SaysWho? Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: The machines strike again. 2 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: From what I am hearing, there is a legitimate chance that it was Dems own fault for stupid ballot design. Yeah, basically: 1) Nelson was hoping there was a machine error and machines didn't pick up the undervotes (aka: the thought was that people filled in the Senate race but the machines didn't catch them). 2) The recount going by so quickly indicates that not many changes needed to be done and people intentionally or unintentionally (bad ballot design) skipped the Senate race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 At Least 123 Women Will Be In The Next Congress. Just 19 Are Republicans. Quote Regardless, the 116th Congress will feature the largest class of female legislators ever. But there’s a sharp divide across party lines in this historic first. Of the 113 projected women winners, 98 are Democrats, and 15 are Republicans. (They will be joining 10 female senators who weren’t up for election this year: six Democrats and four Republicans.) It’s a sober reminder that this standout year for women is mostly a standout year for Democratic women. But this is not necessarily a new trend. According to data from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, the Democratic Party has historically elected more women to Congress than the GOP has. Even though at least 123 women will make up the 116th Congress, only 19 — or 15 percent — will be Republicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Republicans don’t trust women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Broward County is the Florida of Florida. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Should we have a "new Congress stuff" thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Two Senate seats and epic victory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 3 hours ago, RedSoxFan9 said: Republicans don’t trust women Most Republican women know their place in Republican households. Popping out babies and making sure dinner is on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Stacey Abrams launches Fair Fight Georgia and filing lawsuits over the "gross mismanagement" of Georgia's election. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stacey-abrams-speaks-to-supporters-as-she-mulls-calling-for-another-gubernatorial-election-live-stream/ Quote Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for governor in Georgia, addressed supporters after she earlier mulled bringing a legal challenge that could allow a judge to decide whether to force a second round of voting in the closely contested race. She said that while she was not conceding, she would no longer pursue victory in the race. "This speech is not a concession," Abrams said, but she added that the "law offers no possible remedy." "Georgia still has a decision to make about who we will be in the next election," she said. She added that while many of her critics would criticize her for recapping the wrongs she believed were done during the election, Abrams said, "stoicism is a luxury, and silence is a weapon." "I will not concede because the erosion of democracy is not right," she added. Georgia law dictates a race must go to a runoff if neither candidate gets over 50 percent. Republican Brian Kemp currently leads with 50.2 percent. Abrams would be challenging the election results under an election law provision which calls for another vote if there is "misconduct, fraud or irregularities" which would create doubts about the result. Abrams has called Kemp, the former Georgia secretary of state, the "architect of voter suppression" in the state. During Kemp's tenure, 1.5 million voters were purged from the rolls. "Make no mistake, the former secretary of state was deliberate and intentional in his actions," Abrams said in her speech. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Looks like Mia Love is going to hang on in UT4, if a republican had to win I don't really mind that she did after he called her out for not giving him "Love", lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 To give a little history of Orange County, it was one of, like, five California counties -- during the 1964 LBJ landslide that also saw LBJ easily win California -- to vote for Goldwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 "against all odds" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/pelosi-mulls-super-majority-rule-for-tax-hikes-on-bottom-80.html pelosi is garbage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, sexy_shapiro said: That's a start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 1 hour ago, sexy_shapiro said: 1 hour ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: That's a start Some of that is off. DeSantis has an X, and he's no longer in Congress, but he's going to be governor of Florida. Paul Ryan has an X and he's stepping down, but I don't think it's because he was afraid he's get voted out based off his health care vote. Hope someone can do one more representative of literally getting voted out because you can still make a good point based off the numbers. EDIT: Example being this -- http://acasignups.net/18/11/17/whatever-happened-ahca-class-2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Stacey Abrams says "democracy failed" in Georgia. When asked if Kemp is the legitimate governor of Georgia, she says he's the "legal governor." She says she plans to be a private citizen for the next year but does plan to run for office again, not sure for when or what. Fair Fight Georgia is the group she's formed to combat voter suppression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 you would think old people would hate the Medicare fraud guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said: you would think old people would hate the Medicare fraud guy old people dont care what happens to them as long as they can stay being racists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said: you would think old people would hate the Medicare fraud guy You'd also think the state that's going to be the first one under water due to climate change would hate the climate change denial guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 You would actually think, but Republicans don't, and we see the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Florida never fails to rise to the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Florida never fails to rise to the occasion. I can't wait for the ocean to rise to the occasion and reclaim Florida. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 48 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I can't wait for the ocean to rise to the occasion and reclaim Florida. It needs to happen fast enough so the population doesn't have time to escape. Georgia and Alabama does not have the bank of IQ points to survive that exodus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 I guess this is the time I have to remind people that the areas most susceptible in low areas are Democratic areas in South Florida who, by high percentages, don't vote for anti-Environment Republicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Central Florida is by-and-large pretty blue. That helps me not feel so hopeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Trump before the election: "I'm on the ballot! Vote for me!" Trump after the Blue Wave: "I wasn't on the ballot not my fault yo." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Trump got 63 million votes in 2016, and yet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 15 hours ago, SaysWho? said: I guess this is the time I have to remind people that the areas most susceptible in low areas are Democratic areas in South Florida who, by high percentages, don't vote for anti-Environment Republicans. The blue areas of South Florida get it the worst, but it's not just their problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Jason said: The blue areas of South Florida get it the worst, but it's not just their problem. That's where millions live; those other coastal areas are not as populated. Many of the conservative voters are inland. Ex: Eastern Palm Beach County is more populated and more Democratic than western Palm Beach County. "Republican Florida voters" are not exactly the only ones who suffer. The state had 4 million people who voted for Gillum and Nelson. There's a reason Florida has been a battleground state while the rest of the deep south continuously votes Republican. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 It'll be tight, but there's a good chance Mia Love is losing to her Democratic opponent, Ben McAdams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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