not as bad this time

https://themissouritimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DKcLZhEV4AETIMZ-150x150.jpg

beating this Republican

a +18 swing to Dems

http://enr.sos.mo.gov/default.aspx

what website are you using

http://enr.sos.mo.gov/

so 144 isn't finished yet

super close

you're referring to 129 ?

leave it to Shapiro to retweet that

I have a theory,

@Red Storm (in NYC)

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

Jeeeeeesus....

**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) 

>(Republican) Jeremy Munson 


>Minnesota State Senate District 54 (Special Election) 
>(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.

Like I'm saying, poster campagins are a good way of alleviating this.