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2026 Mid-Term Elections

 
 
 
Elixir said:
southernhybrid said:
she still agrees that voting for Christians is wrong because only Jesus is King
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Fuck that. Inform her that we are only voting for lesser princes.
NO KINGS.
She has an OBLIGATION to vote against he who would be king. For the sake of JESUS, fer crissakes!
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As I just posted, she is hopeless. I've tried everything to convince her to vote, but it ain't gonna happen.
 
Elixir said:
southernhybrid said:
As I just posted, she is hopeless. I've tried everything to convince her to vote, but it ain't gonna happen.
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Maybe you’re being too nice.
“You’re shirking your responsibility to man and God! Refusal to vote for godliness is a vote for deviltry, you lazy assed witch!
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Yeah. I'm sure if I call her a lazy assed witch, she will vote. :) Have you ever tried to convince a crazy Christian of anything they believe in is wrong? It doesn't work. I've tried to convince a couple of Christian Trump supporters that the man is destroying the country and is a huge threat to democracy, but one told me he was the greatest president we've ever had and the other one told me he's done a lot of great things for the country. It's close to impossible to get people out of a cult.

Btw, one of these two women who is poor and barely getting by on her SS income, recently posted a list of Republicans in Georgia that must win on Facebook. I rarely post there, but out of morbid curiosity I do sometimes check to see what others are posting. I can't deal with these people any more, other than being polite while avoiding political discussions.
 
Cook Political Report Finds Democrats Have ‘Multiple Paths’ to Take the Senate

The Cook Political Report updated its ratings for the upcoming midterms, predicting that Democrats now have “multiple paths” to take back the Senate majority, especially with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) dragging down Republicans.

The GOP’s grasp on majority control of the House and Senate hangs in the balance this November, and political prognosticators and pollsters have been highlighting several states that are in play, including the Lone Star State, where Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) is facing off against Paxton to succeed the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Paxton defeated Cornyn in the primary, but it was a viciously contentious battle that required a runoff. The lengthy GOP primary further burned through Paxton’s campaign funds and put a spotlight on the series of scandals, lawsuits, a bitter divorce from his state senator wife, and other controversies that have dogged him for years. The AG did score President Donald Trump’s endorsement but is still widely viewed as a weaker candidate in the general election due to the seemingly unending parade of messy headlines and the downward drag of Trump and the GOP’s poor polling on key issues like immigration and the economy.

Fox News updated its Power Rankings earlier this week, moving the Texas Senate race from Lean R to Toss-Up. Nate Silver was even more optimistic for Talarico, granting a “Lean D” rating.

Jessica Taylor with Cook Political Report shared four key races where they had shifted their ratings, all in the Democrats’ favor: Texas Senate (Lean R to Toss Up), Iowa Senate (Lean R to Toss Up), Texas Governor (Solid R to Likely R), and Iowa Governor (Toss Up to Lean D).
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ZiprHead said:
Cook Political Report Finds Democrats Have ‘Multiple Paths’ to Take the Senate

The Cook Political Report updated its ratings for the upcoming midterms, predicting that Democrats now have “multiple paths” to take back the Senate majority, especially with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) dragging down Republicans.

The GOP’s grasp on majority control of the House and Senate hangs in the balance this November, and political prognosticators and pollsters have been highlighting several states that are in play, including the Lone Star State, where Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) is facing off against Paxton to succeed the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Paxton defeated Cornyn in the primary, but it was a viciously contentious battle that required a runoff. The lengthy GOP primary further burned through Paxton’s campaign funds and put a spotlight on the series of scandals, lawsuits, a bitter divorce from his state senator wife, and other controversies that have dogged him for years. The AG did score President Donald Trump’s endorsement but is still widely viewed as a weaker candidate in the general election due to the seemingly unending parade of messy headlines and the downward drag of Trump and the GOP’s poor polling on key issues like immigration and the economy.

Fox News updated its Power Rankings earlier this week, moving the Texas Senate race from Lean R to Toss-Up. Nate Silver was even more optimistic for Talarico, granting a “Lean D” rating.

Jessica Taylor with Cook Political Report shared four key races where they had shifted their ratings, all in the Democrats’ favor: Texas Senate (Lean R to Toss Up), Iowa Senate (Lean R to Toss Up), Texas Governor (Solid R to Likely R), and Iowa Governor (Toss Up to Lean D).
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Paths are fine and dandy. We shall see who, if anyone, gets seated in January.
 
One huge problem is that too many people who lean towards Democrats don't bother to vote. If we visit our favorite fast food seafood restaurant today and any of the younger workers are there, I'm going to do my best to try and persuade them to vote. I'll tell them I'll go with them to fill out the registration forms etc. It may not work, but it's worth a try.

Meanwhile, I asked at least 6 older Black women who are in my aerobics group if they planned on voting in the midterms and every one of them said they would. I did remind them to check and make sure that their voting status was active because last year a black female friend of mine was taken off the roles, so considering she's not that educated, I met her at the place where we register to vote and helped her fill out the forms. I checked her status recently and she's still listed as active.

So, let's all do our best to try and get people to register, especially the young ones who have never voted. Today my goal is to visit my neighbor's daughter who is 18 and see if she is registered. If not, I'm going to offer to help her register. She is mixed race and her parents always vote, so maybe they've already convinced her, but I'm also trying to be a good influence on her. Perhaps I can get her to talk to her friends about the importance of voting as well. We older women know the importance of voting, especially since women were the last ones to get the chance to vote and that was only a little over a century ago.

The 80 year old idiot across the street from me voted for Trump, although he has said that Trump is an idiot. Not sure if I can convince him to vote blue this time but if I get the chance to talk to him, I might give it a try. He told us he hated both candidates and then voted for the worse one ever.. I don't get it.
 
The workers at the restaurant were too busy for me to try and get them to vote, but I did ask a young man at Publix if he was going to vote in the midterms. He told me he was and laughed and nodded when I said we must do something to stop that maniac in the WH.

I spoke to my neighbor's mom about getting her daughter to vote. I offered to take her to the registration office and her mom loved that idea and told me she would let me know when her daughter had a day off from her job and then I could talk to her. She turns 18 on next Saturday.
 
southernhybrid said:
The workers at the restaurant were too busy for me to try and get them to vote, but I did ask a young man at Publix if he was going to vote in the midterms. He told me he was and laughed and nodded when I said we must do something to stop that maniac in the WH.

I spoke to my neighbor's mom about getting her daughter to vote. I offered to take her to the registration office and her mom loved that idea and told me she would let me know when her daughter had a day off from her job and then I could talk to her. She turns 18 on next Saturday.
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I forgot who said it, but "The candidate who has won the most in every US election is apathy" is pretty spot on. I think it was Michael Brooks (RIP) but I'm not 100% certain.
 
Supreme Court eases path for Trump’s sweeping limits on mail-in balloting. The legal fight will continue, but the president’s executive order could inject fresh uncertainty into the already high-stakes midterm elections.
The Supreme Court on Monday eased the path for an executive order by President Donald Trump that would impose sweeping new restrictions on mail-in balloting for November’s midterm elections, but the complex and fast-moving legal fight is not over.

The executive order would bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending mail-in ballots to voters not on lists of citizens created by federal agencies. States also would be obligated to send the ballots in envelopes that can be tracked to thwart fraud.

Trump has falsely claimed that noncitizens are voting in large numbers, but studies have found that it happens infrequently. He blamed such fraud in part for his loss in the 2020 presidential election.


With just over two months to go before pivotal elections, the high court’s ruling won’t be the last word on whether the president’s order will be allowed to go forward.
The case now returns to the lower courts, and a key part of the executive order remains blocked because of a ruling in separate litigation that must also be resolved for the order to go into effect before November.
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More in the link.
 
Darline Graham: Government run health care…. bad idea after bad idea. Annie Andrews backs it all. I have a different background. My parents worked long, hard hours. If that were sick, they had to get up and go to work. My mother passed away when I was 11 and my father just over a year later.



Holy crap! She actually thought that was a good argument???

That's a great argument for universal healthcare and mandatory paid time off. The things the "socialists" support.
 
ZiprHead said:
Darline Graham: Government run health care…. bad idea after bad idea. Annie Andrews backs it all. I have a different background. My parents worked long, hard hours. If that were sick, they had to get up and go to work. My mother passed away when I was 11 and my father just over a year later.



Holy crap! She actually thought that was a good argument???

That's a great argument for universal healthcare and mandatory paid time off. The things the "socialists" support.
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Darline Graham's only qualification for the GOP nomination to the Senate is that she shared DNA with Lindsay Graham. I saw some of her responses to a primary debate, and to claim she is an ignoramus is to insult ingoramuses.
 
Real Americans would rather orphan their children than pay more in taxes to help out the lazy welfare queens.
 
Polling numbers are looking way too good at the moment. NH and IA are showing numbers for the Democrat at well below 50, so whether in the lead or not, the poll isn't useful.

Texas and Alaska and Maine are steals. Talarico, Pelota, Jackson are showing consistent small leads to draws and floating between 45 and 49. This is notably better than NH and IA, but far, very far from being able to be considered in the lead. Especially in Maine where Collins has more political lives than a cat.

Georgia is also critical (well, actually all of them are). Ossoff is showing the power of incumbancy. Many polls at 50% or higher. He appears to be winning there. North Carolina appears to show Gov. Cooper running away with it, polling well over 50% and with a solid lead. This is a gain.

Minnesota shows the Democrat with consistent leads, but well under 50. I can't see a universe where the Senate seat is won in Texas, but lost in Minnesota.

Ohio is hard to tell. Husted was winning, but now a Fox News has Brown at 53%. The drop coincides with Iran. Ohio has become kind of red recently.

Michigan polling is showing El Sayad may not have been a great choice. Be odd the GOP holds Michigan, but loses Texas. Again, this is about choosing the right candidates for the right areas.

270toWin puts the Senate at 47-47, of which I agree, though with Minnesota and New Hampshire polling could go 45-47 Republican lead. Democrats must with 4 of the remaining 6 or 6 of the remaining 8 to take the Senate. It was always going to be a tough slog.

Iowa, Maine, and Texas should be the toughest. Alaska should also be tough, Sullivan won in 2020 by a large margin in a general election Trump lost. Pelota is the best candidate possible for the Dems though. These four states should be locks. But the GOP are struggling because while the economy hasn't gone in the dumps, inflation has stuck around (because of Trump's policies), gasoline is expensive (Trump's Iran affair), electric rates are rising quickly and the general public dislike of data centers (no, not entirely the GOP's fault, but neither were the price of eggs Biden's fault), weak ass job growth, and a slow economy (that likely would be better if Trump had done nothing at all). There are too many easy cliches for the Democrats to target in ads. Trump can say he threw out billions of immigrants, but that isn't going to help win over people that aren't happy with prices not dropping (no prices were never dropping, but when you run on you are going to drop prices... voters hold you to it... generally).

I would put the Democrat chances at taking the Senate at X - Y. Yeah... I'm not putting numbers to it. I have decided I have no 'finger on the pulse' of the American voter. The Democrats could win back the Senate because America is angry at the GOP for things not getting better. The Democrats could gain seats but not take back the Senate because not enough Americans were angry or because the Republicans could gain seats in New Hampshire and/or Georgia. And with the messing around of mail-in ballots, who knows what that might result in.

TV and credit cards said:
Corporate political donations shatter record at $646 million so far for US midterms
And that’s just the money they can account for.
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But AIPAC!!!

Politicians should be required to wear sponsor labels while at work in DC.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Polling numbers are looking way too good at the moment. NH and IA are showing numbers for the Democrat at well below 50, so whether in the lead or not, the poll isn't useful.

Texas and Alaska and Maine are steals. Talarico, Pelota, Jackson are showing consistent small leads to draws and floating between 45 and 49. This is notably better than NH and IA, but far, very far from being able to be considered in the lead. Especially in Maine where Collins has more political lives than a cat.

Georgia is also critical (well, actually all of them are). Ossoff is showing the power of incumbancy. Many polls at 50% or higher. He appears to be winning there. North Carolina appears to show Gov. Cooper running away with it, polling well over 50% and with a solid lead. This is a gain.

Minnesota shows the Democrat with consistent leads, but well under 50. I can't see a universe where the Senate seat is won in Texas, but lost in Minnesota.

Ohio is hard to tell. Husted was winning, but now a Fox News has Brown at 53%. The drop coincides with Iran. Ohio has become kind of red recently.

Michigan polling is showing El Sayad may not have been a great choice. Be odd the GOP holds Michigan, but loses Texas. Again, this is about choosing the right candidates for the right areas.

270toWin puts the Senate at 47-47, of which I agree, though with Minnesota and New Hampshire polling could go 45-47 Republican lead. Democrats must with 4 of the remaining 6 or 6 of the remaining 8 to take the Senate. It was always going to be a tough slog.

Iowa, Maine, and Texas should be the toughest. Alaska should also be tough, Sullivan won in 2020 by a large margin in a general election Trump lost. Pelota is the best candidate possible for the Dems though. These four states should be locks. But the GOP are struggling because while the economy hasn't gone in the dumps, inflation has stuck around (because of Trump's policies), gasoline is expensive (Trump's Iran affair), electric rates are rising quickly and the general public dislike of data centers (no, not entirely the GOP's fault, but neither were the price of eggs Biden's fault), weak ass job growth, and a slow economy (that likely would be better if Trump had done nothing at all). There are too many easy cliches for the Democrats to target in ads. Trump can say he threw out billions of immigrants, but that isn't going to help win over people that aren't happy with prices not dropping (no prices were never dropping, but when you run on you are going to drop prices... voters hold you to it... generally).

I would put the Democrat chances at taking the Senate at X - Y. Yeah... I'm not putting numbers to it. I have decided I have no 'finger on the pulse' of the American voter. The Democrats could win back the Senate because America is angry at the GOP for things not getting better. The Democrats could gain seats but not take back the Senate because not enough Americans were angry or because the Republicans could gain seats in New Hampshire and/or Georgia. And with the messing around of mail-in ballots, who knows what that might result in.

TV and credit cards said:
Corporate political donations shatter record at $646 million so far for US midterms
And that’s just the money they can account for.
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But AIPAC!!!

Politicians should be required to wear sponsor labels while at work in DC.
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Didn't George Carlin do a bit about just that idea?
 
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