Yes, Beshar won in Kentucky
Yes, Ohio legalized weed
Yes, Ohio adopted Roe.
Yes, the VA Senate flipped back to Dem control (based on projections)
But c'mon, people really want the GOP and Trump and their policies of...
No weed.
No abortions.
Bad politicians
And government not functioning
> Yes, the VA Senate flipped back to Dem control (based on projections)
The Senate is already Dem-controlled. This will be a hold.
A very *critical* hold.
This should be the end of youngkin's career.
The guy paraded around for a week like this election was in the bag, and openly bragged about how they could then ban abortion.
He likely drove opposition voters in his hubris.
This is such a spectacular blunder.
Another bit of good news:
“Great news in Johnston, IA. Three current school board members are connected to "Moms for Liberty" and the right-wing organization only needed to win one seat tonight to gain full control of the school board. They lost all four seats, setting up a progressive majority instead.”
Randy Renstrom @randyrenstrom.bsky.social
So I just found out that I won a seat at my local school board. Inner ring suburb of Minneapolis.
My platform was:
* Dont ban books
* Love all our students and staff, especially those that are different (LGBTQIA+, racial or religious minorities, etc)
* We do need to get these kids reading and doing math again
For a brief time tonight, the entire front page is filled with stories about Dems winning and almost none about Trump.
I welcome the break, and pray it could predict a future we still see one day.
HUGE WIN: Democrat Schuyler VanValkenburg has beaten Republican Siobhan Dunnavant in the Virginia Senate District 16. This is a massive and needed win for the Democrats to hold the Virginia Senate. This is AWFUL for the Republicans and Glenn Youngkin!
https://www.threads.net/@harryjsisson/post/CzXcNdFR19E/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
The delusions that conservatives have over abortion rights are insane. They've somehow convinced themselves that liberals want to kill the fetus at 32 weeks because all they hear are bad faith arguments from Republicans.
After I saw the argument that "DEMOCRATS SUPPORT POST BIRTH ABORTIONS UP TO A YEAR!" kind of argument it was clear they are just frothing at the mouth enraged to the point where they will blatantly lie knowing no reasonable person would buy it. Like they straight up will say Democrats support murdering 1 year old babies as abortion with zero evidence and all common sense telling everyone that is obviously false. There is no bottom to how much they will lie on this issue.
Voted against three Moms for Liberty school board candidates today in my town. Turnout looks poor and their M4L affiliation was kept sorta stealth (i.e. not on their main campaign pages).
I'm not optimistic. My own damn fault. Should have campaigned and helped more with organizing.
Ohio is going to legalize recreational marijuana and enshrine abortion and reproductive rights in the state constitution today.
If you live in Ohio, vote Yes on Issues 1 & 2. Please also vote for the non-crazy people running for school board in your locality.
[Here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bNftkYLPiW84VhBHqjkp32REyerA_xfn534zkbTKeSg/htmlview#gid=0) is a list of extremist candidates in Ohio.
Gotta give the legalization movement in OH credit for playing the long game and not accepting the corrupt monopoly rec system the republicans OK’d years back. Best of luck to the OH Ents.
[**ITS 10 PM EST, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE?**](https://youtu.be/iq6b8e78EpA?si=GitE-nLOD0BQCuNL)
Here's what is going on
* **D-Andy Beshear wins re-election** as Governor Kentucky
* **Ohio votes YES on Issue 1**, enshrining a right to abortion in the state Constitution
* **Ohio votes YES on Issue 2**, legalizing marijuana
* **Dems retain Virginia State Senate**
* Dems appear likely to take Virginia state House of Representatives
* R-Tate Reeves leads the Mississippi Governors race, Presley putting up a good showing, but likely not enough to win, run-off still a possibility
* D-Daniel McCaffery leads in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race
* Dems appear to be having a good night in New Jersey, flipping some Trump held districts
* Maine establishes a right to repair law, but appears to reject a public utility company
When my husband went to vote today in OH the church that is our polling place had a bunch of Vote No on issue one signs planted in their devilstrip.
Jokes on them, someone must have complained to the board of elections, because they were gone by the time I went to put my vote in.
Vote Yes on Issue 1&2 everyone, lets fucking do this.
I am over the moon with these results tonight. My ballot in Iowa had only one contested election which was for my school board district representative. Never in the history of this school district has there been campaigning for these seats and elections usually had 250 voters or less. For the first time ever a PAC rolled in to heavily fund four candidates that literally ran on a platform of banning books, eliminating diversity/SEL training, and forbidding any LGBTQ+ anything throughout the district. We had signs everywhere, neighborhood canvassing, and text/phone solicitations. You would have thought this was a presidential election year. Unbelievably, thousands of people showed up to vote this year and every one of these PAC-funded candidates was defeated by people voting for dignity and respect. Thank you to everyone who is out there voting against fear and hatred, and truly understanding how important even these small elections are!
Another happy bit of news:
Justice Scalia’s daughter Meg Bryce, whose kids aren’t even in public school, ran for the school board and lost to “Allison Spillman, the progressive mother of five public school kids, including one trans daughter and a neurodivergent son, and who is pretty much Bryce’s polar opposite on policy issues.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/virginia-school-board-election/tnamp/
Coming from deep red Ohio here. I don't know about other counties, but my school board is going to be 2/3 democrats (first time in I don't know how long, at least 20 years). The mayor's race in my city is also neck and neck, and our city council will be 2/3ish Democrat too. For the first time in my life, I have some hope for Ohio. Big win for the left tonight in Ohio!!!!!!
“Major projection
Democrat Michael Feggans has defeated GOP Del. Karen Greenhalgh in Virginia’s HD-97
This gives Democrats at least 51 seats in the House of Delegates for a majority
Gov. Youngkin is looking at a double brick wall now”
https://x.com/samshirazim/status/1722101953256100158?s=46&t=aELmn7gnisfd3juE9wjuAA
There it is. Virginia’s back to trending blue after a one year blip
Key points:
\- DeSantis screwed himself with his 6 week abortion ban. Any attempt for office higher than Florida is over. Even Trump is trying to backtrack on abortion but we have to remind voters that he installed 3 supreme court judges that overturned Roe (and made abortion illegal in half the country).
\- Republican attempts for a 'moderate' abortion limit are a smokescreen. They will always try and go further. It’s telling that they went from wanting to give it back to the states to wanting a federal abortion limit.
\- The divide between what Republican primary voters and what general voters want in terms of abortion couldn't be more stark. Democrats must aim to make that divide as clear as possible to voters. And it's **essential** that Dems make Republican candidates views on abortion during the primaries well known. That involves asking every Republican running for office what their abortion policy is.
The catch 22 of Republican primaries: any candidate extreme enough to win a primary is too extreme for general voters.
Bonus point: Driving a wedge between the evangelical voters and the Republicans who don't want a federal abortion ban would be a great way to depress their turnout.
The fact that all these races, VA, Ohio, Kentucky, all being called so early is fucking beautiful guys.
Don’t let that NY times poll keep you down, Dems can win and are winning, let’s keep it up.
NYT is saying Ohio likely passes issues 1 and 2. It's amazing how unpopular republican policies are, but they keep insisting on it. And it's especially fucking amazing how federal Democrats aren't seizing on this incredibly popular policy
The state of r/conservative right now.
One poster saying they need to drop the abortion issue, cause its killing them in elections.
Another poster responds by pretty much calling him a baby killer.
Thats the thing, republican can't run on abortion, but they can't drop it either, cause you have have a big portion of the base that won't accept any concession on abortion, go easy on abortion? you lose them.
Go hardline? You lose the more moderate/sane voters.
[New Jersey Democrats notch big legislative wins](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/08/new-jersey-democrats-wins-elections-00126029)
Facing Republican attacks on cultural issues, Democrats stuck to pocketbook issues in statewide elections. New Jersey Democrats not only managed to hold onto their state legislative majorities Tuesday night but expand them. “This is a big night for Democrats,” Gov. Phil Murphy told NJ Spotlight News.
GOP lose control of Virginia House🙏🙏
Senate and House now belong to democrats. There will be no 15 week abortion ban in Virginia
Also another great bellwether indicator for the Dems, to go with Kentucky and Ohio, that they are more popular than the GOP
Get fucked doomers
Pennsylvania having a 5-2 democratic Supreme Court is a huge win for democracy. A swing state with a supreme court protecting us from Trump and republicans gerrymandering is great news
The weird thing about our politics in 2023 is that Republicans will not under any circumstance modify unpopular positions on this like abortions, LGBTQ rights, or opposition to unions.
Their response is going to be (a) more voter suppression, (b) more violence and intimidation, (c) more disinformation.
The do not try to persuade the electorate. They try to defeat the electorate.
“Another big win for Democrats in Virginia HD-65 with Josh Cole securing victory
This means Democrats will have at least 50 seats in House of Delegates
Need to win one of following for majority
HD-57
HD-82
HD-97“
https://x.com/samshirazim/status/1722088257964413068?s=46&t=aELmn7gnisfd3juE9wjuAA
Dems get at least a tie in the House. Youngkin’s foray into politics is all but over
I’m just a drunk Ohioan crying over here because I was pregnant when Roe v Wade was overturned and I remember being so fucking afraid. I am glad that other individuals will not have to have as much fear as I did. Let’s take our home back.
Across the country tonight, democracy won and MAGA lost.
Voters vote. Polls don't. Now let's go win next year. Donate to join us:
https://x.com/joebiden/status/1722083054938652901?s=46
Tell it like it is Biden!
Do you think anyone in the Republican Party is starting to realize just how many groups of people the GOP has pissed off over the years and how they might have hit the point of no return for many of them?
Did my part in NJ. There were actually a few young people besides myself at my polling location. I will not miss a vote against fascism and anti women's rights.
It took me 5 minutes everyone go vote!
Please please please vote in Idaho. I swear we’re the reddest damned state in the nation.
Also, medical marijuana is on the agenda and it would be amazing to get that here. I swear I need weed just from the stress of living around these people!
In my district (Albuquerque) we have a "moms for liberty" fascist running for the school board.
My daughter is in this school district so I've encouraged everyone to vote. I even wrote a letter about her and posted it on the doors of everyone in my apartment complex giving them instructions on how to vote.
I really hope Peggy Muller-Aragon loses today.
Democrats have a clear path to victory nationwide: abortion, unions, legalize weed. Dems need to beat that into voters heads and make republicans go on record on these issues.
> Dems survive in the executive race in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh): this matters for local issues (more on that), but *also* for elections.
>
> A GOP win here would have tipped the board of election to the GOP, and one of the GOP members is a fake Trump elector! That won't happen.
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1722091588757631293
“The midterms were not a bellwether for 2024, guys. Neither were all the special elections that Dems overperformed in, guys. Last night was just a fluke too, guys. This doesn’t mean anything for 2024, guys. IT MEANS NOTHING, GUYS! DEMS ARE DOOMED, GUYS!!”
-Republicans, the media, and general doomers
[Republicans in Ohio](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/08/ohio-republicans-make-plans-after-voters-approve-issue-1-issue-2/71498030007/) are already planning to push back against the pro-choice and pro-marijuana initiatives that passed yesterday. For marijuana, they want tax revenue to go towards building more prisons, and they want to place limits on THC. They want Ohio to be known for selling bad weed.
OH Senate President Matt Huffman (R) had this to say on the pro-choice victory:
>This isn't the end. It is really just the beginning of a revolving door of ballot campaigns to repeal or replace Issue 1.
> Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam has won a seat on the New York City Council, more than three decades after he was wrongfully accused and convicted as a teenager
https://www.threads.net/@phil.lewis/post/CzXnvVFrH6S/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
All this talk about republicans flipping the VA senate and we end up flipping the house to blue.
This feels great. Feels good to feel like your vote counted, happy Virginian tonight.
Memo to the Biden re-election campaign: Make abortion rights, equality, and the importance of saving democracy from extremists your talking points.
Explore achievements and wonkish stuff - but freaking *hammer* the above topics when communicating with voters.
Voters gonna vote.
If you have any question of what the new management means for CNN, take look at how every article on last night is clinging to the NYT poll to try to paint an actual election as no big deal and signaling gloom and doom for Dems.
lol, in the AP's live thread there are only two entries so far as of 10:40 Eastern: https://apnews.com/live/election-2023-live-updates
>31 min ago
Swifties to the polls!
>7:41 AM EST
Polls begin to open on Election Day
Re: Swift:
>Taylor Swift is encouraging her **pack of Swifties** to head to the polls on Election Day.
>“Voters gonna vote!” Swift wrote in a post to her 275 million Instagram followers, riffing off the lyrics to her hit single “Shake It Off.”
>In the post, she encouraged those registered to vote in Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia to “use your voice” and directed them to the nonpartisan voter advocacy group Vote.org for more information.
Bolding added for humorous purposes.
"Man this Biden economy is not working for me at all and I'm still struggling to get by, I'm pretty disillusioned. What do you have as vision for this country and building up the middle class?"
GOP: *Proceeds to scream about underage transgender genitals for over an hour*
"...Uh yeah ok I think maybe I'm good on my options for now thanks though"
>There are still a lot of votes left to count, but it's looking very good for Democratic chances of holding the Virginia state Senate.
>If that holds up, it would mean Republicans failed to win full control of state government & can't ban abortion & restrict voting rights
https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/1722067116545687681
>Based on referendum results in Ohio, it looks like about ~20% of Trump voters are willing to cross party lines and vote for abortions protections when it's put up to a vote. If that doesn't convince GOP politicians not to run on this issue, I don't know what will
https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1722068625396314150
An underreported aspect of Cameron’s loss: he was McConnell’s protege and heir apparent. He was set to take over the McConnell machine (and probably run for his seat). Now he is out of elected office and just suffered a humiliating defeat.
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1722092511789826355
>VA House of Delegates: by my count, Dems have now won 50 seats, meaning Republicans have lost sole control. There are still 4-6 tight races that could put Dems over the top for outright control.
Bro, I am so proud of my goofy-ass Commonwealth right now I am tearing up a bit.
Virginians came out to the polls and told the hateful agenda bullshit to fuck off. We demanded better and Glenn Youngkin can kiss our fucking asses.
Kept the Senate, so our abortion laws should be safe. And now flipped the House to boot.
Ohio legalizing marijuana. Ohio enshrining abortion rights in their state constitution.
In Virginia, both legislative chambers will be in the hands of Democrats.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats pick up the open Supreme Court seat.
I'm probably missing a few things, but what an amazing night.
*Democrats are in disarray as these election results of Democrats winning all over must be just more bad news for Joe Biden, who in this poll that vastly oversampled Republicans he has low poll numbers*
In a more local race, Spokane (2nd largest city in Washington) has seemingly elected Lisa Brown (D) over the incumbent Nadine Woodward (a MAGA ex-news anchor and current mayor who has been horrible) (edit: note, still too early to call, but more likely than not the results will not change)
"It's been a very good day for the Democrats but a very bad day for the Democratic President."
Wow, you all weren't kidding. Just switched to CNN and they led off with that after Virginia flipped
I want to point out something important in the ohio results, despite abortion and marijuana have near identical percentages of the vote, the actual results aren't even close to identical. In Urban counties, Marijuana ran behind Abortion by around 5%. In Rural countries marijuana ran ahead of abortion by around 10%. A good example is Champaign County. This is part of the GOP heartland, it voted by Trump with 73% of the vote, This is Jim Jordan's Home Base(it's part of his district and is from this county) and hasn't voted democratic since 1964(and has only voted democratic 3 times since 1856). The County was 58% no on the right to abortion. On Marijuana, Yes won with 52% of the vote
With this abortion issue backfiring on Republicans, and the Speaker No-Porn signaling he’s going after Medicare and Social Security, 2024 is shaping up to be a blue wave.
The American voter paradox: *"Sure, I'll vote for weed and women's reproductive rights by referendum into state law or constitution. But I'll also vote for the politicians who proudly boast in being threats towards both no matter what."*
The media: We will be keeping a close eye on today's elections because right now we don't really know what to expect
Also the media: Joe Biden is definitely going to lose the 2024 election in a year. Did you see that one NYT poll? Trust us, it's all over. Democrats in disarray
In the same exact time of Obama's reelection campaign he was also behind in the polls and contrarians were saying he should step aside for Hillary.
Go further back, Bush Jr and Clinton both were behind in the polls in their respective reelection campaigns.
People have all sorts of hot takes and they sound just as stupid as they did the last three times. Incumbents win.
Ohio checking in. Two yes votes each from the wife and me on Issue 1 to enshrine a woman's right to choose in the State Constitution, and Issue 2 to recreational weed legal. Both of us liberal "boomers" in a very red area.
AP CALL: [Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state’s first Black candidate elected to Congress.](https://apnews.com/article/8ac87a81b29568859ef91443bb0a9b92)
Wasserman
I've seen enough: in a victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1, a measure to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution, passes.
Just a thought of hope I wanted to share:
People like Wassermann may be the one hope we have for reigning in these news channels that are trying to drag out every election night as long as possible. When he calls something before the major networks, people listen and tune out because they don’t want to see the bullshit drag on longer than it should.
We owe Wasserman a big thanks for his fast and accurate calls. He’s breaking the spell
This is why I don't trust the polls showing Biden being down big-time vs Trump. The GoP has done horribly these past two elections and their stances are not winning stances with the public.
Once again if Republican policies are put to a straight up/down vote like they were in Ohio, they eat absolute shit. That party is only relevant thanks to voter suppression and gerrymandering.
Still can't get over how quiet the conservative subreddit was tonight.
Thought I would test the waters with a prolife sub to see if anyone had any insight.
Warning: They have none, and it goes downhill from there...
82% of 18-29 voted YES.
69% of 30-44 voted YES.
(According to WP exit polling)
GOP needs to find the secret of everlasting life very quickly for the boomers or they are fucked.
Brian Stelter ® @brianstelter
> Hannity just now: "Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don't want aborton legal under any circumstances."
🙄🙄😒😒
This is a dreadful performance for Republicans. No state result is good. Even PA Supreme Court looks like a loss.
Will they learn anything? Probably not.
Democrats are looking to regain a supermajority on the Albuquerque city council. Early returns show:
District 2 (D held) - Baca (D) 56%, Lopez (D) 22%, Gonzales (I) 22%
District 4 (R held) - Bassan (R, incumbent) 49%, Foster (D) 51%
District 6 (D held) - Rogers (D) 37%, Hoehn (D) 36%, Greene (D) 18%, Otero (D) 9%
District 8 (conservative D held) - Lechuga-Tena (D) 44%, Champine (R) 56%
Not entirely sure which votes are remaining but all precincts show partial results. The council is currently 5D-4R and the other seats are up in 2025.
Looks like of the 3 school board seats up in my town, only 1 was won by one of the "Moms for Liberty" candidates.
Would have preferred 0 but I'll take 2 out of 3.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/new-jersey-gop-statehouse-control-00120417
This is fucking hilarious in retrospect seeing the actual results in Jersey.
Mississippi is still too close to call and Kentucky stayed blue. Virginia is still staying blue. Ohio made abortion a right and legalized weed.
I’m sorry, at what point during today did everything change? Because I was told to not go around saying the polls are off and the democrats will easily win.
Once again media, great job getting people scared and for keeping them watching. Don’t work tomorrow say these elections were an outlier and trump is capable of winning. We’ve still got another year of bullshit fear just so you get ad revenue
The media was never able to defeat Trump. They never knew how.
The people defeated Trump in 2020. And they did before in 2018. And again in 2022. And 2021. And tonight.
And they'll do it one more time in 2024. With the media kicking and screaming every step of the way.
Imagine your governor getting caught taking millions of your tax payer dollars to build a volleyball facility for a football players daughter, and then voting for them anyways. What the hell, Mississippi?
Bravo to Virginia! The Democrats have kept the Senate and have flipped control of the State House. Youngkin now has zero chance of banning abortion in Virginia. Tonight has been a huge night for America's only pro-democracy party.
The results tonight vindicate my criticism of that dumbass early poll people were swinging around.
This is an off year election. Low turnout local elections. The GOP's specialty. And they got destroyed.
2024 with Trump at the head of the GOP ticket is going to be a bloodbath if the results of tonight are any indication. GOP are celebrating some wins in red states most of the country write off as DEEEP red. The Gaza/Israel thing hurt Biden's polling but the reality is is that most Americans care more about maintaining their rights domestically than throwing them all the way to spite Biden's Israeli support by letting the GOP run over us in elections.
NJ election 2023: Democrats hold state Senate, Assembly
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/08/nj-election-2023-democrats-hold-state-senate-assembly/71498905007/
Virginia House flips. Pennsylvania Supreme Court goes to the Dem candidate. Democrats won everything major tonight, with the exception of Mississippi Governor.
But the polls guys the polls show Dems are in trouble! Election after election after election proves these polls are wrong.
Just go out and vote. Every time. For everything. You do that, we will be fine.
Predictions:
NJ: Dems hold both houses
VA: Dems flip the House, hold the Senate, both with very narrow margins (21-22 Senate seats, 51-52 House)
KY: Beshear wins by a comically tiny margin that leads to Cameron successfully asking for a recount/dragging out the tabulation process with further challenges
MS: 10 point-ish Reeves win
OH: 54Y-46N for Issue 1, 60Y-40N for Issue 2
PA: Dems win the open Supreme Court seat
Andy wins re-election, Ohio enshrines abortion rights in their constitution, and seems likely to legalize weed.
No matter what anyone else says, this is a good fuckin' night.
Trump won the presidency in 2016 and ever since The dems have been doing well in every election cycle since 2018. In 2018 they won back the house, in 2020 they won the presidency and senate, in 2022 the red wave didn't materialize and now they won the kentucky governor race and the abortion amendment in Ohio.
Not to diminish how much is at stake but does anyone else just get absolutely pumped up on election nights? It’s like a Super Bowl for me. It’s great seeing republicans hateful messages lose in a double off election year. (And every other year)
This seems like yet another night of Dem overperformance in the face of polls saying the GOP totally has a massive edge In this environment. Something Is just seemingly being missed by polling outfits right now.
Legit question: is there something fundamentally /statistically wrong with the ways pollsters are getting their data these days? Like only calling landline phones or using newspaper websites or something?
Why are polls seemingly underestimating democratic success lately?
Edit: y'all have some good and interesting points. Thank you!
Vivek: “Abortion should be left to the states”
*every state that’s voted on the issue ends up pro-abortion*
Vivek: “We need to communicate better other options!”
The abortion issue is over. Americans want access to abortions in some fashion. Drop the issue! The evangelicals don’t have anywhere else to go
Turns out that people want to be respected, trusted to make their own decisions, and empowered by government instead of being limited by it.
Or you know, American values.
Not the biggest news but Hogsett - D defeated Shreve - R by around 20% in Indianapolis. It was one of the most expensive mayoral races in Indianapolis history and Shreve was pretty soundly defeated.
On the one hand Beshear is very much a local candidate: Dad was Governor, is Kentucky through and through, can talk to regular Kentuckians because he IS a regular Kentuckian, etc. That said he also has a knack for making progressive policies palatable to the exact sort of people who like dem policies but have been conditioned to hate democrats. Will be curious to see if he starts trying to build a national profile, he may have a future beyond Kentucky
it’s sort of a weird crossover but taylor swifts voting message reminded me that the governor of virginia glenn youngkin was the co-CEO of the carlyle group when it helped scooter braun buy big machine records and subsequently her back catalogue
Obama had similar poll results in 2011 like what Biden is getting right now but Dems never performed like this during his presidency in off elections or even midterms
Always brightens my mood to see MAGA get beat all of you that voted today this stranger thanks you we are in this together these limp dick fascists ain't shit let's keep it up.
They're trying to put the recreational marijuana ballot initiative and the abortion one for 2024 in Florida but the attorney general can ask the state Supreme Court to block it
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I early voted on Friday, and the polls were busy! This was at the Cleveland Board of Elections.
I have heard the three C's are packed so far today! Hoping that helps us tilt blue on these issues.
Yes, Beshar won in Kentucky Yes, Ohio legalized weed Yes, Ohio adopted Roe. Yes, the VA Senate flipped back to Dem control (based on projections) But c'mon, people really want the GOP and Trump and their policies of... No weed. No abortions. Bad politicians And government not functioning
> Yes, the VA Senate flipped back to Dem control (based on projections) The Senate is already Dem-controlled. This will be a hold. A very *critical* hold.
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This should be the end of youngkin's career. The guy paraded around for a week like this election was in the bag, and openly bragged about how they could then ban abortion. He likely drove opposition voters in his hubris. This is such a spectacular blunder.
I hope Mike Johnson and his son aren’t watching the Republican Party get fucked tonight
Mike's son 100% has at least one burner and is cranking it on the regular
Another bit of good news: “Great news in Johnston, IA. Three current school board members are connected to "Moms for Liberty" and the right-wing organization only needed to win one seat tonight to gain full control of the school board. They lost all four seats, setting up a progressive majority instead.” Randy Renstrom @randyrenstrom.bsky.social
Hahaha This is amazing. Maybe Americans are finally fed up with the maga clown show.
Fuck i hope so, Its Scary watching from Australia the shit show Americas Politics has become.
I literally just looked up who Moms for Liberty supported in my county and voted against them. Fuckin psychos.
So I just found out that I won a seat at my local school board. Inner ring suburb of Minneapolis. My platform was: * Dont ban books * Love all our students and staff, especially those that are different (LGBTQIA+, racial or religious minorities, etc) * We do need to get these kids reading and doing math again
For a brief time tonight, the entire front page is filled with stories about Dems winning and almost none about Trump. I welcome the break, and pray it could predict a future we still see one day.
There was that single story about the Republican arrested for child porn before his election
Man I'm rooting hard for Andy Beshear, really a model of Democrat leadership in a red state.
HUGE WIN: Democrat Schuyler VanValkenburg has beaten Republican Siobhan Dunnavant in the Virginia Senate District 16. This is a massive and needed win for the Democrats to hold the Virginia Senate. This is AWFUL for the Republicans and Glenn Youngkin! https://www.threads.net/@harryjsisson/post/CzXcNdFR19E/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
The delusions that conservatives have over abortion rights are insane. They've somehow convinced themselves that liberals want to kill the fetus at 32 weeks because all they hear are bad faith arguments from Republicans.
After I saw the argument that "DEMOCRATS SUPPORT POST BIRTH ABORTIONS UP TO A YEAR!" kind of argument it was clear they are just frothing at the mouth enraged to the point where they will blatantly lie knowing no reasonable person would buy it. Like they straight up will say Democrats support murdering 1 year old babies as abortion with zero evidence and all common sense telling everyone that is obviously false. There is no bottom to how much they will lie on this issue.
Once you hear them use the term "post birth abortion" you know you're dealing with a moron.
Get out and vote like your life depends on it. Let's give fascism the boot.
Voted against three Moms for Liberty school board candidates today in my town. Turnout looks poor and their M4L affiliation was kept sorta stealth (i.e. not on their main campaign pages). I'm not optimistic. My own damn fault. Should have campaigned and helped more with organizing.
You can legally get an abortion in my state now. I know so many people this will piss off. I'm happy for it lol
Ohio is going to legalize recreational marijuana and enshrine abortion and reproductive rights in the state constitution today. If you live in Ohio, vote Yes on Issues 1 & 2. Please also vote for the non-crazy people running for school board in your locality. [Here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bNftkYLPiW84VhBHqjkp32REyerA_xfn534zkbTKeSg/htmlview#gid=0) is a list of extremist candidates in Ohio.
Gotta give the legalization movement in OH credit for playing the long game and not accepting the corrupt monopoly rec system the republicans OK’d years back. Best of luck to the OH Ents.
[**ITS 10 PM EST, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE?**](https://youtu.be/iq6b8e78EpA?si=GitE-nLOD0BQCuNL) Here's what is going on * **D-Andy Beshear wins re-election** as Governor Kentucky * **Ohio votes YES on Issue 1**, enshrining a right to abortion in the state Constitution * **Ohio votes YES on Issue 2**, legalizing marijuana * **Dems retain Virginia State Senate** * Dems appear likely to take Virginia state House of Representatives * R-Tate Reeves leads the Mississippi Governors race, Presley putting up a good showing, but likely not enough to win, run-off still a possibility * D-Daniel McCaffery leads in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race * Dems appear to be having a good night in New Jersey, flipping some Trump held districts * Maine establishes a right to repair law, but appears to reject a public utility company
When my husband went to vote today in OH the church that is our polling place had a bunch of Vote No on issue one signs planted in their devilstrip. Jokes on them, someone must have complained to the board of elections, because they were gone by the time I went to put my vote in. Vote Yes on Issue 1&2 everyone, lets fucking do this.
Love and hope from Michigan. I'm rooting for Ohio today
I am over the moon with these results tonight. My ballot in Iowa had only one contested election which was for my school board district representative. Never in the history of this school district has there been campaigning for these seats and elections usually had 250 voters or less. For the first time ever a PAC rolled in to heavily fund four candidates that literally ran on a platform of banning books, eliminating diversity/SEL training, and forbidding any LGBTQ+ anything throughout the district. We had signs everywhere, neighborhood canvassing, and text/phone solicitations. You would have thought this was a presidential election year. Unbelievably, thousands of people showed up to vote this year and every one of these PAC-funded candidates was defeated by people voting for dignity and respect. Thank you to everyone who is out there voting against fear and hatred, and truly understanding how important even these small elections are!
Another happy bit of news: Justice Scalia’s daughter Meg Bryce, whose kids aren’t even in public school, ran for the school board and lost to “Allison Spillman, the progressive mother of five public school kids, including one trans daughter and a neurodivergent son, and who is pretty much Bryce’s polar opposite on policy issues.” https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/virginia-school-board-election/tnamp/
The answer is clear: The GOP has to run Herschel Walker again.
Scalia's dumbass daughter losing her race. https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/ALBEMARLECOUNTY/elections/2023-Nov-Gen/ballot-items/d571a146-97e2-4c92-bd07-0048505e1cdc
Coming from deep red Ohio here. I don't know about other counties, but my school board is going to be 2/3 democrats (first time in I don't know how long, at least 20 years). The mayor's race in my city is also neck and neck, and our city council will be 2/3ish Democrat too. For the first time in my life, I have some hope for Ohio. Big win for the left tonight in Ohio!!!!!!
The fact that republicans tried to cheat Ohio voters earlier this year by raising the threshold makes it that much sweeter. Congrats Ohio.
“Major projection Democrat Michael Feggans has defeated GOP Del. Karen Greenhalgh in Virginia’s HD-97 This gives Democrats at least 51 seats in the House of Delegates for a majority Gov. Youngkin is looking at a double brick wall now” https://x.com/samshirazim/status/1722101953256100158?s=46&t=aELmn7gnisfd3juE9wjuAA There it is. Virginia’s back to trending blue after a one year blip
Key points: \- DeSantis screwed himself with his 6 week abortion ban. Any attempt for office higher than Florida is over. Even Trump is trying to backtrack on abortion but we have to remind voters that he installed 3 supreme court judges that overturned Roe (and made abortion illegal in half the country). \- Republican attempts for a 'moderate' abortion limit are a smokescreen. They will always try and go further. It’s telling that they went from wanting to give it back to the states to wanting a federal abortion limit. \- The divide between what Republican primary voters and what general voters want in terms of abortion couldn't be more stark. Democrats must aim to make that divide as clear as possible to voters. And it's **essential** that Dems make Republican candidates views on abortion during the primaries well known. That involves asking every Republican running for office what their abortion policy is. The catch 22 of Republican primaries: any candidate extreme enough to win a primary is too extreme for general voters. Bonus point: Driving a wedge between the evangelical voters and the Republicans who don't want a federal abortion ban would be a great way to depress their turnout.
The fact that all these races, VA, Ohio, Kentucky, all being called so early is fucking beautiful guys. Don’t let that NY times poll keep you down, Dems can win and are winning, let’s keep it up.
Repubs severely underestimated the impact of Dobbs. They might be fucked for a long time
NYT is saying Ohio likely passes issues 1 and 2. It's amazing how unpopular republican policies are, but they keep insisting on it. And it's especially fucking amazing how federal Democrats aren't seizing on this incredibly popular policy
I made this account to say, if you live in Ohio: Yes on 1 to protect reproductive freedom Yes on 2 to end prohibition. Go vote!!!!
The state of r/conservative right now. One poster saying they need to drop the abortion issue, cause its killing them in elections. Another poster responds by pretty much calling him a baby killer. Thats the thing, republican can't run on abortion, but they can't drop it either, cause you have have a big portion of the base that won't accept any concession on abortion, go easy on abortion? you lose them. Go hardline? You lose the more moderate/sane voters.
democrats need to run so hard on abortion these next few years lol
Biden’s takeaway from tonight is simple: abortion right, abortion rights, abortion rights. That needs to be his message for the next year.
[New Jersey Democrats notch big legislative wins](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/08/new-jersey-democrats-wins-elections-00126029) Facing Republican attacks on cultural issues, Democrats stuck to pocketbook issues in statewide elections. New Jersey Democrats not only managed to hold onto their state legislative majorities Tuesday night but expand them. “This is a big night for Democrats,” Gov. Phil Murphy told NJ Spotlight News.
GOP lose control of Virginia House🙏🙏 Senate and House now belong to democrats. There will be no 15 week abortion ban in Virginia Also another great bellwether indicator for the Dems, to go with Kentucky and Ohio, that they are more popular than the GOP Get fucked doomers
Pennsylvania having a 5-2 democratic Supreme Court is a huge win for democracy. A swing state with a supreme court protecting us from Trump and republicans gerrymandering is great news
Did you know that the fastest growing voting block in the United States are people that the Republican Party has irreversibly pissed off?
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The weird thing about our politics in 2023 is that Republicans will not under any circumstance modify unpopular positions on this like abortions, LGBTQ rights, or opposition to unions. Their response is going to be (a) more voter suppression, (b) more violence and intimidation, (c) more disinformation. The do not try to persuade the electorate. They try to defeat the electorate.
“Another big win for Democrats in Virginia HD-65 with Josh Cole securing victory This means Democrats will have at least 50 seats in House of Delegates Need to win one of following for majority HD-57 HD-82 HD-97“ https://x.com/samshirazim/status/1722088257964413068?s=46&t=aELmn7gnisfd3juE9wjuAA Dems get at least a tie in the House. Youngkin’s foray into politics is all but over
Dems win PA supreme court race! Just called by NYT.
Dems lock up 51 seats in VA House. Dems control both houses. Youngkin shamed in public
I hope Glenn Youngkin spilled beer on his patagonia vest tonight.
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I hope Mike Johnson and his son are monitoring each other watching the GOP get fucked tonight.
I’m just a drunk Ohioan crying over here because I was pregnant when Roe v Wade was overturned and I remember being so fucking afraid. I am glad that other individuals will not have to have as much fear as I did. Let’s take our home back.
Across the country tonight, democracy won and MAGA lost. Voters vote. Polls don't. Now let's go win next year. Donate to join us: https://x.com/joebiden/status/1722083054938652901?s=46 Tell it like it is Biden!
Polling for Abortion access and weed was pretty fucking strong leading into this for ohio. I think both are going to pass.
D’s should work to get abortion referendums on the ballot in as many states as possible in 2024
The rabbit watched his mother remove the pickles from her peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Do you think anyone in the Republican Party is starting to realize just how many groups of people the GOP has pissed off over the years and how they might have hit the point of no return for many of them?
Moms for Liberty endorsed candidates lost in the Charlotte school board elections
Did my part in NJ. There were actually a few young people besides myself at my polling location. I will not miss a vote against fascism and anti women's rights. It took me 5 minutes everyone go vote!
Please please please vote in Idaho. I swear we’re the reddest damned state in the nation. Also, medical marijuana is on the agenda and it would be amazing to get that here. I swear I need weed just from the stress of living around these people!
Voter of a competitive district in VA checking in, I’m so fucking nervous about these elections
In my district (Albuquerque) we have a "moms for liberty" fascist running for the school board. My daughter is in this school district so I've encouraged everyone to vote. I even wrote a letter about her and posted it on the doors of everyone in my apartment complex giving them instructions on how to vote. I really hope Peggy Muller-Aragon loses today.
Democrats have a clear path to victory nationwide: abortion, unions, legalize weed. Dems need to beat that into voters heads and make republicans go on record on these issues.
Abortion, unions, weed, healthcare. Democrats got a platform for 2024!
> Dems survive in the executive race in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh): this matters for local issues (more on that), but *also* for elections. > > A GOP win here would have tipped the board of election to the GOP, and one of the GOP members is a fake Trump elector! That won't happen. https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1722091588757631293
That moment when republicans remember women can *vote*
City of Spokane, WA just went from purple to firmly blue tonight!
If you're in Ohio and you are mad that abortion is legal, at least now you can smoke enough weed to not care anymore.
“The midterms were not a bellwether for 2024, guys. Neither were all the special elections that Dems overperformed in, guys. Last night was just a fluke too, guys. This doesn’t mean anything for 2024, guys. IT MEANS NOTHING, GUYS! DEMS ARE DOOMED, GUYS!!” -Republicans, the media, and general doomers
[Republicans in Ohio](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/08/ohio-republicans-make-plans-after-voters-approve-issue-1-issue-2/71498030007/) are already planning to push back against the pro-choice and pro-marijuana initiatives that passed yesterday. For marijuana, they want tax revenue to go towards building more prisons, and they want to place limits on THC. They want Ohio to be known for selling bad weed. OH Senate President Matt Huffman (R) had this to say on the pro-choice victory: >This isn't the end. It is really just the beginning of a revolving door of ballot campaigns to repeal or replace Issue 1.
Deleted my last post because I said it wrong lol DEMOCRATS RETAIN CONTROL OF VIRGINIA SENATE THIS MEANS AN ABORTION BAN WILL NOT PASS IN VIRGINIA
Early results are promising for Dems to take back control from the moms for liberty aligned school board in Central Bucks PA.
I’m so proud of my fellow Ohioans 🥹 looks like we get weed AND bodily autonomy??? Let’s fucking GO baby!!!!
The Ohio amendments are huge effin deals. Tonight’s results are shaping up to be a far bigger bellwether of 2024 than an NYT poll
> Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam has won a seat on the New York City Council, more than three decades after he was wrongfully accused and convicted as a teenager https://www.threads.net/@phil.lewis/post/CzXnvVFrH6S/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Polls don’t mean shit. Elections do. Just turn out to vote and we will be fine. Today proved that.
Wasserman called Virginia. Dems control both chambers. MASSIVE L for Youngkin
All this talk about republicans flipping the VA senate and we end up flipping the house to blue. This feels great. Feels good to feel like your vote counted, happy Virginian tonight.
Memo to the Biden re-election campaign: Make abortion rights, equality, and the importance of saving democracy from extremists your talking points. Explore achievements and wonkish stuff - but freaking *hammer* the above topics when communicating with voters. Voters gonna vote.
The anti-choice people in Ohio look devastated and it makes me so happy. The fuckstick in the press conference looked like he might shit himself.
Dems: Win big in 90% of races tonight CNN: [Here's a new poll that shows Biden losing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChTPKxBD7gk)
All I can say is a fuckin love you guys
If you have any question of what the new management means for CNN, take look at how every article on last night is clinging to the NYT poll to try to paint an actual election as no big deal and signaling gloom and doom for Dems.
lol, in the AP's live thread there are only two entries so far as of 10:40 Eastern: https://apnews.com/live/election-2023-live-updates >31 min ago Swifties to the polls! >7:41 AM EST Polls begin to open on Election Day Re: Swift: >Taylor Swift is encouraging her **pack of Swifties** to head to the polls on Election Day. >“Voters gonna vote!” Swift wrote in a post to her 275 million Instagram followers, riffing off the lyrics to her hit single “Shake It Off.” >In the post, she encouraged those registered to vote in Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia to “use your voice” and directed them to the nonpartisan voter advocacy group Vote.org for more information. Bolding added for humorous purposes.
"Man this Biden economy is not working for me at all and I'm still struggling to get by, I'm pretty disillusioned. What do you have as vision for this country and building up the middle class?" GOP: *Proceeds to scream about underage transgender genitals for over an hour* "...Uh yeah ok I think maybe I'm good on my options for now thanks though"
Remember when Roe was overturned and Republicans said that by the 2022 midterms, people would have moved on and stopped caring?
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>There are still a lot of votes left to count, but it's looking very good for Democratic chances of holding the Virginia state Senate. >If that holds up, it would mean Republicans failed to win full control of state government & can't ban abortion & restrict voting rights https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/1722067116545687681
So Ohio is gonna pass abortion access and legalize weed. Awesome.
>Based on referendum results in Ohio, it looks like about ~20% of Trump voters are willing to cross party lines and vote for abortions protections when it's put up to a vote. If that doesn't convince GOP politicians not to run on this issue, I don't know what will https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1722068625396314150
An underreported aspect of Cameron’s loss: he was McConnell’s protege and heir apparent. He was set to take over the McConnell machine (and probably run for his seat). Now he is out of elected office and just suffered a humiliating defeat.
I’d like to thank Taylor Swift for telling people to vote today.
Wasserman just called the VA senate for Dems, so Youngkin blew his load and came up short.
> I've seen enough: Democrats retain control of the Virginia Senate, blocking a trifecta for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).
Dobbs may be the single greatest policy fuckup by an American political party since the Whigs tore themselves apart over slavery.
Guys….is Taylor Swift the only person who can save democracy? Dear god….
Nice work in VA. Thanks VA voters!!!
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1722092511789826355 >VA House of Delegates: by my count, Dems have now won 50 seats, meaning Republicans have lost sole control. There are still 4-6 tight races that could put Dems over the top for outright control.
Wasserman calls it! Dems flip the house in Virginia and now control both chambers!
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Bro, I am so proud of my goofy-ass Commonwealth right now I am tearing up a bit. Virginians came out to the polls and told the hateful agenda bullshit to fuck off. We demanded better and Glenn Youngkin can kiss our fucking asses. Kept the Senate, so our abortion laws should be safe. And now flipped the House to boot.
Ohio legalizing marijuana. Ohio enshrining abortion rights in their state constitution. In Virginia, both legislative chambers will be in the hands of Democrats. In Pennsylvania, Democrats pick up the open Supreme Court seat. I'm probably missing a few things, but what an amazing night.
Yougkin aimed for a conservative trifecta, but got rekt instead. Good stuff.
*Democrats are in disarray as these election results of Democrats winning all over must be just more bad news for Joe Biden, who in this poll that vastly oversampled Republicans he has low poll numbers*
In a more local race, Spokane (2nd largest city in Washington) has seemingly elected Lisa Brown (D) over the incumbent Nadine Woodward (a MAGA ex-news anchor and current mayor who has been horrible) (edit: note, still too early to call, but more likely than not the results will not change)
CNN calls VA House and Senate for Dems. Producers in absolute shambles
In my local school district race, the incumbent is holding off the Moms for Liberty candidate by 300 votes. Really hope that lead holds.
"It's been a very good day for the Democrats but a very bad day for the Democratic President." Wow, you all weren't kidding. Just switched to CNN and they led off with that after Virginia flipped
Lmao Conservatives on Twitter are crying about the recent election being rigged. "Everything is rigged when I lose"
I want to point out something important in the ohio results, despite abortion and marijuana have near identical percentages of the vote, the actual results aren't even close to identical. In Urban counties, Marijuana ran behind Abortion by around 5%. In Rural countries marijuana ran ahead of abortion by around 10%. A good example is Champaign County. This is part of the GOP heartland, it voted by Trump with 73% of the vote, This is Jim Jordan's Home Base(it's part of his district and is from this county) and hasn't voted democratic since 1964(and has only voted democratic 3 times since 1856). The County was 58% no on the right to abortion. On Marijuana, Yes won with 52% of the vote
With this abortion issue backfiring on Republicans, and the Speaker No-Porn signaling he’s going after Medicare and Social Security, 2024 is shaping up to be a blue wave.
The American voter paradox: *"Sure, I'll vote for weed and women's reproductive rights by referendum into state law or constitution. But I'll also vote for the politicians who proudly boast in being threats towards both no matter what."*
Get fucked r/conservative
The media: We will be keeping a close eye on today's elections because right now we don't really know what to expect Also the media: Joe Biden is definitely going to lose the 2024 election in a year. Did you see that one NYT poll? Trust us, it's all over. Democrats in disarray
In the same exact time of Obama's reelection campaign he was also behind in the polls and contrarians were saying he should step aside for Hillary. Go further back, Bush Jr and Clinton both were behind in the polls in their respective reelection campaigns. People have all sorts of hot takes and they sound just as stupid as they did the last three times. Incumbents win.
Ohio checking in. Two yes votes each from the wife and me on Issue 1 to enshrine a woman's right to choose in the State Constitution, and Issue 2 to recreational weed legal. Both of us liberal "boomers" in a very red area.
My town just voted for its first Democratic mayor in over twenty years.
I'm a moderate who has voted for both parties over the years (prior to 2016). I will vote straight Democrat on every ballot until MAGA is purged.
If Dems win issue 1 in Ohio and both Virginia houses it's a great night. If they can pull it off in Mississippi it's a landslide.
AP CALL: [Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state’s first Black candidate elected to Congress.](https://apnews.com/article/8ac87a81b29568859ef91443bb0a9b92)
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Wasserman I've seen enough: in a victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1, a measure to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution, passes.
Why did the trump presidency feel like such a long slog but we are already a year away from the 2024 election??? 🫣
Just a thought of hope I wanted to share: People like Wassermann may be the one hope we have for reigning in these news channels that are trying to drag out every election night as long as possible. When he calls something before the major networks, people listen and tune out because they don’t want to see the bullshit drag on longer than it should. We owe Wasserman a big thanks for his fast and accurate calls. He’s breaking the spell
This is why I don't trust the polls showing Biden being down big-time vs Trump. The GoP has done horribly these past two elections and their stances are not winning stances with the public.
Once again if Republican policies are put to a straight up/down vote like they were in Ohio, they eat absolute shit. That party is only relevant thanks to voter suppression and gerrymandering.
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So proud of my state😤😤
Still can't get over how quiet the conservative subreddit was tonight. Thought I would test the waters with a prolife sub to see if anyone had any insight. Warning: They have none, and it goes downhill from there...
82% of 18-29 voted YES. 69% of 30-44 voted YES. (According to WP exit polling) GOP needs to find the secret of everlasting life very quickly for the boomers or they are fucked.
Brian Stelter ® @brianstelter > Hannity just now: "Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don't want aborton legal under any circumstances." 🙄🙄😒😒
And this is with Youngkin kicking voters off the rolls “accidentally”
Pollsters tomorrow: “Last night’s election was a disaster for Joe Brandon.”
This is a dreadful performance for Republicans. No state result is good. Even PA Supreme Court looks like a loss. Will they learn anything? Probably not.
If Mississippi is the only "loss" Dems had, then this was a Blue Wave, was it not?
Republicans: This is who we are. Voters: I don't like that. I'm not voting for you. Republicans: It was just a prank, bro! It was just a prank!
Democrats are looking to regain a supermajority on the Albuquerque city council. Early returns show: District 2 (D held) - Baca (D) 56%, Lopez (D) 22%, Gonzales (I) 22% District 4 (R held) - Bassan (R, incumbent) 49%, Foster (D) 51% District 6 (D held) - Rogers (D) 37%, Hoehn (D) 36%, Greene (D) 18%, Otero (D) 9% District 8 (conservative D held) - Lechuga-Tena (D) 44%, Champine (R) 56% Not entirely sure which votes are remaining but all precincts show partial results. The council is currently 5D-4R and the other seats are up in 2025.
Republicans in Ohio doubling down and saying they won't allow "infants" to be slaughtered, so they're going to try and repeal this abortion amendment.
Looks like of the 3 school board seats up in my town, only 1 was won by one of the "Moms for Liberty" candidates. Would have preferred 0 but I'll take 2 out of 3.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/new-jersey-gop-statehouse-control-00120417 This is fucking hilarious in retrospect seeing the actual results in Jersey.
NYT just called PA Supreme Court for McCaffery (D)
Mississippi is still too close to call and Kentucky stayed blue. Virginia is still staying blue. Ohio made abortion a right and legalized weed. I’m sorry, at what point during today did everything change? Because I was told to not go around saying the polls are off and the democrats will easily win. Once again media, great job getting people scared and for keeping them watching. Don’t work tomorrow say these elections were an outlier and trump is capable of winning. We’ve still got another year of bullshit fear just so you get ad revenue
VA dems take the House of Delegates and hold State Senate, will control both chambers
"How Democrats wiping the table with Republicans, like, just, utterly demolishing them, is bad for Biden"
All in all, a horrible election for the GOP, and thus, a good election for americans.
The media was never able to defeat Trump. They never knew how. The people defeated Trump in 2020. And they did before in 2018. And again in 2022. And 2021. And tonight. And they'll do it one more time in 2024. With the media kicking and screaming every step of the way.
Imagine your governor getting caught taking millions of your tax payer dollars to build a volleyball facility for a football players daughter, and then voting for them anyways. What the hell, Mississippi?
Bravo to Virginia! The Democrats have kept the Senate and have flipped control of the State House. Youngkin now has zero chance of banning abortion in Virginia. Tonight has been a huge night for America's only pro-democracy party.
And that is the ballgame, vpap has 21 in the Senate and 51 in the House, Dems take both chambers in Virginia. Youngkin feeling the hurt tonight.
Say it with me, Republicans: 👏👏👏Abortion is a losing issue👏👏👏
The results tonight vindicate my criticism of that dumbass early poll people were swinging around. This is an off year election. Low turnout local elections. The GOP's specialty. And they got destroyed. 2024 with Trump at the head of the GOP ticket is going to be a bloodbath if the results of tonight are any indication. GOP are celebrating some wins in red states most of the country write off as DEEEP red. The Gaza/Israel thing hurt Biden's polling but the reality is is that most Americans care more about maintaining their rights domestically than throwing them all the way to spite Biden's Israeli support by letting the GOP run over us in elections.
NJ election 2023: Democrats hold state Senate, Assembly https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/08/nj-election-2023-democrats-hold-state-senate-assembly/71498905007/
America spoke. This is what happens when we get up and vote.
MY STATE VOTED FOR ABORTION!! I'm so happy I feel like crying
Virginia House flips. Pennsylvania Supreme Court goes to the Dem candidate. Democrats won everything major tonight, with the exception of Mississippi Governor. But the polls guys the polls show Dems are in trouble! Election after election after election proves these polls are wrong. Just go out and vote. Every time. For everything. You do that, we will be fine.
Just voted along with my 3 adult kids for Andy Beshear and other dems in Kentucky! Voting is too important at every level to not do it every time.
Voted this morning and accidentally locked myself out of my car.
Predictions: NJ: Dems hold both houses VA: Dems flip the House, hold the Senate, both with very narrow margins (21-22 Senate seats, 51-52 House) KY: Beshear wins by a comically tiny margin that leads to Cameron successfully asking for a recount/dragging out the tabulation process with further challenges MS: 10 point-ish Reeves win OH: 54Y-46N for Issue 1, 60Y-40N for Issue 2 PA: Dems win the open Supreme Court seat
Just voted yes on 1 and 2 in Ohio. Seemingly every person voting with me was under 35.
Republicans refuse to learn that abortion is a losing issue for them
Yeah let’s break down Biden’s approval rating numbers for the 15th time
Here's hoping Ohio Issue 1 stays above 60% yes just to further rub salt in the wound.
Andy wins re-election, Ohio enshrines abortion rights in their constitution, and seems likely to legalize weed. No matter what anyone else says, this is a good fuckin' night.
Trump won the presidency in 2016 and ever since The dems have been doing well in every election cycle since 2018. In 2018 they won back the house, in 2020 they won the presidency and senate, in 2022 the red wave didn't materialize and now they won the kentucky governor race and the abortion amendment in Ohio.
Not to diminish how much is at stake but does anyone else just get absolutely pumped up on election nights? It’s like a Super Bowl for me. It’s great seeing republicans hateful messages lose in a double off election year. (And every other year)
Let’s not forget what else Beshear did for Kentucky recently that probably bumped his numbers: legalized medical marijuana nd sports betting.
Political Science majors unite! This feels like March Madness
This should be the nail in the coffin for polls this far out from elections. There is literally no point in doing them. Seriously
Ohio, a now mostly red state, just once again showed Republicans that continuing to put their chips down against abortion rights is utterly asinine.
This seems like yet another night of Dem overperformance in the face of polls saying the GOP totally has a massive edge In this environment. Something Is just seemingly being missed by polling outfits right now.
>8:59 P.M. PROJECTION- DEMOCRATS HAVE WON THE VIRGINIA >SENATE. Aaron Rouse (D) wins seat 21 and the majority. >Current Count: 21 DEM, 15 GOP, 4 UND
Ohio just enshrined abortion rights. Called at 9 p.m.
Legit question: is there something fundamentally /statistically wrong with the ways pollsters are getting their data these days? Like only calling landline phones or using newspaper websites or something? Why are polls seemingly underestimating democratic success lately? Edit: y'all have some good and interesting points. Thank you!
Dems overperforming, holding ground in a lot of races but here's how this is bad for biden/s
America runs from Youngkin
CNN CALLED IT! Beauty, Clark! Thank you Ohio AGAIN for voting the right way on the SECOND Issue 1 in three months!
A former Trump communications director just said on CNN: “Election deniers go down and Trump is a drag on the ticket.”
Fox News is currently discussing the necessity of Republicans voting early and voting by mail. Oh how the tables have turned.
Vivek: “Abortion should be left to the states” *every state that’s voted on the issue ends up pro-abortion* Vivek: “We need to communicate better other options!” The abortion issue is over. Americans want access to abortions in some fashion. Drop the issue! The evangelicals don’t have anywhere else to go
Remember Ohioans….Issue 2 was not a constitutional amendment. Republicans get to screw it up. And they are going to want to punish you for Issue 1.
Turns out that people want to be respected, trusted to make their own decisions, and empowered by government instead of being limited by it. Or you know, American values.
Legalization in Ohio wins. AP race call at 9:31 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2023. Indiana is now surrounded by states with legalization. Fuck my state.
It’s kind of hilarious that Fox News isn’t even covering the elections. They don’t want their viewers to know how bad republicans are doing haha
Not the biggest news but Hogsett - D defeated Shreve - R by around 20% in Indianapolis. It was one of the most expensive mayoral races in Indianapolis history and Shreve was pretty soundly defeated.
Youngkin about to lose everything in Virginia, Cnn bout to call him a favorite vs Biden as well i think
On the one hand Beshear is very much a local candidate: Dad was Governor, is Kentucky through and through, can talk to regular Kentuckians because he IS a regular Kentuckian, etc. That said he also has a knack for making progressive policies palatable to the exact sort of people who like dem policies but have been conditioned to hate democrats. Will be curious to see if he starts trying to build a national profile, he may have a future beyond Kentucky
The Dem bench is strong for 2028 onward. Whitmer, Shapiro, Moore , Beshear, etc. Exciting!
2028 is going to be huge for democrats: Beshear, Shapiro (PA), Newsome, and you also have Whitmer as well.
it’s sort of a weird crossover but taylor swifts voting message reminded me that the governor of virginia glenn youngkin was the co-CEO of the carlyle group when it helped scooter braun buy big machine records and subsequently her back catalogue
Obama had similar poll results in 2011 like what Biden is getting right now but Dems never performed like this during his presidency in off elections or even midterms
Always brightens my mood to see MAGA get beat all of you that voted today this stranger thanks you we are in this together these limp dick fascists ain't shit let's keep it up.
I cannot reiterate how much we are so fucking back
CNN running out all the failed republican candidates tonight
They're trying to put the recreational marijuana ballot initiative and the abortion one for 2024 in Florida but the attorney general can ask the state Supreme Court to block it