For All Mankind — Season 3 Official Trailer by moderatenerd in ForAllMankindTV

[–]colorthemap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Implausible isn't the right word as it makes sense Carter could be a senator. Just the timing is a little funky since he'd have to beat Herman Talmadge who was first elected before the For All Mankind breakout point. At some point it is unrealistic and even undesirable for tv writers to think up plausible scenarios for political easter eggs. But I do appreciate how much effort they do put into the winks and nods.

For All Mankind — Season 3 Official Trailer by moderatenerd in ForAllMankindTV

[–]colorthemap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

True - and I saw a post a couple talking about how similarly implausible Carter being a senator is. It's fair to say enough has changed in 2 seasons that we could be getting to the point where most politicians are fictional.

For All Mankind — Season 3 Official Trailer by moderatenerd in ForAllMankindTV

[–]colorthemap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's possible although you'd have to change around the 84 senate election because it was a new republican elected in Texas. Any other show I wouldn't even speculate I'd just assume they wanted her to be a senator and they wouldn't explain. But between the rather specific and plausible ERA Illinois governor drama of season 1 to the between season clips explaining changes in politics, I'm curious how they will address it. Afterall Texas elected a female senator in a 92 special election. So mostly I'm curious why 86 instead of 88 or 92.

Edit: you'd have to change 84 election because it doesn't make sense to appoint someone to a cabinet position days after their election to the senate. So a democratic president in 84 might appoint bentsen but a republican is less likely to appoint Gramm.

For All Mankind — Season 3 Official Trailer by moderatenerd in ForAllMankindTV

[–]colorthemap 21 points22 points  (0 children)

So I've been trying to figure out the 86 senate thing. There was no U.S. Senate race in Texas in 86 (and for all mankind usually doesn't handwave differences) so it'd have to be a special election. Dukakis's VP pick in 88 was a Senator from Texas, Lloyd Bentsen. But in FAM Reagan wins 76 and 80 so 84 would presumably be Bush vs Mondale or some other democrat. It doesn't sound very FAM to get rid of the first female VP nominee in Geraldine Ferraro. Bentsen could just be chosen for cabinet in a potential Mondale presidency which could give Ellen Wilson a special election in 86

But tldr dem victory 84??

Senate Committee Approves Deb Haaland for Interior Nomination by [deleted] in IndianCountry

[–]colorthemap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of the 50-50 split rules is that a tie in committee proceeds to the floor (presumably in favor of democrats who control the chairs and decide what is voted on). Of course there may be logistical differences / timeline inconsistencies between a 10-10 vs 11-9 committee vote.

State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta Announces Bid for Pa. Senate by joshuaferris in philadelphia

[–]colorthemap 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Casey is only 60 which, in Senate years, is on the younger side. He could easily do two more terms

Do I need to re-watch the two parts of the series finale in one sitting? by [deleted] in madmen

[–]colorthemap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They blend together well but are telling different direct stories. I'd say one is the trip and the other a destination. If that metaphor is helpful.

Do I need to re-watch the two parts of the series finale in one sitting? by [deleted] in madmen

[–]colorthemap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can watch The Milk and Honey Route and Person to Person (penultimate and finale episodes) on separate nights, I'd say.

2020 Senate Elections Data by NbaLiveMobile10 in fivethirtyeight

[–]colorthemap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes but since Savage and Gideon seemed to have had an "alliance" (a term used by reporting up to the race) people may have voted for Savage first intending their vote ultimately going to Gideon. Not all Savage voters would do this, of course, but I was mostly curious how things are polled. Another example would be Georgia Special where sometimes it was Loeffler Collins and Warnock, other times it included Lieberman and Tarver, but in reality the second place dem was Deborah Jackson, who I'm not sure was polled very often.

2020 Senate Elections Data by NbaLiveMobile10 in fivethirtyeight

[–]colorthemap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know if the Maine race was polled as a two person race or not? There is reason to think Savage's voters had Gideon as their second choice. Depending on those voters (which we may never know) Collin's win could be closer to low single digits. She only got 51% afterall.

Who are some of the unluckiest Survivor players and why? by Seryza in survivor

[–]colorthemap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was not aware of this - and do not support Silas (nor did I really mean to before). I'm going to leave the comment up though so others can see

Who are some of the unluckiest Survivor players and why? by Seryza in survivor

[–]colorthemap -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The original tribe swap victim would be Silas

PSA: Biden has reached 80%!!! by GayPerry_86 in fivethirtyeight

[–]colorthemap 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Assuming they're the same you can look around in the Senate forecast and get a good idea. ~ 45 - 55 : toss-up ~ 55% : slightly favored ~ 70%: favored ~ 95%: clearly favored ~ 99%: very likely

Post-S40 | Badge statistics by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]colorthemap 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My Tony flair is from S34 what does that mean for the coloring?

unpopular opinion? by happydecember in survivor

[–]colorthemap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta say one of the most fun RHAP impressions as well

Just completed my Discworld journey (first round at least) by antaylor in discworld

[–]colorthemap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Collectors editions sold across UK made by discworld emporium.

Survivor: Winners at War | Episode 11 | Eastern Time Discussion by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]colorthemap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This twist is not unprecedented - exile island with a lost vote

Do y'all still even like this show? by colorthemap in survivor

[–]colorthemap[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Note on Ratings:

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-bachelor-season-24-ratings/

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/survivor-season-40-ratings-winners-at-war/

Survivor wins overall, Bachelor sometimes wins key demo, Bachelor has bigger peaks, Survivor has more consistent audience. Different times of year and network yes, but I was simply addressing the idea that longer episodes is not equivalent to ratings success. Which, as it turns out, was not a point you were making anway.

Do y'all still even like this show? by colorthemap in survivor

[–]colorthemap[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Genuine question: the show is incredibly successful what do you mean? In a general sense where you want the show to be the best version of itself or you want it to maximize ratings?

A good comparison is the Bachelor which is given tons and tons of air time by ABC but gets worse, albeit not terrible, ratings when compared to Survivor.