The 2022 Midterms Thread
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Yea. At this point Senate control is down to just two states. If either GA or NV goes to the Democrats, the Senate stays pretty much the same as it is now.(hopefully they BOTH go blue so we don't have to have Harris do the tie breaker constantly). Definitely not the 'mandate' the GOP was hoping for this election.
Fivethirtyeight ran an editorial suggesting, among other things, that the Republicans underperformed due to how many rookies they had on the ballot, which got me to thinking... you know how every single one of the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump either quit, got primaried out, or didn't seek reelection? I'd like to specifically see a breakdown of how those races turned out, compared to the last few.
I'm also pretty surprised what a landslide victory DeWine ended up with, since I figured he was still persona non grata among his own party for how he handled the lockdowns. But on the other hand, his opponent is kind of a nobody.
I'm also pretty surprised what a landslide victory DeWine ended up with, since I figured he was still persona non grata among his own party for how he handled the lockdowns. But on the other hand, his opponent is kind of a nobody.
Unfortunately, idiots here in Kansas voted in Kris *I swear I'm not a racist* Kobach in as AG. The next 2 years Kansas will spend tons of money suing the feds and watching our AG embarrass himself on the national stage.
Other than that, things went about as well as could be. Bootlicker Schmidt didn't get governor and has refused to concede because that's what Republicans do now.
Other than that, things went about as well as could be. Bootlicker Schmidt didn't get governor and has refused to concede because that's what Republicans do now.
FB friend:
Florida will have no statewide elected Democrats for the first time since Reconstruction.
I popped in to check on the status of the undetermined zones and... there are some interesting things going on in Alaska. Thanks to the specific way they've implemented their ranked-choice ballot system, both the House and Senate races have multiple Republicans in them, with wildly different results. The House race has the barely-incumbent Democrat, Peltola (who won a special election earlier this very year), getting close to 50% of the vote, with the two Republicans nearly tied for second, but the Senate race has almost 90% of the vote split pretty evenly between two Republicans. As ABC News points out, Peltola actually endorsed the moderate incumbent Republican Senator, and vice versa*, so that probably has a lot to do with the spread.
*That might be the weirdest part of all this—a Republican endorsing a Democrat in a race where there are already two Republicans and a Libertarian to choose from. If she wins (and I expect she'll pull ahead when they tally the second-choice votes), she's probably going to be the one wildcard to watch for potential aisle crossing.
*That might be the weirdest part of all this—a Republican endorsing a Democrat in a race where there are already two Republicans and a Libertarian to choose from. If she wins (and I expect she'll pull ahead when they tally the second-choice votes), she's probably going to be the one wildcard to watch for potential aisle crossing.
By the way if anyone's curious what Alaska's ballots looked like, I found a sample PDF.
It's like watching a drug addict: they knew it was going to kill them and they went and did it anyway.
And with Nevada going to a recount no matter who wins (under 900 vote difference with 94% in), and Georgia headed to runoff that we should win, things are looking good for Democrats. Or as good as they can after a 50/50 vote election.
Imagine how it might've gone if they hadn't let a senile conman convince the sheep that the pandemic wasn't serious.
Progressive thought will always win eventually: turns out trump was an ally in making it spread faster. Go figure. 
These were a lot of Republican voters...
www.statista.com
Total number of COVID deaths in the U.S. by state 2023 | Statista
As of March 2023, the state with the most COVID deaths had over 101,000 deaths.
www.statista.com
Jay Kuo
Here’s a useful chart that rather shows the floor for Cortez Masto in Nevada. These figures are based on established voting patterns in each county. We already know that mail-in votes are breaking...www.facebook.com
That post gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. Imagine the depressed turnout for Walker in the runoff it the GOP's best case scenario is once again a 50/50 split with Harris living in the Senate. We'll win easy. Which since we won by a point we were going to do anyway.
Uvalde overwhelmingly went for Abbot over O’Rourke.
I’d have to move after that. To look your neighbors in the face and know your child’s wholly preventable death was meaningless to them and they decided they wanted more children to needlessly die?
Just couldn’t do it.
I’d have to move after that. To look your neighbors in the face and know your child’s wholly preventable death was meaningless to them and they decided they wanted more children to needlessly die?
Just couldn’t do it.
