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Off Year US Elections: Nov 7 pretty, pretty good for Dems

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  • LostNinjaLostNinja Registered User regular
    Didn't have anything to vote for today, so hadn't been paying too much attention. When you all say dems may win the house, are you just talking about the state level in Virginia or the U.S. House?

  • AbsalonAbsalon Lands of Always WinterRegistered User regular
    Greenwald, like Assange and Andrew Sullivan, is simply broken in the head by misogyny.

    Clinton attracts a type of boyish, predictable hate from certain types of White men that is frightening to look at.

  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    LostNinja wrote: »
    Didn't have anything to vote for today, so hadn't been paying too much attention. When you all say dems may win the house, are you just talking about the state level in Virginia or the U.S. House?

    State Level house of Delegates.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Wasserman is now saying Dems are slight favorites in the House of Delegates. Also Medicaid expansion is going to cruise to victory in Maine sounds like. Democrat is way, way up in the Charlotte mayoral election, which is usually close.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Any word from WA, Preacher and Quid?

    I am not in a position to know on account of not living anywhere near there.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »
    Meanwhile


    At this point, Greenwald can just go fuck off forever.

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  • archivistkitsunearchivistkitsune Registered User regular
    Yeah, if the democrats were only picking up 3-6 delegate seats in VA's house, they could have made the argument that it wasn't really a repudiation of their ideology. After all they had a few seats simply because the democrats had never contested them and any barely palatable democrat with decent funding would have likely beaten the crazy republican incumbent. Throw in VA moving to a blue state, I won't say it is there, and the democrats were guaranteed pickups tonight. 12+ seats is a very clear sign that people are not happy with GOP.

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  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    Man, if we can somehow get the Washington State Legislature as well...

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    This is what an exciting local democratic watch party looks like

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    This is what an exciting local democratic watch party looks like

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    Excellent.

  • ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    Wow it’s almost like once you leave insanely red districts that Democrats would never have won anyway the message from the polls is somewhat different.

    Like, Democrats going from zero to tying in super red districts wasn’t a sign of Doom.

  • PhasenPhasen Hell WorldRegistered User regular
    Aww I want a democrat watch party :(

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Phasen wrote: »
    Aww I want a democrat watch party :(

    You're posting in one!

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  • Solomaxwell6Solomaxwell6 Registered User regular
    NYC is voting against the Adirondack/Catskills land bank. What the hell, downstate? >:O

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    There's the 13th seat Dems need. Also a defense attorney and civil rights activist won the Philadelphia DA race on a platform of ending mass incarceration and telling Trump to fuck off.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • SpawnbrokerSpawnbroker Registered User regular
    Solomaxwell6 wrote: »
    NYC is voting against the Adirondack/Catskills land bank. What the hell, downstate? >:O

    That sucks, I was really hoping that one would pass.

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  • Solomaxwell6Solomaxwell6 Registered User regular
    Spawnbroker wrote: »
    Solomaxwell6 wrote: »
    NYC is voting against the Adirondack/Catskills land bank. What the hell, downstate? >:O

    That sucks, I was really hoping that one would pass.

    It probably still will. The rest of the state gets to vote, too.

  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    enlightenedbum wrote: »
    There's the 13th seat Dems need. Also a defense attorney and civil rights activist won the Philadelphia DA race on a platform of ending mass incarceration and telling Trump to fuck off.

    Yeah, just came to post this.

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Dem Vi Lyles is up roughly 60-40 in Charlotte mayoral race, looks like an easy reelection.

    Philly AD elected, a hard left reformer


    Marty Walsh won reelection as mayor of Boston easily
    De Blasio won reelection as mayor of NYC easily.
    edit dunked on

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Dems finally lose one of these close delegate races. 47-45 Dems, 8 races uncalled. Need a split to win the House of Delegates.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • PhasenPhasen Hell WorldRegistered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Phasen wrote: »
    Aww I want a democrat watch party :(

    You're posting in one!

    I dont see no spreadsheets.

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  • SadgasmSadgasm Deluded doodler A cold placeRegistered User regular
    Jesus, no wonder only the Presidential election gets any press, how do yiu guys get anything done?

  • Inkstain82Inkstain82 Registered User regular
    Sadgasm wrote: »
    Jesus, no wonder only the Presidential election gets any press, how do yiu guys get anything done?

    Honestly, state government is where most of the work gets done. This stuff's *important*.

  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    Phasen wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Phasen wrote: »
    Aww I want a democrat watch party :(

    You're posting in one!

    I dont see no spreadsheets.

    Its a BYOSS party

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  • PhasenPhasen Hell WorldRegistered User regular
    PantsB wrote: »
    Phasen wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    Phasen wrote: »
    Aww I want a democrat watch party :(

    You're posting in one!

    I dont see no spreadsheets.

    Its a BYOSS party

    That's fair.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Dems are 12 votes short in HD-94. Presumably a recount upcoming.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2017
    enlightenedbum wrote: »
    Dems are 12 votes short in HD-94. Presumably a recount upcoming.

    It cannot be understated how big of a blow losing the House of Delegates would be to the Republican party. These districts are Gerrymandered to fuck. Generating these kinds of results is something like +9 or +10 D. This would be an absolute repudiation of the Republican party from the state as a whole, and you're going to see a lot of panicked Republicans this week if that happens.

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    even if we don't take the house, we now have a democrat governor for 2020, when the next redistricting maps are drawn, who can veto any maps drawn that disadvantage democrats

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Roz wrote: »
    enlightenedbum wrote: »
    Dems are 12 votes short in HD-94. Presumably a recount upcoming.

    It cannot be understated how big of a blow losing the House of Delegates would be to the Republican party. These districts are Gerrymandered to fuck. Generating these kinds of results is something like +9 or +10 D. This would be an absolute repudiation of the Republican party from the state as a whole, and you're going to see a lot of panicked Republicans this week if that happens.

    Which is one of the reasons Northam winning was so important. Need unified control to really gerrymander shit after the census and they won't have it.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    AngelHedgie wrote: »
    Styrofoam Sammich wrote: »
    Meanwhile


    At this point, Greenwald can just go fuck off forever.

    I never would have thought Greenwald would actually do Tucker Carlson's White Supremacy Hoedown, but now that I see him there, I can't really say I find myself shocked.

  • AkilaeAkilae Registered User regular
    I think the NY Land Bank wasn't very clear on exactly why/how it would be a good idea. Everything else went by a pretty large margin, but Ballot 3 confused a lot of people around me.

  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Chanus wrote: »
    even if we don't take the house, we now have a democrat governor for 2020, when the next redistricting maps are drawn, who can veto any maps drawn that disadvantage democrats
    E: nevermind, sorry. I thought they were on a 3 year cycle for some reason.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    enlightenedbum wrote: »
    Dems are 12 votes short in HD-94. Presumably a recount upcoming.

    Damn Lizard Al Frankens.

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    even if we don't take the house, we now have a democrat governor for 2020, when the next redistricting maps are drawn, who can veto any maps drawn that disadvantage democrats

    No, it's the 2020 election that matters for that.

    virginia's governor will still be governor in 2021 because we're on an off year schedule

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    even if we don't take the house, we now have a democrat governor for 2020, when the next redistricting maps are drawn, who can veto any maps drawn that disadvantage democrats

    No, it's the 2020 election that matters for that.

    The next Virginia Gubernatorial election is in 2021, not 2020.

  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular

    (Women's march is an advocacy group)

    Maybe we're finally fighting back at the local/state level

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  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Yeah, sorry, for some reason I had it in my head that VA was a 3 year cycle.

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  • archivistkitsunearchivistkitsune Registered User regular
    Redistricting has to be done before we elect the next Virginia Governor.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    i'm cracking a smile for once...glad to see some good news. thanks VA and NJ and NY folks!

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    MY CANDIDATE WON FOR MAYOR

    FUCK YEAH

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