Election results thread

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jacketman03
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GeorgiAg said:

Yikes, in Georgia, we lost two incumbent republican Publc Service Commissioners by 65 - 35 margins. That is unheard of in a crap race like that with nothing else on the ballot.

The midterms are going to be horrible.


I can see a Dem+8 wave next year without too much squinting, and if that happens, then those 5 new GOP seats the Texas legislature drew could easily break 3 to the Dems
SA68AG
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Pretty clear that the average American doesn't give a **** about all of the good things Trump has done.

Trump needs to refocus on the economy.

Inflation and affordability of food, housing and health care need to be what he spends his time and energy on,

If people don't feel there is improvement in these areas, the mid-terms will be a blood bath.
Fanatic15...Drs2B!
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You could be right.

But a small sample of the MOST SENIOR leaders who served Trump - from Mark Milley, to John Kelly to Jim Mattis, and Mark Esper - have all been "critical" of Trump - and they do not appear to be "disgruntled vets".

Of course, Trump also has fans among Generals who have served him - including Michael Flynn and Keith Kellogg.

So, in the end, one has to judge the character and reliability of those from both sides to determine one's own take - though I suspect such a judgement would be done through a preexisting bias.
GeorgiAg
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Exactly. Food and housing. Focus Trump. And do NOT get rid of the filibuster. If we get a scenario where Dems control Congress and Prez with no filibuster, it will be catastrophic.
Fanatic15...Drs2B!
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Thank you for your service.

I am honestly interested to learn: would you say that the majority are, in fact, happy with Hegspeth and the direction and emphasis he is providing to the military?
Rapier108
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GeorgiAg said:

Exactly. Food and housing. Focus Trump. And do NOT get rid of the filibuster. If we get a scenario where Dems control Congress and Prez with no filibuster, it will be catastrophic.

They'll nuke the filibuster the next time they have power.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
TRM
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But let them get the political blowback and we should not do the heavy lifting here for the Dems.
Teslag
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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

Thank you for your service.

I am honestly interested to learn: would you say that the majority are, in fact, happy with Hegspeth and the direction and emphasis he is providing to the military?

Yes, by far. And being in reserve logistics the makeup of our units are usually less conservative. So i imagine in combat arms he's probably even more likeable.

I don't think people realize how much we were tired of the rot and decay in the force. Hegseth may be brash and bro, but he's getting us back to our core objectives and we badly needed that.
Teslag
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GeorgiAg said:

Exactly. Food and housing. Focus Trump. And do NOT get rid of the filibuster. If we get a scenario where Dems control Congress and Prez with no filibuster, it will be catastrophic.


If VRA is gutted you and I won't live long enough to see another Democrat house
Teslag
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GeorgiAg said:

Yikes, in Georgia, we lost two incumbent republican Publc Service Commissioners by 65 - 35 margins. That is unheard of in a crap race like that with nothing else on the ballot.

The midterms are going to be horrible.


You basically admitted why. With nothing on the ballot the only people that would come out are TDS democrats
titan
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YouBet said:

Proof that higher education is the opposite of what it's called.



Dennis Prager and Victor Hanson between them diagnosed that even before Biden was installed .They were so right that it just breeds regression and the abolition of wisdom and critical thinking.
will25u
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GeorgiAg said:

Yikes, in Georgia, we lost two incumbent republican Publc Service Commissioners by 65 - 35 margins. That is unheard of in a crap race like that with nothing else on the ballot.

The midterms are going to be horrible.


It is because Georgians are tired of rate increases. Here are the rate increases since 2023.

Jan 2023: ~2.6% base rate increase.
Jun 2023: 12.7% fuel cost recovery increase.
Aug 2023: ~3.2% increase for Plant Vogtle Unit 3 costs.
Jan 2024: 4.5% base rate increase.
May 2024: ~5% increase for Plant Vogtle Unit 4 costs.
Jan 2025: 3.5% base rate increase, the final part of the multi-year plan.

That is a lot of increases. Not to mention my own antectal power bill this summer. Previous years for my house the electricity bill in summer was never above $350. This summer I had 2 months over $500. No change in house habits/AC and not any hotter than any other year. Other people have also said they had huge increases this year.

I voted for the Republicans, but it was being pushed hard in SE GA blaming the Republicans for all the rate hikes.
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samurai_science
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will25u
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"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

- Abraham Lincoln
Who?mikejones!
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Doesn't matter now
aggiehawg
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Nothing to see here, I guess.



Phantom voters, again.
TRM
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Maybe Dems were motivated to get out at midterms.
 
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