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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 9:53:22 GMT -5
Voted by Mail -- Yesterday  |
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Post by impulse on Nov 6, 2018 11:51:17 GMT -5
Voted two weeks ago so they have plenty of time to hack my vote. JK. I hope.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 6, 2018 11:54:34 GMT -5
They ran out of "I Voted" stickers at my polling place this morning, I'm hoping voter turn out is as large everywhere else as well.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 6, 2018 12:21:25 GMT -5
They ran out of "I Voted" stickers at my polling place this morning, I'm hoping voter turn out is as large everywhere else as well. I didn't even see any of those stickers at my polling place, but maybe that's a good thing. This was the first time in the six years I've lived at my current residence that I actually had to wait in line to vote. Granted, the polling place only has three machines (we're a small town), but they were all full when I got there and there were four people ahead of me. Of course, most of them were probably there to vote Republican, but democracy works because of participation. For the first time in my life, I voted for more D than R. Pulled the lever for a Democrat for Governor, Senator, and House Rep, while only picking a Republican for PA General Assembly because I wasn't thrilled with what the Democrat in that race was bringing to the table. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 6, 2018 14:05:14 GMT -5
In 1984 I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. I've been doing that ever since, in every election. The best way to defend the Constitution and the principles found therein is to take part in the process. That means vote. The more people who turn out and vote, the less the result can be rigged or easily manipulated.
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 6, 2018 14:57:33 GMT -5
Best wishes to the U.S.A. and democracy today!
Waiting because of turn out is something I don't mind. I also tend to vote for someone who has done a job I appreciate regardless of party. I hate it when someone good gets thrown out just based on their party (also why I'm against term limits, you'd have to get rid of someone good 'just because').
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 6, 2018 19:15:24 GMT -5
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Post by Pharozonk on Nov 6, 2018 21:26:00 GMT -5
Voted today.  |
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Post by Pharozonk on Nov 6, 2018 22:09:15 GMT -5
I don't even live in Texas anymore and even I'm getting anxiety watching these O'Rourke/Cruz numbers.  |
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 7, 2018 9:15:19 GMT -5
The Dems took the House like we knew they would. Glad about that.
The Republicans retained control of the Senate; again, we pretty much knew that was going to happen because of stacked deck with gerrymandering.
Glad to see Dems picking up some governor's seats.
Here in Iowa, long-term Dem in the 2nd district retained his seat, while fresh female Dems unseated Republican incumbents in the 1st and 3rd districts, where Steve King in the 4th district narrowly defeats the Dem.
I hate that not only is King in office but he's such a scourge in the national media with his name attached to Iowa, my beloved state. Nobody I know supports him. He's in the northwest 4th district, the Sioux City area, where I went to school. It's a very conservative district that has a very hardcore conservative right wing that is closer to South Dakota or Nebraska red than the rest of Iowa.
The stunner here locally is that Kim Reynolds, the lieutenant governor made governor by the previous governor accepting the role of Ambassador to China. She has drastically cuts mental health services and money for education while giving huge tax cuts and the disaster of privatized Medicare here. The Dem who's a successful millionnaire business lost. In typical Republican fashion, the Dem wins big in the metropolitan areas and the rural counties put her over the top. I knew it was going to be very close, probably within 1 or 2 points, and it was, but with Reynolds winning.
So, disappointed with King and Reynolds retaining office, but overall it was a good night for Democrats.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 7, 2018 9:47:31 GMT -5
hondobrode - your note about gerrymandering contributing to the Republicans retaining the Senate is inaccurate. Those are statewide votes and are not affected by how the districts are drawn. And how backwards is Iowa that a jackwagon like King wasn't run out of office? On my ballot, three of the four candidates I voted for won, with the one that lost running for the House of Representatives, but she was a long-shot anyway because of redrawn districts in PA. My town, which used to be included with Pittsburgh, was moved into a far-more rural district that includes the entire SW corner of the state, which is heavily Red, so I will never have a Democrat representative in the House as long as I live where I currently do. Her opponent ran on a "Border Wall/Economic Growth/Pro-Trump Agenda" platform, which garnered him 58% of the vote. Sigh...
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 7, 2018 10:49:51 GMT -5
Everybody I voted for won, and every initiative, referendum, and advisory vote went my way, too. I wish the Senate had gone blue, but I'll settle for the House... for now. At least we can look forward to Adam Schiff as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and Maxine Waters as chair of Finance, probably Nancy Pelosi as speaker, too. Sic 'em. gang!
Cei-U!
I summon the mixed blessings!
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 7, 2018 11:11:21 GMT -5
hondobrode - your note about gerrymandering contributing to the Republicans retaining the Senate is inaccurate. Those are statewide votes and are not affected by how the districts are drawn. And how backwards is Iowa that a jackwagon like King wasn't run out of office? On my ballot, three of the four candidates I voted for won, with the one that lost running for the House of Representatives, but she was a long-shot anyway because of redrawn districts in PA. My town, which used to be included with Pittsburgh, was moved into a far-more rural district that includes the entire SW corner of the state, which is heavily Red, so I will never have a Democrat representative in the House as long as I live where I currently do. Her opponent ran on a "Border Wall/Economic Growth/Pro-Trump Agenda" platform, which garnered him 58% of the vote. Sigh... That particular corner of Iowa is very conservative but I would categorize Iowa as a purple state.
I'm in central Iowa which is pretty much split down the middle and as you move east towards the Mississippi River it becomes more and more progressive.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 7, 2018 11:16:33 GMT -5
hondobrode - your note about gerrymandering contributing to the Republicans retaining the Senate is inaccurate. Those are statewide votes and are not affected by how the districts are drawn. And how backwards is Iowa that a jackwagon like King wasn't run out of office? Yeah...definitely not gerrymandering with the Senate. The problem was two-fold. The Democrats had to defend Senate seats in deeply Republican states like North Dakota, no easy feat. The states that had Senate seats up made it virtually impossible for the Democrats to even remain where they were, much less make headway. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 7, 2018 12:03:12 GMT -5
Illinois dumped a pretty unpopular Republican governor; though, as usual, our choice is the lesser of two evils, with another rich white guy with a shady tax past. For most of my lifetime, Illinois elections are a choice of the lesser of two evils (with the odd whack-job fringe or ineffective alternative candidate). To say this state is corrupt to the core, on both sides, is an understatement (check out how many of our governors have been convicted, let alone indicted!).
Locally, I live in a deeply red city, in a red county, in a red region. Been like that for generations. My mother and her family (with a few exceptions) vote straight Republican and always have. However, Dems picked up seats on the county board, including a few women. One of them is a first time candidate, professional musician and mother, who ran an old school, door-to-door contact campaign with her potential constituents. She did some printing business with my store and I was impressed by her and gave her my vote. By last count, she had an 80 vote lead, over the incumbent, with all polls reporting. It just goes to show that every vote counts, even when your candidate loses.
Illinois is a complete mess and has been for 40 years. The Recession of the mid-70s destroyed industry in this state, the grain embargo of the late 70 crippled it, and things have never recovered. We've had a succession of bad government, with only one, decent honest governor, in my lifetime (a Republican, actually) who got out of politics before it killed him (had a heart attack, in office). We are split between Chicago and the rest of the state, with massive financial neglect in the southern areas of the state and deep poverty throughout, urban and rural. This state needs a complete housecleaning of all parties; but, it exemplifies machine and partisan politics.
In the intro to one of her books, columnist Molly Ivins said nothing compared to Texas politics, except maybe Illinois; that was before we convicted two governors, in succession for corruption! Long ago were the days of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas.
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