Ohio and West Virginia act as "shut-off valves" to contain Leftism; we launch offensives in Virginia and Pennsylvania as well, but focus on securing everything up to Ohio.

For 2018?

It's a possible move, stealing that seat in MN could be a tough move though. The MI seat has been projected more blue for whatever reason, I think it could go.

PA should be paid more attention to, and I think Maine could be an underrated possibility for a seat.

Trump definitely needs to help with MN.

The candidate field is way too crowded in the special election and almost totally barren in the regular election.

This all assumes, of course, we reach a similar environment to what we achieved in 2016, which is not a piece of cake.

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 @FLanon I wonder if he won PA by even LARGER margins

Keep in mind this map actually wins the Senate outright.

We can ban abortion after 20 weeks with this map.

becuase if my suspicions about voter fraud in PA-18 are true, it's possible there was huge fraud in 2016 as well, but Trump just managed to win regardless

didn't the Michigan recount prove that Trump won with an even LARGER amount ?

how could that be?

RedStorm, the Michigan recount increased his lead by like 10.

@Deleted User that's possible, the voter ID laws over there are garbage

Recounts are pretty much BS even though we do need them in PA-18.

Michigan was pretty much unriggable, though

They don't actually detect things like voter fraud; they just recount the ballots.

It's like when I recount the posts on my forum

and they always come out wrong

no matter what

I actually have a hard number of how many DB entries exist for forum posts

and it's never the same as the post count

@FLanon I got a present for you

read this

Not the same but you get it

https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X

anyone else here is free to downlaod that as well

They don't get rid of the dead men voting or anything.

it's one of the best books in the world out there on how to influence people

I think I've saved that one to ebooks before

also

Thanks for the free reads

yeah. I'll put some time into it during my free time, although I'm more fond of hard copies

Michigan was riggable and it was actually leaked.

They were actually rigging it.

was it?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/epubreader/

^epub reader

Even though it was a Republican-governed state, they were able to do shit like give illegal immigrants corporate IDs and then use those to vote

And this is why we need voter id’s

We need STRICT voter ID.

Government-issued, citizenship required.

@Nuke yeah we need to invest as much as possible in securing the elections

Courts were actually abusing their power to rule this unconstitutional in many jurisdictions.

@GermanEastAfrica by the way, how was your time in the lefty discords?

sort of missed a letter in 'German', it spells out 'Germa'

I nearly got into the mother of all socialist discord’s but I got banned because the mods were ADHD and banned me because I did my have the link right away.

good efforts though

dm me if there was anything in particular about that you wanted to share

And no dice on the one that tried to infiltrate us. The customs just didn’t do anything.

I nor any other people could get in.

Ah well

I did make the joke with Reptile that we should start our own clothing brand based off the server.

Or rather merchandise based off the server.

Yeah, Red Storm merch!

@FLanon

GO GO BOLSONARO

Leading in the first and second rounds atm

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https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Congress/comments/85mo1g/illinois_primaries_march_20_2018/

US House of Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Lee Tilman II

This is a safe democrat seat held by Bobby Rush (D) and covers a good chunk of the South Side of Chicago and extends into the southwest burbs. It is a predominantly black district, with 51.3% of the population black.

District 2

There are three Republicans running for this seat.

Patrick Harmon
David Merkle
John Marrow
This is another safe Democrat seat on the south side of Chicago and extending along the state line of Indiana down to Kankakee. Robin Kelly (D) is the incumbent.

District 3

This is a safe (D) race and I will not give text to the only (R) on the ballot since he is a self described holocaust denier. Here is the Open Letter the Republicans from Illinois wrote to him.

District 4

Mark Wayne Lorch
This is another safe (D) seat that Luis Gutierrez is giving up. It encompasses a very large Hispanic population in Chicago, on the near west sides, at 71.8%. It is also listed as one of the top ten most contorted congressional districts in the nation due to redistricting.

District 5

Tom Hanson
Another safe (D) district with incumbent Mike Quigley (D) running a somewhat contested primary on the D side of things. It is in the mostly white part of Chicago, the north and west sides encircling the 4th District. The only good news is that if Rob Sherman (G) who used to run as a (D) gets enough votes in the general to peel off votes from Quigley to give Hanson a shot. But it is a long shot.

District 6

Peter Roskam
This is a lean to likely Republican seat and Peter Roskam is a power house for the Illinois Republican Party. He was in the rumors to be Speaker of the House when Ryan took it. Reps decided to run unopposed on this one so that they can focus energy on the general. Hillary won this district in 2016. The dems have targeted this one as a key district to pick up and have fielded some of their best candidates they could in Illinois. This one will need to be active to keep in 2018.

District 7

Craig Cameron
Jeffrey Leef
This seat is currently held by Danny Davis (D). He has voted no on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 36), Kate's Law (HR3004), No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (HR 3003) and the repeal of ObamaCare (HR 1628). He is the definition of a toe the line democrat having come up through the Chicago political machine. This is listed as a safe (D) seat. Leef has the endorsement of the Chicago Sun-Times fwiw.

District 8

Jitendra Diganvker
This is the seat that was redrawn just to get Tammy Duckworth into congress. It is the same district that Joe Walsh was in prior to the redistricting. It is currently held by Raja Krishnamoorthi and is an example of RINO republicans trying to play identity politics like the dems do. Since the redistricting, it has gone to the dems from 9%-16%. Reps have struggled to take this one back, but it is still listed as lean democrat and could be on the table for a contested race in November.

District 9

John Elleson
Max Rice
Sargis Sangari
D. Vincent Thomas Jr.
This seat is currently held by Jan Schakowsky (D), the wife of the infamous democratic political operative and convicted felon, Robert Creamer. This is an example of the mind numbing politics that is Illinois, as a good chunk of this district contains the most Republican in the greater Chicago area. Thomas has won the endorsements of local papers, but Elleson has the support of the National Republican party. Elleson is a supporter of term limits. He is also the most MAGA candidate on the ballot (read his answers to the Ballotpedia survey.

District 10

Doug Bennett
Sapan Shah
Jeremy Wynes
Another district that fell victim to the dem redistricting that occurred in 2012. It used to be a swing district that former Senator Mark Kirk (RINO) won many times as a congressman, but has switched back and forth between Dold (RINO) and Schneider (D), who holds it now. The Republicans have put up some candidates this time around, including Dr. Shah, who is from the Libertyville area, Jeremy Wynes from Highland Park (pro-choice, pro gay marriage, fiscal conservative who doesn't agree with President Trump on immigration or trade policies), and Doug Bennett, who is the most MAGA candidate in this race. Shah has had a lot of TV ads in this market and will be hard to beat though.

District 11

Nick Stella
Constant "Connor" Vlakancic
This seat, in the Chicago west collar county suburbs has gone for Bill Foster (D) since the redistricting of 2012.

This seat changed hands a lot, with a new rep in there every 2 years since Ray LaHood left, being a rare republican tapped by Obama to head up the US Dept. of Transportation. Bill Foster has made this a safe dem seat, winning around 20% more votes than his republican challengers. Nick Stella is strong on borders, security and seems to be the more stable of the candidates that is running in the primary. Connor Vlakancic is an odd bird, advocating for reforms to redistricting (which could eventually help the republicans since he wants it county based), but also advocates for an alternative graded voting system. Nick Stella has the best chance, albeit slim, to beat Bill Foster in the general.

District 12

Mike Bost - Incumbent
Preston Nelson
This district makes up the southern tip of Illinois all the way north to East St. Louis. It is a swing district, going for both Democrat and Republican candidates. It usually goes for the incumbent, but has had some upsets, including the one that Mike Bost won in 2014 on a strong border, America First platform against an embattled William Enyart, whose wife collected on three taxpayer pension funds, and lost his race due to his support of the DREAMers. Preston Nelson, a 27yo former international model and current network service technician. He is a Libertarian for Republican Nomination, campaigning on anti-war for most of his platform, but is strong on pro-life issues and is pro-legalization of drugs, which is counter to POTUS. He is also pro Audit the Fed, and ending the Fed, and against Civil Asset Forfeiture. If he wasn't running against the incumbent, he would be a great candidate in a swing district. Mike Bost has a proven track record of supporting President Trump and is the pro-MAGA candidate here.

District 13

Rodney Davis - Incumbent)
Running unopposed.

District 14

Randy Hultgren - Incumbent
Running unopposed.

District 15

John Shimkus - Incumbent
Running unopposed.

District 16

Adam Kinzinger - Incumbent
James Marter
The 16th is a strong Republican ring around the purple that surrounds Chicago. Adam Kinzinger has held this seat since the redistricting put him in it. He has been somewhat of a RINO though, even though he doesn't need to, winning his district unopposed by the dems the last go round and with over 40% margins the previous cycle. James Marter is a very pro-Trump MAGA candidate with strong creds on border, jobs, pro-life and 2A positions. He has picked up some key conservative endorsements and Tea Party backing. James Marter is the preferred MAGA candidate, but has an uphill battle against Adam Kinzinger.

District 17

Bill Fawell
Running unopposed.

District 18

Darin LaHood - Incumbent
Donald Rients
In a district that makes up the middle and western parts of the state, it is a strong Republican seat that is considered safe. Darin LaHood has been a never Trumper in the past and Donald Rients is a solid conservative that will not play the RINO game that Darin and his father, Ray LaHood have been known to play. Although it is an uphill battle to unseat and entrenched machine Republican who will get help from the dems should he be faltering during a primary, Donald Rients is the preferred pro-MAGA candidate in this race.

Overall how is our chances looking for this state?

@GermanEastAfrica there isn't even a senate race, but it seems a lot of people on the right don't like Rauner, and I highly doubt the left would vote for him, so I'm sure he's a goner

(losing him isn't even a loss)

https://twitter.com/RepLeeZeldin/status/976091841337675777

Well, now the fun begins

@everyone

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/illinois/?lo=ap_f1

alrright

Remind us at 7 Chicago time

(CST)

6 District seems really important

can't wait to see what other shenanigans will come this time around

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SAY IT WITH ME

GOVERNOR JEB BUSH
REPRESENTATIVE DREW MILLER (L)

*emperor jeb bush

voice channel tonight or this one,?

hecc yeah

*Global Emperor Jeb Bush

So are we doing voice chat?

@FLanon

later tonight, yeah

No.

God-Emperor of the universe, Jeb Bush.

Ohio fags, vote Mike Gibbons for US Senate.

Jim Renacci is a democrat and there is recordings of him saying that.

Polls show Gibbons would have a better shot

Does he?

Interesting

As long as we beat ShartInMart Brown

We have been being raided by Antifa

Report their profiles.

Discord will ban their ass.

we have

sorta

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We got one of our guys to infiltrate one of the servers

He shut down a server of 1500 people

I love how it says "1488 members" 😆

<:jeb:422443179887820810>

I took the picture when it happened

<:smugpepe:422445820034416648>

We need people from North Dakota and Mississippi

I do want to move to ND, not going to lie.

why's that?

Colder than Ohio, it is up and coming, and it is a solid red state.

ah, I see. why is colder a reason tho?

more snow?

I love this state though.

If we can get Brown out of Office and keep the Governor’s Office Red, this state will be a whole lot better

That and ND gets winds from North.

I hope DeWine wins, I hate the fact Dennis Kucinich has to go all Bernie Sanders in order to attempt to win. Even then he still firmly denies that the city of Cleveland went bankrupt under him.

But if Kucinich gets the Democratic nomination, will he turn away the older Democrats?

Do you know anything on Sherrod Brown, Richard Coroday, or any other Democrats?

Sherrod Brown is great friends with Sanders and the Democrats hate him. Sherrod Brown has also been in one form of public office since 1975.

I knew the second thing

I don't know much on Coroday, but given his attachment to the Strickland administration, he has already ruined his reputation.

Did you know that Brown Funded PIPA?

I did not.

I’ve heard there are people that think he would become a good presidential candidate

I can see him trying to run in 2020.

So long as does not lose this election.

Alright

But it would be great just to see him lose.

I am tired of his shit.

He blocked Gorsuch's nomination because he forgot the Biden Rule of Senate.

It would be funny

Gibbons is also smart in that he has not given up campaigning. He showed up to a gun rally in Columbus.

He is also going into the backwater counties of Ohio and campaigning there.

Whereas Renacci is going to the more populated areas when he does campaign.

Thanks for the input

We may get behind him

I didn’t know much about Gibbons until now

Trump didn’t support him

Well, Trump didn't support Moore, but he won the nomination anyway

Yeah

@Rhodesiaboo Trump hasn't endorsed anyone in the primaries. Renacci just says that because he wants more legitimacy.

Trump only endorses when he has to.

And when it's a primary, he really only endorses when there's like, an agreement in DC.

Ok

I can already imagine Brown’s Campaign ads

“Donald Trump is a racist mean bigot”
“He wants to ban all Mexicans”
“ He wants to Destroy Ohio’s Economy”
“ And he does not recognize the 76 genders”
“ [insert Republican Candidate] will defend Trump for this”
“ and he will help Trump push his racist Agenda”
“ But Sherrod Brown will stop this”
“ He will make sure Ohio has more jobs”
“ He will defend all Mexicans”
“ and he will recognize all 76 genders”
“ Vote for Brown, because he’s not a racist bigot”
“ this message has been paid for by the campaign to re-elect Sherrod Brown”

alright, I'll be in the VC

Spot on @Rhodesiaboo

30 minutes, everyone!

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/illinois/?lo=ap_f1

@here The voice chat is starting, if you wish to join, do so

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@Rhodesiaboo Make those into fakeads.

Anyone use this?

I can't figure out how to make it work with my Bluetooth headphones

So who are we rooting for? Ives or Rauner

Ives

she's under atm

Do you think she can win in November? Honestly that is all I care about

probably not, but she'd have a better chance than rauner and is less cucked

my prediction was correct

Is she a "progressive"

IE: give free shit to niggers and spics

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/379359-pennsylvania-gop-moves-to-oust-judges-over-gerrymandering-decision

What does your map represent

primaries

What does green and red supposed to represbt

Sandahs = green

green is bernie, red is clinton

The south is expected cuz of nogs

Good news?

<@&414861628769697822>

no

we want ives to get in

unfortunate

Why ives?

Rauner has a very low approval rating, and is also more cucked

is he one of those anti trumpers

He broke all of his campaign promises, so he is less electable and more cucked than Ives would be

I see

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379439-holocaust-denier-wins-gop-nomination-in-heavily-democratic-seat

!!!!

I wish they had like

A more distinctive color for Ives

So it doesn't look like it's not reported

for me it does

on my screen she has like a bright yellow

Link me FLanon

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/elections/results-illinois-primary-elections.html

she went down yep

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wtf

Sabato rates it a tossup.

Trump won here by +10 points,
as well as the incumbent, Bost
yet the Dem votes outweigh the GOP votes
This is bad

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

We're being destroyed in this primary, both gubernatorial and House-wise.

Wait what happened.

Did we lose another seat?

we can't, it's a primary

yes,

but,

the Dem votes outnumber the GOP votes

I was worried we lost another seat.

And how do they outnumber us in votes.

we will

based on these votes,

we're losing TX-23 and IL-12

Fellas, is there any hope left for us? Should I get my passport ready?

WE'RE LOSING EVERYTHING

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

<:pinkwojak:422439817528344577> <:pinkwojak:422439817528344577> <:pinkwojak:422439817528344577>

When did this happen? How do they outnumber us? God damn it is this because of Hogg and Maryland? Is this because of muh blumpf? Why the hell happened?

RURAL AND SUBURBAN RETARDS

Don't panic about it.

BENIGHTED HICKS

RUBES AND REDNECKS

Are you pulling my leg Button Mash? You’re sounding a lot like a shill on /pol

srsly tho,

the Dems are winning in IL-12

Why do we care

Illinois is a blue state

IL-12 was red

it's a loss

Wake-up call for Bost to start working harder.

indeed

Oh god I’m seeing the smug liberals now. I can see Samantha Bee staring into my soul.

so far:

TX-23

IL-12

maybe IL-6 too