2026 Mid-Term Elections

[Jimmy Higgins]

Is she though?

Yes. She is suffering harsh consequences by her own party just for rejecting the hostile takeover.

Women are at substantial risk of enduring further right losses with Rogers being elected.

It would have been far better if Stevens, or some other normal Democrat, had won the primary. Unfortunately, that is not the case.

I wish we had a second party that made it possible to vote for the other side not a dagger in one's own back.

And Dems can get a majority in the Senate without Michigan.

It won't be easy. I don't think Collins is losing Maine.

The long term consequences of AES winning are far worse than losing one Senate seat. I am thinking about normalization of Islamism in the Democratic Party, and also ahead to the 2028 primary where DSA will get a boost from AES's MI win.

Most of the DSA candidates have lost. El Sayed winning in Michigan is more of a sign of just how bad the Trump Admin has been. He isn't poison like Paxton is, but he worries too many people. But gas/diesel prices are driving people to the polls.

El Sayed isn't putting the Taliban on the Supreme Court.

Neither is Rogers.

Rogers will support the same people like Alito, Thomas, Scalia who think gay rights, voting rights, women's rights are in poor taste with the Constitution.

But El Sayed might advocate for another kind of Islamist, e.g. an MB sympathizer, to be thus elevated.

ROTFLMFAO.

Will you stop using Israel as your shield to protect you from criticism of your bigotry?

It's not "bigotry"...

Your posts are misogynistic and bigoted and you waving an Israeli flag as defense mechanism is just vulgar.

 

[Patooka]

Most of her staff has resigned now.

Stevens is pretty brave for doing this. Like jumping on a hand grenade. I hope her sacrifice will be enough to cause enough independents and moderate Dems to not vote for AES.

AES winning in a purple state would be a huge boost for the Israel-hating DSA wing. This is especially dangerous since the 2028 primary season usually starts by Summer of the year before, which is only 7-8 months from now.

Guess who agrees with you.

 

[Shadowy Man]

That’s a lot of praise for someone I had never even heard of before today.

 

[laughing dog]

Most of her staff has resigned now.

Stevens is pretty brave for doing this. Like jumping on a hand grenade. I hope her sacrifice will be enough to cause enough independents and moderate Dems to not vote for AES.

According to NPR Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate in Michigan Senate race, spurning Abdul El-Sayed

"As you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away, and he's right," Stevens said in a video she posted to social media on Sunday. "And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate today."

Her statement followed a surprise appearance with Rogers at a church in Detroit......

Tensions accelerated after Stevens' fiance, Jason Turkish, said he planned to vote for Rogers. In a subsequent TV appearance, Stevens maintained she was still planning to support the Democratic nominee. She urged El-Sayed to denounce a recent ad by Cenk Uygur, of Young Turks, that blamed Israel for high grocery prices in the United States.

"The ad tells Michigan families they cannot afford groceries because their money has to be set aside 'for killing Palestinians,' and it blames our close ally Israel for everything Michiganders cannot afford," she wrote.

El-Sayed's campaign had said he had nothing to do with the ad and criticized the contents of the ad on Saturday.

Stevens said she was originally scheduled to attend a different church event in Detroit on Sunday alongside El-Sayed and Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. The planned joint appearance was meant to be a unifying event for the party ahead of the election. But on Friday, Stevens set a condition for her participation in the event — that El-Sayed reject the ad and apologize for rhetoric she considered to be inflammatory and offensive.

So, Ms Stevens demands that El-Sayed reject and apologize for the rhetoric for an ad that he had nothing to do with, El-Sayed criticizes the ad, and she flips to endorse Rogers. Doesn't lool like courage courageous to me.

 

[southernhybrid]

Why is someone who doesn't live in Michigan so obsessed with a candidate for the Senate in Michigan. Why are so many people obsessed with Muslims when they make up less than 2% of the US population? I'd take Dr. El Sayed any day over any Republican. He's a bright, intelligent person who has done good things in public health. He may have spoken at some radical Muslim group when he was in college, but for fuck's sake, don't we usually change once we reach full adulthood. I hope the Dems win all their elections regardless if they would be my first choice or not.

Anyone with a working brain should be concerned about the movement to establish a Christian theocracy, not a few Muslims in office.

 

[southernhybrid]

I know most of you don't want to give any information in order to read the gifted article I'm about to link to, so I'll just copy and paste enough of it so you get the good news.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/...e_code=1.NVE.Emus.lMf1Cw3TasA9&smid=url-share

Democrats are ahead of Republicans in almost all of the seven battleground states that will determine which party controls the Senate, according to the final set of polls from The New York Times and Siena University before the midterm elections.

The surveys found that Democrats hold sizable leads in Texas, which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988, and Kansas, which has not elected one since 1932.

To win a Senate majority, Democrats need to defend all the seats they currently hold and flip at least four seats that are currently held by Republicans. It has been seen as an uphill battle because many of the seats they need to win are in Republican strongholds.

But the new polls found Democratic candidates ahead in five states that now have Republican senators and effectively tied in a sixth. They hold leads in Kansas, Maine, Ohio and Texas and a narrow edge in Alaska. They are effectively tied in Iowa.

In Michigan, the lone top Senate battleground already held by Democrats, the poll found the Democratic candidate leading by double digits. (It was conducted before a Democratic feud erupted in Michigan this weekend.) The surveys did not include North Carolina, where polls have long found the Democrat leading and Republicans have pared back their campaign spending.​

Hope these polls are accurate.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

There are a lot of twists and turns in trying to figure out what she is saying.

 

[Harry Bosch]

Why is someone who doesn't live in Michigan so obsessed with a candidate for the Senate in Michigan. Why are so many people obsessed with Muslims when they make up less than 2% of the US population? I'd take Dr. El Sayed any day over any Republican. He's a bright, intelligent person who has done good things in public health. He may have spoken at some radical Muslim group when he was in college, but for fuck's sake, don't we usually change once we reach full adulthood. I hope the Dems win all their elections regardless if they would be my first choice or not.

Anyone with a working brain should be concerned about the movement to establish a Christian theocracy, not a few Muslims in office.

It's incredibly savy politics. Rather than focus on what people want (lowering inflation, tarriffs, war, Russia, Iran, corruption) the right wants to focus on meanie trans men in the WNBA, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic terrorists, communism, and etc. It is very smart politics. And its working...

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

NYTime/Siena will be looking to exit the polling business if their last set is terribly off. The NY Times exit polling has been extraordinarily accurate in 2020, 2022. Of course, that isn't the same as pre-exit polling. There are tea leaves for everyone here. Personally, I think the latest (last?) salvo of polls are blue biased. I want to be extremely wrong.

Kansas
Who is leading? Democrat up 49 to 44.
What matters in this poll? 9% of Trump voters are switching party for the Senate vote, with "only" 86% of Trump voters supporting the incumbent.
However? 2024 vote is 48 to 40 in those polled which is well shy of 2024 outcome. About 10% of likely voters didn't vote in 2024, which seems like a high number. Half of them support Hamilton and the Democrat for Governor.

Ohio
Who is leading? Democrat up 49 to 44.
What matters in this poll? 6% of Trump voters are switching party for the Senate vote, with "only" 85% of Trump voters supporting the incumbent.
However? 2024 vote is 47 to 42 in those polled which is also well shy of 2024 outcome. About 8% of likely voters didn't vote in 2024, which seems like a high number. 60% support Brown and Acton.
And? 8% of Trump voters in 2024 either don't know or refused to answer.

Texas
Who is leading? Democrat up 50 to 43.
What matters in this poll? 7% of Trump voters are switching party for the Senate vote, with "only" 89% of Trump voters supporting the incumbent.
However? 2024 vote is 46 to 37 in those polled which is closer but still well short of the 2024 outcome. About 12% of likely voters didn't vote in 2024, which continues to seem like a high number. In excess of 55% support the Democrats for Governor and Senate. Trafagler is +12% Republican, which is closer, and have Paxton just barely leading. There is a notable swing in minority support as well between the two.

Good news
Democrats are up in almost every battleground state.
NY Times / Siena poll implying enhanced turnout of new voters in the mid-terms and they are heavily in favor of the Democrats.
Musk has spent $250 million-ish in Texas, that's a red flag for the GOP any way you cut it. So it is at least going to be very close.
Trump/Vance campaigning in Kansas. Another red flag.
Hints of younger voters who voted Trump feeling bamboozled.

Bad News
Numbers look too good. The percentages of polled partisan groups generally shy of the 2024 outcome, meaning polls may be showing a bias in Democrat's favor that doesn't exist.
Trump has an uncanny way of getting his supporters to show up.
Never rely on the youth vote to win elections!

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Why is someone who doesn't live in Michigan so obsessed with a candidate for the Senate in Michigan. Why are so many people obsessed with Muslims when they make up less than 2% of the US population? I'd take Dr. El Sayed any day over any Republican. He's a bright, intelligent person who has done good things in public health. He may have spoken at some radical Muslim group when he was in college, but for fuck's sake, don't we usually change once we reach full adulthood. I hope the Dems win all their elections regardless if they would be my first choice or not.

Anyone with a working brain should be concerned about the movement to establish a Christian theocracy, not a few Muslims in office.

It's incredibly savy politics. Rather than focus on what people want (lowering inflation, tarriffs, war, Russia, Iran, corruption) the right wants to focus on meanie trans men in the WNBA, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic terrorists, communism, and etc. It is very smart politics. And its working...

It worked barely enough in 2024, it hasn't "worked" yet for 2026. It is what they did during the W years with gay marriage bans on the ballot. And it worked until Iraq was a fetid piece of crap steaming on the White House lawn.

In 2026 it is higher prices, gas/diesel prices through the roof, and data centers that are driving the "independents" and Iran has really flummoxed the younger Trump voter that thought they were voting for X and found out they got jackshit back in follow through.

Trump won the popular vote in 2024 because 2 million Democrats disappeared in California. He barely won the battleground states. In fact, Trump's team lost the Senate races in Michigan, Wisconsin, lost Arizona's red seat. He didn't even win the majority in Michigan and Wisconsin. Losing Hispanics 5 to 10 points, losing black males by 5 to 10 points, losing the youth vote by 5 to 10 pts adds up quick.

Our gaslighters here are trying to make the election about Islam, but the reality is people are angry because of fuel, groceries, and data centers. And the incumbent party has nothing to show for any sort of action.

So the GOP has gone with the illegal immigrants, tax hikes, trans, and the more brazen socialists/communists stuff. It didn't work in 2006, we'll see how it goes in 2026.

 

[Elixir]

we'll see how it goes in 2026.

Sho nuff.
I don’t expect a lot of surprises in the vote. But who - if anyone - gets seated on 1/3 is WAY up in the air.
Seems to me that the GOP stopped trying to win the elections a while ago. Instead they’re circling the wagons to prevent the winners from taking the seats they think God gave them.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

we'll see how it goes in 2026.

Sho nuff.
I don’t expect a lot of surprises in the vote. But who - if anyone - gets seated on 1/3 is WAY up in the air.
Seems to me that the GOP stopped trying to win the elections a while ago. Instead they’re circling the wagons to prevent the winners from taking the seats they think God gave them.

Yeah, I live in Ohio, so I can say that isn't true, ie they stopped trying to win. The GOP is sending out fake flyers in the mail for the Socialist candidate for Senate aimed at black voters.

The GOP gave up in GA and NC, yes. Musk is spending a fortune in Texas. The GOP had a ton of money, but when the red team has a bunch of seats up and Kansas requires help, that means a lot of money everywhere. I think the Trump/Vance stumping is as much about the Senate as it is trying save the House from being 250 to 270. Trump tried to get out of doing more events and the GOP shoved his ass back out there.

Red flags are waving. But that doesn't mean the ship has sunk.

 

[ZiprHead]

El Sayed is up by 11 points over Rogers according to the NYT. In the hours following Stephens' announcement donations to his campaign came in the millions of dollars.

Stephens' complains of El Sayed being "hateful" when Rogers and the super PACS backing him have been running extremely hateful and bigoted ad campaigns against him. Does she not have a working pair of eyes?

 

[Elixir]

But that doesn't mean the ship has sunk.

QFT
Given the expected thrashing at the polls on Tuesday, they can still limp their ship back to the dry dock.
They will have two months to effect repairs and send it out to seek and destroy the Dem threat.
There is considerable asymmetry in the ‘Pugs willingness to employ wonton violence to pursue their ends.

 

[ZiprHead]

Donald Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The Fake Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., has DISAPPEARED! Nobody can find him, including Law Enforcement. He knows that he committed a Criminal Act, but he also knows that there are those around him who, in a certain way, were far worse, like Lawyer Marc Elias, and Liberal Radical Left Activist “Lawyer” Norm Eisen. Others that are really bad, and corrupt, in so many ways, include Political Activists and Lowlives, Reid Hoffman, and Neville Roy Singham. These are CRIMINALS who totally abuse the Laws of our Land, and are destructive to our Country at levels never thought possible before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

 

[Elixir]

Donald Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The Fake Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., has DISAPPEARED! Nobody can find him, including Law Enforcement. He knows that he committed a Criminal Act, but he also knows that there are those around him who, in a certain way, were far worse, like Lawyer Marc Elias, and Liberal Radical Left Activist “Lawyer” Norm Eisen. Others that are really bad, and corrupt, in so many ways, include Political Activists and Lowlives, Reid Hoffman, and Neville Roy Singham. These are CRIMINALS who totally abuse the Laws of our Land, and are destructive to our Country at levels never thought possible before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Fake news?
Hard to believe he’s that stupid.
No, wait. Of course he’s that stupid. But can’t his babysitters restrain his behavior? He’s killin’ ‘em!

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Donald Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The Fake Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., has DISAPPEARED! Nobody can find him, including Law Enforcement. He knows that he committed a Criminal Act, but he also knows that there are those around him who, in a certain way, were far worse, like Lawyer Marc Elias, and Liberal Radical Left Activist “Lawyer” Norm Eisen. Others that are really bad, and corrupt, in so many ways, include Political Activists and Lowlives, Reid Hoffman, and Neville Roy Singham. These are CRIMINALS who totally abuse the Laws of our Land, and are destructive to our Country at levels never thought possible before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Is that a post or is that an order?

I can't imagine why Dan J. Sullivan has disappeared to some place the press and MAGA can't hound him. Again, his presence on the ballot is 100% unethical and 100% legal and 115% adjudicated.

 

[laughing dog]

Donald Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The Fake Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., has DISAPPEARED! Nobody can find him, including Law Enforcement. He knows that he committed a Criminal Act, but he also knows that there are those around him who, in a certain way, were far worse, like Lawyer Marc Elias, and Liberal Radical Left Activist “Lawyer” Norm Eisen. Others that are really bad, and corrupt, in so many ways, include Political Activists and Lowlives, Reid Hoffman, and Neville Roy Singham. These are CRIMINALS who totally abuse the Laws of our Land, and are destructive to our Country at levels never thought possible before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

More needless evidence that our POTUS is impervious to irony.

 

[Colonel Sanders]

Most of her staff has resigned now.

Stevens is pretty brave for doing this. Like jumping on a hand grenade. I hope her sacrifice will be enough to cause enough independents and moderate Dems to not vote for AES.

AES winning in a purple state would be a huge boost for the Israel-hating DSA wing. This is especially dangerous since the 2028 primary season usually starts by Summer of the year before, which is only 7-8 months from now.

Guess who agrees with you.

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Not that any of it is truthful, but it is coherent, which means that Trump didn't write it. His only contribution was to ensure a juvenile insult (Dumocrats) that doesn't even get the "dumb" part of the word right was included.

 

[Colonel Sanders]

Donald Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The Fake Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., has DISAPPEARED! Nobody can find him, including Law Enforcement. He knows that he committed a Criminal Act, but he also knows that there are those around him who, in a certain way, were far worse, like Lawyer Marc Elias, and Liberal Radical Left Activist “Lawyer” Norm Eisen. Others that are really bad, and corrupt, in so many ways, include Political Activists and Lowlives, Reid Hoffman, and Neville Roy Singham. These are CRIMINALS who totally abuse the Laws of our Land, and are destructive to our Country at levels never thought possible before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

I gave my attention to the above matter.

I appreciate being thanked for that.