Message from @FLanon
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let's take the Kentucky seat from a few days ago
Dan Johnson only won because of the bump he got from Trump
it was a very slight margin in 2016
the seat was typically Dem
you're not seeing a shift to blue when it comes to the populace
it's such a ridiculous thing to freak out about, when the seat went further R than Clinton v Trump
you're seeing
1. Lack of Trump being on the ballot
2. Lack of motivation in general rom GOP voters
without contact to a network of boomers nationwide, we can't do too much about this
what the fuck is the point of moping about this anyways?
a 1% shift is like nothing
it's nothing much, but it's not a bad thing, and it's certainly nothing to go full apocalypse over
@FLanon maybe it's a California thing
SWALLOW THE BLACKPILL, WHITEBOI
okay, now, what was the swing in Kentucky, exactly?
today?
yes
28% swing in favor of Democrats
that's more of a worry than a swing in favor of Rs
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the issue is that blue reddit has this network of dedicated voters in these special elections, but we don't have a mass contact with red reddit
if that can be managed, then we can actually make change with these special elections and you can soapbox however you want.
@FLanon another issue is that red reddit is persecuted by the admins
anyway, I wonder if the support for abortion after 5 weeks thing will hurt Lamb in this district
>you're against putting murderers to death therefore you're a hypocrite for not wanting to murder what you see as infants
red reddit is quarantined in t_d, I doubt we'll get good support in r/politics or something like that
anything else, like alt right subreddits and all that usually end up getting shut down which is unfortunate
Its not a leftwing circlejerk like the rest of the politics subs
I doubt there'd be that high of a concentration of dedicated R voters to be effective enough for improving turnout in a significant way.
I'm not a fan of the county-level election map that simply shows red and blue
it's more useful to look at maps that display vote density or size of lead through precinct-level
AAAAAAAAHHHH
It passed
Well, in that case it's a good idea to call your senator to make sure it doesn't get passed. Hopefully they'll be too preoccupied with other legislation to actually pass it. Still, call.