ErnestEndeavor said:

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The issue in this case is that the Democrats appear to have hired another guy named Dan Sullivan to appear on the ballot and his name is actually listed before the incumbent Dan Sullivan.

The random Sullivan ran as a Republican in the primary and got 1.5% of the vote, meaning the vast majority of those people were confused and voted for the wrong Sullivan. It was enough to get him on the general election ballot in fourth place.

Alaska uses ranked choice voting. The question is whether voters will be confused and vote for the wrong Sullivan and/or believe there may be a duplicate Sullivan on the ballot and leave the real Sullivan off when they do their ranked choice.

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Already settled by the Alaskan Supreme Court of which 4 out of the 5 Justices were appointed by a Republican Governor and the last one appointed by a Independent Governor.

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samurai_science said:

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t_J_e_C_x said:

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samurai_science said:

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t_J_e_C_x said:

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Are we trying this charade again?

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We learned it from watching you, lawfare is on the table now.

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We're preemptively suing if the guy we want to win loses so we get given a unearned win?

Sounds like participation trophy and some DEI shenanigans to me

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Who cares, crushing the Democrats is all I care about

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The will of the people doesn't matter to you?

That's disturbing. Might want to get that checked out.

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Not Democrats, no. They are my enemy.

ErnestEndeavor said:

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The issue in this case is that the Democrats appear to have hired another guy named Dan Sullivan to appear on the ballot and his name is actually listed before the incumbent Dan Sullivan.

The random Sullivan ran as a Republican in the primary and got 1.5% of the vote, meaning the vast majority of those people were confused and voted for the wrong Sullivan. It was enough to get him on the general election ballot in fourth place.

Alaska uses ranked choice voting. The question is whether voters will be confused and vote for the wrong Sullivan and/or believe there may be a duplicate Sullivan on the ballot and leave the real Sullivan off when they do their ranked choice.

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Exactly. Lawfare it is

samurai_science said:

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ErnestEndeavor said:

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The issue in this case is that the Democrats appear to have hired another guy named Dan Sullivan to appear on the ballot and his name is actually listed before the incumbent Dan Sullivan.

The random Sullivan ran as a Republican in the primary and got 1.5% of the vote, meaning the vast majority of those people were confused and voted for the wrong Sullivan. It was enough to get him on the general election ballot in fourth place.

Alaska uses ranked choice voting. The question is whether voters will be confused and vote for the wrong Sullivan and/or believe there may be a duplicate Sullivan on the ballot and leave the real Sullivan off when they do their ranked choice.

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Exactly. Lawfare it is

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This will appear exactly as it seems as an attempt to subvert the will of the people, of whom you've stated above you don't care about, and will only do more to harm Republican elections nation wide. Well done.

The composition of the Iowa early vote today is 3% MORE Republican than it was in 2022. Dems are seeing early vote collapse among everybody except 4/4 voters, who are mode shifting from mail to early vote. https://t.co/xDq6NcckRp

— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) October 23, 2026

I voted for Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott, and other Republicans, and I left the races with unopposed Democrats blank. I waited about 51 minutes before showing my voter ID at the Austin Recreation Center on 1301 Shoal Creek Blvd. I talked to two poll volunteers, and they told me that today had the shortest lines this week because there were 90+ minute lines earlier this week.

t_J_e_C_x said:

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samurai_science said:

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t_J_e_C_x said:

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samurai_science said:

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t_J_e_C_x said:

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Are we trying this charade again?

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We learned it from watching you, lawfare is on the table now.

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We're preemptively suing if the guy we want to win loses so we get given a unearned win?

Sounds like participation trophy and some DEI shenanigans to me

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Who cares, crushing the Democrats is all I care about

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By violating people's choices? Sure! Sounds totally sane like in 2020!!

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You libs take votes from dead people. Who knows what choice they wanted?

Where are there any unopposed Democrats? Certainly none in my ballot, Republicans yes, Democrats, no.

BQ78 said:

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Where are there any unopposed Democrats? Certainly none in my ballot, Republicans yes, Democrats, no.

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Yes, there were a page of unopposed Democrats on my ballot because I am in Travis County.

Must be a deep blue city.

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Must be a deep blue city.

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Yes, Austin is the bluest city in Texas.

Guess the real Reverse Dobbs is just No Dobbs.

After 9 days, Republicans seem to have pushed the Dem firewall to below 2022 levels; made the margins 4.9% closer; and have larger turnout gains than Democrats do in Iowa.

In the closer of the two major statewide elections in 2022,… https://t.co/VC3fXAOIGv

— Chris (@chriswithans) October 23, 2026

Voted yesterday. Thankfully I live about three blocks from a polling station and it's one of the quiet ones. Zero line. Walked in and immediately got a booth.

Just wait and see now. Pure spectator mode now. What will happen, will happen. Polls have become so manipulable at this point that even they are party biased and I essentially trust nothing at this point.

Question for the group though. In yalls opinion, what is the threshold for a state turning purple? Is it a hard number percentage? Nothing official that I know of. For me, it has always been low single digit percent. Around 5 or 6 percent range. Don't have an exact number in my head but rather a small range for margin of error, rounding, and general "half a point isn't THAT large a difference in a macro sense" kinda feel.

Just curious because I see it all the time now for arguments about Texas but no one seems to come from the same baseline I feel like.

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Voted yesterday. Thankfully I live about three blocks from a polling station and it's one of the quiet ones. Zero line. Walked in and immediately got a booth.

Just wait and see now. Pure spectator mode now. What will happen, will happen. Polls have become so manipulable at this point that even they are party biased and I essentially trust nothing at this point.

Question for the group though. In yalls opinion, what is the threshold for a state turning purple? Is it a hard number percentage? Nothing official that I know of. For me, it has always been low single digit percent. Around 5 or 6 percent range. Don't have an exact number in my head but rather a small range for margin of error, rounding, and general "half a point isn't THAT large a difference in a macro sense" kinda feel.

Just curious because I see it all the time now for arguments about Texas but no one seems to come from the same baseline I feel like.

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Dems hardly hold any statewide offices, they would need to start winning some of these seats before Id say Texas is purple.

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what is the threshold for a state turning purple?

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Statewide elections with multiple winners from each party.

Ah, damn good point I somehow hadn't considered. This is why I asked this question here. Thanks for the perspective.

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BQ78 said:

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Where are there any unopposed Democrats? Certainly none in my ballot, Republicans yes, Democrats, no.

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Yes, there were a page of unopposed Democrats on my ballot because I am in Travis County.

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My last vote in Dallas County there were 40+ unopposed Democrats running for judgeships. Curious what the number is this time around.

YouBet said:

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Iraq2xVeteran said:

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BQ78 said:

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Where are there any unopposed Democrats? Certainly none in my ballot, Republicans yes, Democrats, no.

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Yes, there were a page of unopposed Democrats on my ballot because I am in Travis County.

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My last vote in Dallas County there were 40+ unopposed Democrats running for judgeships. Curious what the number is this time around.

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I didn't count the number of unopposed Democrats, but I think there were at least 10 on my ballot.

A conservative PAC has spent over a $1M in Ohio to promote a third party candidate in Ohio in an attempt to siphon off votes from Democrat Sherrod Brown

Greg Levy represents the Socialism and Liberation party has condemned the move by Enough Promises Ohio (created last month) which has spent $1.58m so far. Enough Promises Ohio.

The complaints about fairness or "dirty pool" are kind of meaningless.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091

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A conservative PAC has spent over a $1M in Ohio to promote a third party candidate in Ohio in an attempt to siphon off votes from Democrat Sherrod Brown

Greg Levy represents the Socialism and Liberation party has condemned the move by Enough Promises Ohio (created last month) which has spent $1.58m so far. Enough Promises Ohio.

The complaints about fairness or "dirty pool" are kind of meaningless.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091

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How do you feel about Decoy Dan J Sullivan's campaign's funding in Alaska?

Another take on Nevada.

1:20 PM PT 10/23/26
IPEV Update for NV:

Clark-
Reps 🔴 +2,937 (42.4%)
Dems 🔵 +2,401 (34.5%)
Other 🟡 +1,613 (23.1%)

Washoe-
Reps 🔴 +793 (46.2%)
Dems 🔵 +546 (31.7%)
Other 🟡 +378 (22.1%)

Entire State-
Reps 🔴 +4,716… https://t.co/2dWYliGj2U pic.twitter.com/4aAqsCtNnf

— Five Star (@Five_Starrr) October 23, 2026

nortex97 said:

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nai06 said:

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A conservative PAC has spent over a $1M in Ohio to promote a third party candidate in Ohio in an attempt to siphon off votes from Democrat Sherrod Brown

Greg Levy represents the Socialism and Liberation party has condemned the move by Enough Promises Ohio (created last month) which has spent $1.58m so far. Enough Promises Ohio.

The complaints about fairness or "dirty pool" are kind of meaningless.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091

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How do you feel about Decoy Dan J Sullivan's campaign's funding in Alaska?

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I don't care, same with the Greg Levy situation.

The mail in vote stats are interesting. Wonder of the decrease has more to do with us being further away from covid or if it has to do with usaid/actblue funding being gone

Who?mikejones! said:

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The mail in vote stats are interesting. Wonder of the decrease has more to do with us being further away from covid or if it has to do with usaid/actblue funding being gone

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I'm thinking USAid / Actblue would be my peasant don't know nuffin guess

t_J_e_C_x said:

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samurai_science said:

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ErnestEndeavor said:

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The issue in this case is that the Democrats appear to have hired another guy named Dan Sullivan to appear on the ballot and his name is actually listed before the incumbent Dan Sullivan.

The random Sullivan ran as a Republican in the primary and got 1.5% of the vote, meaning the vast majority of those people were confused and voted for the wrong Sullivan. It was enough to get him on the general election ballot in fourth place.

Alaska uses ranked choice voting. The question is whether voters will be confused and vote for the wrong Sullivan and/or believe there may be a duplicate Sullivan on the ballot and leave the real Sullivan off when they do their ranked choice.

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Exactly. Lawfare it is

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This will appear exactly as it seems as an attempt to subvert the will of the people, of whom you've stated above you don't care about, and will only do more to harm Republican elections nation wide. Well done.

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Thanks for the Reddit fan fiction, its always a treat.

Yes, on my ballot in Bexar County there were over a dozen, all judges of some sort.

The problem isn't the in person early vote though, it's the Clark mail, specifically.

ETA: at least AZ looks pretty good, though.

🚨🚨🚨🚨This means it's pretty much over for the Democrats in Arizona this election unless they engage in the most blatant obvious cheating. I've lived here half my life, was the former Maricopa County Elections attorney, and have NEVER seen Republicans equal the Democrats with… https://t.co/aOMtA5bsSN

— Rachel Alexander (@Rach_IC) October 23, 2026

LOL, it seems Alred is not all about Talarico:

If you’re a Texas Democratic politician of any persuasion and your efforts are not laser focused on flipping the state you’ve lost the plot

— Blake Allen (@Blake_Allen13) October 24, 2026

A touch of Dem corruption in WI.

Read this massive story from @leif_lemahieu at the @realDailyWire.https://t.co/4RO8Yt0D0N

— Steve Cortes (@SteveCortes) October 23, 2026

Not surprising, really. And he's up by around 3. 'The people get the government they deserve.'

Leftist The Hill: "Blue wave might miss MN senate race."

The Hill and Politico have started to shift the narrative away from a Dem sweep. I have seen multiple tweets from both backpedaling from where they have been all election cycle.

outofstateaggie said:

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The Hill and Politico have started to shift the narrative away from a Dem sweep. I have seen multiple tweets from both backpedaling from where they have been all election cycle.

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They've been lying for months now to attempt to manipulate the elections. Now that it's getting close they always back off a little so they can have a shred of dignity left.

Man, Wisconsin and Minnesota are trying their hardest to become the most corrupt states in the country. Gosh, I wonder why.

The level of stupidity in the electorate is truly staggering.

Democrats Now More Trusted on Crime Issue

The issue of crime is important to voters in this year’s midterm elections, and Democrats now lead the GOP in terms of trust on the issue.

Full story is in the comments... pic.twitter.com/Ax1TawJ5FJ

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) October 23, 2026

Democrat policy of literally not prosecuting crime and releasing violent criminals with slap on wrist is better for society now.

We have lowest crime in recorded history under a Republican control but the Democrats are better with crime.

Populace just straight up embracing 1984 now. Up is down; down is up.

t_J_e_C_x said:

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samurai_science said:

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ErnestEndeavor said:

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The issue in this case is that the Democrats appear to have hired another guy named Dan Sullivan to appear on the ballot and his name is actually listed before the incumbent Dan Sullivan.

The random Sullivan ran as a Republican in the primary and got 1.5% of the vote, meaning the vast majority of those people were confused and voted for the wrong Sullivan. It was enough to get him on the general election ballot in fourth place.

Alaska uses ranked choice voting. The question is whether voters will be confused and vote for the wrong Sullivan and/or believe there may be a duplicate Sullivan on the ballot and leave the real Sullivan off when they do their ranked choice.

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Exactly. Lawfare it is

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This will appear exactly as it seems as an attempt to subvert the will of the people, of whom you've stated above you don't care about, and will only do more to harm Republican elections nation wide. Well done.

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The Dems, by putting this guy on the ballot, are the ones who are attempting to subvert the will of the people. They want the Republican majority to split their vote through confusion so their candidate can win.

So don't get all high and mighty about subversion when it's your side that did it first. The lawsuit is just the Republican response to the dirty game the left played.

outofstateaggie said:

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The level of stupidity in the electorate is truly staggering.

Democrats Now More Trusted on Crime Issue

The issue of crime is important to voters in this year’s midterm elections, and Democrats now lead the GOP in terms of trust on the issue.

Full story is in the comments... pic.twitter.com/Ax1TawJ5FJ

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) October 23, 2026

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It takes a person of truly dizzying intellect to think the party of defunding the police and closing the prisons would be better on crime...