88Comrade2000 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Lindsay May you be crying tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 21 hours ago, PleaseBlitz said: The thing with gerrymandering is you draw the districts up so you are very likely to win them, but just barely. You try to jam all of the opposing party's voters into a small number of districts (so their votes are largely wasted) and spread your own out over a large number of districts. But when the math changes (like where the suburbs turn completely against you), the whole thing fails and you end up losing a lot of those districts you tried to draw to win by a smallish margin. This is why, in 2018, Texas Dems picked up 12 seats even though they lost the popular vote by 5% statewide. This year, if the popular vote is close to 50/50, it could be enough to flip it. I took a look at the results of the 2018 election. There were a bunch of GOP +50 seats, a bunch of Dem +50 seats, a bunch unopposed, but notably there were also a solid chunk that the GOP incumbent won narrowly. I’m not sure if it’s going to be enough to actually flip the legislature, but it could be close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 6:39 AM, Larry said: Sorry. But I'm willing to bet that around 95% of the people in "the Midwest" have never started the engine in a tractor. I'd bet that Iowa has more WalMart employees than it has soybean farmers. Granted, I'm NOT an expert on Iowa. Just an opinion. But I'm pretty sure that it's not Green Acres. There might be more Walmart employees than farmers but those Walmart employees know what brings in money to the state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Really hope the Anti-Gerrymandering initiative passes in VA. Was a pleasure to cast that vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isifhan Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Well that felt good. Usually takes 15 mins to vote..took 2 hrs today. Delaware doesn't have early voting though. Going to be a long night lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cooked Crack Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Miami-Dade really messing up Dems tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 16 hours ago, TryTheBeal! said: Really hope the Anti-Gerrymandering initiative passes in VA. Was a pleasure to cast that vote. I voted against it because I think it will help the Republicans gerrymander from their minority position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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visionary Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Watching the House numbers and right now it's at 189 D and 181 R. It's been pretty close all night. Kind of worrisome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Did we even pick up any Senate seats? What a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteredFanSyndrome Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 14 minutes ago, AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy said: Did we even pick up any Senate seats? What a joke. No, it's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinss Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 19 minutes ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said: No, it's bad. I thought democrats picked up Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, redskinss said: I thought democrats picked up Colorado. They did. He’s just venting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteredFanSyndrome Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy said: They did. He’s just venting. True, but it wasn't enough, especially when you weigh losing seats in the house as well. I just can't find any real 'victories' for the democratic party at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoshuaj Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Worthless piece of **** and charlatan Bob ****ing Good won in Va D5...... This damn place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Prop 22 passing in California disturbs me. Seeing Uber/Lyftvsoenr nearly $200 million and winning a major antiworker law that will be nearly impossible to overturn...sigh. Also Devin Nunes ****ing winning again is icing on the 2020 ****cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Not great..... I wonder if Biden should have done more to promote down balllot races. There were lots of others who did though and raised a lot money for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Wiggles Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 3 hours ago, stoshuaj said: Worthless piece of **** and charlatan Bob ****ing Good won in Va D5...... This damn place Yeah my folks are super disappointed Webb didn't win. Dudes a freaking doctor and Good well he's a wrestling coach. Whats up with Republicans electing wrestling coaches? Denny Hastert, Gym Jordan, and now this goober. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh8686 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Coming up short in the Senate unfortunately... unless Georgia At least Michigan is trending better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Fresh8686 said: Coming up short in the Senate unfortunately... unless Georgia At least Michigan is trending better Now with 96% counted Gary Peters is up by 14K votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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