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These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Let there be snark.

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Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

“Alexa, change the president.”

You would normally have to try pretty hard to self-incriminate this badly.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

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Pop Quiz: Opportunity Knocks – Which State Is It?

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Pop Quiz!  Match the item in the top list (A – J) to the corresponding item in the second list (1-10).

1.  total match amount for each dollar we raise in November (in dollars): $2 for each dollar raised – Old School
2.  # of native voters who turned out in this state in 2020 (x 1,000):  15,000
3.  this number (x 1,000) is the native population in this state elected in the 2020 census data: 308,421 – Roger Moore
4,  maximum amount that would be matched (x 1,000):  25,000 – WaterGirl
5.  the number of critical senators in this state whose seat we must keep in 2022:  1 – Felanius Kootea
6.  the number of potential unregistered native voters in this state (x 1,000):  235,000 – Roger Moore
7.  % of the native vote in this state that went to Biden in 2020:  95.7% – piratedan
8.  margin of victory for Biden in this state in 2020 (x 1,000): 10,457 – Kropacetic
9.  we hate one of this state’s senators with the heat of this many suns:  with 1,000 suns! – mvr
10. % of the native population in this state that is registered to vote:  24% – Benw

A.  95
B.  24
C.  308
D.  1
E.  10
F.  25
G. 1,000
H. 2
I.  235
J. 15

:: pausing for a moment while you figure it out ::

Answers

1.  total match amount for each dollar we raise in November (in dollars): $2
2.  # of native votes in this state in 2020  (x 1,000):  ~15,000
3.  this number (x 1,000) is the native population in this state elected in the 2020 census data: 308,421
4.  maximum amount that would be matched (x 1,000):  $25,000
5.  the number of critical senators in this state whose seat we must keep in 2020: 2022:  1- Mark Kelly!
6.  the number of potential unregistered native voters in this state (x 1,000): 235,000
7.  % of the native vote in this state that went to Biden in 2020:  95.7%
8.  margin of victory for Biden in this state in 2020 (x 1,000):  10,457
9.  we hate one of this state’s senators with the heat of this many suns: the heat of 1,000 suns 
10.% of the native population in this state that is registered to vote:  24%

Okay, now that you have figured out the state, you know what the stakes are.

While the quiz was active, I  had this in white text with a white background, so you could only see it if you highlighted the white space.

Four Directions has someone who is willing to double-match up to $25,000 of what we donate.  If we raised the whole $25k, that would be a total of $75,000 to help get out the native vote.  We have a commitment that $50,000 of that would be dedicated to Arizona.  The other $25,000 could go to AZ or it could go to one of their other key states.

Other key states for Four Directions:  GA, AZ, WI, NV and MI.

I’d like to see us help the native vote in all these states, over time.

Who’s up for making this happen for Arizona?

 

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53Comments

  2. 2.

    CaseyL

    Gotta be AZ.  The “we hate one of this state’s senators with the heat of this many suns” was the tipoff.

    I like that we’re getting an early start there for 2024.

    (checked the spoiler text: I was right!)

    And I am in a position to kick in some bucks, which makes me happy.  I might also be able to do postcards.

  4. 4.

    Old School

    9.  we hate one of this state’s senators with the heat of this many suns

    Something is wrong with the quiz.  There’s no number high enough in A – J.

  10. 10.

    burnspbesq

    The United States made concessions on the record in the appellate court that dealt with all of the purported reasons why the trial court refused to extradite Assange. We’ll see what happens.

  11. 11.

    CaseyL

    @WaterGirl: WV is a special case, in that Manchin may be the only Dem who can get elected there.  I despise him, but realize any replacement is likely to be worse.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    @burnspbesq:

    The United States made concessions on the record in the appellate court that dealt with all of the purported reasons why the trial court refused to extradite Assange. We’ll see what happens.

    Can you say more about that?  I had no idea that Assange was even back in the news.  What’s up?

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    2. # of native voters who turned out in this state in 2020

    Should this be either a x1,000, or % instead of #? As it stands, none of the choices looks remotely feasible.

  20. 20.

    Kropacetic

    Oh didn’t even consider we were supposed to actually answe those individually and there was some cumulative answer.  So 8 is E.

  29. 29.

    Felanius Kootea

    5 was D in 2020 (Kelly). Sinema was elected in 2018.

     

    ETA: I assumed US Senate, not AZ State senate, obviously.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @prostratedragon: Do you really mean A or was that a typo?  5 was the easiest question, so I suspect a typo or you read the question wrong.

    edit: No, it was me! I was wrong. I put the wrong date in the question Not fair. So sorry.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    @Benw: I am sorry, sir, but that is not correct.  We only need to keep one seat 

    oops, I see that I wrote “2020” instead of “2022”.  So your answer is technically correct.  But we still need the “2” as an answer to another questions.

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    @Benw:

    2 is B?

    You are corrects sir!  Answer and attribution added up top.

    Only 24% of the native population in this state that is currently registered to vote!

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    @Old School:

    #1 is H.  Woo hoo – a double match!

    You are correct, sir!  Answer and attribution added up top.

    There is someone who will double match our contributions up to a certain point!

    What that number is has not yet been determined because there are still unanswered questions.

  42. 42.

    Roger Moore

    I’m going to guess:

    3: C 308,000 natives according to the census
    6: I 235,000 potential unregistered natives
    10: F 25% of the native population is currently registered

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    @prostratedragon:

    Huh, I’d heard that the NA turnout was very high. Guess that’s of registered and not eligible voters.

    Turnout of registered voters was very high.  % of native people voting for Biden vs. the other guy was very high.  But lots of untapped voters there.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    @Roger Moore: You are correct on two of them!  Answers and attribution added up top.

    The native population in this state according to the 2020 census data is 308,421!

    With 24% of the native population registered to vote, there are 235,000 potential voters who are unregistered in this state!

  47. 47.

    Old School

    @WaterGirl:

    With 24% of the native population registered to vote

    Oops.  Then a correction needs to be made somewhere.  Is 15% the answer for B?

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    That leaves one question:

    What is the maximum amount that this donor would be willing to match?  25,000!

    Since we already know from Old School that she is double-matching, if we raised $25,000, the donor would match us with $50,000.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    @Old School: I confused myself as I was editing.

    J (15,000) natives voted in 2020 (answer to #2)

    F (25) was the answer to the maximum amount that would be matched – $25,000 (answer to #4)

    B (24%) was the % of native people who are registered to vote (answer to #10)

  50. 50.

    StringOnAStick

    Are we going to do a dedicated post to raising more for Four Directions?  I contribute monthly but a “blogathon” seems to work here, perhaps better in the early evening hours?

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    @StringOnAStick: Yes!  I put up a post after this one – with an Adam post and a David post in between, sharing more details.

    The double-match is for November donations, so we won’t put up the new thermometer until then.

    As for this… and your monthly donations, if you do a monthly though a particular thermometer, that’s the one that gets credit for your donation.

    So if you wanted your November donation to be part of the AZ effort, you would have to end your previous monthly donation, do a new donation through the Four Directions – AZ thermometer, and then you could start a new monthly donation after that from whatever Four Directions thermometer you wanted.

    It’s not a perfect system, but that’s what it is.  :-)

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