2022 elections thread

[TexasBama]

Palin goes down in AK special election. Alaska is using a new ranked choice system


“In the general election, which is slated for November, the state will also use ranked choice voting, where the candidate to receive more than 50 percent of the vote prevails in the election.

But if no one gets more than half of the votes, the candidate with the fewest votes gets knocked out and any voters who chose that eliminated candidate as their first pick has their second choice votes applied to the applicable candidates. The process continues until one candidate receives more than half of the votes.”

Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska special election

Former Alaska state Rep. Mary Peltola (D) was projected to defeat former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to win the special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young’s (R-Alas…

thehill.com

The first Democrat elected to this position in 50 years

 

[92tide]

I believe you're right. Still a nice takedown, though. I hope we see more of that in this year's debates.

we will.

 

[Tug Tide]

In reference to the AK Special Election

Arkansas Senator’s Election Rigging Claim Dissolves on Contact With Sanity

Tom Cotton went viral with a dubious claim about the election lost by Sarah Palin.

www.thedailybeast.com

Critics online pointed out that while 60 percent of voters chose a Republican, they didn’t choose the same candidate, and so many were worried about Palin’s potential election that they opted for a Democrat instead.

 

[Crimson1967]

Peltola finished fourth in the primary. (Santa Claus was sixth). A Democrat running as an Independent was third but dropped out before the general election.

Peltola had a plurality in the runoff and Palin was second. But Palin didn't have enough second place votes from the third place guy to win.

Ranked choice will select someone a majority either support or can at least live with. If Minnesota had ranked choice and a moderate Republican unseated Omar, think the fake Ranger would complain?

 

[Its On A Slab]

Peltola finished fourth in the primary. (Santa Claus was sixth). A Democrat running as an Independent was third but dropped out before the general election.

Peltola had a plurality in the runoff and Palin was second. But Palin didn't have enough second place votes from the third place guy to win.

Ranked choice will select someone a majority either support or can at least live with. If Minnesota had ranked choice and a moderate Republican unseated Omar, think the fake Ranger would complain?

Except for the fact that there aren't any "moderate" Republicans. Take one look at Omar's November GOP opponent's web site, and I see Omar being portrayed as a dangerous terrorist. Grey skies, scary scary hijab.

 

[Its On A Slab]

I hope last night's special election results in Alaska is the continuation of a trend: Republicans showing up and showing responsibility.

It is obvious that there were sizable numbers of Republicans who pulled the lever for Biden because they they wanted Trump gone. What they need to start doing is running candidates who love their country, who want to work with those across the aisle to fix problems in this country, who aren't in 24/7 anger mode.

 

[Crimson1967]

Except for the fact that there aren't any "moderate" Republicans. Take one look at Omar's November GOP opponent's web site, and I see Omar being portrayed as a dangerous terrorist. Grey skies, scary scary hijab.

But if Minnesota used the Alaska system, a moderate could get into the top four of the jungle primary and then have a good shot in November.

Peltola and Palin will be running again for a full term in November. The other two are a Libertarian and Nick Begich. Begich finished third Tuesday. He is a Republican and the son of the Congressman who served as a Democrat and died in a plane crash in 1972.

 

[Its On A Slab]

But if Minnesota used the Alaska system, a moderate could get into the top four of the jungle primary and then have a good shot in November.

Peltola and Palin will be running again for a full term in November. The other two are a Libertarian and Nick Begich. Begich finished third Tuesday. He is a Republican and the son of the Congressman who served as a Democrat and died in a plane crash in 1972.

There are plenty of places in America where decent Republicans, true conservatives, can win.

Unfortunately, the MAGA areas are almost to be written off. That mindset has always been there. Trump just gave them a voice.

 

[92tide]

here is part of a nice interview with stacey abrams about her thoughts on rural georgia

Stacey Abrams does an interview with TIGC. It was pretty long. Here’s Chapter One.

A couple of months ago, I began tracking the approach our gubernatorial candidates – incumbent Republican Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams – were taking toward rural Georgia and i…

troubleingodscountry.com

 

[Tug Tide]

60 Percent Of Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall

FiveThirtyEight reached out to every single Republican nominee for House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general in 2022 to determine whether they accepted or denied the results of the 2020 election.

projects.fivethirtyeight.com

“There are a lot of election deniers on the ballot. Out of 540 total Republican nominees running for office, we found 199 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election. These candidates either clearly stated that the election was stolen from Trump or took legal action to overturn the results, such as voting not to certify election results or joining lawsuits that sought to overturn the election.”

 

[Tug Tide]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1583900762903842817

Virginia directs 60,000 voters to wrong polling place for midterms

 

[seebell]

Feeling lonely? Want emails, text messages and letters from people who care about you? Donate to a politician using your real email, address and phone number.

I'm getting almost 100 a day. I feel loved. I messed up.

 

[AWRTR]

Feeling lonely? Want emails, text messages and letters from people who care about you? Donate to a politician using your real email, address and phone number.

I'm getting almost 100 a day. I feel loved. I messed up.

Someone gave a fake phone number to a politician. The joke was on me because the fake phone number was mine. I had to block the number. It was wild.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I've never in my life gotten called by the pollsters.

I got called last week.

I hung up.

I'd been waiting all my life to do that.

BTW - it's the same thing here every two years.

Democrats bomb my phone.
Republicans bomb my emails.

Then I go in and (usually) leave the main race blank and - if I vote at all - it's only local. (I DID vote for Biden in 2020 simply to make sure he ran up the numbers in the popular vote. I know that's not how it's done, but it.....well, I'm sorry, I THOUGHT it would result in more pressure on Trump to do the right thing.

I'm wrong once in awhile, too).

 

[92tide]

I've never in my life gotten called by the pollsters.

I got called last week.

I hung up.

I'd been waiting all my life to do that.

BTW - it's the same thing here every two years.

Democrats bomb my phone.
Republicans bomb my emails.

Then I go in and (usually) leave the main race blank and - if I vote at all - it's only local. (I DID vote for Biden in 2020 simply to make sure he ran up the numbers in the popular vote. I know that's not how it's done, but it.....well, I'm sorry, I THOUGHT it would result in more pressure on Trump to do the right thing.

I'm wrong once in awhile, too).

the few times i have been called on any surveys (it’s been a long time) i found it pretty easy to go into pedantic digressions about the survey questions that outlast the surveyor’s patience

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I've never in my life gotten called by the pollsters.

I got called last week.

I hung up.

I'd been waiting all my life to do that.

BTW - it's the same thing here every two years.

Democrats bomb my phone.
Republicans bomb my emails.

Then I go in and (usually) leave the main race blank and - if I vote at all - it's only local. (I DID vote for Biden in 2020 simply to make sure he ran up the numbers in the popular vote. I know that's not how it's done, but it.....well, I'm sorry, I THOUGHT it would result in more pressure on Trump to do the right thing.

I'm wrong once in awhile, too).

I get text messages. I have no idea how I got on their radar.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Btw - this year the text messages think I’m a black voter…….not that there’s anything wrong with that but I’m not going all Rachel Dozeal here, either…..

 

[Crimson1967]

Btw - this year the text messages think I’m a black voter…….not that there’s anything wrong with that but I’m not going all Rachel Dozeal here, either…..

I get those as well. They even think I am female. I texted "stop" a couple times but they keep coming but not too often.

I got a couple texts from a Democrat in Wisconsin asking for support.

 

[Padreruf]

I voted yesterday...Dems did not even run candidates in every race. Good or bad, Repubs own this state, lock, stock and barrel.

 

[seebell]

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