more likely to cite housing affordability as a concern than Donald Trump voters, with 43% of early Harris voters reporting that it impacted their decision, compared with 29% of Trump voters who said the same.

Homes in blue areas of the U.S. tend to be much more expensive than red areas, which is likely a reason why Harris voters were more concerned with the housing market than Trump voters, according to Redfin. 

Of the 14 issues Redfin surveyed early voters about, housing affordability ranked 12th, having more weight than only climate change (36% of voters said it was a factor) and access to gender affirming care (19%). 

The economy was the top concern among those who already voted, with 63% saying it impacted their choice for president. Inflation was No. 2 at 59%, followed by protecting democracy (56%). 

About one-third of the survey respondents believe mortgage rates will fall if Trump is elected, while 23% think they’ll drop if Harris is elected. Additionally, 32% think rates will increase under a Harris presidency, while 28% believe they’d rise if Trump wins. 

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167 Responses to Who is better for housing?

  1. Very Stable Genius says:

    Housing?

  2. Very Stable Genius says:

    In the movie “The Apprentice” the city of New York gives tax breaks and bailouts to the trump organization during Ed Koch’s era.

    Govt must tax Maga real estate developers and stop taxing the liberal working class.

  3. Very Stable Genius says:

    Greatest country in the world will take a week to count votes. We put a man on the moon in 1968 but still can’t count votes

    Every other country in the world has results same day by 6 pm

  4. White Trash Eddie says:

    …the liberal working class.

    I don’t see liberals hauling lumber or responding to an emergency call at 3:00 AM. That’s the working class, the turbine that fuels America. Liberals, you see, pontificate in dogmatic word salad, frustrated that the world has yet to reach the utopia they’ve envisioned.

  5. White Trash Eddie says:

    We put a man on the moon in 1968…

    Someone care to umm… oh never mind.

  6. Very Stable Genius says:

    Coincidentally 1968 was also the birth of democracy in the US with the end of 300 yrs of apartheid after civil rights movement recognized black peoples for the first time.

    White Trash Eddie says:
    November 5, 2024 at 6:45 am
    We put a man on the moon in 1968…

    Someone care to umm… oh never mind.

  7. grim says:

    Going to get zero sleep tonight, but does it even pay to stay up?

  8. Very Stable Genius says:

    Yes.
    Republicans are trying to commit fraud again and we mustn’t allow it
    The Supreme Court will stop at nothing

    grim says:
    November 5, 2024 at 7:19 am
    Going to get zero sleep tonight, but does it even pay to stay up?

  9. LAX says:

    6:44 more mindless blather.

  10. White Trash Eddie says:

    VSG,

    Here’s an easy one: What year did the German’s bomb Pearl Harbor?

  11. TraitorJoe says:

    Mindless blather is the level of discourse the left is targeting. Funny you complain about it now then your candidates nickname is word salad. She’s replacing a mindless vegetable on the ticket. And they wouldn’t want her taking leadership of any issues anyway. They want a mindless vessel.

  12. LAX says:

    If America is dumb enough to allow Trump, a complete failure, at the levers of power, then America deserves the next four plus years of abject failure. No ideology can overcome stupidity.

  13. TraitorJoe says:

    Sounds to me like mindless blather. I prefer peace and prosperity to broad decline.

  14. White Trash Eddie says:

    She’s replacing a mindless vegetable on the ticket.

    One vegetable being replaced by another vegetable.

    Delightful. lol.

  15. SomeOne says:

    Eddie,

    I don’t see liberals hauling lumber or responding to an emergency call at 3:00 AM.

    WFT???

  16. Phoenix says:

    Then keep your shade closed, don’t look out the window, and keep watching the screen on the headrest. Enjoy the entertainment provided.

    Head in the sand is a good option for some. Or get some Xanax.

    TraitorJoe says:
    November 5, 2024 at 8:24 am
    Sounds to me like mindless blather. I prefer peace and prosperity to broad decline.

  17. Phoenix says:

    Don’t see any Repubs doing that either. Only illegals and Chinese. Hehe

    SomeOne says:
    November 5, 2024 at 9:02 am
    Eddie,

    I don’t see liberals hauling lumber at 3:00 AM.

  18. Phoenix says:

    Veggie Tales election edition.

    Hehe.

    White Trash Eddie says:
    November 5, 2024 at 8:25 am
    She’s replacing a mindless vegetable on the ticket.

    One vegetable being replaced by another vegetable.

    Delightful. lol.

  19. Phoenix says:

    You aren’t an illegal alien are you? Even if you are they won’t be coming after you that quickly. Hehe.

    grim says:
    November 5, 2024 at 7:19 am
    Going to get zero sleep tonight, but does it even pay to stay up?

  20. Phoenix says:

    The adults are the ones getting high in America. Hehe
    Goes great with all of the booze they are consuming, Mommy high and drunk picking up her kids at school.

    When states first legalized recreational cannabis, starting with Colorado and Washington in 2012, some panicked. “The ‘sky’s going to fall’ scenario was that all of the kids were just going to have access to all of the cannabis and it was going to be a terrible, terrible thing,” said Ryan Vandrey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine who studies cannabis.

    The largest jumps in use in recent years, though, appear to be among adults.

    About 42 percent of adults ages 19 to 30 and 29 percent of those ages 35 to 50 have used cannabis in the past year — a historically high level of use, according to data from a nationwide survey.

  21. Phoenix says:

    Somehow, someway, there always seems to be a God involved in everything destructive everywere.

    A 24-year-old Tennessee man was arrested on Saturday moments before he planned to use a drone carrying an explosive to destroy a Nashville power substation.

    On Saturday, the sources went with him to a hotel in Nashville, where they conducted a Nordic ritual, which included a Nordic prayer and discussion about the Norse god Odin, prosecutors said.

  22. Very Stable Genius says:

    It’s a good movie. Saw it over the weekend while researching who to vote for

    The Apprentice
    is a 2024 biographical film that examines Donald Trump’s career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn. Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, the film stars Sebastian Stan as Trump, Jeremy Strong as Cohn, Martin Donovan as Trump’s father Fred, and Maria Bakalova as Trump’s first wife, Ivana.

  23. Grim says:

    Where is it streaming?

  24. Juice Box says:

    Grim – Epic Universe park, opens in May….

  25. Phoenix says:

    VSG,

    All you ever needed to know about Trump can be summed up in two words.

    Force Majeure.

    No movie required.

  26. White Trash Eddie says:

    All you ever needed to know about Trump Cumeala can be summed up in two words.

    Force Manure.

    Hehe ;)

  27. LAX says:

    We get it, you’re a moron, Gary.

  28. Very Stable Genius says:

    I rented it on Apple TV.
    It’s listed as top 10 rental.

    Sebastian Stan as Trump, Jeremy Strong as Cohn are very good, nuanced performances, not cartoonish.

    Grim says:
    November 5, 2024 at 9:30 am
    Where is it streaming?

  29. Phoenix says:

    The danger of being a simp.

    A Florida man who was tied up on a beach anticipating a romp in the sand ended up in the hospital after a bloody attack.

    The victim – described as a ‘frantic male with no shirt yelling’ – was allegedly jumped and struck by a hatchet on an Ormond-by-the-Sea beach on Wednesday, according to the arrest affidavit.

    Alana Cagle, 18, lured the victim into the area at around 8.30pm so ‘she could tie him up on the beach and have sex with him,’ but the situation took a vicious turn.

  30. SomeOne says:

    Alana Cagle, 18, lured the victim into the area at around 8.30pm …

    Kids, don’t trust strangers offering eye candy or real candy / snacks. Get fully vetted references!

  31. Chicago says:

    Ten 436

  32. Phoenix says:

    She is a hottie. NJ. Turns out she had more fun than first reported.

    First comment tells it all:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML2r2_zK-cM

  33. Hughesrep says:

    Lob wedge. Good from 80 yards.

    Also accept good from far, but far from good.

  34. Phoenix says:

    Hughes,
    But with that degree in education i’ll bet she could teach you a thing or two.

    Hehe.

  35. SomeOne says:

    Phoenix, that looked like a female version of Young Eddie

  36. White Trash Eddie says:

    Young Eddie is (was) three times bigger than that girl.

  37. OC1 says:

    Phoenix, that looked like a female version of Young Eddie

    Can we please stop making fun of fat Fast Eddie?

    Show some body positivity, people!

  38. SomeOne says:

    Not the young woman’s looks, but the way she pivoted from “teach God”, “disavow gays”, to “Kamala sucked d” so seamlessly and confidently — something that can only come from ignorance and lack of grace. Her version of “God” does not seem to be a kind being!

    Or like Gandhi said, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Granted, same can be said about every religion and belief system…

  39. Very Stable Genius says:

    Early results point to a blue wave

  40. Very Stable Genius says:


    After 80,000 model simulations, Silver has Democrat Kamala Harris beating Donald Trump in the majority of match ups.”

  41. SomeOne says:

    VSG,

    “After 80,000 model simulations, Silver has Democrat Kamala Harris beating Donald Trump in the majority of match ups.”

    I wouldn’t read too much into “majority” — Harris won in 40,012 sims; she did not win in 39,988 simulations (either a loss or a tie). So 24 / 80,000 advantange (1 / 10,000).

  42. Juice Box says:

    Got Spotify on the surround sound, TV news is off, grilling up a nice meal for family tonight, hot tub and pool are hot and there is a fun day planned at Sea World tomorrow.

    Tune out the politics folks.

  43. Libturd says:

    I’m with you Juice. We are having a fantastic time at Hilton Head. Ocean is as warm as it gets in NJ in August and most places are at 1/4 to half capacity. Currently, we are at a seafood restaurant eating outside by Skull Creek. We think of all of the shore places we have stayed from Nantucket down to Key West, we like it the best due to the laid back vibe and lack of crowds. The beaches are incredible too.

  44. Very Stable Genius says:

    Polls make the same assumptions about voter turnout.
    But This is a post-Roe v Wade world

  45. Juice Box says:

    Lib – glad you are enjoying yourself and doing right for your family, and like me saving a buck or two. Have a great vacation.

  46. Libturd says:

    I’m thinking I probably won my bet.

  47. njtownhomer says:

    Congrats to Fast, at least he is not gonna bitch about the gov for another term. Red trifecta can do whatever they want. When is the wall coming?

  48. Jed149@aol.com says:

    I guess the American People have spoken, they did not like 30% inflation, did not like open boarders allowing drugs, murders, rapists, gangs, or unvetted illegals, ( legal vetted immigrants are needed and wanted), 50% inflation in housing, wars , the list is endless.
    The votes did not all come from MAGA, landslides all over… house, senate, presidency, governors almost like even Democrats are tired of Joe’s corruption, along with all the lies. Joe really united the country LOL. Bitcoin is now rocking with the trump win, up to $$75,000. You have to thank the Democrats for saying we have had enough BS.
    Congratulations to Trump who fought the slime DOJ and won. Congrads to all the garbage voters who stood up for America! Joe took $$$ from our enemies for himself and his family, while the Democrats looked the other way.

  49. SomeOne says:

    Jed, let’s see how the policies all play out. Too early to declare eutopia.

  50. LAX says:

    1:55 the dumbasses won! Congrats it’s going to be a real return to the stupid.

  51. LAX says:

    But yes, America has spoken! Biden’s legacy? Hahahahaha…he probably doesn’t even have the stones to pardon Hunter.

  52. Chicago says:

    Ten 446

  53. Fast Eddie says:

    Any questions?

  54. Fabius Maximus says:

    “I’m thinking I probably won my bet.”

    You did and I’ll pay.

    Gary, I refer you to my previous answer. https://njrereport.com/index.php/2016/11/09/nj-votes/#comment-736827

    Are we Great Yet?

  55. Crushednjmillenial says:

    Proud to be an American.

    Next time, the Dems might want to send someone who didn’t lie about working at McDonalds.

  56. Bob says:

    Yes. Will the losers claim the election was rigged and storm the Capitol? Or was this the most fair and beautiful election ever?

    Will Trump really do anything to stem the tide of illegal immigration?

    Which cryptos should I buy?

    Will I still have to go to all my company-mandated DEI training?

    We just elected a 78 year old guy who simulated giving a BJ to a microphone. As president. Of the country.

    My prediction is he is going to make Biden’s graft look like amateur hour.

    Fast Eddie says:
    November 6, 2024 at 7:01 am
    Any questions?

  57. LAX says:

    Questions??? Hahahaha. All will be revealed.

    Savor the flavor Gary!

  58. Fast Eddie says:

    Greatest comeback in political history.

  59. LAX says:

    7:21 pretty unsavory guy. A complete scumbag, but hey maybe he’ll be able to do some good. Although that really hasn’t been his track record.

  60. Fast Eddie says:

    Cheer up dems, at least you won the popular vote.

    Oh, wait a minute…

  61. SmallGovConservative says:

    Few thoughts based on what I’ve read/seen so far…
    – Dems are rapidly losing Latinos as a reliable constituency, especially Latino men; could be interesting as Joe’s open border could actually end up helping Reps in the long run
    – Could also be seeing cracks with Jewish support
    – Neither of these is surprising, and point to Dems becoming more and more a true Feminist party; wouldn’t be surprised if we see very few men at the top of the Dem ticket in future presidential elections, there are literally none left in the party that are worth anything
    – Harris was literally the worst, least serious, least competent, least qualified candidate ever; we should all be happy that the Dem coup didn’t work; most certainly wouldn’t have worked no matter who they replaced Joe with, but Carmella was by far the worst
    – Very deep bench on the Rep side with Vance and Ramaswamy at the top of the list of young, smart, highly-qualified candidates. The Dems have literally no one; don’t be surprised to see AOC make a serious run for the Dem nomination in 28 as she’s typical of the type of vapid, vacuous dingbat that’s taken control of the party

  62. TraitorJoe says:

    Bob. That was fake news just like nazi rally garbage and the polls. Don’t be a fool for them.

  63. TraitorJoe says:

    The left no longer trusts their constituents to pick the candidate. It has to be vetted by the DEI board and the bureaucracy. Unless they return to a competitive primary they will continue running imbeciles who they can manipulate.

  64. BRT says:

    Perhaps those who thought this was a race and that their pills were accurate need to reassess their information sources. Do you like being lied to? Do you like lying to yourself?

  65. LAX says:

    Fascinating stuff. In the end, life goes on.
    Let’s just hope the US doesn’t implode like so many
    of Trump’s ventures.

  66. Phoenix says:

    Damn I really thought the Kamel was going to be President. Not the first time I’ve been wrong.

    Eddie, on my way to your house for breakfast. Better be serving that real Chex Mix this morning. Hehe.

    Congrats. First felon for President.

    Actually sounds worse than it is considering in NJ a theft over 200 dollars is a felony so basically two bags at ShopRite.

    Funny thing is now SNL owes Trump equal time, can’t wait to watch his monologue.

  67. Phoenix says:

    LAX

    You need to draw one of those ASCII dicky things going up Kamala’s ass.

    Hehe.

  68. Bob says:

    BRT,

    I rarely watch talking heads but tuned in this morning and the collective dejection on the part of both local and national hosts on CBS is palpable.

    I’m wondering if the polling inaccuracies and reporting asymmetries is a function of coordinated media bias or just plain old ignorance and arrogance.

    I expected a close race but this was a landslide – and not just for president.

    It is increasingly difficult to find objective info sources.

    BRT says:
    November 6, 2024 at 7:56 am
    Perhaps those who thought this was a race and that their pills were accurate need to reassess their information sources. Do you like being lied to? Do you like lying to yourself?

  69. Juice Box says:

    Crappy weather raining here in Florida…aborting Sea World for perhaps a rocket launch.

    I may head over to Cape Canaveral for the Space X launch today at 4:39…

    Elon is at Trump’s place in West Palm beach last night he might be at Canaveral later today….watching his jet location.

    Watching to see if the rocket fueling will begin etc..

    https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2024/11/06/what-falcon-9-fairing-dragon-satellite-spacex-starlink-launch-from-florida-cape-canaveral-wednesday/76064477007/

  70. RentL0rd says:

    Credit needs to be given where credit is due. Congrats to Reps.

    Are we all ready for reality now?

    RFK gutting healthcare? Chatgpt is doing enough damage to education, lets see how bad we uneducate our next gen.

    Housing – if you thought investors are taking over housing, you aint seen nothing yet

    Nato is no more.

    And stupid latino men will get the racist white bosses they have asked for

    America fought a monarchy to give way to a dictator.

  71. Chicago says:

    How can it be a good analysis when it is full a pejoratives, and only states the what, not the why?

    LAX says:
    November 6, 2024 at 7:53 am
    A good analysis:
    https://newrepublic.com/article/188055/democrats-lost-election-trump-2024

  72. Old realtor says:

    Lib,
    Let me know when and where to meet you. I will pay you on the bet and buy you a drink.
    You can email me at camenwent@gmail.com

  73. Old realtor says:

    Chicago,
    How did everything workout with moving the piece of furniture? Hope you were happy with Gerry.

  74. BRT says:

    I mean to say polls but you might want to check your pills as well

  75. Chicago says:

    I was going to contact you. The move just happened yesterday.

    Amazing guy. Really impressed.

    Thank you so much.

    Shocked when he told me he was 57.

  76. TraitorJoe says:

    Rent lord illustrates the biggest reason she lost. The idea that the working class and Latinos need or want Kamala Harris to save them. It’s racist and insulting. She can barely string a few words together.

  77. Phoenix says:

    Juice Box says:
    November 6, 2024 at 8:42 am
    Crappy weather raining here in Florida…aborting Sea World for perhaps a rocket launch.

    Can you abort in Florida?

  78. LAX says:

    8:20 sounds like someone has a new kink…

  79. BRT says:

    Bob, all the data and talking points that existed 1 week prior to Joe dropping out were spot on. Then the machine went into effect, tried to memory hole it, and only the most gullible people believed it. As I said when people started posting the Iowa projection a few days ago…nonstop confirmation bias by the population. The signs were all there. People have to learn to think for themselves instead of letting other people do it for you. Because they aren’t thinking, they are just lying.

  80. Chicago says:

    I don’t particularly care for this guy, nor is this rant particularly well considered or coherent, but it captures the essence of the issue.
    https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1854142853129158927/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1854142853129158927&currentTweetUser=stoolpresidente

  81. Hold my beer says:

    She was a lousy candidate who ran a lousy campaign. When she actually answered a question on what she would do differently than Biden and answered she wouldn’t change a thing and then wouldn’t go on Rogan I thought she was gonna lose.

  82. OC1 says:

    Trump is inheriting a great economy: 2.2% inflation, 4.1% unemployment, real incomes at record levels, 2.8% real GDP growth… Not much room for improvement there. (But a lot of opportunity to muck it up if he really follows through on his tariff and deportation promises.)

    I wonder if he will replace the economists at the BLS with people loyal to him (as he has said he will do?).

    If he does, those may be the last reliable economic statistics we see for a while.

    Next four years will be interesting times.

    I hate living in interesting times.

  83. BRT says:

    I think a starting point for the DNC would be a comprehensive plan to not rig the primaries or have them in the first place. 4 years ago, I would have voted for Tulsi Gabbard.

  84. OC1 says:

    Harris was a crummy candidate, no doubt about that.

    But I still have trouble getting my head around the fact that so many Biden voters switched and voted for the guy who tried really hard to negate their votes the last time around.

  85. Fast Eddie says:

    Hey, does anyone know how big Cumella’s upset win in Iowa was?

    Oh, wait…

  86. Juice Box says:

    Soonest we will hear from VP Harris will most likely be the evening news, only one press pool camera allowed to the Naval Observatory around 4pm.

    Rain stopped, going for a bike ride to the gym. I think odds of a space x launch are low due to high winds and rain happening now, they say tornado watches as well.

  87. SomeOne says:

    Stay classy Eddie, can’t have basic decency towards a woman ever, while you support a really shady character like DJT?

  88. Fast Eddie says:

    Watching MSNBC, there’s a Gen-Z dude interviewing RFK Jr., asking him questions and as RFK Jr. tries to answer, the little dick is trying to follow-up with “gotcha” bullshit until the point where RFK Jr. tells the dick that if he stops talking, he’ll answer. Among the numerous failures of the left, this is one of them. Your ideas suck, your approach sucks, your platform sucks and the people you prop up suck. It’s the reason your side just got slammed like a crack ho on a city sidewalk. Your tactics are now done so sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up.

  89. LAX says:

    I think at some point we need to remember that the powers that be really want us divided. A united people is a lot harder to control.

  90. SomeOne says:

    OC1, looks like the turnout was fairly down for Kamala.

  91. SomeOne says:

    Oh Eddie, slow down… How do you go from a due on MSNBC to “your tactics”? Why not ack how you trash talk about women and / or slow down?

  92. Phoenix says:

    I proudly announce that I successfully avoided voting this year.

    America got the President it wanted wihout my interference.

    You have chosen door number two, let’s see what you have won. Hehe.

    The Monty Hall problem. Let’s make a deal.”

    America the f’n game show.

  93. Phoenix says:

    SomeOne says:
    November 6, 2024 at 11:50 am
    OC1, looks like the turnout was fairly down for Kamala.

    She sucked.

    Worse than he does, apparently.

    Or at least most Americans do, like the lady I posted yesterday.

    Your Trump voter, once again:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1gj4b1x/should_the_bible_be_taught_in_school/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

  94. Chicago says:

    Phx: not Hall. Python
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=666OKm08fRA&pp=ygUjbW9udHkgcHl0aG9uIGVsZWN0aW9uIG5pZ2h0IHNwZWNpYWw%3D

    Phoenix says:
    November 6, 2024 at 12:21 pm

    The Monty Hall problem. Let’s make a deal.”

    America the f’n game show.

  95. No One says:

    Now the biggest political question is whether the Repubs retain the House. Dramatically different ability to govern depending on that answer. Looks like the data leans to them keeping a minimal majority, but I suspect there will be lawyers sent out to fight, recount, etc, on the closest House races. And accusations of election cheating.

    There were a lot more votes cast in the previous election than this one. Shows that incrementally more Biden voters in 2020 were low effort types, helped by the special Covid voting processes.

    Will Dems start pushing their foreign interference/disinformation narrative again?
    I hardly look at Facebook anymore. Did they block a lot of people/messages this time, or did they fire the staff that had a hotline to FBI Democratic Party sympathizers aka “misinformation experts” telling people what they are allowed to see and what they aren’t allowed to see?

  96. No One says:

    Elon Musk is probably the most politically influential corporate CEO ever, at this point. What do you all think he’s going to get as a reward?
    How can he even have time or legally be able to work in government, given that he’s already over-boarded in his companies, plus spends a lot of time playing video games?

  97. No One says:

    Some people voted for Trump.
    I think some people really didn’t want to hear Kamala’s nasal whine and cackling for the next 4 years. What’s her next move in politics? I think her future presidential ambitions are sunk.

  98. njtownhomer says:

    Eddie finally brought out the Venom. Congrats again to you and your many billionaires!
    They knew this outcome a month back. People should had a better read on those.

  99. Fast Eddie says:

    njtownhomer,

    When asked what you would do differently over the past four years, say something other than ‘nothing comes to mind’. It’s like when you’re on an interview and asked what is your weakness, you don’t say you have none. Make something up. Anything. On top of it, she has zero chemistry and zero charisma. She spoke and nothing came out.

  100. Chicago says:

    Did you see TSLA?

    No One says:
    November 6, 2024 at 12:48 pm
    Elon Musk is probably the most politically influential corporate CEO ever, at this point. What do you all think he’s going to get as a reward?
    How can he even have time or legally be able to work in government, given that he’s already over-boarded in his companies, plus spends a lot of time playing video games?

  101. LAX says:

    12:50 she’ll write a book….become a gov chair in a Uni

  102. SomeOne says:

    No One,

    I think it is less about what Kamala’s next steps are, and more about what the country’s next steps are. The same would have been the case even if she won — what things can be accomplished with a small congressional majority and defectors or no majority. She will probably be more than fine with her education as a prof, book tours, pension, etc.

    If wealth concentration keeps happening and the solution is always “look those low wage guys are stealing your money and we’ll deport them, and we’ll give tax cuts to the rich”… at some point, things will get out of control financially.

  103. FindYourNicheAndMakeMoney InTheUpcomingWaveOfCorruption says:

    No One,

    Musk gains that his angling for are 2 big ones and many small ones.

    First big one is to take the FAA, EPA and other regulators off his back to get SpaceX flying frequently enough to paint good enough financial numbers to go public with SpaceX. Going to the Moon/Mars/Alpha Centauri is going to take lots of money and venture capitalist are not going to do it.

    Second big one is to get the DOT and other regulators off Tesla’s back for self driving software. Right now that is Tesla only marketing selling point with a montlhy fee or upfront chunk of cash that makes Tesla special, apart from the superchargers. Superchargers are now open to GM (I think Ford too) cars with adapters and you are seeing more non-Tesla Level 3 pay with credit card/phone chargers. An electric Ford with Apple Car Play is better than a GM one with its clunky proprietary navigation and around here you are rarely going to use the Self Driving feature, except at 2am without pissing people off.

    Assorted small ones, like getting the FDA and other regulators off his back for his Brain Implants; like allowing the Boring Co to drill thru Federal land; Solar Farms in Federal lands and other stuff.

    A side effect of his association with OrangeTurd is that now the MAGA/Red neck crowd will find Tesla’s sexy enough for them to consider buying it. As the educated techie crowd bought all that they were going to buy. And addendum to this is that Tesla’s are the vehicles that are most American built, so any tariffs for imports from Mexico and other places will not affect him at much if at all.

  104. Jim says:

    njtownhomer says:
    November 6, 2024 at 12:59 pm
    Eddie finally brought out the Venom. Congrats again to you and your many billionaires!
    They knew this outcome a month back. People should had a better read on those.

    I am pretty sure people had a better read than you thought, people were sick of illegal immigrants, housing costs for renting and owning, food inflation of over 30%, and on this blog LAX, Libturd and VSG with constant belittling of Maga and anybody who has a different opinion than any of them. Life is ironic, and then it slaps you in the face. LOL
    Fast Eddie keep up the good work, you earned the badge of courage and common sense.

  105. Phoenix says:

    Just got a text about how they are trying to strip Trump of his immunity.

    Hehe.

    The clown show continues. It will take 30 years to get through the courts.

    Red courts that is.

    I really expected women to rise up on this one. But just like the ones I work with, they are always their own worst enemy. Bang each other’s husbands, do anything to climb the social ladder.

    The dried up Premarin lubed ones all showed up to finish off the young naturally moist ones. Old ladies got the money and power, and showed up the young’uns that entice their husbands into cheating.

    Karen showed her strength in this election.

  106. Phoenix says:

    N. Korea just attacked S. Korea.

    https://youtu.be/34hkvEyHvzc?t=9

  107. LAX says:

    2:12 sublime….

  108. njtownhomer says:

    Kamala was a terrible candidate, Biden was too, in fact, if Obama was on the ballot, I don’t think much would have changed. Issue #1 is inflation, #2 scary immigrants, #3 government expenditure.

    #1. Will see in 4 years much worse once he prints 3-4 T$.
    #2. lets deport them and forfeit the economic benefits, I am all for it, how about the employers benefiting them?
    #3. will that change? corruption will become defacto rule of law. DJT, TSLA, PLTR and crypto will be the conduit

    A third world country looks to be a smaller USA, but looks like we are becoming a bigger 3rd world country after all. Electing a convicted felon and giving amnesty seals it.

  109. Fast Eddie says:

    Someone destroyed my Trump lawn sign. A few days ago, they just kicked it and sent it flying. This time, they destroyed it. Whoever it is, I hope they cry out the pain in the next few days and move forward.

  110. Fast Eddie says:

    Electing a convicted felon…

    Don’t forget… multiple baby mommas, banged a porn star, has a supermodel wife, got many cribs and got shot. Street, yo.

  111. OC1 says:

    Elon Musk is probably the most politically influential corporate CEO ever, at this point. What do you all think he’s going to get as a reward?

    Other than Tesla sales taking a nosedive (did Elon forget who buys his EVs??), I suspect he will suffer the same fate as most other people in Trump’s orbit have suffered (eg, Guilianni, Navaro, Bannon, Sidney Powell…). He will be kept around while he is useful, then will be unceremoniously dumped and left to his own devices.

  112. OC1 says:

    N. Korea just attacked S. Korea.

    https://youtu.be/34hkvEyHvzc?t=9

    Phoenix- how do you get this stuff? What youtube search could possibly lead you to that video?

    Or what the heck kind of videos are you watching that the algorithm feeds you that?

    ???

  113. SmallGovConservative says:

    njtownhomer says:
    November 6, 2024 at 3:59 pm
    “Electing a convicted felon”

    You’re going to need some new material, the “convicted felon” schtick bombed

    “looks like we are becoming a bigger 3rd world country after all”

    Agree with you on this one, although our decline begins and ends with the Dems, including the TDS-induced persecution of political opponents.

  114. LAX says:

    4:43

    I am afraid that Trump’s track record for success is abysmal. I predict culture wars, and a campaign of personal vendetta. He’ll grift, play golf and eventually tank this economy.

  115. LAX says:

    4:19 on that you can depend. It has not ended well for so many Trump “supporters” over the years. But hey, it’s his gubmint now…..

  116. SmallGovConservative says:

    No One says:
    November 6, 2024 at 12:45 pm
    “lot more votes cast in the previous election than this one. Shows that incrementally more Biden voters in 2020 were low effort types, helped by the special Covid voting processes”

    I’d be more direct and say the regression to mean in 24 simply confirms that the 2020 election was a sham, and that we’ll never know who truly ‘won’.

  117. OC1 says:

    I hate to say it, but a part of me hopes that the R’s take the house too.

    Then I expect that Trump will engage in serious over reach – stuff like massive tariffs, eliminating the ACA, and cutting or eliminating medicaid (combined with tax cuts for the rich). All of that will hit Trumps rural and working class base the hardest, and then we will see whether Trumps republican party is the party of the middle and working class, or the party of the rich.

    It can be one of the other, but it can’t be both.

  118. Juice Box says:

    SPACE X launch is now pushed to 7:39 p.m, and may not happen at all. Glad I did not drive out to Canaveral and have to sit around for four hours and then the launch scrubs anyway. Headed out for a nice dinner at a rooftop restaurant, if the launch happens I will see it from there and then back home to relaxing in my pool and hot tub.

    Did a tour of a model home on the golf course, asking is $2 million plus…nice place for sure but central Florida no way no how. I was in the gym today too lots of old sagging people, getting old simply sucks. If a hard recession hits, then this place will be purged, the poor here are way too numerous with more dollar stores per square mile than anywhere else I have been. The rich folks living in these gated communities will need better guards ones that are armed as it is security theater for sure now.

  119. Juice Box says:

    OC1 – “ but it can’t be both”

    It’s not supposed to be both, the magical money printing machine that the Federal Reserve has been wielding without any real concerns has made it both, this along with the IOUs congress legislates with impunity.

    History Rhymes, it never really repeats but the song is always the same. Some people think Trump will save them, some people thought VP Harris will save them. The answer is nobody will save them, you better be ready for the next recession, the rule is it’s always a magnitude larger than the last one and it’s inevitable.

  120. Juice Box says:

    Bernie Sanders has it right.

    “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.

    While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.”

  121. Juice Box says:

    Interesting Elon still in West Palm Beach, probably no launch tonight.

    He may well take some kind of presidential advisory job too..

    https://mastodon.social/@elonjet

  122. Ex says:

    4:58 overreach is the man’s modus operandi.

    LAX

  123. Phoenix says:

    Trump: Germany, pay more into NATO. Germany, no cheap Russian gas for you, pay me top dollar for my transported 100% American compressed Natural Gas. Germany, go broke so American hedge funds can buy your land at pennies on the dollar.

    Oops, sorry about the pipeline. Hehe. We had nothing to do with that (wink wink-
    Victoria Nuland smiling)

    Germany’s governing coalition collapsed Wednesday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister and announced a confidence vote that is widely expected to fail and to pave the way to early elections in the spring.

    The news from Europe’s largest economy added a huge jolt of uncertainty on a day when much of the world’s attention was focused on the outcome of the U.S. election.

    “I would have liked to have spared you this difficult decision,” Scholz said at the chancellery Wednesday night. “Especially in times like these, when uncertainty is growing.”

  124. LAX says:

    Van Halen…reading brother Alex’s book. Got a signed copy.
    No one rocker like Eddie.

  125. Crushednjmillenial says:

    Step 1 to re-building the Democrat party:

    Acknowledge that the US electing Obama (the first black or half-black president, however he identifies), did IN FACT signify that the US had broken with a horrible pre-civil rights-era history of racism. Racism is not a politically-significant issue in the US today. And, the D’s are serving their elite class donors by playing the race card to avoid meeting the concerns of the middle class, working class and working poor.

  126. SomeOne says:

    Racism is not a politically-significant issue in the US today.

    Where does the the illegals (legal asylum seekers from Haiti) are “eating the cats and dogs”?

  127. OC1 says:

    Step 1 to stop being a republican a**hole:

    Acknowledge that the election of 2020 was IN FACT completely fair and legitimate, and that you continue to support the candidate who tried very hard to negate the votes of over 80 million of your fellow Americans. Recognize that to this day your candidate and most of his supporters have failed to acknowledge that the actions taken by your candidate up to and on Jan 6 were profoundly unAmerican, unpatriotic, and illegal.

    Recognize that those 80 million Americans take their right to have their vote counted very seriously, and that their “TDS” will likely continue as long as Republicans and the man they support continue to show no remorse over the actions taken on that dark day.

  128. Chicago says:

    What a fucking great opinion piece.

    Fast Eddie says:
    November 7, 2024 at 7:22 am
    This columnist sums it up fairly well:

    https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/06/the-crumbling-of-the-democratic-empire/

  129. White Trash Eddie says:

    Ah yes, let’s run with January 6th and abortion right up until election day in 2028. Perhaps the new swing states of NY and NJ will glow red as well.

  130. Boomer Remover says:

    Trump sucks a fat one, but I like to watch the world burn. Let’s see where the next few years takes us.

  131. Phoenix says:

    Yup. Very accurate.

    Chicago says:
    November 7, 2024 at 10:11 am
    What a fucking great opinion piece.

    Fast Eddie says:
    November 7, 2024 at 7:22 am
    This columnist sums it up fairly well:

    https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/06/the-crumbling-of-the-democratic-empire/

  132. Phoenix says:

    Yeah, it was historic you old geezer. Too bad you are unable to remember any of it.

    Biden said very little about her loss itself but complimented her on running a ‘historic campaign’ despite ‘extraordinary circumstances’ after he was forced out of the race.

  133. Phoenix says:

    Trump and Musk set to make that “FRED” graph go straight up like a Space X Rocket. Is it possible to have that graph go all the way to Mars?

    President-elect Donald Trump is poised to push swiftly for new tax cuts if Republicans win full control of Congress, further slashing corporate rates and extending trillions of dollars of other cuts even as the national debt soars.

  134. EX says:

    10:25 had to laugh when I saw the author was from Chapman U.

  135. Phoenix says:

    Europe in a panic over Trump.

    Europe should dump the dollar and join BRICS.

  136. Chicago says:

    It is official. In a huge unexpected move, the kid chose Cornell. Verbally committed last night 6PM. Too bad Leftwing isn’t here. He posted on Instagram and his phone blew up.

  137. White Trash Eddie says:

    So, we watched the party of the working class morph into the party of weirdos, flakes and freaks while the Republican party is now an inclusive cast of hard-working, American-loving patriots. The dems are in a tough spot; do they abandon the unwanted step children dwelling on the island of misfit ragamuffins or move closer to the center and champion American Valor? If they move back to the center, they’ll need to dismiss phrases like Fasc1sm, the end of democracy, garbage and deplorables, outrageous spending on broken dreams and conceptual nonsense. It’ll be interesting to watch.

  138. Fast Eddie says:

    Chicago,

    Congrats!

  139. Boomer Remover says:

    From humble beginnings to hallowed Ivy halls—congrats on the brainpower boost to the family name!

  140. LAX says:

    11:29 kudos!!

  141. EX says:

    11:29 I think he’ll tank the economy. The guys a serial weirdo and loser of the highest order.

  142. EX says:

    Nice little wildfire out my back door for the past couple of days. Good times !

  143. Hold my beer says:

    Fast

    That was a good article. I think student loan forgiveness pissed off a lot of people too.

    The FDA went after an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania this year for claiming his raw milk made people sick. The Amish got pissed off and 180k of them registered to vote this year and went for Trump. There are Amish horse drawn carriages flying trump flags. The fda probably cost Harris Pennsylvania with that move.

  144. TraitorJoe says:

    They will continue open borders and amnesty. Replace the working class with the third world.

  145. SomeOne says:

    Chicago, congrats! Very fast end to the process. My kid’s situation will be a long wait.

  146. No One says:

    Congrats Chi!
    Are you preparing antidotes for the leftist brainwashing to come?

  147. LurksMcGee says:

    Congrats Chi! Very happy for you and your family!

  148. BRT says:

    Chi, congrats.

  149. Jim says:

    Chicago says:
    November 7, 2024 at 11:29 am
    Congratulations Chi, This is a testament to what a great Dad you are! Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  150. Phoenix says:

    Congrats Chi

  151. Jim says:

    EX says:
    November 7, 2024 at 11:50 am
    11:29 I think he’ll tank the economy. The guys a serial weirdo and loser of the highest order.

    Yet when he was president before we had no inflation, no immigration problems( only vetted immigrants were admitted into the country) Low gas prices , affordable housing, and now Putin wants to talk to him about the war.

    All I can say is thank God Democrats crossed over to vote for Trump, which shows how bad kamalla and Joe are/was … even Jill dressed in all red when she voted to support the Republicans.

  152. OC1 says:

    The FDA went after an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania this year for claiming his raw milk made people sick. The Amish got pissed off and 180k of them registered to vote this year and went for Trump.

    180k Amish in Pennsylvania registered to vote and went for Trump????

    That’s really weird, because there are only about 93k Amish (of all ages!) in Pennsylvania.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Amish_population

    This looks like a clear case of Republican voter fraud to me!

    In any case, the Amish should be free to sell listeria contaminated milk as they see fit.

    Just another reason to hate the Amish (as if we needed another). :)

  153. OC1 says:

    Yet when he was president before we had no inflation, no immigration problems( only vetted immigrants were admitted into the country) Low gas prices , affordable housing, and now Putin wants to talk to him about the war.

    Yeah, as long as we ignore that whole little attempted coup thing he was great!

  154. Jim says:

    OC1 says:
    November 7, 2024 at 4:58 pm

    Yeah, as long as we ignore that whole little attempted coup thing he was great!

    Do you mean like how all the Democrats ignored Joe taking money from all our enemies, and Joes 27 bank accounts to launder money? Withholding billions from Ukraine unless they fired the investigator who was investigating Hunter’s business. Maybe you mean how Nancy Pelosi used inside information to make millions. But the best one was Hunter’s laptop was a Russian plant. The ironies you preach but forget the real truths.
    Obviously the American people have had enough Democratic Corruption a landslide election is more than telling.

  155. OC1 says:

    Do you mean like how all the Democrats ignored Joe taking money from all our enemies,…

    I hope Trumps DOJ investigates all that and holds Biden accountable. Since all that stuff supposedly happened before he was president there won’t be any immunity issues.

    After he’s convicted, maybe they can put him in a cell right next to Hillary!

    BTW, I’m not joking here (well, maybe a little). I’m fine with DOJ investigating Biden for those alleged crimes. I would have been fine with the house impeaching Biden over those alleged crimes.

    But the fact that the R-led house investigated, then declined to impeach, sorta leads me to think that there ain’t much there.

    That’s the difference between you and me- if “my guy” committed a crime, I want him punished.

    But when “your guy” commits a crime, you celebrate it!

  156. OC1 says:

    And I’ll add one qualification- I’m fine with DOJ investigating Biden provided that Trump allows the special counsels investigation into his alleged crimes to continue.

    That’s fair right? I mean otherwise it would just look like a malicious prosecution of Biden by Trump.

    And we all know that Trump would be happy to go through the inconvenience of a trial to prove to the American people that he is innocent of all those charges.

    He would do it for the good of the country! He wants to be a unifier after all.

    And what better way to do that than to prove his innocence to all Americans?

  157. Fabius Maximus says:

    Back to First world problems. I am at a point where i have to find a CFP to help me with some Fatberg sized problems I need help resolving. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good CFP in North Jersey. One issue I have is a very large single stock position that I need to address. I cant sell due to the tax hit and I cant do covered calls.

    Chi, I do have to say that while professionally I have no issue with you, I don’t think we would work well together.

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