The Midterms

[CoffeeHorse]

Just got back from voting. A bunch of workers asked me if I was sure I was at the right district. Apparently we have two with the same number now. Bravo on that redistricting we just did. One ballot scanner was down, but they have enough for the turnout I saw. Other than that it was smooth. As always, there was more than enough volunteers and they all knew what they were doing.

 

[Pale Rider]

Gird your loins my friends... it's going to be a long couple of days.

I hope you have a batch of the good stuff ready for us. We're gonna need it.

 

[wonko the sane?]

I hope you have a batch of the good stuff ready for us. We're gonna need it.

Hopium won't protect you from maga's ego death... and you won't need it anyway. Let them throw their tantrums, let him cry rigged and fraud and stolen, then slap his putrid orange face and demand he prove it.

For once, that light at the end of the tunnel isn't an oncoming train. It's daylight.

Granted; it's the daylight where you see the extent of the ruin they've caused, and understand that NOW the real work begins... but it's daylight.

 

[The Predaking]

I have some hope for Doug Jones and Figures. I really want to see the Florida man sent home tonight.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

My wife and I did our part. Now to wait and see.

 

[The Predaking]

We are going to go vote after work. Looking forward to doing our part to fight this authoritarianism and racism.

 

[NovaSaber]

For some stupid reason they were working on power/phone/internet lines (or something like that; road blocked and there was a really tall crane) right next to the polling location.

Seems like really horrible timing if it's a coincidence, and malicious if they were actually trying to make it harder to get in. (I *doubt* they ever had all the entrances blocked at the same time, though, but people would definitely have had to take unusual routes at times.)

 

[Bainreese]

It's going to be an interesting day. May you all remain safe and voting goes smoothly.

 

[abates]

Hoping for the best outcome.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Losers, I did my part last week during early voting. I wasn't going to deal with the crowds and weather today

 

[Ungnome]

My ballot has been cast. Here's hoping by some miracle we kick Andy Harris out of the house.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

This is looking like a blue wave absolutely everywhere except Florida. Again.

 

[Bainreese]

I really needed a night like tonight. Now here is hoping shenanigans don’t ensue afterwards.

 

[Pale Rider]

Jay Kuo

At the start of the night, we looked at KY-6. Democrat Zach Dembo has now won that district by 9 points. I wrote today, “My Kentucky takes: A Democratic loss in KY-06 in the mid to high single...

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[Steevy Maximus]

This is looking like a blue wave absolutely everywhere except Florida. Again.

Dang old people and Trump sycophants

But I don't have room to talk, I live in Oklahoma. Might flip the governer, but the state is so red it won't actually change much. Hell, every time I vote, I hear some old fart proclaming, proudly, how they vote "straight Republican".

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I know it's going to be tempting but please do not send all the data centers down here now. We don't want them either. Our governor in waiting does but it almost cost him the race.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

And, as expected, the GOP maintained control of Oklahoma across everything.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Not many other places though.

 

[M. Virion]

We actually flipped 2 major seats in Indiana, shockingly.

Bayh took Sec of State, and J.D. Ford beat Victoria Spartz to become Indiana's first openly gay Representative. I live right next door to IN-05 (Ford's district) and I despise Spartz, so it's a big win for me even if we didn't manage to drum out Baird. We did our best here in IN-04, and it was actually way more competitive than I'd ever have expected, but he squeeked through.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Is the neocon thing finally dead now?

It's wild. I've been wanting so badly for them to never get their precious holy grail Iran War they've been agitating for my entire life, but apparently there was nothing we could do to stop it. They weren't asking. They gave up trying to make a case for it and just went ahead and did it. And it turns out it's like they opened the Ark of the Covenant in their own faces.