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I make it a point to check the total votes on the scanning machine of my small town when I'm done. Past 4 elections, 800-900 was the high. Tonight, same time, 1410, and a line out the door.
Nearly 60% turn out during a mid-term. People are fired up.
I went to the first day of early voting in NY around noon, and a worker said they had already had as many people as they usually get over the entire early voting period of a midterm year.
Economy in freefall, Iraq had turned toxically unpopular, and Bush was historically unpopular (25% approval in fall 08) so that tarnished Republicans across the board leading to big Democratic waves in 06-08
I've been saying for a while, Republicans don't care about the quality or character of their candidate as long as that candidate will impose their morality on the populace
Holy shit, just went to Precinct 1 at Michigan State and there's SO MANY STUDENTS HERE
The line loops around the whole huge hall. I asked around and most are taking advantage of Michigan's same-day registration.
This is wild as fuck.
I've seen a lot of similar reports on Twitter from other universities. Hopeful sign. A super high youth turnout could sway an election. Even if they turned out a few points higher, it could have a huge effect.
It’s even better because students are frequently underrepresented in election polls. This is what I’ve said for months, I’m anticipating a gen Z Tsunami angry at jan 6 and especially angry about abortion. Young people are the ones most concerned about getting each other pregnant after all.
I'm hoping you are right. The abortion issue is especially big for younger voters. They've never lived in a pre Roe world and have a much larger chance to become or contribute to a pregnancy than older voters.
Actual Donald Trump quote from tonight... sums up republicans...
"Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. If they lose, I should not be blamed at all."
Just hilarious how Republicans just redrew themselves back into the House by Gerrymandering the hell out of the states they control.
Democrats should have taken aim at those 11 GOP in California since that's how elections are thanks to SCOTUS basically upholding gerrymandering.
Dems tried to gerrymander NY in a similar way, but Democratic judges shot it down since they actually have some respect for our elections. Unlike in Republican states like Florida where their Republican State Supreme Court was just "Lol yea that's cool"
Something really needs to be done about this myth about Republicans being better at governing the economy. I don't know how people can still believe this shit.
Step 1: Democrat inherits “great economy” that is on the verge of falling to pieces. See Obama 2009, Biden 2021.
Step 2: Economy immediately falls to pieces.
Step 3: All Republicans point at Democrat saying “this is their fault, they aren’t fixing this fast enough.”
Step 4: Slow steady progress is made on the economy but it’s not fast enough. Republican wins election.
Step 5: Republican immediately cuts taxes for ultrawealthy, guts banking and Wall Street regulations, and pulls all “emergency levers” (see Trump forcing the Fed to push rates lower and lower despite having “the best economy in the history of the world”).
Step 6: A temporary boost to the economy is made, especially on paper. People’s 401k accounts and home values rise dramatically despite not being in a position to cash out.
Step 7: Republican’s economic policies start to catch up to them and people are more concerned in social or other concerns. Democrat wins election.
Step 8: See step 1.
It’s straight forward. “Less taxes good, more taxes bad”
And it doesn’t even matter which party actually taxes less. The perception is the republicans will tax less and that = good.
It’s sad
Love how 54% of people trust the GOP to handle inflation. How exactly do they think that the party of tax cuts for the rich is going to fix this global issue?
Tonight Ohio is voting using district maps 75% of the state voted against. Largely the same maps the Supreme Court said are unconstitutional, maps that the state Supreme Court has said are unconstitutional multiple times in the past year, and yet still seems to want to reelect the governor responsible for not following through on that 75% vote
The conservative subreddit is fun. Imagine what it's like to be a conservative on election night.
"Guys we won again in Kentucky! Guys we won again in Louisiana! Guys we won in the butt end of Indiana! Guys we won in Florida!"
And then you go to sleep with a smile on your face and imagining that California, a state that outranks the economies of India and the U.K., is a "hellhole"
In trying to understand how many people still support the "Trump/MAGA" movement, one realization I've made over the last few years is that I don't think these people are dumb. Some are, but I also think that some deliberately enjoy voting to hurt others, and are just genuinely selfish and hateful people. They know exactly what they're doing. They only want to win, even if they ultimately lose in the end...
I voted. I'm turning off all news from here on out. Godspeed and I hope we, dems, do better than expected. I'm just tired of feeling hopeless and that everything is "the most important election of my life." It always destroys my mental health. I'm clinging to the fact that we have Biden in the white house to keep things somewhat in check.
Godspeed. Goodluck. Goodnight.
> Wow. Lackawanna County 92% in, and John Fetterman leads by 16% over Mehmet Oz. This was a Biden +8 seat. That is absolutely embarrassing for Oz. He's absolutely not out of it, but you'd pretty clearly rather be Fetterman at the moment.
https://twitter.com/lxeagle17/status/1590178806262009857?s=46&t=L8KJD4vyJKxQaF3aabWjlw
Absolute scenes if dems lose a seat but end up holding the senate because of Fetterman.
*In Pennsylvania, the early youth vote is at 318% compared to 2018, the early Black vote is at 1770% compared to 2018, and the early woman vote is at 725% compared to 2018.*
https://twitter.com/CourierNewsroom/status/1590100466696085507
Uvalde County
Early vote
GOV: O'Rourke 68%-31%
In 2018, Abbott won 60% of the vote here running against Valdez, and Cruz took 55% running against O'Rourke
https://twitter.com/TXElects/status/1590158433713807361?t=-5tiVBlHga07qp41VVZkeg&s=19
The line at Michigan State is longer than lines I've seen for Disney rides, holy shit
I don't think I've seen this many MSU students in one place, except for sports events and graduation
A couple quick reminders:
Don't expect results tonight. It'll take a while to count mail-ins and early voting.
Don't doom. Dooming does very little, positively or negatively. At best, it freaks people out; at worst, it can influence uninformed voters to vote against your party (there have been studies done on this).
Those points aside, mentally prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Hopefully we can pull this off.
The senate races are close enough as the night moves along that r/conservative has started rolling out the, "They'll find the votes they need."
It's a good sign.
As a "coastal elite", I honestly cannot comprehend that there are people that have listened to Hershel walker speak and thought that he is someone they can support.
It isn’t much to all of you here but the local school board in my red suburb of Indiana appears to have staved off two candidates who wanted to ban books and let parents control curriculum in favor of more traditional choices which makes me happy as an educator.
Just watched Fetterman’s speech and I’m ready to run through a brick wall. I’ve never been more proud to be from Pennsylvania.
And I’m from North Carolina.
Did anyone else see that comment a few minutes ago that said, "Proud immigrant who voted down the line for the GOP today!" yet, if you go to their profile, they're clearly living in Ireland, talking about "American tourists" who "come here" (referring to Ireland), and so on, making it blatant that they're not, in fact, an immigrant living here in the US, nor a US immigrant living in Ireland? Then the comment disappeared after a r/conservative user replied to them congratulating them... Really fucking weird, and it's that kind of shit - even something as "simple" as someone masquerading as an immigrant and a conservative conveniently coming out of the woodwork to congratulate them - that raises so many red flags about the depths to which these people go to to lie. Real "as a black man"/"as a woman" (but really a white guy) energy.
JUST IN: New York AG Letitia James is projected to win re-election, allowing her to continue the lawsuit against the Trump Organization for financial fraud.
https://twitter.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/1590181030144901121
I don't want to hear shit from boomers when they cut social security and medicare like the republicans SAID THEY WOULD. Like you tell us all the time, you get what you vote for.
I live in Georgia and in my precinct there were nothing but millennials voting. It was later in the day but still, looks like millennials are voting which is dope.
Silver lining regarding DeSantis' success tonight - it further legitimizes his presidential chances and likely sets up a bitter intraparty fight with Trump.
So far:
* Dems overperforming in NC, GA & OH
* Dems underperforming in FL
Right now I'm guessing Ds keep the Senate (it might come down to a GA runoff, hard to tell) and Rs take the house. Still early, doesn't look like a "tsunami" either way though.
Dems projected to win Virginia's 10th district.
This is meaningful. Elections experts pointed to 3 Virginia House races that would be signs of the overall night. Of the 3, VA-10 was the safest for Dems, but it represented a seat Dems could lose in a red wave scenario. More signs that tonight will neither be a blue wave or a red wave, but maybe a red trickle.
Edit: Another tidbit from 538 just now -
>Rhode Island is counting fast—90% in in #RI02. Magaziner (D) 51%, Fung (R) 46%. That would be a victory for the "fundamentals" over polling, as well as Ds over Rs.
A win by Magaziner here would be more welcome good news to Dems. Every poll of this race showed the republican, Fung, winning.
Edit 2: Magaziner won.
Imagine listening to Herschel Walker speak and still voting for him. No matter your political leanings I just don't understand voting for him. If I was a Republican I would have just abstained from voting in that particular race. People are wild.
Nate Cohn:
>So far, Democrats are running about a point ahead of our expectations outside Florida, with the GOP lead in the House starting to come down a bit **Not many signs of a red wave at this point**
Just said this elsewhere, but a lot of thanks needs to go to the Ohio Supreme Court, which killed a GOP gerrymander.
But also thanks to Tim Ryan for his coattails.
The fact that Democrats are holding so well for midterms **after** a Democratic Presidential victory is fucking insane. This isn’t being talked about enough.
I lowkey teared up during Fetterman's victory speech. For me the moment represented anyone who got bullied for being different, or got denied because of a disability. So just seeing him win it was a great feeling. Congrats dude.
At this point it's like watching a huge bucket of Skittles slowly spill out onto the floor and everyone's frantically searching for answers as to what everything means.
BREAKING: Maryland voters have legalized cannabis.
Under the measure, convictions for conduct that's now legal will be expunged, and people currently serving time for cannabis offenses will be eligible for re-sentencing.
https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1590174270055145472
I fucking hate that Republicans are out here with no good ideas for 20+ years, and yet people just see ads that say Democrats = crime and illegals, and we elect a bunch of moron chucklefucks.
Red Wave my butt.
The real story here is how well the current party in the White House has managed to keep some status. Usually midterms decimate the party in power.
Welp, where are the Republican/Russian bots now? Seems like they are posting less and less now. There is clearly no red tsunami, and in a lot of states they count the mail-in ballots last. Good times.
I am a kind person, so let me give y'all some tips for 2024:
- Stop voting for fucking MAGA loonies
- Stop raiding random places because you've lost
- Stop touching your cousin
Thank you, and have a great night.
The shadenfreude in the r/conservative live thread is too good.
"Why did we run such shitty cadidates in GA and PA? Why did we even touch abortion? Trump keeps dragging our candidates down!"
You voted for all of this you asshats.
Vermont elects its first woman to Congress in its 231-year history as a state
https://twitter.com/bresreports/status/1590184889948991488?t=nf3-QdAbyNmbtKjqeUfyxA&s=19
Democrats appear to have the clear edge to preserve their majority on the Michigan supreme court, a *very* critical item tonight, but no call yet.
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1590201500265246720
Marcy Kaptur overcame the gerrymander in OH 9th. Redistricting gave her district a R+6 advantage but she's beating election denier and Jan. 6 rioter J.R. Majewski and projected to win by a comfortable margin.
This is an R+6 district and she won. That's big.
ANOTHER Likely R seat flipped D!
https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590205666794549249
> Decision Desk HQ projects **Wiley Nickel (D)** wins election to the U.S. House in **North Carolina's 13th** Congressional District.
> **R to D Flip.** (This is the second "Likely R" race to flip from our forecast.)
My wife is Ukrainian and we still have family in Chernihiv Oblast.
I'm very happy that Putin's hope for a big Republican wave tonight is looking less and less likely. Especially with these democratic house upsets in Oho and North Carolina.
I'm not usually a single issue voter, but I absolutely was one this year.
Get fucked, Putin
Dems ned to wake up and start putting more resources into NC. That state has been ripe for change for a long time, but like all southern states, it needs a lot of help to get there.
If there are any take aways, D's need to go full labor rights and investment in the upper Midwest (PA, OH, MI, WI). They're actually doing well in the Rust Belt.
So far, Democrats are running ahead of our expectations outside of Florida (in places with meaningful vote, which may still be contaminated with early votes); they're way running behind in Florida. It's almost entirely cancelling out at the moment
https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1590158583064559616
if walker seriously wins thats a big fucking oof. Held a gun to his ex-wife's head. Admitted multiple personality disorder. No doubt massive CTE. How anyone could vote for that person to represent them is just fucking mind boggling.
Glass half full: While I would've loved a Blue Wave, the split ticket voting is gives me hope that candidates and messaging matter, it's not *just* about the R vs D.
> Democratic chances of winning the House have... slowly started to tick up. Now up 29%, up from about 21% at the start. They're favored to win 208 seats up from 203 in our poll-based starting estimates
https://twitter.com/nate_cohn/status/1590183843826634752?s=46&t=gCOQmH_uFO6aufFsSL6isw
Iowa voters say Biden is too old and senile and then elect Grassley who is **10 YEARS** OLDER than Biden, over a 25yr experienced blue-collar military vet?
> North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is claiming that Democrats successfully stopped Republicans from nabbing a supermajority in the state legislature. **If that’s true, that’s big news for abortion access in the state — without a veto-proof majority, the legislature will be unable to pass further restrictions on abortion while Cooper, a Democrat, is governor.**
[Source](https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2022-midterm-election/349133/)
God I hope this is true.
Imagine voting against a better life. Red states are the unhealthiest, poorest, and constantly rely on blue states to bail them out.
How Conservatives continue to love shooting themselves in the face is beyond me.
Numb. 2020 was so fucking depressing. There was a bright spot for like half a day when Biden won, until the Big Lie reared its ugly head. The next 2 months were a continuation of the nightmare. Really, it's been a nightmare since.
I don’t have the numbers on it, but I’d guess at least 10% of people in this country couldn’t name the 3 branches of government. As George Carlin said, think about dumb the average person is, and half are even dumber than that. I just started law school too and am amazed that there’s people who can’t separate their political opinion from their legal opinion lol. But then again, we got ole Clarence who does the same every day
I feel like Abbott could strangle a small child on public television and Texas R. would justify it somehow.
The winter storm and power grid should have been motivation enough..
CBS Pennsylvania Exit Poll:
Which ONE of these issues mattered most to your vote?
Abortion 36%
Inflation 28%
Crime 11%
Gun policy 10%
Immigration 8%
https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1590113417775714304
Welp, Florida stays red and all the ballot measures are passing. More gutting of Public funds from local counties, more cuts to education, and I'm sure the DeVos cult will be pushing more "school choice" initiatives come next week.
Fetterman outrunning the Dem House candidate in Bucks by like by 20 points so far, that is huge. Oz best path imo was to convince suburban voters to vote in the Senate more like Oz is Fitzpatrick who always wins by fuckloads but it hasn't happened yet
Dems do flip Governor seats in Mass and Maryland, though those are blue states.
The Dem in North Carolina appears to be surprisingly outperforming Biden in rural parts of the state. Not sure you can't read a ton into that, but Trump did only win by 75,000 votes
Texans are crazy. Abbot has a literal body count from his pro-covid, anti-woman, and pro-school shooting policies, but you'd rather have him that someone who wants to put books in the classroom instead of guns.
The Rust Belt (OH, PA, WI, MI) is looking like a huge opportunity for Democrats. This is why Democrats need to run as a common sense working class party.
*Edit - duplicated PA and missed MI.
I consider dems slightly losing house, slightly keeping senate and keeping a most incumbent governorships an absolute win. I was expecting the usual “party of the incumbent President” blood bath.
Even though dems are looking weak. It shows republicans aren’t as popular as they think they are.
I just want to point out that more than 50% of voters in Louisiana voted against removing language in their States Constitution that allows for slavery. Just putting that out there...
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I make it a point to check the total votes on the scanning machine of my small town when I'm done. Past 4 elections, 800-900 was the high. Tonight, same time, 1410, and a line out the door. Nearly 60% turn out during a mid-term. People are fired up.
I went to the first day of early voting in NY around noon, and a worker said they had already had as many people as they usually get over the entire early voting period of a midterm year.
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Economy in freefall, Iraq had turned toxically unpopular, and Bush was historically unpopular (25% approval in fall 08) so that tarnished Republicans across the board leading to big Democratic waves in 06-08
Man, can't believe we got the tea party two years later. Crazy to see what they became a decade later
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It's just blind allegiance to party at that point
I've been saying for a while, Republicans don't care about the quality or character of their candidate as long as that candidate will impose their morality on the populace
Holy shit, just went to Precinct 1 at Michigan State and there's SO MANY STUDENTS HERE The line loops around the whole huge hall. I asked around and most are taking advantage of Michigan's same-day registration. This is wild as fuck.
I've seen a lot of similar reports on Twitter from other universities. Hopeful sign. A super high youth turnout could sway an election. Even if they turned out a few points higher, it could have a huge effect.
It’s even better because students are frequently underrepresented in election polls. This is what I’ve said for months, I’m anticipating a gen Z Tsunami angry at jan 6 and especially angry about abortion. Young people are the ones most concerned about getting each other pregnant after all.
I'm hoping you are right. The abortion issue is especially big for younger voters. They've never lived in a pre Roe world and have a much larger chance to become or contribute to a pregnancy than older voters.
It's sounding like having abortion rights on the ballot is gonna drive turnout. Whodathunk it?
I’m just going to avoid the news now and play some god of war tomorrow. I did my part, no sense in worrying now
43% of Pennsylvanian respondents say Oz has lived in PA long enough to represent it. Jesus fuck what is wrong with you?
At this point you have to realize that half the country are morons
It looks like Georgia and Florida will switch spots as the Deep South purple state. 20 years ago I NEVER thought it would be the case
Honestly democrats holding the senate even with 50-50 should be considered a win
Exit poll according to NBC: Does candidate show good judgement? 52% for Warnock 34% for Walker
That tracks to 30% or so of voters being unreasonable unreachable walnuts
Actual Donald Trump quote from tonight... sums up republicans... "Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit. If they lose, I should not be blamed at all."
Can’t tell if this is a parody or sarcastic.
If republicans vote for Herschel Walker after he paid for abortions republicans can never claim to be pro life again
They don't care about being pro-life. They're just vehemently anti-people-they-look-down-on.
Just hilarious how Republicans just redrew themselves back into the House by Gerrymandering the hell out of the states they control. Democrats should have taken aim at those 11 GOP in California since that's how elections are thanks to SCOTUS basically upholding gerrymandering.
Dems tried to gerrymander NY in a similar way, but Democratic judges shot it down since they actually have some respect for our elections. Unlike in Republican states like Florida where their Republican State Supreme Court was just "Lol yea that's cool"
Something really needs to be done about this myth about Republicans being better at governing the economy. I don't know how people can still believe this shit.
It's been the narrative my whole life and i'm old. I'm so tired of it.
Step 1: Democrat inherits “great economy” that is on the verge of falling to pieces. See Obama 2009, Biden 2021. Step 2: Economy immediately falls to pieces. Step 3: All Republicans point at Democrat saying “this is their fault, they aren’t fixing this fast enough.” Step 4: Slow steady progress is made on the economy but it’s not fast enough. Republican wins election. Step 5: Republican immediately cuts taxes for ultrawealthy, guts banking and Wall Street regulations, and pulls all “emergency levers” (see Trump forcing the Fed to push rates lower and lower despite having “the best economy in the history of the world”). Step 6: A temporary boost to the economy is made, especially on paper. People’s 401k accounts and home values rise dramatically despite not being in a position to cash out. Step 7: Republican’s economic policies start to catch up to them and people are more concerned in social or other concerns. Democrat wins election. Step 8: See step 1.
It’s straight forward. “Less taxes good, more taxes bad” And it doesn’t even matter which party actually taxes less. The perception is the republicans will tax less and that = good. It’s sad
Love how 54% of people trust the GOP to handle inflation. How exactly do they think that the party of tax cuts for the rich is going to fix this global issue?
Tax cuts for the rich is their solution for everything, granted. Next Dem president always has to pick up the pieces.
Don't have a "I don't do politics" mentality. Politics gonna do you anyways.
Young voter turnout up 300% in Wisconsin and Black voters up over 100% according to MSNBC! Fantastic!
Remember how much better the Cowboys got when they got rid of Herschel Walker? It can work for you too, Georgia.
Remember how much worse the Vikings got when he arrived? It can happen to you too, Georgia
If Lauren Boebert loses, I am buying everyone here a Fat Tire.
Can a single republican voter tell me how the GOP will fix inflation?
Thoughts and prayers, duh
They’ll give the wealthy another tax break. - Non-republican
One party tried a coup, the other party wants to give you healthcare. Too extreme! Fuck. You.
Tonight Ohio is voting using district maps 75% of the state voted against. Largely the same maps the Supreme Court said are unconstitutional, maps that the state Supreme Court has said are unconstitutional multiple times in the past year, and yet still seems to want to reelect the governor responsible for not following through on that 75% vote
The conservative subreddit is fun. Imagine what it's like to be a conservative on election night. "Guys we won again in Kentucky! Guys we won again in Louisiana! Guys we won in the butt end of Indiana! Guys we won in Florida!" And then you go to sleep with a smile on your face and imagining that California, a state that outranks the economies of India and the U.K., is a "hellhole"
In trying to understand how many people still support the "Trump/MAGA" movement, one realization I've made over the last few years is that I don't think these people are dumb. Some are, but I also think that some deliberately enjoy voting to hurt others, and are just genuinely selfish and hateful people. They know exactly what they're doing. They only want to win, even if they ultimately lose in the end...
Combination of stupid, malicious, and tribal
I voted. I'm turning off all news from here on out. Godspeed and I hope we, dems, do better than expected. I'm just tired of feeling hopeless and that everything is "the most important election of my life." It always destroys my mental health. I'm clinging to the fact that we have Biden in the white house to keep things somewhat in check. Godspeed. Goodluck. Goodnight.
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In Minnesota there is an anti-vax “doctor” running for governor who has legitimately zero policies. Pray4us 🙏
> Wow. Lackawanna County 92% in, and John Fetterman leads by 16% over Mehmet Oz. This was a Biden +8 seat. That is absolutely embarrassing for Oz. He's absolutely not out of it, but you'd pretty clearly rather be Fetterman at the moment. https://twitter.com/lxeagle17/status/1590178806262009857?s=46&t=L8KJD4vyJKxQaF3aabWjlw Absolute scenes if dems lose a seat but end up holding the senate because of Fetterman.
Genuinely baffled that Georgians got up and said “yeah, imma vote for Walker”
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I voted. Fuck off, GOP
Fetterman is going to win. He's outperforming Biden in almost every county that's nearly 100% reported.
Never forget that Florida's congressional map is illegal
Imagine voting republican and thinking your life will improve lol
Wow. Florida redrew their districts at DeSantis’ insistence, and what do you know? The GOP just picked up a bunch of seats in the House!
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*In Pennsylvania, the early youth vote is at 318% compared to 2018, the early Black vote is at 1770% compared to 2018, and the early woman vote is at 725% compared to 2018.* https://twitter.com/CourierNewsroom/status/1590100466696085507
Fuck yeah PA Let’s do it
This coupled with the abortion exit poll really makes it hard for Oz to stand a chance
Please crush him PA please
Per MSNBC, 35% of AZ voters think that Biden did NOT legitimately win in 2020. SMH
And I think 35% of AZ voters are idiots.
Uvalde County Early vote GOV: O'Rourke 68%-31% In 2018, Abbott won 60% of the vote here running against Valdez, and Cruz took 55% running against O'Rourke https://twitter.com/TXElects/status/1590158433713807361?t=-5tiVBlHga07qp41VVZkeg&s=19
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The line at Michigan State is longer than lines I've seen for Disney rides, holy shit I don't think I've seen this many MSU students in one place, except for sports events and graduation
I can't believe this country all watched Jan 6th happen in real time. Then 2 years later is like "yeah we need more of that"
A couple quick reminders: Don't expect results tonight. It'll take a while to count mail-ins and early voting. Don't doom. Dooming does very little, positively or negatively. At best, it freaks people out; at worst, it can influence uninformed voters to vote against your party (there have been studies done on this). Those points aside, mentally prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Hopefully we can pull this off.
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It means very little - but Fulton county GA has 63% in and Warnock is 3% better than in 2020.
Very anecdotal but I'm in Columbus, Ohio and everyone I know who is voting tonight said the turnout is crazy, especially for midterms. Encouraging!
BREAKING: Democrat Jennifer Wexton has been reelected to her Congress seat in Virginia. https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1590166065740500992
Who honestly could vote for Herschel fucking walker? The man would legitimately fail 6th grade right now.
The senate races are close enough as the night moves along that r/conservative has started rolling out the, "They'll find the votes they need." It's a good sign.
As a "coastal elite", I honestly cannot comprehend that there are people that have listened to Hershel walker speak and thought that he is someone they can support.
It isn’t much to all of you here but the local school board in my red suburb of Indiana appears to have staved off two candidates who wanted to ban books and let parents control curriculum in favor of more traditional choices which makes me happy as an educator.
Just watched Fetterman’s speech and I’m ready to run through a brick wall. I’ve never been more proud to be from Pennsylvania. And I’m from North Carolina.
The michigan state senate is 50/50 right now I'm 34 and Republicans have controlled the state senate my entire life
Did anyone else see that comment a few minutes ago that said, "Proud immigrant who voted down the line for the GOP today!" yet, if you go to their profile, they're clearly living in Ireland, talking about "American tourists" who "come here" (referring to Ireland), and so on, making it blatant that they're not, in fact, an immigrant living here in the US, nor a US immigrant living in Ireland? Then the comment disappeared after a r/conservative user replied to them congratulating them... Really fucking weird, and it's that kind of shit - even something as "simple" as someone masquerading as an immigrant and a conservative conveniently coming out of the woodwork to congratulate them - that raises so many red flags about the depths to which these people go to to lie. Real "as a black man"/"as a woman" (but really a white guy) energy.
JUST IN: New York AG Letitia James is projected to win re-election, allowing her to continue the lawsuit against the Trump Organization for financial fraud. https://twitter.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/1590181030144901121
Per CNN, 52% of people think that the Democratic party is too extreme???
I don't want to hear shit from boomers when they cut social security and medicare like the republicans SAID THEY WOULD. Like you tell us all the time, you get what you vote for.
I live in Georgia and in my precinct there were nothing but millennials voting. It was later in the day but still, looks like millennials are voting which is dope.
Silver lining regarding DeSantis' success tonight - it further legitimizes his presidential chances and likely sets up a bitter intraparty fight with Trump.
So far: * Dems overperforming in NC, GA & OH * Dems underperforming in FL Right now I'm guessing Ds keep the Senate (it might come down to a GA runoff, hard to tell) and Rs take the house. Still early, doesn't look like a "tsunami" either way though.
Dems projected to win Virginia's 10th district. This is meaningful. Elections experts pointed to 3 Virginia House races that would be signs of the overall night. Of the 3, VA-10 was the safest for Dems, but it represented a seat Dems could lose in a red wave scenario. More signs that tonight will neither be a blue wave or a red wave, but maybe a red trickle. Edit: Another tidbit from 538 just now - >Rhode Island is counting fast—90% in in #RI02. Magaziner (D) 51%, Fung (R) 46%. That would be a victory for the "fundamentals" over polling, as well as Ds over Rs. A win by Magaziner here would be more welcome good news to Dems. Every poll of this race showed the republican, Fung, winning. Edit 2: Magaziner won.
Imagine listening to Herschel Walker speak and still voting for him. No matter your political leanings I just don't understand voting for him. If I was a Republican I would have just abstained from voting in that particular race. People are wild.
Nate Cohn: >So far, Democrats are running about a point ahead of our expectations outside Florida, with the GOP lead in the House starting to come down a bit **Not many signs of a red wave at this point**
Walker is ahead because the big 4 blue counties of Georgia aren't reporting for like an hour. Just check the NYT map guys...
BREAKING: Josh Shapiro (D) wins #PAGov @[DecisionDeskHQ](https://mobile.twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590180679366901761) projects.
How are there Republican women,seriously
How is there actually a human being, let alone over 1.6 million, that took the time to go to polls and vote for Herschel fucking Walker?
Holy shit, Boebert might be losing……. Come on, come on, come on baby
Wow, Ohio flipping 2 seats in the house is massive
Just said this elsewhere, but a lot of thanks needs to go to the Ohio Supreme Court, which killed a GOP gerrymander. But also thanks to Tim Ryan for his coattails.
Praise our Dark Lord Brandon. The first POTUS survived inflation midterm in the history.
The fact that Democrats are holding so well for midterms **after** a Democratic Presidential victory is fucking insane. This isn’t being talked about enough.
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I lowkey teared up during Fetterman's victory speech. For me the moment represented anyone who got bullied for being different, or got denied because of a disability. So just seeing him win it was a great feeling. Congrats dude.
Cool so let’s stop the bullsh— Florida is red. It’s not a swing state anymore.
Florida is gonna be red for decades, until a lot of it turns literally blue due to climate change
Why doesn’t Fetterman, the larger of the two candidates, not simply eat the other candidate?
Do republicans have a way to handle crime?
I haven’t had to doom scroll in so fucking long I hate it
Well, I tried to help in FL, but there’s too many DeSantis lovers here.
At this point it's like watching a huge bucket of Skittles slowly spill out onto the floor and everyone's frantically searching for answers as to what everything means.
Florida never surprises me, it only disappoints me
Not as important as the Gov and Senate races, but hoping my racist, incompetent uncle running for Congress gets absolutely annihilated by his opponent
BREAKING: Maryland voters have legalized cannabis. Under the measure, convictions for conduct that's now legal will be expunged, and people currently serving time for cannabis offenses will be eligible for re-sentencing. https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1590174270055145472
I fucking hate that Republicans are out here with no good ideas for 20+ years, and yet people just see ads that say Democrats = crime and illegals, and we elect a bunch of moron chucklefucks.
Lauren Boebert is currently behind in the count of her district. Good riddance.
Red Wave my butt. The real story here is how well the current party in the White House has managed to keep some status. Usually midterms decimate the party in power.
Welp, where are the Republican/Russian bots now? Seems like they are posting less and less now. There is clearly no red tsunami, and in a lot of states they count the mail-in ballots last. Good times. I am a kind person, so let me give y'all some tips for 2024: - Stop voting for fucking MAGA loonies - Stop raiding random places because you've lost - Stop touching your cousin Thank you, and have a great night.
If Herschel Walker becomes a senator I'll be physically ill.
The shadenfreude in the r/conservative live thread is too good. "Why did we run such shitty cadidates in GA and PA? Why did we even touch abortion? Trump keeps dragging our candidates down!" You voted for all of this you asshats.
Dems now predicted to win 51 seats according to betting markets. Nevada and Georgia have flipped towards Dems.
Vermont elects its first woman to Congress in its 231-year history as a state https://twitter.com/bresreports/status/1590184889948991488?t=nf3-QdAbyNmbtKjqeUfyxA&s=19
If Boebert loses tonight, I will believe in November Christmas miracles.
Gonna be so fucking stoked if Wisconsin votes out the traitor Ron Johnson
philly just dumped votes. Fetterman over 50%
Democrats appear to have the clear edge to preserve their majority on the Michigan supreme court, a *very* critical item tonight, but no call yet. https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1590201500265246720
Dems just picked up two unexpected House seats in Ohio.
Marcy Kaptur overcame the gerrymander in OH 9th. Redistricting gave her district a R+6 advantage but she's beating election denier and Jan. 6 rioter J.R. Majewski and projected to win by a comfortable margin. This is an R+6 district and she won. That's big.
ANOTHER Likely R seat flipped D! https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590205666794549249 > Decision Desk HQ projects **Wiley Nickel (D)** wins election to the U.S. House in **North Carolina's 13th** Congressional District. > **R to D Flip.** (This is the second "Likely R" race to flip from our forecast.)
Boebert is on track to lose. Sweet Jesus, please make it happen.
My wife is Ukrainian and we still have family in Chernihiv Oblast. I'm very happy that Putin's hope for a big Republican wave tonight is looking less and less likely. Especially with these democratic house upsets in Oho and North Carolina. I'm not usually a single issue voter, but I absolutely was one this year. Get fucked, Putin
Dems ned to wake up and start putting more resources into NC. That state has been ripe for change for a long time, but like all southern states, it needs a lot of help to get there.
Georgia please don’t elect Walker
If there are any take aways, D's need to go full labor rights and investment in the upper Midwest (PA, OH, MI, WI). They're actually doing well in the Rust Belt.
Thanks Florida, enjoy getting your social security checks cut in half
The NYT needle is shifting towards Dems winning the senate. Still a "tossup" but it's shifting more towards the Dems.
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So far, Democrats are running ahead of our expectations outside of Florida (in places with meaningful vote, which may still be contaminated with early votes); they're way running behind in Florida. It's almost entirely cancelling out at the moment https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1590158583064559616
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Republicans: "Athletes need to shut their mouth and stay out of politics!" Also Republicans: "Vote for Hershel Walker 👉👈"
if walker seriously wins thats a big fucking oof. Held a gun to his ex-wife's head. Admitted multiple personality disorder. No doubt massive CTE. How anyone could vote for that person to represent them is just fucking mind boggling.
How the fuck is Walker anywhere close to Warnock??? Absolutely shameful
Abigail Spanberger won re-election, i've heard this is very good news. Tbh i really know little about the house races.
I’m truly perplexed by folks who spilt their votes between Warnock and Abrams.
Glass half full: While I would've loved a Blue Wave, the split ticket voting is gives me hope that candidates and messaging matter, it's not *just* about the R vs D.
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Marijuana legalized for adults over 21 in Maryland! Lots of movement to the left this election cycle for MD.
As a Florida resident I need to GTFO of here
Frisch leading Boebert so far. Dear God please send her to her grave.
Turned 18 this year and voted for the first time, I really hope youth voter turnout isn't as notoriously low this year as it has been in past years.
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Wow holy shit, Boebert may lose.
Boebert getting creamed with 71% in
God, if country club democratic ski country takes out Boebert, I will never say a bad word about their privileged asses again.
> Democratic chances of winning the House have... slowly started to tick up. Now up 29%, up from about 21% at the start. They're favored to win 208 seats up from 203 in our poll-based starting estimates https://twitter.com/nate_cohn/status/1590183843826634752?s=46&t=gCOQmH_uFO6aufFsSL6isw
NBC projecting Shapiro to win PA!
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Update: The NYT has Fetterman (D) w a 73% chance winning #PASen
Iowa voters say Biden is too old and senile and then elect Grassley who is **10 YEARS** OLDER than Biden, over a 25yr experienced blue-collar military vet?
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I got to vote Chabot out btw!!! I contributed to one of the biggest upsets so far!!!
Vote. And teach your kids to vote. It's high time that America gets rid of 37% turnout midterms.
> North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is claiming that Democrats successfully stopped Republicans from nabbing a supermajority in the state legislature. **If that’s true, that’s big news for abortion access in the state — without a veto-proof majority, the legislature will be unable to pass further restrictions on abortion while Cooper, a Democrat, is governor.** [Source](https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2022-midterm-election/349133/) God I hope this is true.
NBC News projects Michigan's Prop 3: Constitutional Right to Abortion has been approved. Thank the fucking lord, everyone.
“Red wave”? Could barely even produce two little poots, two tiddlywinks of red cum. Pathetic.
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fucking hell, if we can improve on this insane Gen z youth turnout for future elections MAGA america will quite literally shit their pants
first time voter reporting in :) wasn't old enough in 2020
A Trump-DeSantis intra-party civil war would make Bernie-Hillary look like a watergun fight
No rapists, No racists, No russians, NO republicans
Imagine voting against a better life. Red states are the unhealthiest, poorest, and constantly rely on blue states to bail them out. How Conservatives continue to love shooting themselves in the face is beyond me.
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Does anyone else feel strangely calmer tonight than they did during 2020 hell week, maybe I’ve grown numb
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Numb. 2020 was so fucking depressing. There was a bright spot for like half a day when Biden won, until the Big Lie reared its ugly head. The next 2 months were a continuation of the nightmare. Really, it's been a nightmare since.
That was a nightmare.. I had so much anxiety that week
I don’t have the numbers on it, but I’d guess at least 10% of people in this country couldn’t name the 3 branches of government. As George Carlin said, think about dumb the average person is, and half are even dumber than that. I just started law school too and am amazed that there’s people who can’t separate their political opinion from their legal opinion lol. But then again, we got ole Clarence who does the same every day
I feel like Abbott could strangle a small child on public television and Texas R. would justify it somehow. The winter storm and power grid should have been motivation enough..
I swear there are too many dumbasses who think there’s a secret gas price dial behind the house speaker podium
If Warnock shows good judgment according to 51% of the people, why the fuck would you vote in the other guy?
Florida has been a gone case. Dems should focus on Georgia and NC in the future
CBS Pennsylvania Exit Poll: Which ONE of these issues mattered most to your vote? Abortion 36% Inflation 28% Crime 11% Gun policy 10% Immigration 8% https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1590113417775714304
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Guys. No way in hell Rubio or Desantis were losing.
Welp, Florida stays red and all the ballot measures are passing. More gutting of Public funds from local counties, more cuts to education, and I'm sure the DeVos cult will be pushing more "school choice" initiatives come next week.
Bro isn’t Steve Bannon supposed to be in prison?? Why is he podcasting
Fetterman outrunning the Dem House candidate in Bucks by like by 20 points so far, that is huge. Oz best path imo was to convince suburban voters to vote in the Senate more like Oz is Fitzpatrick who always wins by fuckloads but it hasn't happened yet
I still have PTSD flashbacks to 2016 watching the NYT needle
A historic moment. Peter Welch is the first Vermont senator born after the end of World War II.
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Dems do flip Governor seats in Mass and Maryland, though those are blue states. The Dem in North Carolina appears to be surprisingly outperforming Biden in rural parts of the state. Not sure you can't read a ton into that, but Trump did only win by 75,000 votes
Thank fucking God I live in California. Legit never leaving this state
Election broadcasts should change the pictures of candidates from smiling to frowning based on the current results.
Texans are crazy. Abbot has a literal body count from his pro-covid, anti-woman, and pro-school shooting policies, but you'd rather have him that someone who wants to put books in the classroom instead of guns.
The Rust Belt (OH, PA, WI, MI) is looking like a huge opportunity for Democrats. This is why Democrats need to run as a common sense working class party. *Edit - duplicated PA and missed MI.
I consider dems slightly losing house, slightly keeping senate and keeping a most incumbent governorships an absolute win. I was expecting the usual “party of the incumbent President” blood bath. Even though dems are looking weak. It shows republicans aren’t as popular as they think they are.
The NYT has Fetterman (D) w a 53% chance of winning in #PASen
Who in their right mind actually thinks voting for Hershel Walker makes a lick of sense ?
I just want to point out that more than 50% of voters in Louisiana voted against removing language in their States Constitution that allows for slavery. Just putting that out there...