2018 Midterms: Gerrymandering to Victory b/w Blue Wave, Red Pill

[Salodin]

Isn't that considerably less impressive when you consider the difference in voting population between '74 and now.

Sure, as a percentage it's not as impressive as 74, but 8.8million bodies is fucking huge enough of a number to be impressive its own.

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[archibaldcrane]

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news...demy-avoid-in/

Likely future US Senator from Mississippi Cindy Hyde-Smith attended a "segregation academy" for high school in the 70s, and then sent her daughter to one as well.

This is the woman who, in expressing how close she was with a supporter, told a crowd "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row!"

Her opponent, Mike Espy, is trying to become the first black Senator from the deep south since Reconstruction.

The runoff election between the two is Tuesday.

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[chazzyphizzle]

im sure she will win by about 4 points and we will fellate ourselves over how close a black democrat came to winning in MS

[Fiye]

im sure she will win by about 4 points and we will fellate ourselves over how close a black democrat came to winning in MS

Eh, this could be a Doug Jones situation. I wouldn't put money anywhere near this tho.

Predictit has the racist chick at 90% https://www.predictit.org/markets/de...in-Mississippi

[archibaldcrane]

Sure, as a percentage it's not as impressive as 74, but 8.8million bodies is fucking huge enough of a number to be impressive its own.

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Over 9M now, 8.0% and still climbing.

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/statu...160706048?s=19

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[Salodin]

Amazing.

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[archibaldcrane]

The really amazing thing is that more Republican votes were cast this year than in the 2014 midterm where Republicans did very well...but Dem turnout was so high to obliterate that.

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[Tyrath]

Now hopefully we can keep it going in 2020 and beyond

[Salodin]

Now hopefully we can keep it going in 2020 and beyond

Much easier to do this in opposition to this president than in collaboration with Hillary unfortunately...I hope...

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[Gredival]

Much easier to do this in opposition to this president than in collaboration with Hillary unfortunately...I hope...

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I think part of it is the realization "Oh shit, it really can get worse and it really does matter that we vote against him."

[Salodin]

Cant lie, saw that thought at university so much in 2016. Nobody thinks their vote mattered cause Obama sung lullabies to us at night, and then Hillary lost and they were like "eh they're all the same anyways", and then Trump started doin crazy things and finally they're just now getting the hint...

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[Gredival]

Plus a couple hundred thousand angry teenagers reaching voting age after being shot at in schools and seeing the GOP respond with "There's nothing we can do about it" because of the NRA.

The Republicans really did everything in their power to feed the whole "Rich white guys that don't care about you" image.

[archibaldcrane]

18-29 year olds had both record turnout and voted Democratic by a record margin this year.

[kuronosan]

It didn't help that Trump openly hates "losers" and will throw his own party under the bus if it means getting someone to lick his boot for a seat.

Many of his supporters really are starting to see just how little he cares beyond loyalty.

[Fiye]

I'll believe that when some of the bootlickers who pop in this forum occasionally disown that shit.

There are locales that realize it but it kinda takes them losing their entire house for some margin of sense to hit them.

[Fiye]

https://twitter.com/RepBetoORourke/s...85305393373184

Beto is gonna run for president lmao fuck this.

[Zealot]

That is a shitload of "I'm not gonna vote for you now" responses.

[archibaldcrane]

Cox takes the lead

https://twitter.com/CATargetBot/stat...779753472?s=19

Mark it 40 dude

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[Cail]

When is the MS runoff?

[archibaldcrane]

Tomorrow

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