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Post by carmensandiego on Nov 9, 2022 8:51:21 GMT -6
This is why balanced electoral maps matter. I'll put another plug in for Planet Money's podcast about gerrymandering. It was infuriating and eye opening.
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Post by iruntodrink on Nov 9, 2022 8:52:29 GMT -6
please to come to NoMi (south of Traverse City specifically) we need more of us. And we have golden retriever gatherings. Thank you for your consideration. Haha...omg...this is the best sales pitch ever. We have two goldens, sounds like a perfect fit! your avatar tipped me off 😉 We have a Red, she's an absolute nutter.
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Post by elle on Nov 9, 2022 8:52:30 GMT -6
same, I'm not even sure he was better than Vance based on his ads. He just had a D next to his name. Poor campaigning here. And I maybe saw one commercial ad for Whaley. Governor campaigns for both were nearly nonexistent here. This is a miss for sure then on messaging. Because Ryan is light years better than Vance. Not a miss on your part - on the campaign and party. I mean, Ryan sort of tanked his own campaign by continually distancing himself from Biden and Pelosi and refusing help from the DNC - and then going around complaining about it on all the shows. 🙄
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Post by Rebel on Nov 9, 2022 8:53:27 GMT -6
💔
When a haunted house catches fire: a moment of indecision.
The house was, after all, built on bones, and blood and bad intentions.
Everyone who enters the house feels that overwhelming dread, the evil that perhaps only fire can purge.
It's tempting to just let it burn.
And then I remember: there are children inside.
-Kyle Tran Myhre
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Post by elle on Nov 9, 2022 8:56:14 GMT -6
💔 When a haunted house catches fire: a moment of indecision. The house was, after all, built on bones, and blood and bad intentions. Everyone who enters the house feels that overwhelming dread, the evil that perhaps only fire can purge. It's tempting to just let it burn. And then I remember: there are children inside. -Kyle Tran Myhre I posted this poem to my socials on Monday. It's devastating and beautiful.
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Post by carmensandiego on Nov 9, 2022 8:57:30 GMT -6
Rebel - thanks for sharing that. Wow.
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Post by cnf on Nov 9, 2022 9:02:54 GMT -6
Well this is accurate. In better news, my 17-year-old woke up really excited though that it didn't go as bad as I thought it might. He is all in on voting blue next year. He tracked the election results more than I did. Gen Z truly is invested and done with the bullshit. I really hope that in the next few election cycles that the newly 18+ voters come in and just fuck shit up for old, white, GOP assholes.
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Post by iruntodrink on Nov 9, 2022 9:07:33 GMT -6
I'm trolling my troll of a cousin's rage post on FB and it's DELICIOUS.
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Post by starbuck on Nov 9, 2022 9:08:12 GMT -6
CNN just called KS Gov Race for incumbent Dem Laura Kelly
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Nov 9, 2022 9:08:44 GMT -6
"Good morning, I will take the largest latte your establishment will serve me." Me, 5 minutes ago. I just did the same.
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Post by mrsweasley on Nov 9, 2022 9:10:15 GMT -6
This is a miss for sure then on messaging. Because Ryan is light years better than Vance. Not a miss on your part - on the campaign and party. One of Ryan's early tv ads tried to win Republicans by showing how he aligned with Trump in some ways and I think that was a huge miss for Ohio Dems and progressives who then saw Ryan as too conservative. I don't think he recovered from that. We saw these ads A LOT, although regionally I guess it made sense? I obviously wasn't going to vote for JD, but I found most of the Ryan ads we saw to be a little head tilty
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Post by elle on Nov 9, 2022 9:10:37 GMT -6
Come the fuck on white women. So disappointing.
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2022 9:12:24 GMT -6
Tim Ryan outperformed my expectations TBH. All the other statewide Dem candidates in OH lost by double digits.
Hopefully Sherrod Brown being an incumbent helps in 2024 because otherwise yeesh.
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Post by downwarddog on Nov 9, 2022 9:13:45 GMT -6
HuffPo right now: "The anticipated red wave of 2022 looks more like a wake generated by a medium sized fishing boat."
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Post by TheoV2 on Nov 9, 2022 9:14:56 GMT -6
Tim Ryan outperformed my expectations TBH. All the other statewide Dem candidates in OH lost by double digits. Hopefully Sherrod Brown being an incumbent helps in 2024 because otherwise yeesh. It should. He's generally well liked, at least in my area which is pretty red.
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2022 9:15:09 GMT -6
South Dakota voted to expand Medicaid. Always a good thing.
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Post by elle on Nov 9, 2022 9:15:59 GMT -6
Ok AZ, let's do this. 🤞
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2022 9:17:02 GMT -6
Slightly refreshing, but also SIR. Look in the fucking mirror you ninny.
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Post by richard on Nov 9, 2022 9:19:46 GMT -6
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Post by frantastic on Nov 9, 2022 9:19:47 GMT -6
This is a miss for sure then on messaging. Because Ryan is light years better than Vance. Not a miss on your part - on the campaign and party. I thought Tim Ryan made a good case. But I'm not his target audience so 🤷 I thought that portraying him as the football-lovin', beer drinkin' ass-kicker definitely helped him in the redder areas of the state.
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Post by Dr. Cox on Nov 9, 2022 9:20:17 GMT -6
Come the fuck on white women. So disappointing. Jesus. We continue to remain, The. Worst.
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Post by frantastic on Nov 9, 2022 9:22:03 GMT -6
Another disappointed Ohioan here, but I acknowledge that it is really easy for me, living in a solidly blue county, to forget just how red most of the state is.
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Post by dc2london on Nov 9, 2022 9:24:16 GMT -6
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Post by riverrider on Nov 9, 2022 9:25:20 GMT -6
She went to high school in my little town. What I have known personally of her, she's pretty great.
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Post by dc2london on Nov 9, 2022 9:27:09 GMT -6
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Post by starbuck on Nov 9, 2022 9:30:26 GMT -6
I said it to MH last night, but Kemp not giving in to TFG on elections gave independents and moderates (including suburban WW) all the excuse the needed to vote for him and uphold the supremacy system. Same for SoS Raffensberger. Bee Nguyen lost by an even wider margin than Stacey, and Bee was also an imminently qualified and well-known candidate in the state.
Abortion was NOT widely discussed in the state from what I saw. In GA the story was all about the economy. There were so fucking many Kemp commercials with him spiking the football on state economics, and he has a story to tell there because the state is doing comparatively well. I did not hear as much from Stacey this cycle. And that is not to lay this loss at her feet, because she really should have won. She's a great candidate. WW are def the worst and that is at the heart of the story.
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Post by jaygee on Nov 9, 2022 9:34:56 GMT -6
I said it to MH last night, but Kemp not giving in to TFG on elections gave independents and moderates (including suburban WW) all the excuse the needed to vote for him and uphold the supremacy system. Same for SoS Raffensberger. Bee Nguyen lost by an even wider margin than Stacey, and Bee was also an imminently qualified and well-known candidate in the state. Abortion was NOT widely discussed in the state from what I saw. In GA the story was all about the economy. There were so fucking many Kemp commercials with him spiking the football on state economics, and he has a story to tell there because the state is doing comparatively well. I did not hear as much from Stacey this cycle. And that is not to lay this loss at her feet, because she really should have won. She's a great candidate. WW are def the worst and that is at the heart of the story. I think Kemp being able to be “not as bad as our crazy neighbor Desantis” helps him a ton. Even though, to be clear, those WW would vote for Ronnie too.
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Post by Pizzaslut on Nov 9, 2022 9:35:12 GMT -6
I don't think Tim Ryan was a good candidate. I voted for him, but I wasn't really excited about him at all. same, I'm not even sure he was better than Vance based on his ads. He just had a D next to his name. Poor campaigning here. And I maybe saw one commercial ad for Whaley. Governor campaigns for both were nearly nonexistent here. I had the same thoughts on Whaley. Nothing at all. I see a lot for Ryan because he's from my hometown area.
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Post by origami on Nov 9, 2022 9:38:12 GMT -6
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Post by starbuck on Nov 9, 2022 9:39:11 GMT -6
I said it to MH last night, but Kemp not giving in to TFG on elections gave independents and moderates (including suburban WW) all the excuse the needed to vote for him and uphold the supremacy system. Same for SoS Raffensberger. Bee Nguyen lost by an even wider margin than Stacey, and Bee was also an imminently qualified and well-known candidate in the state. Abortion was NOT widely discussed in the state from what I saw. In GA the story was all about the economy. There were so fucking many Kemp commercials with him spiking the football on state economics, and he has a story to tell there because the state is doing comparatively well. I did not hear as much from Stacey this cycle. And that is not to lay this loss at her feet, because she really should have won. She's a great candidate. WW are def the worst and that is at the heart of the story. I think Kemp being able to be “not as bad as our crazy neighbor Desantis” helps him a ton. Even though, to be clear, those WW would vote for Ronnie too. That's a good point. I really can't think about that dude right now. How are people so hypnotized by him? The 2024 cycle is gonna be rough, y'all. I really need to remember to take the day after off.
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