A New Politics Thread

[General_Failure]

Don't blame me, my ballot actually got counted.

[SD]

Including my walk in and out in 15 minutes.

No line

No redhats

Was hoping for some oath keepers poll watching so I could talk shtein but no such luck

2 women needed assistance scanning their ballot and mentioned they just wanted to make sure their vote counts because this is their first election. The glass half full part of me hopes they registered because they're pro choice

[Rome]

Charlie Crist is the Democratic nominee for governor in Florida.  That's what the party wanted and that's what they got.  If democracy wasn't on the line I would have not voted for that mongoloid, but here we are. 

[Rome]

Also - I drove by a white precinct this morning and there was probably 100 people waiting to vote before the polls opened. 

I go past a more racially balanced location near my office and not one person was there in line.

And that's with a candidate like Val Demings on the ballot running against Marco Rubio.

It's going to be a long night for Dems in this hellhole of a state.  A lonnnnnng night. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Just finished.

I had a wait in line for about 40 minutes. I picked a location closer to my office and they have paper ballots that you load into the machine and it prints everything out.

Pretty diverse group in line. But the two biddy's in front of me were going on about the crime and blah blah blah

[Geowhizzer]

I voted early last week.  Took about 10 minutes.  My wife and I may have been the youngest people in line.

[MDS]

Also - I drove by a white precinct this morning and there was probably 100 people waiting to vote before the polls opened. 

I go past a more racially balanced location near my office and not one person was there in line.

And that's with a candidate like Val Demings on the ballot running against Marco Rubio.

It's going to be a long night for Dems in this hellhole of a state.  A lonnnnnng night.

the county data out of FL (and VA) is very bad. florida is to be expected, its a lost cause. that and OH arent swing states anymore. get out now

i was poll observing today out in west philly. turn out seemed strong, but theres no comp because this is the first mid term with mail ins. my polling location, the dude there said it was the best hed ever seen for a mid term. and these are all 95% dem areas. i dont think thisll make up for anything, but there you go.

i had one instance of a woman at the correct polling place but not on the rolls who wanted to discard her mail in ballot. so they spoiled it and gave her a provisional. confused? welcome to america. another person (i def unintentionally misgendered them lol) was not a registered voter on the sec of state website so i had nowhere to send them to, they are 22 and this is what we get out of stupid unprepared gen z'ers who actually want to vote. by and large everyone i saw today was old as hell.

[PhillyPhreak54]

What's the best we can hope for without a blue sweep?

I just hope we hold the houses.

And locally that Hildalgo beats out the stupid woman running against her.

No chance Beto wins but I can dream

[Rome]

I stopped talking about politics with anyone here.  I occasionally let something slip but it's hard enough to keep my sanity in this hellacious place as it is without getting outraged by every dipshtein who bitches about gas prices and crime, but don't seem to mind full-blown Nazis running for government.

[MDS]

I just hope we hold the houses.

lmao

the house was lost 2 years ago...you hope tonight whatever happens can be hypothetically fixed within the next cycle or two. thats the best case scenario - that there is a tomorrow.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Little Marco is a scumbag. Rand Paul too.

How the farg do people vote for Oz?

[MDS]

great grift by everyone down in florida getting charlie crist over the line in the primary so he could get spanked in the general...he and his buddies all made a nice bundle

romey and geo i would hope the hurricane ends it all if i were you

[Geowhizzer]

And I'm teaching farging civics this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY&ab_channel=REMVEVO

[MDS]

poor beto

2 really good showings in disgusting maga cesspool texas but not nearly enough to win and hes just going to be thought of as a loser...hes basically mike trout putting up killer numbers in a game he cant win

[phattymatty]

I've had my weed card for years so it doesn't matter to me personally but being able to vote for legalizing weed recreationally today was actually a very good feeling.

and our maga gov candidate got smoked by the next Obama.  Wes Moore is a good dude. 

I know it's still early but doesn't look horrible for us nationally at the moment.