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Governor Maggie Hassan (D) is now polling 10 points ahead of Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) in the New Hampshire Senate race. http://www.wbur.org/politicker/2016/08/04/clinton-over-trump-new-hampshire-poll quote:"There's a very close relationship between the votes for Kelly Ayotte and Donald Trump," pollster Koczela said. "Their support is sort of locked together. And with the direction that Donald Trump seems to be heading in, Kelly Ayotte's task is to somehow decouple those two."
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OhFunny posted:Governor Maggie Hassan (D) is now polling 10 points ahead of Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) in the New Hampshire Senate race. IIRC, Clinton is doing better in NH than Trump is in OK
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One well-regarded poll now has Clinton up 4 in freaking Georgia. So all bets are off.
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FlamingLiberal posted:One well-regarded poll now has Clinton up 4 in freaking Georgia. So all bets are off. Fire on the mountain run boys run.
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Quoting myself to follow the story...deoju posted:Both the RNC and the Koch Bros. are pulling money from Ron Johnson reelection bid in Wisconsin's senate race. So the Kochs are jumping back into this race. They pulled out of a 2 million dollar ad buy, and came back with half that. Trump sinking must have caused them to recalculate on which rats might be saved. deoju has issued a correction as of 14:43 on Aug 5, 2016 |
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Has this been posted?quote:Pat Toomey leads Katie McGinty by just a single point in the PA Senate race. http://www.politicspa.com/pa-sen-ppp-poll-toomey-42-mcginty-41/77491/
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FAUXTON posted:Fire on the mountain run boys run. Hillary: "I done told you once you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been  "
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Update on the Georgia senate race: https://twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/761685854712500224 Barksdale is a nobody. This race should not be remotely close.
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Aug 5, 2016 23:15
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Didn't this happen in 2014? Where people kept saying "oh man it's super close!" and then Election Day comes and whatever R senator it was wins with 60%
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Badger of Basra posted:Didn't this happen in 2014? Where people kept saying "oh man it's super close!" and then Election Day comes and whatever R senator it was wins with 60% I think there literally aren't enough Democrats in the whole state of GA to elect Barksdale. There are maybe enough to win the state for Hillary if every single one turns out.
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Slate Action posted:Update on the Georgia senate race: 48% Isakson, 42% Barksdale, 8% Barksdale's Cap.
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Slate Action posted:I think there literally aren't enough Democrats in the whole state of GA to elect Barksdale. There are maybe enough to win the state for Hillary if every single one turns out. You can't have one be true without the other
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blue squares posted:You can't have one be true without the other Isakson probably isn't anywhere near as widely hated as Trump.
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Badger of Basra posted:Didn't this happen in 2014? Where people kept saying "oh man it's super close!" and then Election Day comes and whatever R senator it was wins with 60% This year is totally different, my general rule of thumb these days until proven otherwise is that Democrats are going to make big gains in presidential years and then get totally hosed by Republicans in midterm years. Rinse and repeat.
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Badger of Basra posted:Didn't this happen in 2014? Where people kept saying "oh man it's super close!" and then Election Day comes and whatever R senator it was wins with 60% Democrats actually vote in Presidential years. I don't remember there being much hope in 2014 though.
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Gyges posted:Democrats actually vote in Presidential years. I don't remember there being much hope in 2014 though. otoh didn't chambliss get back in after he got forced into a runoff in 2008
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Badger of Basra posted:Didn't this happen in 2014? Where people kept saying "oh man it's super close!" and then Election Day comes and whatever R senator it was wins with 60% That was also the election where the Dems decided Obama was toxic to their campaigns for idiotic reasons. 2014 was a hosed up election in terms of Democratic turnout even excluding the usual midterm slump.
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Breitbart's James O'Keefe came to Southeast Michigan and tried to vote as Mayor Duggan, Detroit Free Press editorial columnist Brian Dickerson, and Eminem in the August 2nd primary to prove voter fraud is rampant in Michigan. Every time he proved the system actually works and prevents voter fraud. http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/brian-dickerson/2016/08/03/dickerson-voter-impersonator/87993508/ Brian Dickerson, Detroit Free Press posted:
Here is the video of O'Keefe attempting to vote as Brian Dickerson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDogU0Ga_Vg And as for O'Keefe's claim he was "up in the north" hunting over the weekend and lost his driver's license, The earliest season to hunt anything in Michigan is August 1st, and that's for hunting crow. HUGE PUBES A PLUS has issued a correction as of 19:36 on Aug 6, 2016 |
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I'm at work and can't watch the video but can I just safely assume that despite being turned away at every location and failing entirely in his task, he still concludes that the system is broken and voter suppression tactics are justified?
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Epic High Five posted:I'm at work and can't watch the video but can I just safely assume that despite being turned away at every location and failing entirely in his task, he still concludes that the system is broken and voter suppression tactics are justified? His argument with the assistant county clerk in the video says it all. The system is broken because the election worker offered him an affidavit for a provisional ballot that he never signed, proving Michigan's elections are too easy to vote in and commit fraud. the real Brian Dickerson voted by absentee ballot and his ballot was already in the county clerk's office when O'Keefe pulled this. Shame he didn't sign that affidavit. Here he is trying to vote pretending to be Eminem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMU2oMJNHU HUGE PUBES A PLUS has issued a correction as of 00:16 on Aug 7, 2016 |
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Slate Action posted:I think there literally aren't enough Democrats in the whole state of GA to elect Barksdale. There are maybe enough to win the state for Hillary if every single one turns out. I don't know much about GA but if it's anything like PA, Trump will bleed moderate Republican support like crazy, but they will still vote R down ballot and that might keep the senate seat R but lose the state for Trump.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Breitbart's James O'Keefe came to Southeast Michigan and tried to vote as Mayor Duggan, Detroit Free Press editorial columnist Brian Dickerson, and Eminem in the August 2nd primary to prove voter fraud is rampant in Michigan. Every time he proved the system actually works and prevents voter fraud. it is an incredible shame he wasn't arrested over this poo poo
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how's weed looking on the downballot folks?? I know a lot of states are looking to legalize and some probably will, but haven't seen any recent polls on the matter.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:how's weed looking on the downballot folks?? I know a lot of states are looking to legalize and some probably will, but haven't seen any recent polls on the matter. Arizona (probably), California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada have marijuana recreational on the ballot. Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and maybe Oklahoma and North Dakota will have medical marijuana on the ballot. There's not a terrible amount of good polling, but the consensus seems to be for the recreational states that Arizona is probably doomed, Massachusetts will be tough, and the other three are in pretty good shape.
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There's been some rumbling in Texas about making medical marijuana a thing and seeing how it winds up working out. Tip toeing meekly into the industry, potentially.
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Shinjobi posted:There's been some rumbling in Texas about making medical marijuana a thing and seeing how it winds up working out. Texas isn't doing anything this year. The only ballot referenda are Constitutional Amendments approved to go on the ballot by the state legislature. TX's state government is pretty close to one party, so the issue in the state leg is between pro pot Republicans and anti pot Republicans, with the rump Dems trying to play kingmaker. If pot does well in 2016 elsewhere, it might encourage the leg to let their greed for a new industry to overcome their fear of pot, but it's unlikely. For those of you who aren't aware, the Texas state legislature is only in session 5 months every two years (Jan-June every odd-numbered year), so the legislature isn't even going to meet again until after the election.
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yeah, I should have clarified. No ballots or anything for pot, but the idea of legalizing medical is gaining steam it seems.
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Cliff Racer posted:Do you really bet that? Want to put some sort of forums money on it? I think it's more likely than not, but I'm not confident enough to bet on it after my predictit experiences
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Florida's medical marijuana amendment is almost certain to pass this year. It only failed to pass by 2.8% in 2014 and 2016 is going to have a lot more voters who are likely to vote for it. Remembering that in order to pass an amendment to the Florida constitution you need to get over 60% of the vote.
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Gyges posted:Florida's medical marijuana amendment is almost certain to pass this year. It only failed to pass by 2.8% in 2014 and 2016 is going to have a lot more voters who are likely to vote for it. One small step for weed in Florida. Sadly, the current legislation is restrictive as gently caress so I'd imagine it'd have a largely negligible effect on things like decriminalization or legalization. Medical Marijuana laws might open up a bit more in the state, but they'll likely still restrict it to the Charlotte's web strain.
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Xelkelvos posted:One small step for weed in Florida. Sadly, the current legislation is restrictive as gently caress so I'd imagine it'd have a largely negligible effect on things like decriminalization or legalization. Medical Marijuana laws might open up a bit more in the state, but they'll likely still restrict it to the Charlotte's web strain. I'm pretty sure Morgan has put forward an amendment almost identical to the one 2 years ago. The only changes are allowing parental consent and some dumb regulations as to how many patients a doctor can prescribe marijuana. The Charlette's Web bullshit was the legislature and Rick Scott's idiotic attempt to make it look like Florida totally was going to have medical marijuana so people wouldn't vote for the amendment. Then they went and hosed that dumbass ploy up by still not having any available. The fate of medical marijuana in Florida basically comes down to a fight between a richass lawyer who has been fighting for this for years and the heiress to a supermarket chain and her allies in the Florida government. So yay dude who employs Charlie Crist when he's not running for office.
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Which chain? Please don't say Publix.
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The X-man cometh posted:Which chain? Please don't say Publix. Sorry quote:The family that founded the Publix supermarket chain has given $800,000 to a lobbying group fighting the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida.
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FlamingLiberal posted:At least it's not Publix itself I guess. Publix IIRC is (partially I assume) employee-owned, with employees past some arbitrary length of employment get some profit-sharing incentive on their checks.
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Publix is entirely owned by employees sice they're the only ones allowed to purchase stock in the company, and many of them earn it in benefits. That crazy woman probably inherited a good pile of stock but isn't actually affiliated with the company anymore. It's one of the few good things about Florida
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Yeah I try and buy most of my stuff from Publix since they are indeed employee owned.
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Fullhouse posted:Publix is entirely owned by employees sice they're the only ones allowed to purchase stock in the company, and many of them earn it in benefits. That crazy woman probably inherited a good pile of stock but isn't actually affiliated with the company anymore. It's one of the few good things about Florida I stand corrected, then. I've never worked for Publix (despite having grown up in FL) but I have family who have. Heck, my sister is one of the staff teaching chefs at one of their Aprons schools down there. She likes it enough but I have no idea what her pay is like or how their internal culture operates. She's able to live relatively comfortably in the bay area so it can't be awful. E: those sandwiches though. Boar's Head for life.
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