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I recently moved to Virginia from Florida and voted as a Virginian for the first time today. I've never felt anything like this before.
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Grapplejack posted:Pretty much, yeah. I think this is the first time in at least a decade there is a full democratic majority across all 3 parts of the government. Here's hoping they don't gently caress it up by trying to grift instead of fixing the myriad issues that VAPOL has. Since 1993. And before that many state level elected Democrats were still Dixiecrats and Blue Dogs. This will be the most progressive legislature since Reconstruction.
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Nov 6, 2019 03:33
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My local news was saying that Virginia Democrats last had legislative control ~25 years ago, which means that this state hasn't been strongly Democratic since I was in elementary school (I'm 35). I'm really excited for what this means for gerrymandering in this state.
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Nov 6, 2019 03:34
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Lprsti99 posted:Backs up my pet theory that a ton of "libertarian" millenials are actually subconscious leftists who came up in a country without a left and so never learned class consciousness. The flip side of this is a lot of “leftists” on the contemporary scene will embrace Ayn Rand the moment they move up a tax bracket. I think that’s part of it but what it really comes down to is some non-trivial or at least vocal number of people will chase whatever the new hotness on the Internet. D&D over the years has been a microcosm of this. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 03:40
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yronic heroism posted:The flip side of this is a lot of “leftists” on the contemporary scene is will embrace Ayn Rand the moment they move up a tax bracket. I think that’s part of it but what it really comes down to is some non-trivial or at least vocal number of people will chase whatever the new hotness on the Internet. D&D over the years has been a microcosm of this. I have no idea wtf this post is, here in a happy thread. I’m at a party with my state rep who is pulling predictions out of his rear end, and it owns.
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Nov 6, 2019 03:45
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Albinator posted:I have no idea wtf this post is, here in a happy thread. I’m at a party with my state rep who is pulling predictions out of his rear end, and it owns. Permanent brokebrain
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Nov 6, 2019 03:46
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Is Kentucky about to get a Democrat governor? 
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Nov 6, 2019 03:47
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How bad are things going to get in Texas once they eliminate state income taxes?
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Nov 6, 2019 03:53
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theflyingorc posted:Permanent brokebrain I prefer permanent class conciousness. But yeah the KY GOP can pound sand forever (but realistically 8 years at best).
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Nov 6, 2019 03:56
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JosefStalinator posted:90% of voters: This guy seems mean because he took away my healthcare To add to this the GOP candidate for Agriculture Commissioner included in their ad that they were pro-voter ID and pro-second amendment, to things their job doesn't involve at all.
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Brony Car posted:How bad are things going to get in Texas once they eliminate state income taxes? Texas doesn't have state income tax.
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Nov 6, 2019 03:59
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yronic heroism posted:The flip side of this is a lot of “leftists” on the contemporary scene will embrace Ayn Rand the moment they move up a tax bracket. I think that’s part of it but what it really comes down to is some non-trivial or at least vocal number of people will chase whatever the new hotness on the Internet. D&D over the years has been a microcosm of this. D&D started as most of SA did as mostly white college males, lot of libertarianism. Now the more they've grown up and entered the real world, they've moved more leftward. By in part the fact that not a whole lot of tax bracket movement is actually happening as much anyway, or very small leaps after years in wilderness. Even the right isn't very Randian right now lol, its way more into kek crap. If you want to bet libertarianism will swing back, bet on a soaring economy that will produce more plump comfy boys. Somehow I don't think that's around the corner.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:00
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Lote posted:Texas doesn't have state income tax. Whoops. Misread that article! Still, a constitutional ban on ever having one seems like a bad idea to me.
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Who is the one independent in VA, and do they tend to caucus with either side? Just curious.
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Congratulations VA goons just saw your results from an AP notification. Meanwhile, in southern Utah I'm covering a special election which is turning out Navajo in droves. There's a lot of Democratic support even if they don't particularly like their candidates. it's cool to see a people who have been systemically marginalized and disenfranchised voting again and making change in their local government.
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JosefStalinator posted:Who is the one independent in VA, and do they tend to caucus with either side? Just curious. That's probably the dipshit Republican that didn't file his paperwork in time.
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theflyingorc posted:Permanent brokebrain We aren’t getting a perfect world, or even socialism in one country on the basis of one election. But based on the choices we had, we can be reasonably happy about the outcomes we got. And I love Lee Carter, so there’s that.
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https://twitter.com/morganwatkins26/status/1191913722698223616 This is what Trump will do if he loses next year.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:That's probably the dipshit Republican that didn't file his paperwork in time. That was Freitas, who unfortunately won as a write in.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:11
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Well KY's secretary of state called it so Bevin's full of poo poo. https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1191912680451391494
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Nov 6, 2019 04:11
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/morganwatkins26/status/1191913722698223616 I mean that's the narrative he was crafting in 2016 when he and everyone else thought he was gonna lose.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:19
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MS race remaining pretty competitive. Still think the GOP edge it out, but I'm pretty impressed by how well Hood is doing in some places Trump won by a massive margin.
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I've never had to wait in line at an off-year election before. It's weird to feel genuinely hopeful about Virginia politics. House is at 54, christ. Edit: I'm drunk and helicoptering. Who's with me? Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 04:29
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marioinblack posted:I recently moved to Virginia from Florida and voted as a Virginian for the first time today. same, but Texas to Virginia. at least home (Houston) voted to expand light rail to Hobby Airport and added BRT  the Texas Democratic party needs to take VA's blueprint but they'll probably just continue to punch themselves in the dick for the next decade
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Nov 6, 2019 04:32
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Holy Christ y’all voter enthusiasm is through the roof. My local county clerk had to post on Facebook that there were no elections in our county/state today because they kept getting calls asking about it. 2020 is gonna be insane.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:52
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Handsome Ralph posted:Well KY's secretary of state called it so Bevin's full of poo poo.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:53
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Dang, turnout plummeted in MS. Was over 900k votes last year, looking like it'll be lucky to hit 700k this time around.
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Nov 6, 2019 04:53
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Grouchio posted:Does 5000 vote-difference constitute a recount in Kaintuck? Anyone can request a recanvas in a general election, but it's unlikely to change the result by more than a handful of votes. He'd have to go to court to get a recount, and he'd have to point out actual voting irregularities. Old Kentucky Shark fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 04:56
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/morganwatkins26/status/1191913722698223616 https://twitter.com/geoffreyvs/status/1191925289737236480
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Nov 6, 2019 04:56
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Maybe the “every other statewide GOP won” is what he sees as the irregularity?
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Oracle posted:Holy Christ y’all voter enthusiasm is through the roof. My local county clerk had to post on Facebook that there were no elections in our county/state today because they kept getting calls asking about it. 2020 is gonna be insane. If this momentum keeps up 2020 will be an electoral slaughter for the GOP. 
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Nov 6, 2019 05:29
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Seattle is losing its socialist city council member Her opponent was being funneled money by Amazon hard and ran a really scummy campaign and I guess it worked
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Nov 6, 2019 05:32
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Also looks like they voted to gut their public transit funding by cutting the price of vehicle registration. Ban cars
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Nov 6, 2019 05:34
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I cannot say "gently caress Tim Eyman" emphatically enough
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Nov 6, 2019 05:38
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https://twitter.com/politvidchannel...ingawful.com%2F Hahaha
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Solaris 2.0 posted:If this momentum keeps up 2020 will be an electoral slaughter for the GOP. Careful, CHUD turnout is also way up pretty much everywhere.
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JosefStalinator posted:Careful, CHUD turnout is also way up pretty much everywhere. They're still correct
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JosefStalinator posted:Careful, CHUD turnout is also way up pretty much everywhere. Except Mississippi apparently. Edit for content: No races in my part of CO but we had a few propositions. I'm currently sweating about CC (the "gently caress TABOR, we need money for infrastructure prop) which is losing 44/55% but with the big counties still to report. DD is just shy of even so it'll probably end up passing (authorizing licensed casinos to take sports betting with proceeds going to state water projects). Moktaro fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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