Local Elections

[archibaldcrane]

875k ballots cast in Minnesota, 950k in Wisconsin (21%).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile..../idUSKBN1L00EU


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[Salodin]

Record turnouts, still not even a 3rd of the eligible voters participated. This fucking democracy...

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[Byrthnoth]

There is a rationale in not showing up for a primary (intraparty decisions) but showing up for general (interparty decisions.)

I am actually a bit surprised that so many people showed up for primaries. Everyone is interpretting it as November enthusiasm and I think that is likely right, but has anyone done a votes/contested primaries analysis?

[6souls]

MN Primary Results - https://elections.mpr.org/2018-primary/

Minnesota had the highest statewide primary turnout since 1994.

875k ballots cast in Minnesota, 950k in Wisconsin (21%).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile..../idUSKBN1L00EU

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https://twitter.com/MNSteveSimon/sta...59256172666881

902k ballots cast in MN, the highest number of people since 1982.

[6souls]

http://www.inforum.com/news/governme...didate-johnson

Trump has endorsed Jeff Johnson for MN Gov.

"Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, Aug. 15, the day after Minnesota's primary election: 'Jeff Johnson of Minnesota had a big night in winning the Republican nomination for Governor against a very strong and well known opponent! Thanks for all of the support you showed me. You have my complete and total Endorsement. You will win in November!' Trump has not been involved in the governor's race, as he has been with the GOP campaign of Pete Stauber in northeastern Minnesota's 8th Congressional District."

[6souls]

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/0...-2018-politics

Even if predicting the outcome is unclear, one thing is not: Voters are fired up. By the end of business early Wednesday morning, more than 902,000 Minnesotans turned out to vote in the governor's race, the highest level since the mid 1990s.

For some perspective, in 2010, the last time there was an open governor's seat, about 16 percent of registered voters showed up for primaries, including 443,137 who voted in the Democratic race and 130,408 who voted for Republicans.

The numbers this time was 582k Dem & 320k Rep.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/1...ary-elections/

The total turnout was the highest in a state primary election since 1982, and the second highest going back to 1950. A record number of Minnesotans had cast absentee ballots and early votes prior to Tuesday’s elections, including about 14,000 in Ramsey County and nearly 15,000 in Minneapolis.

Turnout in the Twin Cities also was high on Tuesday — more than 93,500 voters cast ballots in Minneapolis, while nearly 99,800 had voted in Ramsey County (Saint Paul+ Burbs) with all but one precinct reporting.

The previous high for primary election turnout in Ramsey County was in 2010, Mansky said, when 70,000 residents voted and 4,000 cast absentee ballots. County voters eclipsed both of those totals this year.

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/MNSteveSimon/sta...59256172666881

902k ballots cast in MN, the highest number of people since 1982.

Statewide, more than 537,000 Democratic votes were cast in the eight-way gubernatorial primary won by state schools Superintendent Tony Evers, according to returns reported by The Associated Press.

More than 456,000 Republican votes were cast in the suspenseless GOP contest for governor, which incumbent Scott Walker won with 92% of the party vote.

Tuesday’s primary did set a record for total votes cast for both parties — more than 990,000.

Dane, the state’s second biggest and fastest-growing county, generated more than 104,000 Democratic votes for governor, far higher than its previous record for governor or senator of 74,389 votes in the 2002 gubernatorial primary.

Dane County (where Madison is) accounted for about one-fifth of the Democratic vote Tuesday, which is unprecedented in a contested major primary of any kind.

The sky-high turnout in Dane occurred even though the 2018 primary for governor was a low-spending affair with relatively low-profile candidates and could be another sign that the county is likely to turn out in droves this fall against Walker.

On the other side, turnout in the state’s top GOP county, Waukesha, fell well short of a record.

Walker is in big trouble if this means anything at all.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...ion/996379002/

[Cail]

Trump endorsed the Republican nominee for CT governor as well

[6souls]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...r-evers-779285

Walker's election campaign - high democratic voter turnout won't equal a win.

The first day in what could be one of the most competitive governor’s races in the nation saw Gov. Scott Walker and his newly minted general-election opponent, Tony Evers, crisscrossing the state, dropping major ad buys — and already taking off the gloves. … Democrats pointed to higher turnout by their party across the state than by Republicans, saying it showed voter enthusiasm and a craving for change. Wisconsin Republicans, though, highlighted turnout in the 2016 primary, saying more Democratic numbers, in the end, didn’t translate to general-election wins.

[BaneTheBrawler]

"sure you might get more votes but we gerrymandered the hell out of the state so suck it"

[Fiye]

Can't gerrymander the gubernatorial election tho.

[BaneTheBrawler]

thats what you think

[6souls]

DFL Officially Endorses Ellison for AG with 82% of a Vote
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/0...torney-general

[6souls]

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/0...climate-change
https://www.tpt.org/almanac/video/je...debate-0e9hhf/

The Republican candidate for MN Governor Jeff Johnson believes in Climate Change, but won't deal with because it's a lost cause.

There is a consensus that the plans are out there to deal with climate change somehow aren't going to change anything in the long run. They just won't make a difference. Even if we do it on a nationwide scale, but if we do it on a statewide scale, even less so.

[Byrthnoth]

That's a very new tact

[zoobernut]

I think that is the next obvious evolution of the argument. Deny something as much as you can until it becomes undeniable then at that point say "well it has gone too far now nothing we can do about it so why worry?" I can't imagine any other tactic.

[archibaldcrane]

Or "the US is only 1/6th of global emissions - even if we got that to zero the rest of the countries are still going to cook the planet"

(which is true tbh)

[Andalusian girls]

if only there were some kind of global effort attempting to deal with climate change, a protocol or an agreement if you will.

[archibaldcrane]

Diplomacy? In my White House?

It's less likely than you think.

[Fiye]

If only that agreement has some sort of enforcement mechanism