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2022 MidTerms & State races- who ya got?
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Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
So the Boomers are all lame and out of ouch and easily confused?
You just don’t get it, do you Handy?
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
I'm in Mexico with 2 Boomers right now...trust me I get it!
Deutsche Gopher Fan
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Data coming in from Florida shows dem turnout was down while GOP was up
https://twitter.com/tbonier/status/1615406059329556483?s=46&t=4JrPSXEZDri3pSZxGGiXkw
https://twitter.com/tbonier/status/1615406059329556483?s=46&t=4JrPSXEZDri3pSZxGGiXkw
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Interesting that FL would buck a national trend. It is almost as if policies and behavior by GOP authorities who oversee elections...
But no.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
My first thought was whether interstate migration explains it.
There must be an enormous outflow of humans from those states and derps into them, and it will only be magnified by the Gilead garbage.
Fighting Sioux 23
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Were there any special measures (particularly re abortion rights) on the ballot in Florida? Obviously there were no Senate races in Florida that would drive turnout statewide, and it does not appear that the D's gubernatorial candidate was terribly inspiring. I think those issues would also have played a part in low turnout for the Dems.
Either way, disappointing trend. Although, if all the traitors concentrate into Florida and Texas, that ultimately could be a positive.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
bronconick
Yep, still here
Yeah. Can't imagine why a former Republican at the top of the ticket wasn't a boost for Florida Democrats. They need to tear the party down and start from scratch.
I get the idea where Florida Governorship is the opposite of MA. Sure, the minority party can win, but they absolutely have to be a moderate.
Not that Crist was a good candidate or a good campaigner (he was neither), but I don't see a progressive Democrat winning in FL any time soon. Or TX.
Not that Crist was a good candidate or a good campaigner (he was neither), but I don't see a progressive Democrat winning in FL any time soon. Or TX.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
I think Abrams is testing this hypothesis in GA. She is a true progressive and she does not appear to be suffering for it.
Well, she lost twice...
And she got smoked the second time, way underperforming Warnock with a vote difference I doubt incumbency provided on its own.
Edit: Candidate quality definitely played a role too. Walker had to be the worst candidate out of any the GOP had to offer.
ticapnews
Never Forget!
If there is one thing that drives Dem party enthusiasm it's when Democratic candidates try to act like Republicans. You can see what a successful strategy it was from 2009-2016 when the party lost over 1000 seats nationally, a filibuster-proof senate majority, the House and the White House (and lost the Supreme Court for a generation or more)
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Dr. Joseph Dolan: You know, it's a shame about Ed.
Fletch: Oh, it was. Yeah, it was really a shame. To go so suddenly like that.
Dr. Joseph Dolan: He was dying for years.
Fletch: Sure, but... the end was very... very sudden.
Dr. Joseph Dolan: He was in intensive care for eight weeks.
Fletch: Yeah, but I mean the very end, when he died. That was extremely sudden.
As always, it depends on the race. Self-proclaimed progressive Tony Evers won comfortably in Wisconsin, while self-proclaimed progressive Mandela Barnes lost. Incumbency certainly played a role, along with many other factors. But, in the same state, in statewide races, one won, one lost. I won’t claim to know what kind of campaign Barnes ran, or Evers for that matter. Maybe if Burd or another Wisconsinite could fill us in, that’d help. All I know is that Democrats quickly dropped out and coalesced around Barnes, allowing him time to avoid a nasty primary and build a general election war chest.
Abrams received 1.81 million votes in 2022; 1.92 million in 2018. Kemp received 1.97 million in 2018; 2.18 million in 2022. Won’t claim to know what happened there either, but something went wrong for Abrams that didn’t also go wrong for Warnock, like having a rematch against a somewhat professional incumbent politician.
As a progressive, there’s nothing wrong with us. I think the pragmatic, smart ones who run the right campaign can win in purple districts, but they’re strongest and best to have in blue districts right now. I don’t want Dianne Feinstein representing dark blue California. I want her ilk representing the Houston suburbs. But alas, I’m rambling.
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