The Official 2022 Midterm Election Thread

[biggestal99]

@Camp

Won’t matter in PA.

Mail in voting turned PA California blue.

more people voting means a democrat wins.

who knew….

Allan

[SixFoot]

Shenanigans already, eh?

[Gaius]

@Safiel

All Florida State Legislative races have been decided.

Florida House of Representatives went from 76R, 42D (2 vacant) just prior to the election to 85R, 35D.
Florida Senate went from 23R, 16D (1 vacant) to 28R, 12D.

Meaning that Republican’s will have 2/3rd’s supermajorities in both houses, in addition to complete control of the Executive Branch and effective control of the Judiciary, voters having retained all appellate Justices and Judges.

Most other State Legislatures have not yet completely panned out.

I’m gonna pin that on “fought the COVID shutdown,” “tough on crime” plus several demographics

• old folks who have lost 30% of their IRAs
• hispanics (who believe there is only 1 gender)

The old folks could have gone either way. If COVID had turned out to be deadly Florida would be solid blue right now.

[Gaius]

@Camp

I never considered that voters would be fine with inflation.

Apparently they are.

Depends where. “Corporations cause inflation” sells in some places.

[SixFoot]

Well, Amendment 3 passed in Missouri… I see no reason to continue living here with these ■■■■■■■ retards.

[SixFoot]

220+ Republican House. Called that one in November of 2020. lol

[GWH]

@Gaius

The old folks could have gone either way. If COVID had turned out to be deadly Florida would be solid blue right now.

There’d be a lot fewer voters.

[DougBH]

Media was working on old folks. There was a Marketwatch article that showed up on my iPad the gist of was Why do Republicans want to cut social security by a third? Instead of getting inputs from Republicans on whether they wanted to cut SS, the whole article accepted this as true and went into the dire effects of cutting social security. Imagine you rely on SS and run across that article?

[zantax]

@DisturbedGuy

Lauren Boebert is losing. This isn’t going the way the GOP expected.

Five thirty eight only gave her a 97 out of a hundred chance to win it based on polling. So it wasn’t just the GOP who is surprised.

[SixFoot]

Don’t question the results.
Don’t question the results.
Don’t question the results.
Don’t question the results.
Don’t question the results.

[Auto129]

The case blaming American democrats for global inflation is just too weak.

[SixFoot]

@SixFoot

House goes red in 2022.

Senate and White House go red in 2024.

[Smyrna]

@SixFoot

Senate and White House go red in 2024.

…as the whole country bleeds red during this entire time.

[SixFoot]

We don’t normally take both houses back during a midterm.

And don’t question the results.

[DougBH]

@Auto129

The case blaming American democrats for global inflation is just too weak.

Not really. The predominant viewpoint of increasing spending and reducing fossil fuels with no real alternatives is not limited to the US. Rather, the blame should be shared. The spirit of Davos lives.

[Smyrna]

@SixFoot

We don’t normally take both houses back during a midterm.

And don’t question the results.

There has been nothing normal about the last two years, which is why I had some hope…that’s now gone.

[SixFoot]

Hope for what though? This is just a soap opera for entertainment purposes only.

Nothing is actually going to get fixed just because red or blue wins a race. Quite the opposite, actually.

[Smyrna]

Oh…thanks. I feeeeeeeeeeel so much better now.

[SixFoot]

@Smyrna

Oh…thanks. I feeeeeeeeeeel so much better now.

One more for icing.

[tnt]

@Gaius

I’m gonna pin that on “fought the COVID shutdown,” “tough on crime” plus several demographics

• old folks who have lost 30% of their IRAs
• hispanics (who believe there is only 1 gender)

The old folks could have gone either way. If COVID had turned out to be deadly Florida would be solid blue right now.

FL lost a lot of people to covid. Particularly in the months AFTER vaccines were available.