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My Indiana hometown voted out our Republican mayor by two votes. There's one provisional outstanding. Republicans got real used to being dominant here and it's going to be a fun few weeks of hearing about voter fraud. Christmas came early!
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Grammarchist posted:My Indiana hometown voted out our Republican mayor by two votes. There's one provisional outstanding. Republicans got real used to being dominant here and it's going to be a fun few weeks of hearing about voter fraud. Christmas came early! Congrats
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Nov 6, 2019 06:48
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gently caress, CC is being called as losing. Really wanted to put that stake in the heart of TABOR.
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Nov 6, 2019 07:32
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Brony Car posted:Whoops. Misread that article! We already have a constitutional ban: the legislature can't pass a state income tax without it being approved by statewide referendum. The new prop would make it they can't pass one at all, unless they change the constitution, which you do via... statewide referendum. It literally does nothing at all. Also it just went down in flames 56-44  hopeful sign for the future
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Nov 6, 2019 07:59
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Here in upstate NY we passed a referendum for a citywide police accountability board, so that's a nice thing.
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Nov 6, 2019 10:07
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Real good to wake up and see my home state of va didn't disappoint me. Lee Carter should be the standard that Democrats should campaign as, the amount of vitrol he got from his own party is disgusting
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believe it or not we're not on the cusp of a socialist realignment, the last two years have just been the suburbs rebelling against trump running empire into the ground
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Nov 6, 2019 11:50
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So for this that don’t know, Philadelphia city council keeps 7 at large members but only allows you to vote for 5. This serves to keep some semblance of GOP representation as the city is about 90% Dem, but one member of the WFP won a seat and another was a few hundred votes from beating the most popular GOP incumbent member David Oh. That is just ducking wild. The current makeup is now 14 D, 2 R, 1 WFP
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Nov 6, 2019 12:45
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Republicans posted:I mean that's the narrative he was crafting in 2016 when he and everyone else thought he was gonna lose. My spouse said that people were trying to take their picture when they went to vote yesterday. I suspect the 'voting irregularities' they're trying to claim are 'people who we claim should not be able to vote without even knowing who they are save that they're voting in D-leaning districts'
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Nov 6, 2019 12:49
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Ugh, our NIMBY mayor won re-election in Rockville, MD so that’s a huge blow to affordable housing.
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Nov 6, 2019 13:50
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 Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but Bucks County (PA) flipped to Dem control after >30 years under the Republicans.
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Nov 6, 2019 13:53
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so I just saw some Fox freakout about KY being 'too close to call', I thought the secretary already certified the election?
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Nov 6, 2019 14:10
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4174894002quote:As if matters couldn't get more complicated, Republican Senate President Robert Stivers then told reporters that a joint session of the Kentucky General Assembly may eventually decide the winner, citing a provision in the state constitution that hasn't been used in 120 years. Is this something to worry about?
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Nov 6, 2019 14:13
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Our local Tax levy renewal and increase for our very good community college passed with well over 60% of the vote. This despite a surge of boomers screaming about taxation is theft and posting bad math everywhere claiming it was way more expensive than it is. Feels good, especially because I was worried that adding an increase of .4 mills was going to cost the community college the entire levy which was about 25% of their budget.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:16
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Ranked choice election voting tables look p cool (this was our first ranked choice contest for mayor ever) Winner was the incumbent Democrat who's been mayor for the past 12 years , runner-up was the guy he defeated in 2007 to first become mayor 
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Nov 6, 2019 14:20
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I'm excited about last night's results, but drat Trump is also somehow turbocharging the GOP turnout. This was an under reported aspect of the 2018 midterms and continues to be one today. https://twitter.com/williamjordann/status/1191938918708662272?s=20
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Liquid Banjo posted:https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4174894002 If they overturn the election for Bevin, then they’re going to get hosed in the next election because a vote for them is a vote for Bevin. Why tie yourself to an anchor of a candidate? Bevin is a bad Governor, almost as bad as Jindal.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:22
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cheetah7071 posted:I cannot say "gently caress Tim Eyman" emphatically enough A shiver ran up my spine from across the country. Nice to see Washington still wants to be Cities and then a Wilderness into which people occasionally vanish.
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Lote posted:If they overturn the election for Bevin, then they’re going to get hosed in the next election because a vote for them is a vote for Bevin. Why tie yourself to an anchor of a candidate? Bevin is a bad Governor, almost as bad as Jindal. Long Term Views isn't exactly a strong suit.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:29
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Rednik posted:I'm excited about last night's results, but drat Trump is also somehow turbocharging the GOP turnout. This was an under reported aspect of the 2018 midterms and continues to be one today.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:33
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sexpig by night posted:so I just saw some Fox freakout about KY being 'too close to call', I thought the secretary already certified the election? They did. This is just FOX being FOX. There is no real official mechanism for a full recount in KY iirc. A hand recount has to be funded by the candidate requesting it so its um....rarely done. Abner Assington posted:Not really. Bevin barely won in 2014 where only ~26% of registered voters in KY showed up. When you consider the amount of turnout in Kentucky is one of the lowest in ALL the states. Last night was catastrophic for the GOP because McConnel is universally hated in KY but survives from low turnout.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:36
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Rednik posted:I'm excited about last night's results, but drat Trump is also somehow turbocharging the GOP turnout. This was an under reported aspect of the 2018 midterms and continues to be one today. Yea the theme seems to be Democrats and independents are motivated - but Republicans are too. It explains how in states like KY the lovely Republican Governor loses but Republicans still win at the local level.
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Nov 6, 2019 14:36
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friendbot2000 posted:They did. This is just FOX being FOX. There is no real official mechanism for a full recount in KY iirc. A hand recount has to be funded by the candidate requesting it so its um....rarely done. More than a few areas (including where I voted) are digital voting systems. I don't think there's any paper trail tied to it.
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Rednik posted:I'm excited about last night's results, but drat Trump is also somehow turbocharging the GOP turnout. This was an under reported aspect of the 2018 midterms and continues to be one today. I'm sorry this is a complete misrepresentation of these numbers devoid of context, Bevin limped to a win with the traditional not great turnout that favors republicans last time, just because Beshear didn't get as much as his dad did 12 years ago (weird metric that has literally nothing to do with anything other than a shared last name?) during another pretty low (compared to other states yesterday) turnout vote that again SHOULD have favored Bevin doesn't mean the chud vote is some unstoppable juggernaut sexpig by night fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 14:38
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Yea the theme seems to be Democrats and independents are motivated - but Republicans are too. It explains how in states like KY the lovely Republican Governor loses but Republicans still win at the local level. This actually could spells doom for McConnel. Last night we were actually seeing Republicans vote for a Dem Gov and Republican everywhere else because Bevin is THAT hated. McConnel generates a similar amount of hatred, but survives on low turnout. So what we have here is basically a nightmare scenario for McConnel
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Yea Republicans can get all hornt up all they want but they're at about the same situation as they always are, our electoral system massively favors the old and reactionary crowd and they're just barely getting a bump with all Trump's bluster and rhetoric. Meanwhile the Democrats and others are getting WAY more motivated and passionate than they were before. You can't be all 'oh man guys blue wave baby, we're gonna get a higher majority in the house, take the senate, and kick Trump out baby it's happening!!!!' just because of this but this is yet another data point in the graph showing 'yea if you're a chud backed candidate you may want to start setting up a sweet lobbying job or something just in case because people loving HATE you'. The AG in Kentucky literally ran on the opposite of Bevin, saying he'd 'depoliticize' the office and all (of course it's bullshit and he really meant 'stop the meanie from suing our big strong daddy' but still, it shows the rhetorical change at least)
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Nov 6, 2019 14:46
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sexpig by night posted:The AG in Kentucky literally ran on the opposite of Bevin, saying he'd 'depoliticize' the office and all (of course it's bullshit and he really meant 'stop the meanie from suing our big strong daddy' but still, it shows the rhetorical change at least) I'm expecting him to do the same thing to Beshear
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Nov 6, 2019 15:18
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Taerkar posted:I'm expecting him to do the same thing to Beshear Surely he won't suddenly change his view of if the governor can be sued just because the other guy won the office, he'd have to be some kinda stupid rear end republican weirdo or something!
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Nov 6, 2019 15:26
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friendbot2000 posted:They did. This is just FOX being FOX. There is no real official mechanism for a full recount in KY iirc. A hand recount has to be funded by the candidate requesting it so its um....rarely done. NPR just said Kentucky was 'too close to call' this morning as well.
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Nov 6, 2019 15:44
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Oracle posted:NPR just said Kentucky was 'too close to call' this morning as well. Then they're idiots; most orgs have called the race for Beshear despite Bevin's protestations. Figures, though. NPR's been taking so much money from the Kochs that they're probably afraid to do anything that would upset their new benefactors.
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How likely is it that the Kentucky Senate actually expends political capital on this? It seems like throwing good money after bad, especially when the GOP won every other statewide office. Why not just hamstring the Dem governor for a bit and just put Bevin out to pasture? That seems like the cleanest way of getting back to business as usual instead of risking a big backlash in the next election cycle. Just avoid walking into the healthcare trap next time and they’ll be fine. Hearing NPR call it “too close to call” this morning was very jarring given how the Secretary of State called the result. It makes me mad.
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friendbot2000 posted:This actually could spells doom for McConnel. Last night we were actually seeing Republicans vote for a Dem Gov and Republican everywhere else because Bevin is THAT hated. McConnel generates a similar amount of hatred, but survives on low turnout. So what we have here is basically a nightmare scenario for McConnel
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Nov 6, 2019 16:23
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Taerkar posted:My spouse said that people were trying to take their picture when they went to vote yesterday. I suspect the 'voting irregularities' they're trying to claim are 'people who we claim should not be able to vote without even knowing who they are save that they're voting in D-leaning districts' report that poo poo to election officials fyi the people in the voting site, local Dem campaigns,
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Any NJ goons(lol) want to do some tealeaft reading on some pro ICE thing I heard some chud county passed?
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PhazonLink posted:Any NJ goons(lol) want to do some tealeaft reading on some pro ICE thing I heard some chud county passed? I’m assuming it’s south somewhere but rich dipshits in Morris are always an outlier.
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https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1192119152892399616 It's so clear that the only hope for D's in the deep south is running black candidates in the Stacey Abrams model. These republican lite white democrats have literally no chance to win anything other than ins VERY unique situations like Doug Jones. mcmagic fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Nov 6, 2019 17:41
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so what has to be done to get ohio blue? i mean if Virginia can become blue...
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Nov 6, 2019 17:49
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1192119152892399616 Even then, the voter suppression in the south is really loving bad. Without it, Abrams would have been governor. Luckily Abrams has been at the forefront to fight against voter suppression with her Fair Fight 2020 initiative. I suggest every good have a look and donate if you can. https://fairfight.com/
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:so what has to be done to get ohio blue? i mean if Virginia can become blue... clone sherrod brown and have him run for every seat
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:so what has to be done to get ohio blue? i mean if Virginia can become blue... Move the seat of the federal government to southeast Michigan thereby making Toledo the new NoVa?
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