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[Bitek]

Shaheen has won in NH. Not the result GOP were hoping for in order to claim a wave election

 

[xBiffx]

Shaheen has won in NH. Not the result GOP were hoping for in order to claim a wave election

Um..that race is so much closer than expected.

If VA turns, that's huge.

 

[Chaotic42]

Well, we got Cochran and Palazzo. Status quo gonna status quo, I guess.

 

[xBiffx]

CO called for Gardner.

So much for the Uderus campaign.

 

[Bitek]

Um..that race is so much closer than expected.

If VA turns, that's huge.

And Hagan has run a great race. Doesn't mean anything if she doesn't win tho.

VA is a giant F up. Dems for possibly losing it. Rs for not making a strong play for it.

 

[xBiffx]

VA is a giant F up.

Well, yeah.

 

[xBiffx]

Walker just won again in WI. LOL.

I'm off to bathe in the liberal tears.

 

[cubby1223]

Um..that race is so much closer than expected.

If VA turns, that's huge.

I think the majority of votes counted are from the country-side, and the uncounted votes so far are the major population centers of VA. The Dems probably take that senate seat.



As for the races I've noticed, one message is abundantly clear this election: independents are not convinced the GOP is waging a war against women. The Dems who made this message the forefront of their campaign are losing, even in places where the party is very competitive. My U.S. congressional district being one such example, incumbent Democrat who's total sum of media ads were about how much the Republican candidate is against women's health, women's choice, etc., and he's losing.

 

[OutHouse]

CO called for Gardner.

So much for the Uderus campaign.

Udall campaign was a diaster.

 

[Aikouka]

I was hoping Mo Brooks would lose, but it appears that he'll win by a modest margin.

I forgot to look up the amendments ahead of time, and that gave me some fun time to read them while voting. Two of them really stood out to me.

Amendment 1:

Amendment 1 proposes to add “the American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment” to the State Constitution. Amendment 1 would prohibit courts and other legal authorities from applying foreign law if doing so would violate rights guaranteed to citizens of Alabama. This Amendment does not apply to the laws of other states but applies only to “any law, rule, or legal code or system used outside of the United States or by any other people, group or culture different from the people of the United States or the State of Alabama.” Amendment 1 would apply to contracts by individual citizens, but would not apply to business entities or to persons who willingly choose to give up the rights protected by this Amendment.

If Amendment1 IS PASSED, Alabama will have in place a Constitutional provision that says Alabama citizens will not be subject to foreign law if application of the foreign law would violate Alabama law or result in a violation of their rights.
If Amendment1 IS DEFEATED, courts and legal authorities may choose to refuse to apply foreign law if the foreign law would result in a violation of Alabama law and/or deprive a citizen of his or her rights, even though there is no statute or Constitutional Amendment requiring them to do so.

...and...

Amendment 3

Amendment 3 provides that every citizen has the fundamental right under the State Constitution to bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the State. Amendment 3 also provides that this right would be entitled to the highest protection of the law.
Amendment 3 also protects a citizen from being compelled by any treaties or laws of another country to take an action which would prohibit, limit, or otherwise interfere with his or her right to bear arms if that treaty or law would violate the United States Constitution.

If Amendment 3 IS PASSED, the right to bear arms will be elevated under the State Constitution to a fundamental right and given the highest possible protection. This right will also be provided with additional protection from potential interference by international treaty or foreign law.
If Amendment 3 IS DEFEATED, the right to bear arms in Alabama will still exist in the State Constitution, but will not be declared as a fundamental right and may not be subject to the highest possible protection. The right to bear arms will also not be protected from potential interference by international laws and treaties.

 

[xBiffx]

It's officially a wave at this point. The governor races are quite telling.

 

[Vic]

Looks like the single party state "wave" will break before the Pacific.

 

[Bitek]

I think the majority of votes counted are from the country-side, and the uncounted votes so far are the major population centers of VA. The Dems probably take that senate seat.



As for the races I've noticed, one message is abundantly clear this election: independents are not convinced the GOP is waging a war against women. The Dems who made this message the forefront of their campaign are losing, even in places where the party is very competitive. My U.S. congressional district being one such example, incumbent Democrat who's total sum of media ads were about how much the Republican candidate is against women's health, women's choice, etc., and he's losing.

I think it was one of the signs that there was nothing the dems really had to talk about. It was a good play when you had the rape guys a few years ago, but the Rs knew it was coming and were careful to lock that down.

I think it could be something you could just give a wink to go boost the F vote a bit, but you can't build a campaign around it. Pushed too far, it sounds like you are pitting men v women.

Otherwise I can't think of anything the dems were for. The Rs had an easy sell of "Obama sucks." "The GOP sucks more" won't cut it by the dems, esp in a map like this year.

 

[dmcowen674]

One interesting point - I voted about 10AM and turnout was very heavy. I took the very last parking space, although three cars were leaving as I was walking to the building. This in spite of the fact that absolutely none of the races are competitive. The Dems don't even bother to field a candidate for state representative and senator, the Dem running for Congress has about as much chance as times she has mentioned her party affiliation (zero), and the Dems running for governor and Senator are nothing more than pathetic half-hearted attempts. Even the usual waving idiots around the entrance were all Pubbies. Even the Libertarians aren't putting in much effort this round. Only thing I can figure is that the proposed amendments are drawing in a lot of people, or else a lot of people really wanted to vote against the Dems even though the elections were never in doubt.

Exactly the same here in Indiana.

All Republicans hounding the doors to the polling place.

Republitards won just about everything.

The Country deserves every bit of going down the shitter electing those that hate America.

 

[cubby1223]

Exactly the same here in Indiana.

All Republicans hounding the doors to the polling place.

Republitards won just about everything.

The Country deserves every bit of going down the shitter electing those that hate America.

If America is defined as at least one more than half the population...

That means you are on the side that hates America.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I think most Americans would agree your level of miserableness is around 18.

 

[ussfletcher]

The two party system sucks, as always.

 

[bradley]

Pendulum politics is swinging back to its mirror image of two-party corruption. Wake me up when there's a viable third-party candidate that doesn't owe any oligarchs his/her political life.

 

[compuwiz1]

Great night for women and blacks. The democrats lost in their war on women and blacks thingy.

 

[werepossum]

Exactly the same here in Indiana.

All Republicans hounding the doors to the polling place.

Republitards won just about everything.

The Country deserves every bit of going down the shitter electing those that hate America.

Pubbies are the ones who say we must take action to keep America just the same. Dems are the ones who say we must fundamentally transform America.

Republicans love America as it exists. Democrats love what they believe they can transform America into.

 

[werepossum]

Pendulum politics is swinging back to its mirror image of two-party corruption. Wake me up when there's a viable third-party candidate that doesn't owe any oligarchs his/her political life.

I think if we just had strict term limits, we would see a lot more of the idealism inherrent in each party. Right now, each party is most concerned with maximizing its power and building individual power bases.

 

[cubby1223]

Great night for women and blacks. The democrats lost in their war on women and blacks thingy.

It is pretty great. The tactic of dodging issues and only commenting that opposition is based on the President's skin color, or a person's gender... has no influence over independents, over politics Those who used that as their primary election strategy were soundly defeated.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I don't think the makeup of the House or Senate is going to mean a thing; DC just voted to legalize pot. We're going to see a whole new form of gridlock where Congressman just plain forget to show up to work. Mitch McConnell's gonna be rolling into the Capitol around 3 pm to get some Bugles out of the vending machine and crawl off to sleep on a bench.

 

[Bitek]

I don't think the makeup of the House or Senate is going to mean a thing; DC just voted to legalize pot. We're going to see a whole new form of gridlock where Congressman just plain forget to show up to work. Mitch McConnell's gonna be rolling into the Capitol around 3 pm to get some Bugles out of the vending machine and crawl off to sleep on a bench.

Sadly that's still an improvement over his current productivity level.