Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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And Asians.
Great, the weird podium gripper has won.
Because 88% of Evangelical Christians voted for him. Over a Christian pastor.
At least Fetterman beat Oz. One good bit of news before crying myself to sleep having to deal more with Abbot.
Not the Red Tsunami predicted/expected, Democrats aren't getting wiped out... But there's still a decent chance of R control of both chambers.
And seriously, the sheer amount of districts and states where it's ridiculously close - as in less than 1% difference - is just astounding. "why bother, my vote doesn't matter anyway" really just needs to disappear from everyone's vocabulary.
And seriously, the sheer amount of districts and states where it's ridiculously close - as in less than 1% difference - is just astounding. "why bother, my vote doesn't matter anyway" really just needs to disappear from everyone's vocabulary.
GasBandit
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Uvalde voted overwhelmingly R.
With Fetterman winning Pennsylvania there isn't really a path now for Republicans to take the Senate. That seat used to be held by Pat Toomey, a Republican, so that is a lost seat for Republicans. Even if Warnock loses Georgia we are going to still have a 50/50 split, which means Democrats still control the Senate due to the Vice President getting the tiebreaker.
Even though there is a slim chance for a House takeover, the fact they are actually losing seats they saw as safe means they may just fall short of the majority by offsetting other losses. For instance, with less then 10% left to report, it looks like Lauren Boebert is going to lose her seat. Not going to get any hopes up because, as a Texan, I am still stuck in crazy town, but at least the rest of the nation seems to be doing better then I expected.
And gerrymandering. But yeah.
GasBandit
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Thing is, the Governor race is straight popular vote, not by district. So gerrymandering doesn't really affect it.
Now, maybe polling location closures and other methods of disenfranchisement could still apply, but the sad truth is most Texans really do value their guns over their children.
I guess after all, they figure they can always have more children as long as they can find a vulnerable 10 year old to be forced to carry it to term.
The people running under the R do though. The lying scumbag J.D. Vance SOMEHOW won last night, but didn't mention Trump once in his speech because Trump dogged him recently.
Part of the reason is because Walker is a former FOOSBALL player in Georgia. The benighted denizens of flyover counties still look up to him because college football is all they have to look forward to. And even though Warnock is a preacher at MLK's old church, he's got a D next to his name and Democrats are the devil.
GasBandit
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Well, it wasn't for lack of trying.If only it had been 20 to 1.
I have heard COVID described as "Boomer Remover." These are voters who think a decent, single-family house can be had for $24,000 and that a part-time summer job can pay for a year's college tuition. Millennials and Gen Z are starting to become more dominant. I think that's one of the reasons red state legislatures are trying so desperately to censor school instruction on racism and LGBT issues. They're afraid that young voters, who tend to not have the same hangups as their grandparents, will reject what they're taught at home and vote accordingly.
By the Republicans.
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