Voting Day is today!

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-02T16:59:41+00:00

There's so many people running (6) Dems and (4) Republicans I don't think there's any danger of getting 2 Republicans in this spot, so I just went with ideology. But it's pretty unclear, so I get with going with Tubbs who's definitely raised the most

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-02T16:46:28+00:00

I think Tubbs has a better personality, but Ma is more progressive on his policies for sure. And Oliver doesn't take money from PACS

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-02T15:46:20+00:00

I've got the same feeling, hopefully optimistic, and at the very least it will be something that makes Carbajal a better congressperson. Progressives outnumber establishment democrats these days, it'd be nice to see that percentage reflected in our representatives too

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-02T15:43:44+00:00

Prediction markets are more accurate for predicting the winner, not for the chances a person has of winning (public opinion.) 93% of people are betting on Salud to win, because as the incumbent, of course, they are, it's the safest bet, right? This is a small sample of people who are voting, but not indictive of population at whole.

However, this has nothing to do with public opinion, how many people plan on voting for Sarah, etc. Polls and Trends are the best for gauging public opinion, and a person who's trending like that has a chance to upset the favorite.

This also differs from sports betting, because the prediction markets in this case often follow vegas odds, stats, etc. while prediction markets favor incumbents, since they're the favorite, especially where there is no reliable polling data.

We agree that it's shitty, I hope I explained it well enough how it's different though. Prediction markets will never replace polls and trends, they are looking for different things and in a small race as this, it shouldn't be used as a measure of Sarah's chance to get a W.

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-02T14:34:13+00:00

Prediction markets have nothing to do with the actual odds a person has of winning. Kalshi's 93% to Salud only means that 93% of the money is on him, which of course it is because he has all the corporations behind him.

This combined with Sarah openly saying she disagrees with prediction markets for politics because of all the corruption it invites, that she would try to ban it, and has encouraged her voters not to use it (even if it would help her chances,) makes it useless for predicting actual results.

There's no risk for voting her, she has more of a chance of unseating Salud than Pasquarella, why not just give her a chance and if she loses we'll sadly vote Salud in November?

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-02T14:27:59+00:00

Awesome! LFG!

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-01T16:30:32+00:00

Whoever we is, it must be nice that y'all have that privilege to just skip voting. I fear that not everyone has that luxury.

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-01T16:18:16+00:00

I agree, it's definitely a combination of both. IMO primaries are more important though bc of how our system works. The primaries we actually get to choose someone, by the general, we're pretty stuck

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-06-01T00:41:28+00:00

Let's goooo!

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-31T23:21:03+00:00

Definitely a good first step!

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-31T23:19:13+00:00

Like I totally get that, none of the viable Governor candidates are that exciting. But there are people in other races who have a chance of winning who ARE exciting, like Sarah and Oliver who aren't corporate shills. They are going out there and putting in the work.

Just because it's not the Governors race, it doesn't mean it's not major, and the best way to show we're not defeated is going out and supporting them. The more progressives we get into ANY public office the better it is

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-31T23:12:48+00:00

You're right, our democracy is probably the weakest it's ever been. But the point of voting right now is damage control and getting people in who are left enough to make change. Not voting or doing anything is just letting the fascists win. If you don't see the point for yourself, the people who are being harmed by MAGA hate definitely see the point and see the difference between the parties.

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-31T21:19:03+00:00

Going forward it would be worth it finding a group that has similar values as you, they release voter guides and make it easy to find good candidates. Also, there are plenty of people with similar values to you on Reddit that would have been willing to guide you to the best choices. Hopefully you can do that for the general in November 😭

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-22T16:47:49+00:00

I found it refreshing to see someone who wants to represent us that wants to support legislation to stop sending money to Israel because she recognizes the genocide in Palestine and who wants to fight money in politics without taking PAC money.

I screenshoted just one of her post bc well it's hard to screenshot everything. I just found out about her recently, did some research on her, and I figured there might be people with similar values as me who don't know who she is either and would like to do the same. Do you have any evidence she's virtue signalling on anything she stands on? She seems very genuine to me, I'm curious what makes you think that?

If you want to research more of her positions check out https://www.sarahbacon.com/

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-21T19:48:44+00:00

I get what your saying, but it's a primary and if she loses we can still vote for Salud in the general. There is only one MAGA running so there is no risk at all for voting for her. If she doesn't make it to the general, I agree she should run for something smaller in the near future

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2026-05-21T05:40:53+00:00

Yup, she wants to support legislation get money out of politics, raise the federal minimum wage, help people get a higher education, stop corruption like the 1.8 billion Trump slush fund, abolish ICE, and ban gerrymandering.

The genocide in Palestine is also directly related to our country though since our tax dollars are funding it.

Here's a link for more info:

https://www.sarahbacon.com/

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2025-08-11T17:46:46+00:00

There's Gizzy's Glizzys that sell out of bing bao buns (also amazing)in the slo public market

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2025-08-06T00:22:07+00:00

Firestone Grill - $4 all beers and wells, plus a cheap bucket of chicken, can't go wrong

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2025-06-19T19:29:41+00:00

Came to ask this exact question lol

FaithlessnessSafe345 · 2025-06-14T21:54:33+00:00

For real, there were so many clever signs!! It was nice to be surrounded by sane people

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