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axeil posted:
It's pretty fantastic if you're Northam I reckon. Though this is on point: https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/874791662714834945
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 01:59 |
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:It's pretty fantastic if you're Northam I reckon. Though this is on point: People said the same thing about Clinton last year and welp. I know we voted correctly last year but I don't even want to ponder the possibility of that KKK motherfucker in the Governor's mansion.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:02 |
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Anecdotally, dozens of my friends who don't vote in off-years voted in this primary. The overwhelming consensus among Virginians my age has been that Perriello and Northam are both good candidates, but Northam would actually get more done. He's been a good Lt Governor and he and McAuliffe have done a lot of good things for Virginia. Perriello has ideas which I liked a lot and support (increased taxes on the wealthy, community college/vocational school for all, no pipeline, etc), but he wasn't likely to get anything done. He also voted for restrictions on abortion and bragged about having an A rating from the NRA while he was in congress, and while he opposes the pipelines he's for off-shore drilling off the VA coast. His progressive streak seems like a recent development so I second what the other poster said when he comes off as kind of a huckster. What I really don't want is for Stewart to win the primary. gently caress that guy.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:03 |
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Fairfax County and Fairfax City have voted the same as the rest of Northern Virginia except for the Lt. Gov. race. Fairfax isn't even from Fairfax. Could it really be his name? edit: guess which candidate state-regulated monopoly Dominion Energy made a pledge to vote campaign for? https://theintercept.com/2017/06/12/virginia-governor-race-perriello-northam-pipeline-dominion/ Kevin DuBrow fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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If Stewart wins, how hard will the garbage Times-Dispatch twist to find a justification to endorse?
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:07 |
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About 1/3rd of outstanding districts in Fairfax and Gillespie has been maintaining his margin there. They may not call it for a bit but somewhere would have to find missing votes on their excel spreadsheet for Stewart to win.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:08 |
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Anecdotally, dozens of my friends who don't vote in off-years voted in this primary. The overwhelming consensus among Virginians my age has been that Perriello and Northam are both good candidates, but Northam would actually get more done. He's been a good Lt Governor and he and McAuliffe have done a lot of good things for Virginia. Perriello has ideas which I liked a lot and support (increased taxes on the wealthy, community college/vocational school for all, no pipeline, etc), but he wasn't likely to get anything done. He also voted for restrictions on abortion and bragged about having an A rating from the NRA while he was in congress, and while he opposes the pipelines he's for off-shore drilling off the VA coast. His progressive streak seems like a recent development so I second what the other poster said when he comes off as kind of a huckster. I agree with you 100% and want to point out that Northam's community college plan is actually better imo, the added service requirement is a good thing because public service is good and adding accountability is really important to having people actually finish a CC credential (source: I work in that field).
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:10 |
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Kevin DuBrow posted:
Are we sure that that's not a pseudonym or code name? "Just in Fairfax," sounds suspicious to me.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:11 |
Seems like pretty decent dem turnout though, right? 100k plus over the republicans. Proportionally that seems like a small victory in itself.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:15 |
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Unfortunately there was other stuff going on besides primaries for governor. My district 4 had a bunch of poo poo on the Republican ballot that you didn't get if you went straight ticket Dem, so we got the worst of the two Republican supervisors. It was really a fight between a "sane" republican and a Trump knob polisher so I can only hope that he's too stupid to actually do anything with his minor position.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:24 |
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Seems like pretty decent dem turnout though, right? 100k plus over the republicans. Proportionally that seems like a small victory in itself. More evidence of the growing enthusiasm edge. It'd be nice if people had given a poo poo without it taking loving Trump in the WH though.
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axeil posted:More evidence of the growing enthusiasm edge. I honestly can say, personally speaking, that Trump is the sort of lesson that will last a lifetime for me. This generation should end up voting shell-shocked like the people that lived through the depression and came out of it as hoarders.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:27 |
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mcmagic posted:The guy who has the best chance of winning other than Murphy is John Wisniewski who is a state assemblyman that was involved in the Bridgegate investigation. He's pretty good and progressive. Is for Single Payer and pot legalization and 15 dollar wage. Give him money if you can.... http://wiz2017.com/ FYI you're 100% wrong on Wiz. He's just a generic Democrat who started pretending to like Bernie Sanders two years ago, and he never remotely had a chance. There's a LOT of talk he's had a handshake deal to be in Murphy's cabinet for months.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:31 |
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Well, here's a video of environmentalists getting on stage at the Northam event. https://www.facebook.com/vsecoalition/videos/879267622212343/
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:40 |
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Who the hell is Fairfax anyway? And did he win for any other reason than his name being at the top of the ballot? SadBag fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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SadBag posted:Who the hell is Fairfax anyway? Some guy who ran in the Dem attorney general primary and nearly won in 2013, then was active in the party. Compared to Platt, who ran statewide campaigns in the 1990s and was inspired to run after 2016, and Rossi, a career DOJ prosecutor who decided to run after surviving cancer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...m=.54675029bf8f So not too surprising that he won, I suppose.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:52 |
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I'm already seeing rumblings on social media and in other threads in SA that Northam was boosted by Republicans choosing the Dem ballot to vote for the less progressive candidate. This is how
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:53 |
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I'm already seeing rumblings on social media and in other threads in SA that Northam was boosted by Republicans choosing the Dem ballot to vote for the less progressive candidate. A large portion of SA still believes that Hillary somehow "stole" the nomination from Bernie despite getting 3 million more votes. We're less bad than most places but we're still idiots.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 02:59 |
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Speaking of the House of Delegates, http://www.fauquier.com/news/transg...3be9fd47c6.html quote:Democrat Danica Roem, a former Prince William Times journalist, appears to have made history tonight by becoming the first transgender candidate to win a major party's nomination to the General Assembly. Mark that one down, it isn't a completely unwinnable seat. Marshall won by 3% in 2013 with 17k voter turnout, but won by 13% in 2015 with a 13k turnout.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 03:03 |
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This Republican primary definitely casts doubts on people who say that Virginia Tech wouldn't be a good cultural fit for the SEC.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 03:08 |
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https://twitter.com/AP/status/874814019709874176 And there's the call for Gillespie.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 03:25 |
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Here's to VA holding it down in November. McAuliffe had the most vetoes in VA history. A statewide popular election is the only thing preventing us from being a bathroom bill passing, ACA-blocking dystopia. Only half kidding.
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Kevin DuBrow posted:Here's to VA holding it down in November. McAuliffe had the most vetoes in VA history. A statewide popular election is the only thing preventing us from being a bathroom bill passing, ACA-blocking dystopia. Only half kidding. Pretty much; it'll be a drat close one with two ""moderates"" (note double scare quotes) on the ballot. Fortunately Virginia is famously spiteful and Gillespie will get tied to Trump whether he likes it or not.
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 04:32 |
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Quorum posted:Pretty much; it'll be a drat close one with two ""moderates"" (note double scare quotes) on the ballot. Fortunately Virginia is famously spiteful and Gillespie will get tied to Trump whether he likes it or not. And Corey Stewart isn't taking the loss well so he could cause some shenanigans to https://t.co/l8Ni9ETbrb
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 05:09 |
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While I don't mind that the Bernout candidate lost in VA I'd be perfectly happy to vote for either of them.
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farraday posted:Speaking of the House of Delegates, Danica is pretty awesome: This Trans Metalhead Stepmom Is Making a Historic Run for Office in Virginia
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# ? Jun 14, 2017 20:49 |
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That's badass, Cab Ride Home always put on a really good show the several times I saw them play. And she's trying to topple evil incarnate Bob Marshall, don't let us down Prince William.
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my bony fealty posted:That's badass, Cab Ride Home always put on a really good show the several times I saw them play. And she's trying to topple evil incarnate Bob Marshall, don't let us down Prince William. Hilldawg won that district by 15 and she's up against the very architect of the VA version of the "gently caress trans people" bill. It's a perfect set up for her losing because Hope Is A Lie axeil fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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Gorilla Desperado posted:Danica is pretty awesome: This Trans Metalhead Stepmom Is Making a Historic Run for Office in Virginia Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:This interview with her is kickass that interview posted:“So when we’re looking at that, saving lives, of course, has to be our top issue, but you know, we’re talking about jobs here, we’re talking about education here. We’re talking about transportation here, but at the very least the conversation that you and I are having right now is entirely about quality of life issues whereas Delegate Marshall this year puts in four anti-LGBT bills, five abortion bills. A bill about pornography. A bill that’s saying that ISIS is bad, and by the way, he couldn’t even get ISIS is bad passed in a Republican Subcommittee?! Are you kidding? I mean that’s lay-ups right there. My five-year old could have passed that bill, and by five year old, I mean my cat. I mean, come on, you gotta do better than that." She is great.
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# ? Jun 15, 2017 17:17 |
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OP is now updated for general election mode!
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 21:40 |
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I made a post about the VA House of Delegate race over in USPol and I thought I'd cross-post it here:Radish posted:Goddamnit I thought they were supposed to be trying to get all the elections full of candidates instead of just letting Republicans run unopposed in districts that went Clinton... They are. http://www.npr.org/2017/08/31/546191644/shut-out-of-power-in-d-c-democrats-try-to-make-inroads-in-virginia-this-fall http://www.vahousedems.org/our-candidates http://bluevirginia.us/2017/02/2017-virginia-democratic-house-candidates-district https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2017 Dems have no candidate 12 districts. GOP has no candidate in 28 districts. (There are 100 total districts) Last election (2015) the Dems had no candidates in 44 Districts so they're doing much better this go around. The current balance of power is 66 GOP Delegates to 34 Dem Delegates. There are 7 seats with incumbents retiring, 6 GOP (Districts 2, 28, 42, 56, 64, and 72) and 1 Dem (District 89). All of those 6 districts has a Dem challenger and the single Dem retirement district has the new Democrat running unopposed. Dems need to pick up 17 seats for a majority. Coincidentally, Hillary won in 17 seats currently held by the GOP: On this list Districts 2, 42, and 72 no longer have incumbents and would be the most likely pick-ups. Here's the history of VA government control since 1992: In short, the House of Delegates is very much in play and the Dems are making a strong push for it but they're not trying to give the race national attention as that hasn't proven very effective (see: GA-06) If you'd like to read more about this I recommend checking out this Ballotpedia link: https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2017
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# ? Oct 4, 2017 17:02 |
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Got my absentee ballot in the mail and voted straight ticket D because gently caress Republicans forever. Even went online to check who my leftist county seat members were so I didn't accidentally cast a vote for a regressive shithead who'd have been better off as a stain in the mattress.
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# ? Oct 5, 2017 03:19 |
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I live in Jersey, and I have evidence of how hosed Republicans are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RaA8chf03U this is a Republican thinktank ad, and fails to pump up Guadagno and instead resorts to calling Phil Murphy too liberal. I think Republicans have definitely poisoned the well here, but they will get the executive branch again if Murphy walks back his campaign promises. but we have control of both houses so we can definitely pass a graduated minimum wage hike and legalize weed here
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# ? Oct 8, 2017 16:42 |
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The election is tomorrow so I figured I'd post this here too. VA House of Delegates info for y'all so you can get excited/depressed tomorrow. A mod or the OP might wanna stick this in the OP for reference: The Virginia House of Delegates Election - November 7th, 2017 Virginia has a bicameral legislature like most state legislatures. Tomorrow, the lower half, The Virginia House of Delegates is up for election. Let's take a look at the race. Candidate Recruitment The Dems have done an excellent job recruiting and have candidates in all but 12 of the 100 districts in the VA House of Delegates. In the previous election they failed to run a candidate in 44 of the 100 Districts. The GOP has failed to register candidates in 28 of the 100 districts. Current Balance of Power The current balance of power is 66 GOP Delegates to 34 Dem Delegates. There are 7 seats with incumbents retiring, 6 GOP (Districts 2, 28, 42, 56, 64, and 72) and 1 Dem (District 89). All of those 6 districts has a Dem challenger and the single Dem retirement district has the new Democrat running unopposed. Dems need to pick up 17 seats for a majority. Coincidentally, Hillary won in 17 seats currently held by the GOP: On this list Districts 2, 42, and 72 no longer have incumbents and would be the most likely pick-ups. History Here's the history of VA government control since 1992: What to Watch for on Tuesday DailyKos has done a much better job of this than I have, so I recommend following them. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...r-a-great-night DailyKos posted:
If you'd like to read more about this I recommend checking out this Ballotpedia link: https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2017
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# ? Nov 6, 2017 18:09 |
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If Virginia makes you nervous, hit me up on PM (or post here with an email you don't mind sharing on SA) and I can hook you into a virtual phone bank to call union members to remind them to vote. The latest polls have been encouraging, honestly. Internally and externally, it's looking like an uncomfortable victory, but a victory nonetheless. I'm reserving a confetti wand specifically for Danica Roem beating Bob Marshall's bigoted rear end into the earth. We have an amazing goon squad of phone bankers, and a few people who have come out to Saturday voter walks, and they've been incredible. Enthusiasm is HIGH - we had 276 volunteers show up for the last one on Saturday, and that's just the labor side. I can't speak to the VA Dems, but I know they're in force and they walk Sundays. (We refuse to, on the basis of "drat it, we're going to have a day off, and we're not interrupting the football.") 30 hours until the polls close in the Old Dominion. Have a look at these beautiful people.
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# ? Nov 6, 2017 19:22 |
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Your Boy Fancy posted:If Virginia makes you nervous, hit me up on PM (or post here with an email you don't mind sharing on SA) and I can hook you into a virtual phone bank to call union members to remind them to vote. Thanks for your hard work Fancy! If you squint really hard you can half of my head in the back right corner of the photo. I got lost and confused about where to go so I walked in just as Justin Fairfax started his speech
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# ? Nov 6, 2017 22:23 |
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All of the last polls for Virginia are encouraging.
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# ? Nov 6, 2017 22:29 |
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1.3 million doors knocked amongst all Dem-aligned campaigns. At least 300,000 came this weekend alone. We're out of paper phone bank universes, and have had to switch to all virtual. (GET IN, GOON SQUAD.) Gonna be white knuckling for the next day and a half. But the job's getting done.
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# ? Nov 6, 2017 22:31 |
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I was at the live taping of pod save America in Richmond last night, they had all three Statewide candidates on for an interview, as well as Symone Sanders. I think they all did a fine job, though Justin Fairfax is obviously a more out and out charismatic guy and more comfortable with talking policy specifics then Northam, who can come across as somewhat awkward from time to time, though his aww shucks folksiness does help. And as always, Herring was the best, he's such a good attorney general. Symone Sanders gave a really excellent rebuttal to anyone who would dare think of non-voting as a response to real or perceived shittery from the Democrats, which I might hunt down and snip it so I can send it to people. And in a hilarious turn of events, the segment where they wander around the room and talk to people about what they're doing to get out the vote ended up with like half of the people they talk to actually being House of delegates candidates.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:1.3 million doors knocked amongst all Dem-aligned campaigns. At least 300,000 came this weekend alone. We're out of paper phone bank universes, and have had to switch to all virtual. (GET IN, GOON SQUAD.) Glad to hear it. We'll see how it turns out for Northam, but if he doesn't win, it ain't gonna be because of lack of trying from you.
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# ? Nov 6, 2017 23:22 |