Message from @Snickers
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the R has won in the other district,
not as bad this time
beating this Republican
a +18 swing to Dems
what website are you using
so 144 isn't finished yet
super close
you're referring to 129 ?
leave it to Shapiro to retweet that
I have a theory,
it's a little whitepilling,
perhaps state legislative elections are not accurate at representing US Congressional elections,
the evidence I'm basing this on is the fact the average shift for state legislative elections have remain unchanged since January,
and from January until now, the congressional generical ballot has shifted from +10 to +6 in that time.
Daily reminder that Clinton is literally the worst candidate that the Democrats had to offer
So it would probably make sense why a district that dramatically voted for Trump in the 201 election went for a moderate Dem to represent their district this year
**53** point shift....
"perhaps state legislative elections are not accurate at representing US Congressional Elections,"
DING DING DING DING
we have a winner
i'm hoping so
we'll wait until March I suppose
MONDAY (Feb. 12, 2018)
>Minnesota State House 23B (Special Election)Â
>(Republican) Jeremy MunsonÂ
>Minnesota State Senate District 54 (Special Election)Â
>(Republican) Denny McNamara
TUESDAY (FEB. 13, 2018)
>Florida State House District 72 Special Election James Buchanan is running
>Georgia State House District 175 (Special Election) John Lahood is running.
>Oklahoma State Senate District 27 (Special Election) Casey Murdock is running
so the GOP did manage to win in District 144 ?
>another 1/5 turnout race
how the fuck do we improve this
an app for Republicans to know when to go to the polls, perhaps?
Tbh I think turnout will be much better when it's an actual midterm
And not a special election
Like when I went to the polls for Louisiana State Treasurer, I asked the poll lady how turnout is as I usually do
And she said I was like the twentieth person to vote.
The fact was that if I weren't like, an ultra-devotee, the kind of guy who wants to do absolutely anything I can to support Trump and the Republican Party right now...
I wouldn't have actually known or cared to vote. In a state where state elections are usually lateterm (2019), why would you think to go to the polls in 2017?
Plus if your public notice system isn't very good there's a very high chance you don't know about the election
So I think a lot of these really small, state-district etc. special elections just might not have enough awareness that they exist to actually be useful.