Today's Elections--Big Nights For Democrats!!

[Tiberius]

Seven questions

1. Will abortion rights keep winning?

At least three states are worth watching:

Ohioans will vote on a referendum to protect abortion access until about 23 weeks of pregnancy. If it passes, it will be the seventh straight victory for abortion rights in state referendums since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat running for re-election, is focusing on his support for abortion rights (while also trumpeting the fruits of Biden’s economic policies without naming Biden, as our colleague Reid Epstein explains).

In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is trying to give his party a model for the post-Roe world by backing a 15-week limit as a middle ground. All of Virginia’s state legislature seats are on the ballot.

2. Can a Democrat win in the Deep South?

No Democrat has been elected governor or senator in Mississippi in more than 20 years. But Brandon Presley, a state official and second cousin of Elvis Presley, seems to have an outside chance.

Gov. Tate Reeves, the Republican incumbent, has been hurt by a corruption scandal in which, according to court documents, a state official directed welfare funds to the pet projects of wealthy, connected Mississippians. Presley is running the kind of campaign that was once normal for Democrats: moderate on social issues, progressive on economics. He calls himself pro-life, emphasizes his religious faith and supports gun rights, while promising to expand Medicaid and help rural hospitals.

“The fight in politics in Mississippi is not right versus left,” Presley said. “It’s those of us on the outside versus those of them on the inside.” Recent polls have shown him trailing by between one and eight points.

3. What happens with schools?

Conservatives and liberals are running against each other for school boards in suburban Philadelphia, Northern Virginia and elsewhere — with gender issues often central. One example: In Pella, Iowa, a Des Moines suburb, voters will decide whether to give the City Council more control over the public library after the library’s board recently rejected the effort of some residents to ban the memoir “Gender *****” by Maia Kobabe.

4. How will cities deal with rising homelessness?

Voters in Spokane, Wash., will decide whether the police can issue tickets to people who camp within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds and child-care facilities. In Boulder, Colo., voters will decide whether to prioritize the removal of encampments near schools and sidewalks.

 

5. Will affordable-housing efforts grow?

Voters in Boulder County will also decide whether to address a major cause of homelessness: high real-estate costs. Boulder, Seattle and Santa Fe, N.M., will each vote on initiatives to fund affordable housing. In Tacoma, Wash., voters will decide whether to restrict landlords’ ability to evict tenants during the winter and the school year.

6. How will changes to criminal justice fare?

In several counties — including those that encompass Pittsburgh and Jackson, Miss. — prosecutor races pit a progressive against a tough-on-crime candidate.

In Jackson, District Attorney Jody Owens — who views drug addiction as largely a public health issue and has pledged not to prosecute abortion cases — is running for re-election against Darla Palmer, an independent who has criticized the amount of violent crime.

7. What else is on the ballot?

Ohioans will vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Rockville, Md., a Washington suburb, will vote on a nonbinding initiative on whether to lower the voting age to 16. Three Michigan cities, including Kalamazoo, will decide whether to adopt ranked-choice voting. And more than a dozen cities — including Houston, Philadelphia and Orlando, Fla. — will vote for mayor. In Uvalde, Texas, the mother of one of last year’s shooting victims is running for mayor.

(Thanks to Daniel Nichanian of Bolts magazine, whose election guides are always useful. And here are the other races Times reporters are watching today.)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/briefing/election-day-democrats-republicans.html

Edited November 8, 2023 by Tiberius

[Irv]

34 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

Seven questions

1. Will abortion rights keep winning?

At least three states are worth watching:

Ohioans will vote on a referendum to protect abortion access until about 23 weeks of pregnancy. If it passes, it will be the seventh straight victory for abortion rights in state referendums since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat running for re-election, is focusing on his support for abortion rights (while also trumpeting the fruits of Biden’s economic policies without naming Biden, as our colleague Reid Epstein explains).

In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is trying to give his party a model for the post-Roe world by backing a 15-week limit as a middle ground. All of Virginia’s state legislature seats are on the ballot.

2. Can a Democrat win in the Deep South?

No Democrat has been elected governor or senator in Mississippi in more than 20 years. But Brandon Presley, a state official and second cousin of Elvis Presley, seems to have an outside chance.

Gov. Tate Reeves, the Republican incumbent, has been hurt by a corruption scandal in which, according to court documents, a state official directed welfare funds to the pet projects of wealthy, connected Mississippians. Presley is running the kind of campaign that was once normal for Democrats: moderate on social issues, progressive on economics. He calls himself pro-life, emphasizes his religious faith and supports gun rights, while promising to expand Medicaid and help rural hospitals.

“The fight in politics in Mississippi is not right versus left,” Presley said. “It’s those of us on the outside versus those of them on the inside.” Recent polls have shown him trailing by between one and eight points.

3. What happens with schools?

Conservatives and liberals are running against each other for school boards in suburban Philadelphia, Northern Virginia and elsewhere — with gender issues often central. One example: In Pella, Iowa, a Des Moines suburb, voters will decide whether to give the City Council more control over the public library after the library’s board recently rejected the effort of some residents to ban the memoir “Gender *****” by Maia Kobabe.

4. How will cities deal with rising homelessness?

Voters in Spokane, Wash., will decide whether the police can issue tickets to people who camp within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds and child-care facilities. In Boulder, Colo., voters will decide whether to prioritize the removal of encampments near schools and sidewalks.

 

5. Will affordable-housing efforts grow?

Voters in Boulder County will also decide whether to address a major cause of homelessness: high real-estate costs. Boulder, Seattle and Santa Fe, N.M., will each vote on initiatives to fund affordable housing. In Tacoma, Wash., voters will decide whether to restrict landlords’ ability to evict tenants during the winter and the school year.

6. How will changes to criminal justice fare?

In several counties — including those that encompass Pittsburgh and Jackson, Miss. — prosecutor races pit a progressive against a tough-on-crime candidate.

In Jackson, District Attorney Jody Owens — who views drug addiction as largely a public health issue and has pledged not to prosecute abortion cases — is running for re-election against Darla Palmer, an independent who has criticized the amount of violent crime.

7. What else is on the ballot?

Ohioans will vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Rockville, Md., a Washington suburb, will vote on a nonbinding initiative on whether to lower the voting age to 16. Three Michigan cities, including Kalamazoo, will decide whether to adopt ranked-choice voting. And more than a dozen cities — including Houston, Philadelphia and Orlando, Fla. — will vote for mayor. In Uvalde, Texas, the mother of one of last year’s shooting victims is running for mayor.

(Thanks to Daniel Nichanian of Bolts magazine, whose election guides are always useful. And here are the other races Times reporters are watching today.)

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/briefing/election-day-democrats-republicans.html

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Edited November 7, 2023 by Irv

[Tiberius]

1 minute ago, Irv said:

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PPP moderator bored by elections 🕷️

[The Frankish Reich]

14 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

PPP moderator bored by elections 🕷️

Waiting for Pizzagate Jack to weigh in?

[Irv]

47 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Waiting for Pizzagate Jack to weigh in?

 

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[Tommy Callahan]

Yey.  The off year elections with turnout in the teens are pathetic. 

[BillsFanNC]

I'm just glad that today, for the first time in my voting life, I was asked to present an ID.

 

 

[BillStime]

 

Shocker: Mississippi's most populated county, where Jackson, the capital city with an 83% Black population, is located.

 

 

[B-Man]

 

[Roundybout]

2 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

Where on earth do you find these right wing “news” accounts 

Anyways, Trump’s KY Governor pick Daniel Cameron just got smoked by Beshear 

[BillStime]

 

[Roundybout]

1 minute ago, BillStime said:

 

Everything Trump touches turns to garbage 

[BillStime]

2 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

👆🤡😂
 

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[BillStime]

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[ChiGoose]

Things looking pretty solid for the good guys at this point. 
 

Ohio enacts a right to abortion. 
Beshear wins reelection in KY

Dems likely to hold VA senate

[Wacka]

Cheektowaga remains a Polish stronghold.  Out of the 10 people running for 5 seats, 9 are Polish.  

 

Two Cheektowaga jokes:

Why was't the stadium built inCheektowaga?

Every seat would be behind a pole.😀

 

What do you call the elevator in the Cheektowaga town hall?

A ski lift.😀

Edited November 8, 2023 by Wacka

[Roundybout]

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BREAKING The Mississippi Republican Party files “urgent and necessitous”matter with Mississippi Supreme Court to vacate a lower court order extending voting in Hinds County until 8 PM because of a huge ballot shortage that’s kept voters in line for hours.

Republicans are absolutely terrified 

[Governor]

Jeez, abortion really is going to carry Dems for a few more cycles. What a bloodbath.

 

Youngkin also taking one on the chin.

 

Thanks Trump!

Edited November 8, 2023 by Governor

[Tiberius]

Country sure seems to be siding with the Democrats 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

1 hour ago, ChiGoose said:

 

Ohio enacts a right to abortion. 

This is actually probably a good thing for republican party going forward. Sorry that’s probably way over your head.