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I think it’s really sad the GOP got duped into thinking this was all over - because of 2020 and Ds who for weeks told us we won’t know for days! yet trot out Joe today to declare “victory” for losing the House and maybe the Senate. 
 

I guess they are happy they didn’t get annihilated and that’s enough?  
 

A hilarious admission they know everything sucks.  

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Yep.  Nothing unusual here except the same 2020 b.s.   

 

This is not normal 

 

FYI this will be part of DeSantis campaign - see no further then our Election Day vote count efficiency for how well we run things in Florida 

 

And a catastrophic hurricane devastated us just 1 month prior.  

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1 hour ago, ChiGoose said:

 

Have you ever just considered that maybe the GOP just isn't popular with most Americans?


Im pretty sure Republicans, at least as of a few hours ago, were up in the House popular vote in numbers that would indicate a wave, but the allocation of vote for them didn’t line up in the right races. 
 

Isnt pop vote the default excuse when y’all lose?

 

 

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1 minute ago, SCBills said:


Im pretty sure Republicans, at least as of a few hours ago, were up in the House popular vote in numbers that would indicate a wave, but the allocation of vote for them didn’t line up in the right races. 
 

Isnt pop vote the default excuse when y’all lose?

 

 


The problem with the assumption you’re making here is that there are House races that are uncompetitive or uncontested distort the national turnout numbers. 
 

The only time where the same competitive election is on the ballot of every American is in presidential election years. 

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2 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:


The problem with the assumption you’re making here is that there are House races that are uncompetitive or uncontested distort the national turnout numbers. 
 

The only time where the same competitive election is on the ballot of every American is in presidential election years. 


Yes, because people in NY, Cali, TX etc don’t just stay home because their state is always in the bag. 
 

That’s not any different than what you just pointed out. 

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2 minutes ago, SCBills said:


Yes, because people in NY, Cali, TX etc don’t just stay home because their state is always in the bag. 
 

That’s not any different than what you just pointed out. 


There are not enough facepalm emojis in the world for this inanity. 

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1 hour ago, Big Blitz said:
 

 

FYI this will be part of DeSantis campaign - see no further then our Election Day vote count efficiency for how well we run things in Florida 

 

And a catastrophic hurricane devastated us just 1 month prior.  


 

Haha…..I actually work for DeSantis:

 

 

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8 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:


There are not enough facepalm emojis in the world for this inanity. 


You stated every American, not every voter.  
 

Not every American is a voter, and plenty don’t turn out because of the state they live in / apathy to cast a vote that doesn’t matter.  That distorts national pop vote, just like your example of uncontested/non-competitive races does in downplaying R’s having wave level pop vote margins as if it’s different. 
 

It’s basically like Hillary winning the pop vote by +3 but Trump winning the election.  She underperformed, but mainly experienced some bad luck in tight margin races…. Lost, and Dems all ranted about pop vote. 

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6 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:


 

Haha…..I actually work for DeSantis:

 

 

I remember the dangling chads and pregnant chads and all that.  Florida has fixed their system and are the best in the business.

 

AZ and NV can't get their ***** together year after year.  Hell, even PA is doing better than them and they elected an undead dude and a dead dude.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, SCBills said:


You stated every American, not every voter.  
 

Not every American is a voter, and plenty don’t turn out because of the state they live in / apathy to cast a vote that doesn’t matter.  That distorts national pop vote, just like your example of uncontested/non-competitive races does in downplaying R’s having wave level pop vote margins as if it’s different. 
 

It’s basically like Hillary winning the pop vote by +3 but Trump winning the election.  She underperformed, but mainly experienced some bad luck in tight margin races…. Lost, and Dems all ranted about pop vote. 


…wat 

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2 minutes ago, Andy1 said:

Nye County NV is hand counting thousands and thousands of ballots because election-conspiracy believing officials got rid of the ballot tabulating machines. 
 

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/11/09/nye-county-resume-controversial-hand-count-ballots-thursday/

Good for them!!  Gotta get the count right.  I mean, they reported about 64% for Laxalt and Lombardo.

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R’s need to take a machete to covid era voting procedures when and where they can. 
 

Absolutely absurd to have months of early voting, followed by days/weeks of ballot counting.  
 

End result for the “threat to democracy” folks… Every single election becomes Rep machine vs Dem Machine.   Candidates don’t matter.  Could be a potato.  
 

You have a ballot in your hand 45 days before the election.  You probably haven’t heard a debate, the way we’re going, you won’t hear one anyway.  You know next to nothing about the candidates.  
 

You simply fill in your tribal leanings and put it in the mail.  
 

Whoever activates more of their voters in the race wins.  
 

And then nobody trusts it, because the results don’t come down until 5 days after the election .. 50 days after you cast your ballot for candidate X that has your political affiliation next to their name. 

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11 minutes ago, SCBills said:

R’s need to take a machete to covid era voting procedures when and where they can. 
 

Absolutely absurd to have months of early voting, followed by days/weeks of ballot counting.  
 

End result for the “threat to democracy” folks… Every single election becomes Rep machine vs Dem Machine.   Candidates don’t matter.  Could be a potato.  
 

You have a ballot in your hand 45 days before the election.  You probably haven’t heard a debate, the way we’re going, you won’t hear one anyway.  You know next to nothing about the candidates.  
 

You simply fill in your tribal leanings and put it in the mail.  
 

Whoever activates more of their voters in the race wins.  
 

And then nobody trusts it, because the results don’t come down until 5 days after the election .. 50 days after you cast your ballot for candidate X that has your political affiliation next to their name. 


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A Bright Spot in Michigan as Republican John James Flips MI-10 Red

 

https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2022/11/09/a-bright-spot-in-michigan-as-republican-john-james-flips-mi-10-red-n657019

 

 

 

 

Another Seat Flips Blue to Red as Zach Nunn Takes Iowa's District 3

 

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/11/09/another-seat-flips-blue-to-red-as-zach-nunn-takes-iowas-district-3-n657047

 

 

 

 

Lauren Boebert Has Improbable Comeback With Votes Still Outstanding

 

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/11/09/lauren-boebert-has-improbable-comeback-with-votes-still-outstanding-n657056

 

 

 

 

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Campaigning, advertising, promoting, debating, hand-shaking, crowd attendance and venues for rallies, along with physically meeting people and convincing them of your worth, are only important if you are trying to win votes.  Fortunately for Democrats, modern electioneering via ballot collection does not require these arcane efforts. So, in the larger picture of what you now see in elections, Democrats have stopped wasting time doing them.

 

Republicans are running around trying to convince people and win votes.  Meanwhile, who needs voters? Democrats have skipped all of that old fashioned stuff and modified all of their electioneering systems to quietly and efficiently collect ballots.  Yesterday you saw the outcome.

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28 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:


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Dems nominated a potato and had the race won before a debate. 
 

R’s can either adapt and just go machine vs machine to the point where we just cast a digital vote for our party regardless of candidate or burn down the system built up during covid and restore some trust in the process.  

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2 minutes ago, SCBills said:


Dems nominated a potato and had the race won before a debate. 
 

R’s can either adapt and just go machine vs machine to the point where we just cast a digital vote for our party regardless of candidate or burn down the system built up during covid and restore some trust in the process.  


Or the GOP could consider running on a platform that is appealing to wide swaths of Americans. 
 

But that’d just be crazy. 

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30 minutes ago, BillStime said:

 


Nobody is restricting access to non-homicidal birth control. 
 

Most allow you to murder a baby up to 15 weeks. 
 

Admittedly, R’s don’t have much to offer the youngest generation.  They’re never going to appeal to easily manipulated Tik Tok climate doomers or provide govt handouts.

 

They need to realize that once they get married, they’ll likely win them over and focus heavy on Hispanics (typically the social antithesis to young voters) to fill the gap. 

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2 minutes ago, SCBills said:

 

Admittedly, R’s don’t have much to offer the youngest generation.  They’re never going to appeal to easily manipulated Tik Tok climate doomers or provide govt handouts.


Yeah, their specialty is mainly easily manipulated boomers and Gen Xers by appealing to nostalgia and a fear of “the other”. 

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5 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:


Or the GOP could consider running on a platform that is appealing to wide swaths of Americans. 
 

But that’d just be crazy. 


You have a lot to say for someone simping for a party that lost seats in NY, lost the VA Gov last election, will lose the House, potentially the Senate (if not now, definitely in ‘24) and has a President that is wildly unpopular.

 

You were saved by abortion in wake of the recent Roe decision and the fact R’s haven’t understood how to run campaigns in the post-covid era.   Neither of those issues have heavy staying power.  

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3 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:


Yeah, their specialty is mainly easily manipulated boomers and Gen Xers by appealing to nostalgia and a fear of “the other”. 


R’s carry married men by 20%.. Married women by 14%.. Single men by 7%.. while Dems bank on single women to carry them to the tune of 37%. 

 

If those numbers comfort you while R’s make inroads heavy into the Hispanic communities and a few percentage points with black men, so be it. 
 

At some point you’ll have to confront a GOP not beholden to your saving grace, Trump .. luckily for you that may not be anytime soon. 

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40 minutes ago, SCBills said:


You have a lot to say for someone simping for a party that lost seats in NY, lost the VA Gov last election, will lose the House, potentially the Senate (if not now, definitely in ‘24) and has a President that is wildly unpopular.

 

You were saved by abortion in wake of the recent Roe decision and the fact R’s haven’t understood how to run campaigns in the post-covid era.   Neither of those issues have heavy staying power.  


*TV ad narrator voice*
 

”Ask your doctor if Copium is right for you”

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