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2022 US midterms election watch party/thread

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Dave_5k said:
I would just note that the Independent Barry Lindemann (with solely Republican ideals, 2 of his top priorities are sealing the southern border - presumably wanting to build a wall to keep all the Californians out?, and "irresponsible" government spending causing inflation), took 7,600 votes...
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Her margin is going to grow with ballot cures and when Washoe comes in.
 
Dave_5k said:
I would just note that the Independent Barry Lindemann (with solely Republican ideals, 2 of his top priorities are sealing the southern border - presumably wanting to build a wall to keep all the Californians out?, and "irresponsible" government spending causing inflation), took 7,600 votes...
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What are you suggesting? Possible runoff?
 
Muse said:
What are you suggesting? Possible runoff?
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Nah, just without the independent, CCM might not have won. Nevada does not require 50% (fortunately), unlike Georgia. CCM has a bit under 49% of the vote, and won't hit 50, but doesn't need it. Libertarian candidate took another 6k votes also.
 
Last I checked, Fox was airing a fishing show. Amazing how they vacate the airwaves during bad news, and in this case they seen the writing on the wall. This departure from reality will give Hannity time to script spin for Monday nights show.
Will it be more stolen election? More accusations of ballot tampering? Or, as I suspect, will Hannity only focus over Donald Trump glorious announcement coming in only hours of Hannity's broadcast?
 
K1052 said:
Jesus christ WA-03 flipped.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1591592528863789056
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From fivethirtyeight:

GEOFFREY SKELLEY
NOV. 12, 7:58 PM
Just to emphasize how unlikely that Democratic pickup in Washington’s 3rd District was, our midterm forecast gave Gluesenkamp Pérez just a 2-in-100 shot of defeating Kent. That is the upset of the cycle thus far. While Kent always seemed likely to be a weaker GOP candidate than Herrera Beutler, a Republican losing an R+9 seat is highly unusual in a midterm when Democrats control the White House.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
Now is the time. Democrats need to go all in on gerrymandered districts, as in say “the voters have spoken and we would have X amount more if every district was fair, we wouldn’t have as many shitty judge appointments if every district was fair.
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Next opportunity is 2031.

If by some chance they get the house and 51, they need to double the number of house seats and ban political gerrymandering.
 
Zorba said:
Next opportunity is 2031.

If by some chance they get the house and 51, they need to double the number of house seats and ban political gerrymandering.
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Double? Should be 1 representative for every 1000 people and 10 senators per state with proportional representation.
 
Indus said:
No. McConnel got the state legislature to fix it.

When he croaks in Kentucky, the replacement must be the same political party.
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The gov is a Democrat, or is it that Kentucky state legislature is the one who decides to appoint.
 
Indus said:
Double? Should be 1 representative for every 1000 people and 10 senators per state with proportional representation.
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That would be 350,000 reps, seems excessive.

There is a decent argument for cubic root of population number of reps.

I agree on the Senate, but that requires an amendment.
 
Zorba said:
Next opportunity is 2031.

If by some chance they get the house and 51, they need to double the number of house seats and ban political gerrymandering.
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Could always redistrict mid-decade. Let's not forget what Texas did in the early 2000s to ensure Republican rule for a long time to come in that state.
 
I like the system they have in Germany. Every citizen gets 2 votes.

Who do you want as your representative and which party do you prefer?

Voters then elect their representative and if the party numbers don't match, they add seats to make sure the proportions matter (as long as the party gets a min of 2%)
 
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