The Politics Thread

[Toups]

You're right.  I was mistaken.  Thought GOP only needed to flip 2, but they need 3. 

[janea4old]

AP has called New Mexico, Virginia, and Hawaii for Kamala Harris,
plus part of Nebraska which splits its vote

Per AP projections:
210  electoral votes for Kamala Harris
230 for tr*mp
  98  not yet called
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538 total  (need 270 for majority)

 

 

update on Senate:
AP now calling 51 Republicans to win the Senate majority.

Democrat Adam Schiff of California won the Senate seat that the late Dianne Feinstein had held.
(As a congressman, he led the first impeachment trial of tr*mp)

Edited November 6, 2024 by janea4old

[Juliajms2]

It really is awful. 

[Toups]

Going to bed.  America just wasn't ready for a woman President.  What a shame.  I feel so bad for Americans right now and I worry about my friends and family living there. 

 

[DRW50]

Disappointed, if not shocked, Sherrod Brown lost. I know some felt his last campaign was too much to the right but given Ohio's turn I think it was understandable. He did a lot for people for a long time. His opponent is a piece of slime who was heavily backed up by crypto bros.

One positive is Marcy Kaptur, a Congresswoman from Ohio who has survived many tough races, is, for now, still holding on.

[BetterForgotten]

https://x.com/YNB/status/1853997930220572971

Edited November 6, 2024 by BetterForgotten

[janea4old]

 

 

[BetterForgotten]

Racism and misogyny run deep in this country that so many people would rather vote for a convicted criminal who had a disastrous previous term as president. 

[sivad40]

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1854034729038762092?s=19

I can't embed but Harris is canceling her speech at Howard tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wendy]

If we weren't all going to suffer along with them, I'd say let these Trump voters get the full effect.

Round up all those Hispanic voters that backed him. They will be the first to scream when they are thrown out of the country.

For the women backing him, I hope they like national forced births.

Give these voters what they voted for.

Edited November 6, 2024 by Wendy

[BetterForgotten]

White women and working class Hispanics came out for Trump it seems. Again, very sad and disheartening. 

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

My mom wanted to go to Paris next year for vacation. Well looks like the cruise that she's going on with my father and I in a few weeks is more than likely going to be the very last vacation we're ever going to have as a family. Once the three of us lose our Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid, we won't be able to afford our house anymore and we're probably going to end up on the streets. I'm terrified at the prospect of my aunts and uncles possibly getting deported even though they've been in this country legally for years. 

[janea4old]

This affects everyone.  I don't own a home, I don't take vacations.  I barely survive as it is.
If some (including myself) lose low-income healthcare, death will result.  This is not an exaggeration.

Edited November 6, 2024 by janea4old

[BetterForgotten]

Edited November 6, 2024 by BetterForgotten

[DRW50]

I appreciate your kind words.

Honestly seeing how well Trump did in just about every state, in low/mid-single digits in places like New York or New Jersey (I know they have always had red pockets), I don't even know where the Democrats can go or where any sense of democracy can go. I think bigotry played a big part, it is endemic in this country and in Trump's existence, but even if Biden had chosen not to run again, even if Harris hadn't run, I'm not sure we'd be in a different place. 

Too many people just love Trump. The media and the public. He's currently at his most popular, if you believe polling.

I could say after he's gone things will be different, but I'm not even sure what will be left.