US Politics

berbatrick said:
Wow.
Our Revolution (Berni's thing) has 5 candidates, 1 incumbent and 4 challengers. 3 winning 2 trailing. Not bad.
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It was unclear after i posted that tweet if Lee Carter actually won due to some issues in the tally votes and Weigel deleted the tweet, but its been confirmed Carter did win.
 


Not sure I agree with the logic of this, as a lot of Repubs are losing there by trailing the margins Trump got. Then again, plenty of Trump voters were irregular anyway.
 
Ubik said:


Not sure I agree with the logic of this, as a lot of Repubs are losing there by trailing the margins Trump got. Then again, plenty of Trump voters were irregular anyway.
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Virginia was the one state (out of FL, NC, PA) where Hillary's strategy of running up the score in the suburbs actually worked.
More interesting for the conversation is the midwest -- also, if the strategies can coexist, and if a leftist strategy loses in VA.
 
I am stunned that the Democrat socialist defeated the GOP whip in Virginia.

The guy won the seat with 94% of the vote at the last election because the seat was uncontested.
 
Fergies Gum said:
I am stunned that the Democrat socialist defeated the GOP whip in Virginia.

The guy won the seat with 94% of the vote at the last election because the seat was ran uncontested.
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HOLY SHIT. That image I posted, I thought was a shitty meme thing.

Turns out:



<3 you GOP
 
Portland medicare expansion is ahead, Ohio drug cost reduction is destroyed, and I am getting back to work.
Not a bad set of results altogether.

Edit: actually, a very good set. That GOP constitutional convention has to be pushed back, a lot.
 
Does anyone know much more about the Ohio ballot? Seems a massive rejection.
 
DenisIrwin said:
I don't understand American politics. Is this significant?
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Could be, suggests people whose top issue was guns still didn't care all that much about it in the grand scheme. Will need to monitor and see if it's a longer term trend though.

Precaution said:
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/ohio-ballot-measure-cap-drug-costs seems they rejected it 80% of the vote.
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Meant in terms of why it was such a big defeat, to my idiot eyes it didn't seem worthy of a 60 point loss so wondering if any big issues were picked up.
 
Ubik said:
Could be, suggests people whose top issue was guns still didn't care all that much about it in the grand scheme. Will need to monitor and see if it's a longer term trend though.


Meant in terms of why it was such a big defeat, to my idiot eyes it didn't seem worthy of a 60 point loss so wondering if any big issues were picked up.
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The pharmaceutical industry spent over 50 million on their campaign opposing this and it worked.
 
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Governor- Check
Lt Governor- Check
AG- Check

Man, I'm a DC area guy... and I'm proud of Northern Virginia tonight. Thank you Fairfax, thank you Alexandria, thank you Arlington.... thank you Virginia!
 
ManUtd1999 said:
Governor- Check
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AG- Check

Man, I'm a DC area guy... and I'm proud of Northern Virginia tonight. Thank you Fairfax, thank you Alexandria, thank you Arlington.... thank you Virginia!
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Very Proud myself to be moving to a state that is progressive, Fairfax is a place that i really loved being in and i'm so glad they voted the way they did, just reinforces why i love the place, Drinks down the Auld Shebeen! Fredericksburg didn't let me down either!
 
Even if you just cancelled all the Fairfax votes, Northam is still 100k ahead.

Also, I love the wind-change graphic NYT does:

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Precaution said:
Very Proud myself to be moving to a state that is progressive, Fairfax is a place that i really loved being in and i'm so glad they voted the way they did, just reinforces why i love the place, Drinks down the Auld Shebeen! Fredericksburg didn't let me down either!
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I left the DC area for few years (work), but couldn't wait to go back. I love that part of the country, and proud of the people out there.

I hear people talking about "liberal bubbles". I figured that I would love to live in such a bubble :lol:
 
It's jebbing close in the last few races

 
Lots of small DSA wins, this one looks quite spectacular:


and this one probably the most significant:

 
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