Election Results

[Yojimbo]

(11-07-2018, 12:55 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Jesus a whole state of you.  

Eh, only about 70%.

[GMDino]

(11-07-2018, 05:11 PM)bfine32 Wrote: 1. Our maybe, just maybe it was the first news story that popped up when I goggled him. Do you always look for a fight that is not there?

2. Of course I have a preference on the other side; you do not? Refrain the question posed at the end of #1

1. Got it.  And since it was first you just HAD to say something about his "potty mouth".  lol  To be fair maybe his potty mouth is something you would like about him?  No worries.

2. I voted for a Republican this time.  Have in the past too...even national elections.  I never said I look for a Republican that I would never vote for anyway.

[*michaelsean*]

(11-07-2018, 05:15 PM)GMDino Wrote: 1. Got it.  And since it was first you just HAD to say something about his "potty mouth".  lol  To be fair maybe his potty mouth is something you would like about him?  No worries.

2. I voted for a Republican this time.  Have in the past too...even national elections.  I never said I look for a Republican that I would never vote for anyway.

I always have a former DJ turned county auditor to vote for on the Dem side so I can declare myself open-minded.

[GMDino]

(11-07-2018, 05:23 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I always have a former DJ turned county auditor to vote for on the Dem side so I can declare myself open-minded.

I just vote for the best person.  

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

It's weird. I keep seeing people mention Trump and Ohio.

Like "Brown won easily, Trump must be fading."
or "DeWine won easily, looks like they are going Trump in 2020."

And I think people are forgetting that while Trump did beat Clinton by 8 points in 2016, Trump didn't even win the Primary in Ohio. He got CRUSHED by Kasich by over 11 points. Trump only got 35.87% of the vote in the Primary in Ohio.

Also people have short memory and apparently also forget that Ohio voted for Obama twice. People trying to make this election here far too much about Trump vs Democrats.

(Also funny to see people online confused as to why Ohio would split their ticket, as if that is some kind of heresy to not just vote party line.)

[BmorePat87]

Rough night for me. Board of Ed campaign I was managing lost 60-40. Pretty disheartening to have worked 11 months knocking on doors, going to community meetings, and engaging with voters only to have someone who didn't do anything until the last two months just dominate somehow. 15+ year veteran of the schools versus someone who never worked in the schools and didn't understand half of what they were talking about.

I've realized that so many people just rely on the little letter and when there is none, they just guess.

[treee]

(11-07-2018, 04:19 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I'm not offended; nor have I saw anyone else here offended by an adult cursing. It is why I started my next point with TBH (despite your calling me a liar).

As to the part I lied about I always find a DEM to get behind, last cycle it was Kemp until he washed out, then it was Hills. Not that I'd vote that way, but it is best to have option B be the best you could hope for in case your team comes up short.

Who knows, I might even be a registered DEM, just so I can vote in the DEM primaries here in KY. 

We have open primaries here in Ohio, and I regret not choosing to vote in the R primary for someone other than Trump in 2016.

Edit: To clarify, I voted in the D primary hoping to have a candidate besides Hillary.

[*michaelsean*]

(11-08-2018, 01:27 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Rough night for me. Board of Ed campaign I was managing lost 60-40. Pretty disheartening to have worked 11 months knocking on doors, going to community meetings, and engaging with voters only to have someone who didn't do anything until the last two months just dominate somehow. 15+ year veteran of the schools versus someone who never worked in the schools and didn't understand half of what they were talking about.

I've realized that so many people just rely on the little letter and when there is none, they just guess.

Yup. You have to actually look into board races to know who to vote for. I’ve had it where I didn’t know it was on the ballot so I skipped it because I had no clue.

[BmorePat87]

(11-08-2018, 02:48 AM)treee Wrote: We have open primaries here in Ohio, and I regret not choosing to vote in the R primary for someone other than Trump in 2016.

Edit: To clarify, I voted in the D primary hoping to have a candidate besides Hillary.

I switched from L to R before the 2016 primary for the same purpose. Voted Kasich. 

[*michaelsean*]

(11-08-2018, 02:48 AM)treee Wrote: We have open primaries here in Ohio, and I regret not choosing to vote in the R primary for someone other than Trump in 2016.

Edit: To clarify, I voted in the D primary hoping to have a candidate besides Hillary.

He didn't win Ohio in the primary anyway.  Kasich won it so no harm.

[Benton]

(11-08-2018, 01:27 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Rough night for me. Board of Ed campaign I was managing lost 60-40. Pretty disheartening to have worked 11 months knocking on doors, going to community meetings, and engaging with voters only to have someone who didn't do anything until the last two months just dominate somehow. 15+ year veteran of the schools versus someone who never worked in the schools and didn't understand half of what they were talking about.

I've realized that so many people just rely on the little letter and when there is none, they just guess.

That's a big reason I think more people don't get involved in campaigns any more. Not being a candidate, but volunteering to assist a candidate. When you look at working 40-60 hours a week and spending your free time knocking on doors or stuffing envelopes, it seems like a giant waste of time when a guy with name recognition or more money wins.

And, generally, it boils down to those two things.

[treee]

(11-08-2018, 11:34 AM)Benton Wrote: That's a big reason I think more people don't get involved in campaigns any more. Not being a candidate, but volunteering to assist a candidate. When you look at working 40-60 hours a week and spending your free time knocking on doors or stuffing envelopes, it seems like a giant waste of time when a guy with name recognition or more money wins.

And, generally, it boils down to those two things.

Have you heard about Seattle's democracy voucher program? It's an innovative approach to publicly funded elections. Basically they collect a certain amount in taxes, then in election years they give everyone an amount of vouchers. People are then free to distribute their vouchers to whichever candidate they want, and it seems like it could really even the playing field for local races. I heard about it on NPR.

https://www.seattle.gov/democracyvoucher/i-am-a-seattle-resident/faqs#What%20are%20Democracy%20Vouchers?

[*bfine32*]

Does Georgia have a Governor elect yet?

[GMDino]

(11-08-2018, 05:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Does Georgia have a Governor elect yet?

That's a good question.

Kemp said he won.

But he had to step down so I don't know if that's binding still or not.

They are still counting ballots AND still fighting over the ones Kemp disallowed while he was overseeing the election he was running in.

How that was allowed is just beyond stupid.

[GMDino]

https://www.wesh.com/article/thousands-of-senate-undervotes-discovered-in-crucial-florida-county/24852854

Quote:Thousands of senate undervotes discovered in crucial Florida county


BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. —
As the race for U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner appear to be headed to recounts, a strange anomaly has surfaced.


In Broward county, Senate undervotes appear on nearly 4 percent of all ballots. That’s ballots where a vote was not counted for U.S. Senate, despite votes being cast in other races.

What makes the anomaly even stranger, is that it appeared in a county that Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum desperately needed to score well in.


A WESH 2 News analysis of votes cast in various races, shows 701,469 votes were cast in the governor’s race in Broward.


Yet, just 676,706 votes were cast in the Senate race. This discrepancy appears despite the fact that the Senate race was at the top of the ballot.


It means 24,763 more votes were cast for governor than for Senate.


In fact, more people voted in the cabinet races than they did in the U.S. Senate race.


In the entire state, there were 35,155 senate undervotes. That means there were 24,763 Senate undervotes in Broward County and just 10,392 Senate undervotes in Florida’s 66 other counties.


A recount could reveal a reading error in one or more voting machines, which could explain it.


The implications appear less favorable for Gillum. In a county in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 3 to 1, and with Republican Rick Scott leading Nelson by less than 18,000 votes, Broward’s anomaly could ultimately yield the number of votes Nelson needs win.


Another explanation is that 24,763 voters decided they liked neither Scott nor Nelson and decided to focus only on State and local races.


Calls to the office of Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes were not returned.

[GMDino]

The Democrat in AZ now has a (slim) lead as they finish tallying the votes and the senate and governor races in FL are within the automatic recount range with more votes still being counted.

Naturally the GOP says this is fraud because they "won" on Tuesday and the Democrats are asking for all the votes to be counted first.

FL had lawyers there on election day after they lost a lawsuit in 2016 for destroying ballots.  

I'd imagine given the history of vote counting in Florida this may drag on for awhile.

[Benton]

(11-08-2018, 05:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Does Georgia have a Governor elect yet?

That one may have to go to court. I don't know if there's any precedent in Georgia (or any state) for not accepting absentee ballots because the USPS couldn't operate.

Which is why the guy should have resigned when he made his run for governor. If he wins, it's going to look like he only did because he cheated. If he loses, he looks like an idiot for looking like he cheated AND losing.

[BmorePat87]

(11-09-2018, 11:35 AM)Benton Wrote: That one may have to go to court. I don't know if there's any precedent in Georgia (or any state) for not accepting absentee ballots because the USPS couldn't operate.

Which is why the guy should have resigned when he made his run for governor. If he wins, it's going to look like he only did because he cheated. If he loses, he looks like an idiot for looking like he cheated AND losing.

Imagine having the power to decide who gets to vote in an election you're running in. 

His office claimed all absentee ballots were cast but counties were still adding hundreds of uncounted absentee ballots, and there were counties where the number of ballots cast for the governors race was far lower than the total number of ballots cast, as if people were going to vote for down ballot races but not for governor. 

[Belsnickel]

So, I just got an email from the GOP list that makes me laugh. They are asking for money because of a likely recount in Florida. This is what I found hilarious, though:

Quote:We’re sending a team of reliable supporters to oversee the entire recount process to ensure it’s done fairly, and we must raise $247,867 by 11:59 PM to fully fund our Florida Grassroots Recount Fund.

I don't think they understand what the term "grassroots" actually means.

And of course there is the typical "Democrats are socialists" garbage and lies about draining the swamp.

[*bfine32*]

Why is FL always so jacked up?

They should let them vote about 1 week before the rest of the country.