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[US Federal Congressional Elections 2018] Tester Wins, AZ/FL Too Close
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Going to disagree here. While Spool has occasionally sided with us and provided polite conversation (and many times when it wasn’t) he’s definitely the base, he’s just not a Trumper. Get someone like Romney in the White House and we wouldn’t be having this discussion. This is merely a temporary alliance at best.
I’d love to be wrong, I guess we’ll see in the years to come where this goes.
I mean
Yes if the GOP suddenly somehow became a not utterly batshit insane party willing to destroy the country as long as they get to remain in power they would maybe get some supporters back
I don't think that's particularly surprising or even remotely in the cards though :P
Yup... you weirdos are why my story is similar as well. Good ol' boy conservative from Texas (didn't vote for Dole in 96 'cause I was 17 and 11 months old on election day, but I totally would have), who now volunteers for the more progressive candidates in Democratic primary races who probably won't vote republican ever again unless they become a center-left party so that the democratic party can become actually-progressive/left, not just American-progressive/left.
In other news, NY-22 which was called for the Democratic challenger, is tightening and may be changed by the absentee ballots. Brindisi's total lead was adjusted down to about 1,400 votes and there are almost ten times that number of absentees out. With a margin right around .5% this could end up being a heart breaker.
Recount in florida is probably going to happen which means we get some more great images
this is super not true. Republicans do great among the rural poor and those with no college education!
Nice bigotry.
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Thank you guys though
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Gotta hand it to the new governor. I thought it was a questionable strategy to bombard me, a non-Illinois resident with ads, but Chicago politics gets results!
Yup.
I suspect hidden somewhere in the non-existent cross-tabs of those polls is a rural/urban and white/not-white split and the top-line mostly shows how many urban and "urban" poor there are compared to the Republican base.
This particular cross-tab is also largely impacted by age. Young people make less, even if they're often college educated.
Under 50k is right around 45% of the population if it's household income.
Its more of florida ballot gallows humor after the whole hanging chad fiasco of bush v gore.
It correlates to a lot of things. Doesn't make what I said any less true. Democratic support comes largest the lower down the income scale you go.
It also isn't necessarily the case that households making 6 figures are inherently headed by the college educated. Maybe their dad owns a dealership. Also, people making under $50k can have masters degrees in education.
that's my vooooooooooote
I guess they couldn't keep a handle on it.
I don't see a recount changing things much, but I do think it's crazy that Nelson, and to a lesser extent Gillum, keeps creeping up. 22k votes when you still need to finish counting the 2 most populated, and the most democratic counties is not out of the realm of possiblity.
WSJ has an extremely comprehensive breakdown of exit polls for those interested
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/election-2018-votecast-poll/
As long as they are (everybody now) white.
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Along with those minorities who have bought what the party says it is, and are certain the leopard would never eat their faces. (Right up until it does.)
Goddamn.
Especially that "share of the vote" number sneaking in on the left. Fucking 50% basically.
The best people.
This contradicts the CNN one pretty directly so I don't know which one has been balanced or adjusted
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A hand recount might, for better or worse, because "hands"
I have a hard time imaginging a scenario where just feeding them all through the scanner again would change matters. (Unless there's still a manual ballot review/screen?)
It's almost like the media is constantly complicit in advancing a right-wing narrative.
Well indirectly complicit. They're just really fucking stupid and take the bait every time.