Message from @skankd

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2018-01-07 22:17:13 UTC  

let's not make it a headache to navigate

2018-01-07 22:17:21 UTC  

any ideas on how to structure it?

2018-01-07 22:17:39 UTC  

I'm thinking the first overarching folder should be "2018 Midterms"

2018-01-07 22:19:02 UTC  

then split it into "Congressional" (all memes/info related to congressional races) and "Gubernatorial" (all memes/info related to governor races) and "Democrat" (all memes and info related to the Democratic Party in general) and "Republican" (all memes and info related to the Republican Party)

2018-01-07 22:19:24 UTC  

2018 midterms -> folder for each state -> Congresseional/Gub

2018-01-07 22:19:28 UTC  

and split the Congressional folder into "Senate" and "House"

2018-01-07 22:19:29 UTC  

hmm

2018-01-07 22:19:33 UTC  

sure

2018-01-07 22:19:51 UTC  

I also think we should include general folders for the Democrats and Republicans

2018-01-07 22:20:19 UTC  

I'm not sure what the statistics are, but many people just vote for the person with the preferred letter next to their name without doing much research on the candidates themselves

2018-01-07 22:20:48 UTC  

in a way, it's not just candidate vs candidate (though the qualities of the candidate definitely matter for many voters), it's party vs party

2018-01-07 22:21:14 UTC  

the Democrats have a well-oiled machine when it comes to getting out the vote

2018-01-07 22:21:31 UTC  

they have buses and cars that take voters from low income minority areas to the polls

2018-01-07 22:21:48 UTC  

they probably guide them in filling out everything in the voting process

2018-01-07 22:22:25 UTC  

in the Alabama election, 92% of of Hillary voters turned out for Jones, while less than 50% of Trump voters turned out for Moore

2018-01-07 22:22:58 UTC  

if the Democrats didn't have such an efficient GOTV system, they probably wouldn't have won in Alabama

2018-01-07 22:23:26 UTC  

Yeah, especially now more than ever regarding the party v party

2018-01-07 22:23:54 UTC  

what's interesting is that you can view the numbers as pretty consistent. The amount of people who voted for Hillary compared with the amount of people who voted for Jones is pretty close. Maybe you can treat that as some sort of constant?

2018-01-07 22:25:19 UTC  

in comparison, 71% of Hillary's voter amount went to Ralph Northam (in Virginia)

2018-01-07 22:26:20 UTC  

only 66% of Trump's voter amount went to Gillespie. Seems pretty similar. I think a lot of NoVa (well-to-do white and asian) liberal voters don't need GOTV efforts to vote

2018-01-07 23:38:45 UTC  

Long high level overview of MI US House of Rep elections.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399676530394923010/399708470745497603/Michigan_US_House_of_Representatives_Elections

2018-01-07 23:38:50 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399676530394923010/399708491851235328/Michigan_US_House_of_Reps_Battleground_Areas

2018-01-07 23:38:56 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399676530394923010/399708515058450435/Michigan_US_Senate_Elections

2018-01-07 23:39:09 UTC  

Last two are the important ones

2018-01-07 23:39:14 UTC  

afk a few

2018-01-07 23:39:26 UTC  

what kinds of files are they

2018-01-07 23:39:30 UTC  

I can't open them properly

2018-01-07 23:45:46 UTC  

lame, one sec

2018-01-07 23:45:49 UTC  

they're just txt files

2018-01-07 23:50:53 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399676530394923010/399711524798857218/Michigan_US_House_of_Reps_Battleground_Areas.docx

2018-01-07 23:50:57 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399676530394923010/399711541722611721/Michigan_US_Senate_Elections.docx

2018-01-07 23:51:52 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399676530394923010/399711769016401921/Michigan_House_of_Reps_Overview.docx

2018-01-07 23:54:55 UTC  

Will look at in a little bit. Away right now

2018-01-08 00:05:43 UTC  

also if you need a laugh: https://twitter.com/eponinegarrod?lang=en is running in Michigan's 6th district

2018-01-08 01:32:19 UTC  

2018-01-08 01:32:29 UTC  

hello

2018-01-08 01:32:35 UTC  

Hi

2018-01-08 01:32:48 UTC  

So when are the midterm elections

2018-01-08 01:33:06 UTC  

November 6, 2018

2018-01-08 01:33:10 UTC  

primaries earlier