November '23 Mid Terms

[jaF0]

Several states have various elections next Tuesday. Who gets what offices?


Mississippi voter registration numbers remain steady heading into Tuesday’s general election
Mississippi has seen a slight increase in the number of people listed on the rolls of active voters in the months leading up to next Tuesday’s general election for governor and other offices

 

[butters]

Virginia's elections begin next week, but i can't speak to who might be elevted. However, this article may shine a little light on which direction those votes may go.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/v...p&cvid=beb902dcede9451d9bf55a338b8d28fd&ei=43

regarding youngkin's policies re schools, the kids seem to be working things out and parents are largely backing the kids; there's more concern about shootings and lack of teachers, long waits for school buses and catching up on pandemic educational losses...not which bathroom a kid uses. There's less 'noise' about banning books and an understanding that schools largely DO listen to parents' concerns and work to alleviate them.

Across Virginia, schools are still ensnared in debate over implementing transgender policies that were at the core of Youngkin’s case to voters in 2021. Recent polling shows this is not the No. 1 concern of most parents.

Education is a “very important” factor in next week’s elections for 70 percent of registered voters contacted in last month’s Washington Post-Schar School poll.

Only 34 percent said transgender issues are what is animating them before the election.

“I’m not seeing in the data that the trans issue and how that is playing in public schools is a big driver right now in the electorate,” Mark J. Rozell, the dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, told The Washington Post.

Most of the parents with whom I spoke know a transgender child and said that their children were comfortable and largely unconcerned with the transgender child’s choice.

“He’s really good at soccer,” was all that Rebecca Geller’s son said when she asked him about an 11-year-old transgender boy at her son’s summer camp. The lawyer and mother of three said she thought her son would talk more about the transgender child and what everyone thought about him. Maybe the children would be as obsessed with the child as politicians were.

Nope. He was good at soccer. “He lives in D.C.,” her son offered. End of story.

Hear that, adults? The kids are figuring this out. They’re good.

 

[jaF0]

4 Virginia legislative candidates, including ex-congressman, are accused of violence against women

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett is among four male candidates to run for state legislative seats in Virginia this year who’ve been accused of physical violence against women.

 

[jaF0]

AP Election Brief | What to expect when Ohio votes on abortion and marijuana

 

[butters]

With Kentucky governor election days away, new poll has Andy Beshear, Daniel Cameron tied​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=9b994599bb8a4b82adbc56792938f2b6&ei=21
incumbent dem Beshear did have a 16 point lead at one point

 

[dkovic77]

4 Virginia legislative candidates, including ex-congressman, are accused of violence against women

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett is among four male candidates to run for state legislative seats in Virginia this year who’ve been accused of physical violence against women.

Almost a prereq for the “family values” group. I guess the value there is the man is always right regardless?

 

[ll74]

With Kentucky governor election days away, new poll has Andy Beshear, Daniel Cameron tied​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=9b994599bb8a4b82adbc56792938f2b6&ei=21
incumbent dem Beshear did have a 16 point lead at one point

The ads for Cameron are basically
1. Trump likes me
2. Biden hates me

Sounds like a guy who truly will work for Kentucky

 

[jaF0]

Andy gets out in the field and works for the people where they can see him doing it.

The other guy subverts Grand Juries.

 

[ll74]

Andy gets out in the field and works for the people where they can see him doing it.

The other guy subverts Grand Juries.

I have seen what Beshear has done. Not sure about the other guy, but the ad for the other guy certainly isn't geared towards people like me.

 

[ll74]

Ohio issue 2 will regulated.marojuana like alcohol and let you have two pot plants at home.

I'm voting yes. Actually will be the first time voting on election day in about a decade

 

[jaF0]

Not sure about the other guy,

See Breonna Taylor.

Turd totally twisted the case for the Grand Jury. The Feds cleaned up his mess and got convictions.

 

[Pad_Foot]

Why is this even a question?

One.. he won’t

Two, do bears shit in the woods??

 

[butters]

Democrats could be about to pull off a shock upset in Tuesday's Mississippi gubernatorial election, with a recent poll putting their candidate behind by just one point, while a major bookmaker now has him odds-on to win.

Brandon Presley, second cousin of music legend Elvis Presley, is hoping to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. It would make him the first Democratic governor of the state for two decades.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...p&cvid=0171df6cfec842598398cff8563a35bc&ei=32

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Good synopsis of some of the more intriguing races on Tuesday

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/04/10-biggest-races-election-day-00125386

 

[butters]

“It’s like you’re not being heard,” Wilburn said in her hometown of Jackson, the state capital. “You run to the polls, hoping and praying for change, and then you look around and nothing’s really happening. So you shut down.”

Recent interviews with Black voters, voting rights groups, candidates and researchers show that the voter fatigue felt by Wilburn has been widely shared in a state where nearly 40% of the overall population is Black. This year, political dynamics have combined to begin changing that, leading many voters such as Wilburn to reengage.

In Mississippi, with five Black candidates running to be first in positions ranging from Secretary of State to Agriculture Commissioner, they hope to encourage more disenfranchised and disillusioned voters to get out and vote for changes that could actually happen.

seems the repeal of a provision—that found its way into the Mississippi Constitution in 1890 and '
required candidates for governor and other statewide offices to win not only a majority of the vote, but also a majority of the state’s 122 House districts'—is definitely a step forward on that path to re-energization.

After a lawsuit, voters in 2020 repealed it, ensuring that candidates just had to win a simple statewide majority. Some voting rights groups and candidates said that provides an opening, not just for this year’s candidates, but also to start expanding their voter base.

in the meanwhile, there are those who've voted regularly turning up to cast their ballots only to find their names have been quietly purged from voter roles JUST before elections.

“I’ve been voting in Tougaloo for several years with no problems. But when I went, I was told, ‘You’re not in the system,’” she said. “You’re purging people who are actually voting now? If people don’t know they’re purged until Election Day, it’s too late then.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=a88266a755324c21a07ed577c49577a3&ei=62

 

[Dribble]

The ads for Cameron are basically
1. Trump likes me
2. Biden hates me

Sounds like a guy who truly will work for Kentucky

But here is the issue. Two months ago this was a 20 pt lead for Basheer. Since the adds have run the last month...this is a dead heat. Which makes zero sense...Cameron rejects any abortion even in the case of rape for a 9 yr old...and wants to remove over 100k from Kentucky's medicaid. This is what I keep trying to tell everyone here...Trump's control is more important than the issues you are touting. This election tomorrow will tell everything about the 24 election

 

[phrodeau]

Not since “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” has a Mississippi governor’s race been so entertaining.

 

[butters]

(NEW YORK CITY) – Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam is poised to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, marking a stunning reversal of fortune for a political newcomer who was wrongly imprisoned as a teenager in the infamous rape case.

Salaam, a Democrat, will represent a central Harlem district on the City Council, having run unopposed for the seat in one of many local elections playing out across New York state on Tuesday. He won his primary election in a landslide.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=4b9c569eadad446be8c6a803ee521533&ei=18

i can't speak to his politics (other than he's a democrat so that's in his favour), but what a story arc, especially if he goes on to make an even bigger name for himself in the political by helping others and not being corrupt. potential movie...

 

[butters]

seems pubs are fretting over potentially losing the two city council seats set aside for minority parties in Philly, worrying that 'far leftists' Working Families Party will nab both of them due to well-heeled donors.

This year, there are seven at-large City Council seats up for election. Five are reserved for the "majority" party, per the city's charter, which has gone to Democratic candidates for decades. The two remaining are for the minority party, which means either Republican candidates or Working Families Party candidates will win the spots. Working Families Party has put up two extremely well-funded candidates this year, and the party wants both traditionally held GOP seats.

Another problematic development is that Brian O'Neill, the only Republican in a district seat who has 43 years of service under his belt, is facing a challenger with deep pockets who may put O'Neill, the son of a police officer, out of commission.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=371f5ec35d694b45e9cba58ffc615c0b&ei=167

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Big vote in Ohio today. Looking good so far!

 

[ll74]

Bashesr won re-election

Ok ..misread....not been called yet.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Bashesr won re-election

Ok ..misread....not been called yet.

It’s looking promising, though!

 

[adrina]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4297778-andy-beshear-kentucky-governors-race-democrat/

Democrat Andy Beshear wins reelection in Kentucky governor’s race​

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was projected to win reelection in Kentucky, according to Decision Desk HQ, fending off a challenge from his former President Trump-backed Republican challenger.

 

[ll74]

Ohio is looking promising on Issue 1 and 2.

Only about 20% reporting though.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Ohio is looking promising on Issue 1 and 2.

Only about 20% reporting though.

Montgomery County not even reporting yet