[The Slim Reaper]

Could well be the beginning of the end of American democracy over the next 48 hours, so pretty significant for those with even a minor interest in history.

[bitontheslide]

i'm switching between cnn, fox news and msnbc and they all voice similar sentiment and none of them can call the result

[LeatherTrumpet]

mon the Elephant

[LeatherTrumpet]

https://www.foxnews.com/

[Liam-]

Be prepared for the republicans to shout fraud when the early voting ballots start being counted

[Swan]

I have no work for the next 3 days, will stay up watching this tonight.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Could well be the beginning of the end of American democracy over the next 48 hours, so pretty significant for those with even a minor interest in history.

How's that, you expecting some rigging?

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

How's that, you expecting some rigging?

If Republicans win, then they will not certify any other candidate but whomever is the republican on the ticket for president in 2024. Basically what they tried to do last time, but they've spent the last 2 years putting election deniers into election overseers posts, and now they'll hold the power to be able to do it successfully.

Not expecting these elections to be rigged (whichever side wins), but this could be the last elections that are relevant over there for a while.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

How's that, you expecting some rigging?

the gop are likely to control the house and have a strong chance of capturing the senate. They will make gains in governorships across states which means they set the voting rules and certify the results of the next presidential election in those states. Of the >300 candidates they are putting up for election in the house, more than 200 of them are election result deniers.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Could well be the beginning of the end of American democracy over the next 48 hours, so pretty significant for those with even a minor interest in history.

Well according to some Americans they don't need democracy apparently.

This was of course after Trump lost the General Election.

[arista]

[arista]

2nd time this woman has lost

Stacey Abrams
needs to understand
Many Democrats do not like her

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/08/p...lts/index.html

[bitontheslide]

Fetterman projected winner of PA

[bitontheslide]

the dems are doing better than expected for a mid term, so that bodes well for the next presidential election

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the dems are doing better than expected for a mid term, so that bodes well for the next presidential election

It's gonna take a lot of effort for Republicans to win back the groups of voters that they've lost after January 6th imo.

A lot of Americans pride themselves on being a democratic society, those people will take a senile leader over a Party that once threatened their democracy.

Tbh I am shocked at how quick some of the voters have been to forgive the Republicans.

[bitontheslide]

Republican Chuck Grassley got re-elected to the senate, he is 90 years old

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It's gonna take a lot of effort for Republicans to win back the groups of voters that they've lost after January 6th imo.

A lot of Americans pride themselves on being a democratic society, those people will take a senile leader over a Party that once threatened their democracy.

Tbh I am shocked at how quick some of the voters have been to forgive the Republicans.

When it comes to mainstream Republicans, there's nothing to forgive. A bunch of Trumptards got high on their own farts and ran around a government building. That didn't represent the party as a whole.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

2nd time this woman has lost

Stacey Abrams
needs to understand
Many Democrats do not like her

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/08/p...lts/index.html

Isn't she the crackpot who refused to concede last time she lost?

[Liam-]

A monumentally embarrassing result for the republicans

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Isn't she the crackpot who refused to concede last time she lost?

Yes
that why it is Good she lost
Again.


Democrats were stupid to allow her to run again.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Isn't she the crackpot who refused to concede last time she lost?

Except she conceded last time and this time, without any crackpottery. Georgia has been kicking black people off election rolls, so her platform was to restore voting rights. Whichever way you spin it, that is a fairly mainstream ambition.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Except she conceded last time and this time, without any crackpottery. Georgia has been kicking black people off election rolls, so her platform was to restore voting rights. Whichever way you spin it, that is a fairly mainstream ambition.

also Kemp, the guy that won, was the main man that had the balls to stand up to trump and certify the vote, he will have earned respect for that

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

also Kemp, the guy that won, was the main man that had the balls to stand up to trump and certify the vote, he will have earned respect for that

Good and fair point.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Except she conceded last time and this time, without any crackpottery. Georgia has been kicking black people off election rolls, so her platform was to restore voting rights. Whichever way you spin it, that is a fairly mainstream ambition.

As far as I know she never conceded for the 2018 vote? As of January she still hadn't.

[bitontheslide]

the danger will come if the republicans win the house with a small majority, because then that qanon women will have too much influence