2018 Midterms

[Bi_3]

Yeah, we kept our high performing red governor in a blue zone. MD is the only sane state.

[Electromatic]

Yeah, we kept our high performing red governor in a blue zone. MD is the only sane state.

The University of Maryland Board of Regents I wonder about though.

[B]

NC Democrats can at least filibuster now.

But we put a mother fucking Jim Crow voter ID requirement in our CONSTITUTION!

[washing machine]

https://www.kxan.com/news/investigation ... 1577793977

[washing machine]

These dem gains are encouraging where they happened, and Beto did my ballot a few favors in the local races, but I’m bummed that County Judge Ed Emmett lost his seat last night. A long tenured republican, and one of the good ones.

So it goes.

[dimejinky99]

It’s all about the Donald..in Donald’s mind

[Simple Torture]

::Curb Your Enthusiasm music plays::

[McParadigm]

The carbon fee isn't looking good. This was a history-making climate policy for the state that could have been a blueprint for future initiatives, but hey, when Boeing, the Port of Seattle, and Big Oil puts money behind something, it's tough to beat.

This might be the toughest news of the day, in my mind. If it can’t happen here, and after the year of almost nightmare-level environmental news, then it seems reasonable to assume that humanity will die fretting over its bank account.

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[bune]

Anti-gay marriage county clerk Kim Davis loses reelection in Kentucky

[Green Habit]

Idaho with a brutal 32% turnout

I'll have to see how that compares to other states, and past Idaho elections. My gut wants me to guess that's not exceptionally brutal.

[run2death]

Just tell me Nate Silver was wrong and I'll be happy with any of the results.

Tragically right

Huh?

FiveThirtyEight was wrong in all their "Lean D" Senate races and a couple of their "Likely D" Senate projections, I believe.

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[Green Habit]

Local initiatives:

– Big soda wins in its effort to prevent new taxes on groceries and sugary drinks (we already have a sugar tax on drinks, this was an additional tax). This was a toss-up for me. I don't want Coca-Cola, Keurig, and Red Bull throwing money into a local initiative that's written to help teach healthier eating habits, but I also don't think it's the state's position to try and tell people what to eat, and then to tax their choices that the state has deemed "bad". Sure, in the long run, you're looking at lower healthcare costs. But I dunno.... Seattle already has the 3rd most expensive groceries in the nation, and the proposal to give the state the ability to start taxing specific items was really, really vague. This was a really regressive tax. And during a time where it's becoming near impossible for low and middle income families to live in this city, it didn't seem like a fair way to make it even harder to stay here.

– The carbon fee isn't looking good. This was a history-making climate policy for the state that could have been a blueprint for future initiatives, but hey, when Boeing, the Port of Seattle, and Big Oil puts money behind something, it's tough to beat. Carbon fee initiatives have failed left and right over the years in the state, but this one had the biggest chance of passing. Bummer. Most of the taxes would come from the biggest polluters (except for state-run programs and some private companies, haha, what a joke), but people got scared of nominal higher gas prices.

I would have voted no on both of these if I lived in WA, and the reason why for the carbon fee is the same as the food tax: it hurts the poor more in the end.

The single best thing WA could do for the environment is finally shut down the damn Centralia plant and join Idaho in being coal free territory. Any progress on that?

[Green Habit]

Idaho with a brutal 32% turnout

I'll have to see how that compares to other states, and past Idaho elections. My gut wants me to guess that's not exceptionally brutal.

looking at two similar states, WY had about 55% turnout of registered, MT is at 55% with a LOT more to be counted, i imagine it'll settle around 70% (of registered)

The thing about Idaho is that most people here, for better or worse, think that things are going pretty well for their lives here. It's tough to get people fired up to vote if they're not pissed off at something. So I guess that's why that percentage doesn't surprise me that much.

[run2death]

Just tell me Nate Silver was wrong and I'll be happy with any of the results.

Tragically right

Huh?

FiveThirtyEight was wrong in all their "Lean D" Senate races and a couple of their "Likely D" Senate projections.

Nate Silver can suck a lean D

RM loves the taste of Silver's c*ck.

[McParadigm]

I don’t have any opinion on Silver, other than that I appreciate having a site that continuously displays results from a handful of key polls. I never read his articles. All I know about his expectations for last night is this:

[Green Habit]

Yeah, Silver explained what he does well there. He's not making predictions, but instead establishing odds and ranges. And sometimes the lower odds and fringe ranges win.

[run2death]

FiveThirtyEight's map had AZ, FL and IN "Lean D" and MT "Likely D".