The 2022 Midterms Thread
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This is not a red wave. Florida is just being different again.
If it comes down to another goddamned runoff in Georgia, I'm going to immediately start donating to Warnock's campaign.
And I live in California.
And I live in California.
FWIW, I did my meager part in voting against Republicans across the board. Not that I expect it to have much impact in Oklahoma. Hell, even the “Democrat” candidate was originally a Republican, though probably not a huge deal since about EVERYONE in this state skews conservative to some degree.
This makes three straight elections in which the GOP has underperformed, at best.
Bout what was expected. Dems keep the Senate, lose the House. 2 years of gridlock in congress. House will be doing 'investigations' into Biden instead of actually governing, etc.
We DO sill have a slim chance to oust Boebert, though, so that's nice.
As far as my state goes. Dems now control the legislature AND the governors office. The MD Court of Appeals is still Republican controlled, owing to Hogan nominating all but one of them. I tried, but there aren't enough of us Left leaning people in the part of the state I live in, so Harris is still my Rep, ah well.
We DO sill have a slim chance to oust Boebert, though, so that's nice.
As far as my state goes. Dems now control the legislature AND the governors office. The MD Court of Appeals is still Republican controlled, owing to Hogan nominating all but one of them. I tried, but there aren't enough of us Left leaning people in the part of the state I live in, so Harris is still my Rep, ah well.
There's a reason they keep having to gerrymander and voter purge: they have no ideas, no policy, and aren't actual leaders. They can't win a fair fight. They'll underperform until they either get their authoritarian government, or die off completely.
Still bad, just not as bad as I expected. We're at the point in our democracy now where I'm simply relieved there were no mass-shootings at minority voting locations. That being said, I think it demonstrates that all the laws that went in to place after 2020 to make it harder to vote are working.
Are we even sure about the House flipping?
DeSantis intentionally designed our new map to cancel out Democrat redistricting gains everywhere else. If Republicans flip the house by a squeaker he is going to get the credit.
It IS outlawed, no one is enforcing it.
Am I just being a Debbie Downer or are the Dems counting their chickens a tad too early? As I understand it, the GOP can still win the Senate in AZ, NV and GA. Am I missing something?
They could, but what's likely at this point?
Unless Blake Masters gets like....a million votes while Mark Kelly gets none, Arizona's gonna keep the space hero. Meanwhile, yeah we go to a run off with Walker and Warnock but Warnock beat Walker by a full percentage point AND a runoff is how we got Georgia in the first place.
Ironbite-Nevada.....eh.
Ironbite-Nevada.....eh.