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Governor:
GOP Loss: 2 (Maine, New Mexico)
GOP Tossup: 4 (Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada)
Dem Tossup: 2 (Alaska/Colorado, Connecticut)
House:
GOP Loss: 6 (AZ-02 (Open), CA-39 (Open), CA-49 (Open), FL-27 (Open), PA-7 (Open, PA-05), PA-15 (Open, PA-07)/WA-08 (Open))
GOP Tossup: 15 (CA-21, CA-25, CA-45, CO-06, FL-26, IL-06, KS-03, NJ-07, PA-06, TX-07, TX-23, TX-32, VA-10)
Dem Tossup: 3 (MN-01 (Open), MN-08 (Open), NH-01 (Open)/NV-03 (Open))
Senate:
GOP Tossup: 2 (Arizona, Nevada)
Dem Tossup: 4 (Florida/West Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota)
why do you think the GOP will lose those House seats for sure
because the incumbents are retiring
_and_ Clinton won in them
also, to reclarify, the Democrats need to take down at least 24 currently red House seats to get a majority in the House right ?
every time that has happened in history, the opposition party won 100% of the time
23 net gain
so if we win those 4 Dem tossup House races, it means the Democrats need to take down 27 other GOP incumbents to compensate?
correct
why do you think the GOP will lose the Gubernatorial races in Maine and NM for sure?
unpopularity in Maine,
enormous Hispanic electorate in New Mexico
Democrats outnumber Republicans in both states 2 to 1, which only worsens the situation with energized Dem turnout
I'd assume whoever runs as a GOP Governor candidate in Maine and NM would be much more moderate
Vermont has a GOP governor
Massachusetts has one right now IIRC
the thing is, Governors tend to not be partisan to their party
a Republican Governor in Massachusetts would basically just be a liberal who doesn't want to bankrupt the state
I'd say Illinois is tilting blue as well
"As of February 1, 2018, Charlie Baker is the most popular Governor in the country.[1] Baker is running for reelection in 2018.[2]"
We'll have to know each scenario, our chances. We'll have a better idea when primary season ends in those areas. Then we've got to get into campaigning mode. Hopefully we'll have our connections with the guys over at T_D by then and all of our apparatus ready. @Ḁ̢̧̡̝̭̀̓̇̈̑yeExEye̼̘̲ͨͬ I haven't heard any recent updates on the wordpress, is that going smoothly?
Another thing, about the house, we may be able to push some people and get wins in areas where we may not expect. An actor, Antonio Sabáto Jr. is running for congress in CA-26. A blue district by all means, but like you say, @🎃Boo-ton🎃 "only a celebrity can win in California".
We can't bog ourselves in the conventional polling and the odds in each state and what's considered deep blue and red, we need a fight wherever we can put it. This hasn't been a conventional time whatsoever, wherever the tide turns, whatever it may yield, we've got to give this all we got. We need to push as hard as possible, I think the reddit stuff is our best way for this discord to drive turnout. We need to, no matter whatever the odds, push to the limit. This is what counts. The Senate has a much bigger opportunity of success than what we're making it out to be, and the House is a tough fight, but it's one which if we can salvage what we have and get seats in unexpected areas, we can make it even better than now if we do it right. Blackpills are not an option. We shall fight on the coasts, we shall fight on the plains, we shall fight in red districts and blue districts, whatever we need to. Whatever happens, if we've done all that we can, at least we can't blame ourselves.
update
CA-49: Trump's approval at 46/51 (HRC carried it 51/43). Makes you wonder if it could be held on to.
y'all remember what 90% of the polls said about the 2016 election
Well we're not counting on keeping that seat by normal measures, exactly.
credibility of polls went down the drain my man
also almost all of these polls are taken from people in urban areas
same applies to ones on the internet
and almost every urban area is left as heck
It's about momentum, it's about energy. Honestly, @🎃Boo-ton🎃 I know you're deep in the political statician stuff with these districts, but you can't ever let this shit demotivate you. They win when that happens. Don't make it about "not sure we'll hold on to it", we can hold on to anything with the right effort and momentum.
ur right, nothing _really_ matters until the primaries
For now, we honestly just need to work on the Discord. We can probably get those special elections won on our own if we had a megaphone like r/T_D on our side. We need to focus on housekeeping, brainstorming, what ops to do, websites, so that when the primaries come and go, we can more effectively focus on elections.
"We can't bog ourselves in the conventional polling and the odds in each state and what's considered deep blue and red, we need a fight wherever we can put it. This hasn't been a conventional time whatsoever, wherever the tide turns, whatever it may yield, we've got to give this all we got. We need to push as hard as possible, I think the reddit stuff is our best way for this discord to drive turnout. We need to, no matter whatever the odds, push to the limit. This is what counts. The Senate has a much bigger opportunity of success than what we're making it out to be, and the House is a tough fight, but it's one which if we can salvage what we have and get seats in unexpected areas, we can make it even better than now if we do it right. Blackpills are not an option. We shall fight on the coasts, we shall fight on the plains, we shall fight in red districts and blue districts, whatever we need to. Whatever happens, if we've done all that we can, at least we can't blame ourselves."
oh my fucking god, this is right on the money. You're the MVP of the Month
Yeah, we shouldn't get bogged down in the numbers and data like the out of touch leftist academics who thought Hillary would definitely win
discussing probabilities in February for something that will happen in November is pretty fruitless
ummmmm, no sweetie!
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