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PupsOfWar posted:"So this Brownback/LePage-type tea party government has been pretty bad for Kansas and Maine." "I'm a Republican, so I'm going to vote for the Republican." — all that most people actually thought when they voted today
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Nov 4, 2015 02:31
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PupsOfWar posted:"So this Brownback/LePage-type tea party government has been pretty bad for Kansas and Maine." The thing is most people don't realize how hosed those states are or why they are hosed.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:31
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God dammit Kentucky. Enjoy losing healthcare.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:32
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Well I guess losing another state, that I never planned to visit, to the Republicans to be turned into another wasteland isn't too much of a loss? 
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Nov 4, 2015 02:32
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Zoran posted:"I'm a Republican, so I'm going to vote for the Republican." — all that most people actually thought when they voted today Kentucky has a 15% Democratic edge in voter registration, and Democrats control a majority of county governments. 7 of the last 8 governors have been Democrats. This is a genuinely surprising result, given that the state Democratic party enjoys every possible institutional advantage except for rural white folk's blind racial hatred of the President.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:33
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With 88% of the vote in, the vote total is 862,024, so we can expect about 979,573 votes tonight. Kentucky has 3,201,852 registered voters, so we're looking at about 30.6% turnout.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:34
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Mooseontheloose posted:The thing is most people don't realize how hosed those states are or why they are hosed. You forget though, it's entirely Obama's fault.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:35
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PupsOfWar posted:Kentucky has a 15% Democratic edge in voter registration, and Democrats control a majority of county governments. 7 of the last 8 governors have been Democrats. I meant that post to be about off-year elections in general, but yes, in Kentucky's case it's actually a little weird. But hey, we get to find out whether the state party is dead today!
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Nov 4, 2015 02:35
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Joementum posted:With 88% of the vote in, the vote total is 862,024, so we can expect about 979,573 votes tonight. Kentucky has 3,201,852 registered voters, so we're looking at about 30.6% turnout. My municipal elections are looking at just over 10% turn out today. 
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Nov 4, 2015 02:38
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Republican candidate Mike Harmon opening up a 3% lead for auditor, with 90% of precincts in. Looks like that office is gone. Andy Beshear (the governor's son) up 0.8% for AG. Grimes up 3% for SecState.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:40
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God I hope we don't have to run Grimes for Senate again.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:40
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A fun fact I learned tonight: there are 76 voters registered with the Socialist Woker's Party in Kentucky.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:42
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What's the deal with Grimes?
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Nov 4, 2015 02:42
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Hey, back from Wing Chun! I wonder who won the elec— *reads Courier Journal website*  Sadly I'm utterly unsurprised after seeing the turnout today. Conway's campaign was shamefully non-existent. There was no ground game. There weren't even reminders until about three days out. Never run again, Conway, for anything. You're terrible at your job and you should feel terrible.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:42
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Chokes McGee posted:Hey, back from Wing Chun! I wonder who won the elec— Shoulda had a stronger tan sau.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:43
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Absurd Alhazred posted:What's the deal with Grimes? Comes from a political dynasty in Kentucky and lost the 2014 Senate race after running to the right and airing a racist immigration ad. Also refused to admit she voted for Obama.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:44
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Joementum posted:A fun fact I learned tonight: there are 76 voters registered with the Socialist Woker's Party in Kentucky. Incidentally, 76 is their average age.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:44
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Joementum posted:Comes from a political dynasty in Kentucky and lost the 2014 Senate race after running to the right and airing a racist immigration ad. Also refused to admit she voted for Obama. Oh. A shameful Grimes.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:44
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Uhh, I haven't been keeping up. Why was Ky's Governor race a big deal?
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Nov 4, 2015 02:45
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BigRed0427 posted:Uhh, I haven't been keeping up. Why was Ky's Governor race a big deal? Because the incumbent is a Democrat and the winner is a Tea Partier who wants to drug-test Medicare recipients and may end up destroying the state healthcare exchange for no reason other than that he wants to.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:46
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BigRed0427 posted:Uhh, I haven't been keeping up. Why was Ky's Governor race a big deal? Every governor's race is a big deal, and the democrats are terrible at winning them.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:46
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God it's getting old watching my countrymen voting to slit their own throats election after election. <- lol I don't know who did this but they wasted their money on the wrong dude. Bunleigh fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 02:46
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Shoulda had a stronger tan sau. Sticking to the center line is how Grimes and Conway lost BigRed0427 posted:Uhh, I haven't been keeping up. Why was Ky's Governor race a big deal? Our state exchange was Kynect, which was one of the real success stories and shining examples of how well the ACA actually worked and helped people in the middle of the shitstorm that was the federal rollout. WELP DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE
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Nov 4, 2015 02:48
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Zoran posted:Because the incumbent is a Democrat and the winner is a Tea Partier who wants to drug-test Medicare recipients and may end up destroying the state healthcare exchange for no reason other than that he wants to.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:49
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BigRed0427 posted:Uhh, I haven't been keeping up. Why was Ky's Governor race a big deal? It was also polling really close, so there was a chance the Dem might actually squeak it out. ...and yeah, the Republican is literally insane.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:49
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Schnorkles posted:Every governor's race is a big deal, and the democrats are terrible at winning them. And the Democratic Governors we have, boy, I don't know... Chokes McGee posted:Sticking to the center line is how Grimes and Conway lost If your opponent's center line keeps slipping right, you attack him through the left, not follow him. Idiots.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:51
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Actually, does anybody know the state legislature make-up now for Kentucky? If it's mostly dem then we'll probably just see a big ol' chunk of gridlock for the next however many years.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:51
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fade5 posted:Also Kentucky was basically the last hold of the southern/blue dog Democrats (West Virginia excepted) so this means the realignment of the parties is basically complete. In this way its not particularly surprising tbh. Kentucky having democratic governors was an exception not a feature of the current layout of things.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:51
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Absurd Alhazred posted:If your opponent's center line keeps slipping right, you attack him through the left, not follow him. Idiots. we're horrible nerds, aren't we 
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Nov 4, 2015 02:52
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Lol a bunch of people in Kentucky are literally going to spite themselves to death tonight.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:52
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Chokes McGee posted:Actually, does anybody know the state legislature make-up now for Kentucky? If it's mostly dem then we'll probably just see a big ol' chunk of gridlock for the next however many years. Kentucky has a strong executive. They hosed
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Chokes McGee posted:we're horrible nerds, aren't we Fabulous nerds, I'm sure.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Every time I see someone posting about how the Republicans are on the verge of becoming irrelevant, I laugh. The opposite is true.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Edit: ^^^^ The whole 'State control' is a bit of a distraction though since a lot of the R-controlled states are the same states that they control for national elections. Their terrible policies are mostly limited to Corn and Texans. Kentucky's Legislature is as follows: House: 54 D to 46 R Senate: 23 R to 14 D (And one I)
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Good Citizen posted:Lol a bunch of people in Kentucky are literally going to spite themselves to death tonight. Yea gently caress those poors taking government handouts! Wait... you mean I'm one of the poors?
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Down to 17 states with Democratic governors. Several vulnerable seats next year.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Good Citizen posted:Lol a bunch of people in Kentucky are literally going to spite themselves to death tonight. Look I'm not saying it's something desirable, but if someone voted for this lunatic and gets both their healthcare and medicare taken away, there's a certain amount of karma involved.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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I've been sucked up by my own city being hosed, what happened to Kentucky to get them bent over the austerity barrel?
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There's no way the Democrats are a nationally-relevant party in 20 years.
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