2022 elections thread

[92tide]

I had someone post on Facebook they voted to "restore sanity". They live in Alabama. Should I tell them not one single race was in doubt and the results didn't change the balance of power one iota? Or just let them revel in their virtue signaling?

lots of georgia republicans run on taking back the state from those people. it apparently sells

 

[92tide]

totally not a gop/trumper, but ...

Joe Rogan slammed for red wave prediction as midterm results become clear

The outspoken podcast host incorrectly predicted the Republican Party would score a sweeping victory in Tuesday's elections.

www.newsweek.com

 

[92tide]

fwiw

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590495953144139776

UPDATE: Democrat Adam Frisch is poised to upset Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in CO-3, based on a 9NEWS analysis of remaining ballots, which are largely in counties where Frisch holds strong leads. #copolitics

 

[92tide]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590510394078277632

NEW: Republican Barb Kirkmeyer concedes to Democrat Yadira Caraveo in newly-created Colorado's 8th Congressional District. #copolitics

 

[TexasBama]

fwiw

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590495953144139776

Not yet

 

[92tide]

Not yet

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fwiw, from that same thread. it would be nice to see this idiot lose

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590495954905731072

The Boebert-Frisch race is tied 50-50% but the bulk of ballots yet to be counted, per AP, are in Pitkin County (80% counted, currently Frisch +58, not a typo), Pueblo County (91.6% counted, currently Frisch +9.6), and Garfield County (90% counted, currently Frisch +13.6).

 

[92tide]

more from colorado

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590517681228505088

#BREAKING: Colorado is poised to become the second U.S. state to legalize medicinal #psychedelics. opposition conceded, stating "I don’t see a path to victory at this point." AP has yet to call the race. https://denverpost.com/2022/11/08/colorado-results-prop-122-legalizing-psilocybin-psilocin-mushrooms/

 

[92tide]

georgia did a pretty good job this election

Opinion: Election system won a victory, too

Even as the final votes were still being counted, the election screens have gone dark on yet another election in Georgia.

www.ajc.com

That’s a testament to the hard work of election workers from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office down to staffers at local voting precincts who did their jobs well during a trying time.

Such basic competence by government is among the best vaccines against too-widespread beliefs of significant voting fraud and other election-related problems that have polluted America’s civic environment in recent years.

As Americans and Georgians, we may not like the outcome of elections at times. In truth, we won’t.

But we should believe that the process is fair and secure. And that final election tallies are accurate records of voter choices.

That reflects a free nation and state functioning as they should when it comes to political choices.

 

[AUDub]

totally not a gop/trumper, but ...

Joe Rogan slammed for red wave prediction as midterm results become clear

The outspoken podcast host incorrectly predicted the Republican Party would score a sweeping victory in Tuesday's elections.

www.newsweek.com

Far be it from me to defend Rogan, but I think he fell into a narrative a lot of folks did.

What I hate most here is what Newsweek has become: "Rogan SLAMMED!" *article based around a tweet from some rando and a thread on reddit*

 

[AUDub]

fwiw, from that same thread. it would be nice to see this idiot lose

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590495954905731072

Not inhaling the hopium until the initial count is certified here lol.

 

[92tide]

Far be it from me to defend Rogan, but I think he fell into a narrative a lot of folks did.

What I hate most here is what Newsweek has become: "Rogan SLAMMED!" *article based around a tweet from some rando and a thread on reddit*

they did reach out to rogan for comment so it wasn't a complete hack job

 

[81usaf92]

Oz

 

[Bamaro]

I had someone post on Facebook they voted to "restore sanity". They live in Alabama. Should I tell them not one single race was in doubt and the results didn't change the balance of power one iota? Or just let them revel in their virtue signaling?

Facts will not mean anything to them.

 

[jthomas666]

georgia did a pretty good job this election

Opinion: Election system won a victory, too

Even as the final votes were still being counted, the election screens have gone dark on yet another election in Georgia.

www.ajc.com

I really like Georgia's voting system. The voter suppression, not so much.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Have all the falsely challenged voters in GA been cleared and counted? I wouldn't celebrate a state that openly use GOP lead suppression tatics to try and rig an election in broad daylight.

 

[Its On A Slab]

totally not a gop/trumper, but ...

Joe Rogan slammed for red wave prediction as midterm results become clear

The outspoken podcast host incorrectly predicted the Republican Party would score a sweeping victory in Tuesday's elections.

www.newsweek.com

But he certainly served up a heaping load of ivermectin b.s.

 

[Its On A Slab]

I really like Georgia's voting system. The voter suppression, not so much.

I have never understood having runoffs in general elections. Primaries, I do understand.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I'm not sure it makes much since in a primary. If you get more votes, you should win. Why require a certain percentage to be reached? Does GA allow write-ins for the runoff? If so, what happens if no one hits 50% again?

 

[twofbyc]

I had someone post on Facebook they voted to "restore sanity". They live in Alabama. Should I tell them not one single race was in doubt and the results didn't change the balance of power one iota? Or just let them revel in their virtue signaling?

Can’t restore what you never had, and the Morons of Monkeytown haven’t had any for decades. Not much state wide either.

 

[twofbyc]

Ron Johnson won. I hate cheese.

From the state that gave us Scott Walker? Not surprised. If this had been a Presidential election, maybe he would have lost; I know in the great state of Alabama (blue font), there was only about a 38% turnout of eligible voters. Doing nothing changes nothing.