202(2)5 - dems in disarray thread

sweetcell wrote:
- young voters showed for the dems, usually they're written off as "unlikely voters" but that wasn't the case.

I can't wait to hear the numbers on this
I was very skeptical gen z would show up. but seems like for an off year election,that had a huge impact

Under the old NY maps, GOP would’ve won 4 seats in the state.

Cuomo’s judges overturned his attempt to gerrymander and now NY is sending 11 GOPers to the house. It’s very, very likely the GOP wins the house by less than that 7 seat delta.

Fucking Cuomo.

Yeah lots of finger pointing going on in NY amongst dems at the moment, lots of anger directed at the party chair as well

They elected a dem gov with a 5 point lead!
Suspect some crappy dem candidates out of touch with their constituents

Jules analysis makes me very sad

Stolen from Twitter because no worth my time to retype just to word 98% the same:

On the Steven Crowder Show, Arizona Republican Kari Lake attacks Gov. Ron DeSantis, stating that he is part of a conspiracy to slow-roll her election results and that he is trying to paint Trump Republicans as unable to win elections.

Totally here for the Trump/DeSantis Civil War.

Boebert now up by nearly 800 votes.

There’s still like 5,000 mail-in Pueblo ballots which should break the Dems way but I do think she’s going to hold on for a 100-200 vote victory at this point.

Looks like Maricopa County is truly fed up with election conspiracy nut jobs

https://twitter.com/maricopacounty/status/1590830383222095873?s=46&t=Gmbp7bNHPyPtWnzWKI3gMw

Not every woman with glasses is Katie Hobbs.
We can confirm this was a party Observer. Please refrain from making assumptions about workers who happen to wear glasses.

SoldMyPoll4RnR wrote:
I was very skeptical gen z would show up. but seems like for an off year election,that had a huge impact

You have to make it easy for them to vote. My home state, Michigan, was busing kids from the campuses to the polls. They have same day voter registration in Michigan now, too. It was like machinery. UM students supposedly voted for Whitmer 90%-10%.

Turns out making women beg for their lives when their pregnancies go south is not politically popular. Who knew?

Thousand wrote:
They have same day voter registration in Michigan now, too. It was like machinery. UM students supposedly voted for Whitmer 90%-10%.

It was 96% to 4%. Leaders and Best.

just reminicing when dems had a shot in FL

In 2018, Rick Scott defeated Bill Nelson by 10,033 votes & DeSantis defeated Andrew Gillum by 32,463 votes

this is how the GOP use voter suppression in all forms to win elections
few hundred here, few hundred there…voilà you can win an election

I know I'm reliving the past, but it still continues, and we still allow it to happen

Thousand wrote:

SoldMyPoll4RnR wrote:
I was very skeptical gen z would show up. but seems like for an off year election,that had a huge impact

You have to make it easy for them to vote.

apparently there is chatter on the right that the "solution" is to raise the voting age.  this, along with the statement on Fox that they needed to figure out how to get those pesky single women to get married, IS BLOWING MY LEFT-LEANING MIND.  instead of adapting their policies to cater to those groups, they simply want to exclude them by TAKING AWAY A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT.  it's called the 26th Amendment, assholes, look it up. 

raising the voting age would require a new amendment which would have ZERO chances of passing thanks to the two-thirds and three-quarters requirements.  SO WHY EVEN VOCALIZE THAT TREASONOUS THOUGHT?  they shit the bed once by taking away rights (abortion) - so their plan is to take away more rights???  NICE STRATEGY JACKOFFS.  jesus f on a pogo stick… YES I'M YELLING.

Some Republicans Want to Raise Voting Age After Gen Z Midterm Turnout

Republicans Are So Mad at the Huge Youth Turnout They Want To Increase the Voting Age
Gen Z came out in huge numbers this election. Now, Republicans are trying to decide what the new voting age should be.

If anything, around the world, the trend is to lower the voting age.

the GOP is a huge fan of the "whisper campaigns'
and they all say the same thing

A week ago it was
"How come x state can count all the votes in a day, but y state can't"
"for hundreds of years, we knew the results of an election the next day'

We all know there are holes in these statements, reasons why this the case, and some are just flat out lies

But the thing I notice is they just blurt it out there, say it on camera and rarely defend what they say
or have a real debate on the value of their stance
but let the libs loose their minds and let the MAGAminions insult and respond to the comments

Before it was mail in voting, which is ironic as the military and elderly (who mostly vote GOP) used that method
now that the average voter who might vote dem can, it's bad

Now it's voting age.

I wish that we could have an honest conversation about voting rules and regulations
also starting with, the states run the elections, not the federal gov't…and should stay that way
I can only imagine the way the GOP would skew this if they could do it from the federal level

I feel it's such a bullshit response I get from the GOP on these topics, and they really don't feel the need to discuss/debate
mostly because I think they know deep down, they want as a system that skews towards them…regardless of the will of the people
and that drives me crazy how one could look in the mirror and talk about all this fairness, honesty, the constitution, our founding fathers and patriotism…yet screw with elections so some segment of the population can't vote…it's just dishonest and dishonorable
and they DGAF

what really gets my goat on this topic too is their constant "dems are cheating and stealing elections" with almost zero evidence
but the evidence that they are doing things that I would consider cheating and stealing ALL THE FREAKING TIME

Personally, on the voting age …I think 18 is good
I know Takoma had this thing where 16 yr olds can vote
Honestly, I think that's a little too young

but if you can get drafted, you should be able to vote

Hey next time thingyhatch, grab a paper bag I hear they do wonders for hyperventilating  ;D

Marco Rubio is trying to shank McConnell in the leadership vote next week. I’m totally here for it.

Cortez Masto down only 798 votes with latest update…. Still votes outstanding… I think she is going to pull it out!

Starsky wrote:
Cortez Masto down only 798 votes with latest update…. Still votes outstanding… I think she is going to pull it out!

Every vote count analyst/expert has been saying this since Wednesday morning. I told y’all it would be 50-49 Dems going into the runoff.

Any chance that puke Lake might lose?

Space wrote:
Any chance that puke Lake might lose?

Well, she trails currently and fell several thousand more behind in the most recent vote dump. This is not the slam dunk the Senate seat was though.

I’d put Hobbs at a 75% chance of winning. Would definitely rather be her right now. Most recent dump of votes broke PARTICULARLY well for Hobbs.

AZ SOS just got called got dem and AG has the dem with a healthy lead (this would be a flip).