Key US election results
Key US election results
The battle for control of the Virginia legislature is still hanging in the balance, but the first round of returns from Tuesday’s off-year elections delivered one clear message: abortion rights are popular, no matter when or where they are on the ballot.
Good News. Kentucky re-elected Democratic governor. Virginia flipped house of delegates to Democrats, gaining complete control of state legislature.
Kentucky shows is that even in red states, Democrats have the numbers. This shows how critical showing up and voting is.
GOP/Republicans bad for climate change. They deny it, say it isn't humans, etc. Democrats at least acknowledge we need to do something.
For those outside the US, we have first past the post voting, which inevitably leads to two political parties.
State governments hold a lot of power. They are almost completely over sovereign with certain restrictions and reservations of power by our federal government.
GOP (aka Republicans) = Right to far right. I.e. libertarian, fascist, conservative, Christian nationalist.
Democrat = center right to far left. I.e. conservative, progressive, socialist, neoliberal
Democrats have greater numbers by a good margin, but have lower voter turnout and are disenfranchised electorial due to gerrymandering.
All these shitty news organizations keep relating these dem wins to Biden’s popularity as president. He’s milquetoast trash running against biohazardous dumpster fires. The only confidence he inspires is that he’s not a Republican which is bleak.
We all desperately want younger and progressive candidates.
I understand the sentiment but I cannot recall a presidential term that has had as many policies that have helped me in particular and just a bit came from congress.
I yep. I vote more against GOP candidates than for any given dem. candidate.
I don’t think it has much to do with him. News organizations have to fill the time with something. They are always pondering these potential associations.
I bet Trump earned the democrats more votes this year than Biden did. “Not a Republican” can carry a lot of weight when we’re talking about biohazardous dumpster fires versus regular politicians.
You’re right in that his only winning strategy is that he’s not Trump which is a bleak perspective on our political landscape. I’m not inspired to vote for someone, I’m chored with voting against someone else which is mega lame.
Big media outlets are profit driven and I think them trying to fill that time with connections to Biden hurt all of us in a big picture sense, because the president can make things worse but the executive branch is not where real change comes from. It comes from the legislative branch. Outlets tying these races to the president are driving populist candidates into the zeitgeist, which is horrible.
“The losing will only end for Republicans if we rid ourselves of Donald Trump,” Christie tweeted in a preview of his message to primary voters Wednesday night during the third GOP presidential debate. “Trump – loser in ‘18, ‘20, ‘21, ‘22 and now ‘23.”
Trump will likely take a different view of the matter . . .
lol
Republicans are in the "find out" phase
In the bad news part of the election: Texas passed the energy prop that incentives fossil fuels