2022 Election Day Thread - Midterm Rumble

[Voldemort86 2259]

What channel will everyone be watching?  I think CNN is the best when it comes to election night coverage.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

2 minutes ago, Voldemort86 said:

What channel will everyone be watching?  I think CNN is the best when it comes to election night coverage.

Fox News.  I need to get used to watching the only channel we will be allowed to watch in the future.  

[Underdog 28725]

Khaki Kornacki and MSNBC most likely. 

[The Original Greaser Bob 2841]

Mike Collier breaks through the ceiling.  All else is lost.

I'm letting politics get to me.  My solution is to avoid tv news, and I'm cutting off podcasts.  Strictly DMNl and whatever political figure Marc Maron has on. 

It's just not good for me.  I'll vote, and perhaps even continue to block walk, etc. for a low level candidate I like.  But from here on in, I'm simply voting on who I think is the better leader for the future going forward.  And the only mega issue I have is the environment and climate change.  Everything else MIGHT be a tiebreaker.

 

[The Original Greaser Bob 2841]

Also is this the thread for shenanigans?

[GenXer 2883]

On 11/7/2022 at 12:27 AM, Voldemort86 said:

https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2022/11/01/the_midterms_and_gen-x_super_voters_862450.html
 

gen X is killing the dems at the polls. The 45-64 demographic sucks.

Sorry bout that

[GenXer 2883]

On 11/6/2022 at 7:58 PM, immamac said:

Democrats win everything and the world gets fixed. 

 

But, I’ve come to realize that the key to happiness in life is low expectations.

[GenXer 2883]

13 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

It's just not good for me.  I'll vote, and perhaps even continue to block walk, etc. for a low level candidate I like.  But from here on in, I'm simply voting on who I think is the better leader for the future going forward.  And the only mega issue I have is the environment and climate change.  Everything else MIGHT be a tiebreaker.

 

All us type 1 diabetics appreciate your concern about the extortionary cost of insulin.

[Js1 85437]

24 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

I'm letting politics get to me.  My solution is to avoid tv news, and I'm cutting off podcasts. 

 

This is where I am at.

My predictions are made.  Twitter account deleted.  May check this thread or Reddit occasionally tonight - no news, no nothing.  No point stressing all night over an outcome I can't do anything about.

Besides, we won't know half of the shit until Thanksgiving - California takes weeks, Nevada can accept ballots through Friday, PA/NY/MI are slow counters.  Mail in WA and OR can take days.  

We don't have Election Day in America - we have Election Weeks.  And that's bullshit. 

[immamac 42869]

7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

This is where I am at.

My predictions are made.  Twitter account deleted.  May check this thread or Reddit occasionally tonight - no news, no nothing.  No point stressing all night over an outcome I can't do anything about.

Besides, we won't know half of the shit until Thanksgiving - California takes weeks, Nevada can accept ballots through Friday, PA/NY/MI are slow counters.  Mail in WA and OR can take days.  

We don't have Election Day in America - we have Election Weeks.  And that's bullshit. 

I only plan on following this thread tonight. 

[Snake Diggity 4625]

Predictions:

Gov: Abbott +7

Collier in a shocker (contested)

Mayor: Watson +3

Close Senate winners: AZ: Kelly +2 (contested, violence), GA: Warnock +4 (contested, violence), IA: Grassley +4, NC: Budd +7, NH: Hassan +4, OH: Vance +2, PA: Fetterman +2 (contested), UT: Lee +3, WI: Johnson +3, NV: Laxalt +1 (contested); Senate 50-50

House 230-205 GOP

All Austin props pass 

Edited November 8, 2022 by Snake Diggity

[Biff Tannen 45692]

1 hour ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Fox News.  I need to get used to watching the only channel we will be allowed to watch in the future.  

Man, I almost chunked my work laptop out my office window.  Thanks for that rage.

[Homercles 10206]

59 minutes ago, GenXer said:

 

But, I’ve come to realize that the key to happiness in life is low expectations.

An honorary OSU fan I see

[Biff Tannen 45692]

1 hour ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

I'm letting politics get to me.  My solution is to avoid tv news, and I'm cutting off podcasts.  Strictly DMNl and whatever political figure Marc Maron has on. 

It's just not good for me.  I'll vote, and perhaps even continue to block walk, etc. for a low level candidate I like.  But from here on in, I'm simply voting on who I think is the better leader for the future going forward.  And the only mega issue I have is the environment and climate change.  Everything else MIGHT be a tiebreaker.

I'm in til 2024.  Then I'm done.  May not even matter after this election, but I'll at least try.  After 2024, going to live my life.   Fuck everyone.

[wildcat09 29355]

Brian Staley, a Republican candidate for a Harris County civil court judgeship, was electioneering at my polling place today. I'm pretty sure that fucker moved the 100 foot line sign about 30 feet in and then parked his truck with a huge campaign sign in the bed right next to it.

Edited November 8, 2022 by wildcat09

[bolverk 29694]

19 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Brian Staley, a Republican candidate for a Harris County civil court judgeship, was electioneering at my polling place today. I'm pretty sure that fucker moved the 100 foot line sign about 30 feet in and then parked his truck with a huge campaign sign in the bed right next to it.

Did you report it to a campaign worker? On the Sunday before last, when I early voted in Austin, there was a guy on the sidewalk handing out flyers well within 100 ft of the entrance. A guy in line a few spots before me loudly complained, and when I exited the flyer guy had moved much further away.

[Zonahorn 8079]

Got my ballot in, hopefully my state rejects the GQP

[SquishMitten 10417]

For those who haven’t voted, be smart about it and check wait times with your county clerk. Here’s the link to Travis County.

https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/departments/elections/current-election/#wait-times

It’s insane how there are 1hr+ lines but multiple other polling sites within a few minutes with no wait at all. There must be some law against promoting these websites. If not, it’s completely negligent that there aren’t multiple postings at every site directing people to check it out. 

[Pancho 44860]

[Neonmoon 38129]

Hispanics went MAGA. They culturally value false bravado and Christian theocracy for the most part. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

Florida has been shifting further right for a while now. 

[Js1 85437]

6 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Florida has been shifting further right for a while now. 

This. The Cubans have been moving further right too. At this point, Texas is more purple than Florida 

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

The media is insisting this will be close to an R lean but when the actual votes have been coming in, it's looked differently and that goes back to special elections earlier this year.  Now, we see this:

 

[Zonahorn 8079]

Florida Democratic Party needs to be nuked from orbit 

[Js1 85437]

Just now, Zonahorn said:

Florida needs to be nuked from orbit 

Fify

[aggie08 21505]

Yep, Florida has been ground zero for people escaping their state's "radical socialist agendas" since the onset of Covid. I personally know a handful. 2nd choice being Texas. 

[DDD Dad 14343]

I will be out on the ledge. Y’all let me know how it turns out. 

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/yplvus/15_hour_wait_time_to_vote_just_west_of/

 

Man am I glad to be in a State that does mail in voting, and has for a pretty long time.  Automatically registered when I got my driver's license.  Easy to use website that lets me know when my ballot was sent out and when it was received.  

Of course, that same State is in danger of going Maga from the top, so who knows how long I get to enjoy it.

[GenXer 2883]

20 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Florida has been shifting further right for a while now. 

Do the Trump play and shut down funding because budget

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

9 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

I will be out on the ledge. Y’all let me know how it turns out. 

If you jump too late, you’ll land on the pile and survive. Better be an early adopter if you want to claim a sweet peace of freedom-giving concrete. 
 

just some food for thought- not medical advice. 

Edited November 8, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[Buzzrock 14926]

Happy midterm day y’all

[Texas Jeff 1945]

Travis Co has six video livestreams showing what is probably the vote counting area. first time I have seen that…

[bolverk 29694]

Florida’s secretary of state is blocking federal monitors from entering polling sites.

MIAMI — Florida’s Republican secretary of state has rejected a request from the Justice Department to place federal monitors inside polling sites in three of the state’s most populous counties, a move federal officials say could erode protections for minority and disabled voters.

On Monday, the Republican secretary of state in Missouri blocked a similar request to deploy monitors inside sites in Cole County, which includes the state capital, Jefferson City, over concerns some locations did not provide adequate access under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The Justice Department is monitoring polling sites at 64 localities in 24 states to guard against violations of federal voting rights laws on Election Day. That is an increase of six states over the 2020 election, when the department dispatched monitors to polling stations in 44 cities and counties with documented histories of violations.

No federal monitors were stationed inside polling stations in 2020: The department, then run by Trump administration appointees, decided that the risk posed by the Covid-19 pandemic endangered voters and lawyers. Instead, they positioned monitors outside.

On Tuesday, Cord Byrd, the Florida secretary of state, told reporters the state had decided not to renew “consent” agreements that would have allowed the monitors to be inside polling sites in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, even though they had been allowed at those sites before the pandemic.

They were welcome to monitor conditions from outside as they did in 2020, he said.

“We wanted to make it clear that those are places for election workers and for voters,” Mr. Byrd said at a news conference. He added that he was seeking to bring the practice into compliance with state law, which prohibits most outsiders from being inside polling sites.

Mr. Byrd insisted that allowing federal monitors to be outside polling stations but not inside was not a change in policy. Neither, he said, was it motivated by politics. “This is not to be confrontational in any way,” he said.

A spokeswoman for the civil rights division of the Justice Department, which oversees the deployment of attorneys at polling sites, declined to comment.

Department officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said that monitors pose no threat to voters, and that their placement typically has not been a matter of controversy.

Local officials have in many cases accepted federal oversight as a stabilizing factor, after the chaotic 2000 elections exposed serious flaws in the state’s election system.

The department had been able to mandate the placement of observers in states with chronic voting rights violations before the Supreme Court blocked that practice in 2013.

In Missouri, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican and the son of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, said in an interview that the department only informed Cole County officials of its intention to monitor balloting inside poll locations last Thursday.

“They sandbagged us,” he said. “They intentionally didn’t give us time to think about it or to react.”

[Js1 85437]

Is the UN gonna monitor the 2024 vote? Congrats, we are basically Iraq 

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

I will be out on the ledge. Y’all let me know how it turns out. 

Already here. I have libations and liquids.

Would you prefer I hand you a Martini or a Molotov?

 

See the rest of you come what may.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2841]

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

Hispanics went MAGA. They culturally value false bravado and Christian theocracy for the most part. 

I know they are all of our nemesises, Neon.

[DDD Dad 14343]

6 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Already here. I have libations and liquids.

Would you prefer I hand you a Martini or a Molotov?

 

See the rest of you come what may.

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33876]

she's still awesome

 

[cactusflinthead 27601]

 

[cactusflinthead 27601]

 

Edited November 8, 2022 by cactusflinthead

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

Same day registration should be everywhere, possibly by federal law.  This isn’t 1900- we have the technology. 

[Js1 85437]

19 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Hero 

[Ghost of LL 15539]

2 hours ago, Pancho said:

This is such nonsense, because you're assuming that certain hours are representative of the total vote.  And they're just not.  Republicans come more in some hours and Democrats in others.  And it's not consistent from location to location.

Look--we're fucked in Florida.  But this isn't indicative of a more serious fucking than anticipated.  We're just fucked in Florida.  

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33876]

12 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Same day registration should be everywhere, possibly by federal law.  This isn’t 1900- we have the technology. 

or, we could just automatically register every citizen when they turn 18 and give them an id card. but that's too radical for widdle old amerikkka

Edited November 8, 2022 by Longhorn_Fan68

[Js1 85437]

6 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

This is such nonsense, because you're assuming that certain hours are representative of the total vote.  And they're just not.  Republicans come more in some hours and Democrats in others.  And it's not consistent from location to location.

Look--we're fucked in Florida.  But this isn't indicative of a more serious fucking than anticipated.  We're just fucked in Florida.  

reps vote early in the day, Dems vote later in the day. That has been a pretty constant in most elections.

Not everywhere and not every precinct but as a general rule, early ED vote is red and gets bluer throughout the day 

[HRSchenker 2271]

6 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

What channel will everyone be watching?  I think CNN is the best when it comes to election night coverage.

I've been a fan of NBC for a long time. Solid analysis and not too much of a bend one way or the other. 

[austingirl 2191]

Made a playlist so we don't have to listen to newscasters talk while we watch the polls come in. Here are the tracks if anyone's interested. Enjoy it, or do not. I'm not a beggar.

Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty

Hurt - Johnny Cash

This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Vote 'Em Out - Willie Nelson

Rose Garden - Loretta Lynn

Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox

Under Pressure - Queen, David Bowie

Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz

One Fine Day - David Byrne, Brian Eno

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Fuck You - CeeLo Green

Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Do You Hear The People Sing? - Les Miserables

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips

O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps

Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone

Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke

Love the One You're With - Crosby, Stills & Nash

This Land Is Your Land - My Morning Jacket

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

The Heart Of The Matter - Don Henley

Dirty Work - Steely Dan

Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley

Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

Money - Pink Floyd

Georgia on My Mind  - Ray Charles

The Weight - The Band

Revolution - The Beatles

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John, Kiki Dee

I'm Still Standing - Elton John

The Bitch Is Back - Elton John

Mr. November - The National

American Idiot - Green Day

My Shot - Hamilton

History Has Its Eyes on You - Hamilton

My Country Tis Of Thee - Crosby & Nash

We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister

Out Of The Woods - Taylor Swift

With Or Without You - U2

Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Take A Chance On Me - ABBA

You're so Vain - Carly Simon

The Tide Is High - Blondie

Faith - George Michael

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

This Little Light Of Mine - Sam Cooke

Hells Bells - AC/DC

Let the River Run - Carly Simon

American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Bitch Better Have My Money - Rihanna

Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam

Hold On - Tom Waits

The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics

Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter

Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

Anthem - Father John Misty

I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)  - Kate Bush

When It's Cold I'd Like to Die - Moby, Mimi Goese

Catch the Wind - Donovan

One Too Many Mornings - Bob Dylan

If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Some Nights - fun.

Hold On - Alabama Shakes

I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

American Pie - Don McLean

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham

Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Fake Empire - The National

...And Justice for All - Metallica

[heso 2813]

Checking in from PA-17. 

Was 1 person in line when I walked in. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19425]

15 minutes ago, austingirl said:

Made a playlist so we don't have to listen to newscasters talk while we watch the polls come in. Here are the tracks if anyone's interested. Enjoy it, or do not. I'm not a beggar.

Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty

Hurt - Johnny Cash

This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Vote 'Em Out - Willie Nelson

Rose Garden - Loretta Lynn

Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox

Under Pressure - Queen, David Bowie

Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz

One Fine Day - David Byrne, Brian Eno

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Fuck You - CeeLo Green

Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Do You Hear The People Sing? - Les Miserables

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips

O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps

Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone

Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke

Love the One You're With - Crosby, Stills & Nash

This Land Is Your Land - My Morning Jacket

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

The Heart Of The Matter - Don Henley

Dirty Work - Steely Dan

Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley

Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd

Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

Money - Pink Floyd

Georgia on My Mind  - Ray Charles

The Weight - The Band

Revolution - The Beatles

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John, Kiki Dee

I'm Still Standing - Elton John

The Bitch Is Back - Elton John

Mr. November - The National

American Idiot - Green Day

My Shot - Hamilton

History Has Its Eyes on You - Hamilton

My Country Tis Of Thee - Crosby & Nash

We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister

Out Of The Woods - Taylor Swift

With Or Without You - U2

Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Take A Chance On Me - ABBA

You're so Vain - Carly Simon

The Tide Is High - Blondie

Faith - George Michael

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

This Little Light Of Mine - Sam Cooke

Hells Bells - AC/DC

Let the River Run - Carly Simon

American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Bitch Better Have My Money - Rihanna

Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam

Hold On - Tom Waits

The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics

Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter

Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

Anthem - Father John Misty

I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)  - Kate Bush

When It's Cold I'd Like to Die - Moby, Mimi Goese

Catch the Wind - Donovan

One Too Many Mornings - Bob Dylan

If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Some Nights - fun.

Hold On - Alabama Shakes

I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

American Pie - Don McLean

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham

Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Fake Empire - The National

...And Justice for All - Metallica

A real hero would build this on Spotify and post the QR code so I don't have to do a lot of work.