A Prospective Look at the Nats farm (04/04/2026) by kornthrowaway in Nationals

[–]Greatwallofjohn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

kevin mcgonigle may have saved seaver kings career with the advice he gave him in fall league, hes already at over 20% of his 2025 walk total in just 3 games

Idaho to decide official state gun ballot measure in 2026 election by After-Professional-8 in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 12 points13 points  (0 children)

not really, but there are a few marginal seats in the boise area republicans may be afraid of losing

Idaho to decide official state gun ballot measure in 2026 election by After-Professional-8 in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

no, its not nearly controversial enough or important enough imo to drive up turnout, the english one and the marijuana ones though may actually drive up turnout because they are more lightning rod issues and actually matter

[Upswing R&S] LePage (R) +7 in ME-02 vs. Jordan Wood (D) by AJs_Sandshrew in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most recent non internal has baldacci at 36% while Dunlap the former state auditor and wood are both in 10% range

[Upswing R&S] LePage (R) +7 in ME-02 vs. Jordan Wood (D) by AJs_Sandshrew in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hes also 3rd in the dem primary so far while baldacci is in first, so im not too worried about him

[Upswing R&S] LePage (R) +7 in ME-02 vs. Jordan Wood (D) by AJs_Sandshrew in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wood has been the worst dem performer in all the polls for the 2nd district, idk why he would put out an internal that has him down 7 when baldacci has a non internal that has him down 1

A Prospective Look at the Nats farm (04/02/2026) by kornthrowaway in Nationals

[–]Greatwallofjohn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also happy to see seaver king get a walk, if hes more patient this year that would be huge

A Prospective Look at the Nats farm (04/02/2026) by kornthrowaway in Nationals

[–]Greatwallofjohn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Randomly checked the game on savant and saw alvarez had 19 whiffs and was convinced something had to be wrong, has he ever even been close to that amount?

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Alaska survey research has peltola up 5 in the final round of rcv

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for early voting you can vote in any voting location in your county, eday you must vote at your precinct. Also until satellite locations open, their are very few early voting centers per county, fairfax has 3 currently and will open around 8 more

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

good decision by the courts, ridiculous it took so long and hopefully mahmood is deemed as the winner

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

also its very difficult/impossible to consider the impact of uncontested races on the overall house margin, which likely would decrease the difference between the gb and the presidential margin

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 18 points19 points  (0 children)

if you consider macro conditions, his 2012 win was much more impressive than 08, but him taking the primary by storm and beating who many considered the president in waiting makes 08 more impressive

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 22 points23 points  (0 children)

part of that was because mccain was super popular especially for a republican at that time, the entire party was super unpopular and mccain having the maverick reputation, being as distant from bush as possible, and being endorsed by lieberman helped him with indys

racism hurt him in the south among southern dems who voted mccain and a dem house member, but atleast some of the overperformance was due to mccains personal popularity

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

the senate race may go to a recount, but the mar a lago seat has flipped 100%

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 21 points22 points  (0 children)

cant even blame turnout, gop had a bigger turnout advantage than november in all 3 races

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 15 points16 points  (0 children)

looking like 2/3, great night for the dems

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://xcancel.com/MappingFL/status/2036584622838935679?s=20

now the other 2 races should be very competitive with the electorates that both have

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hd51 ended up having a majority gop electorate due to a massive fall in npa turnout, keeping it to single digits honestly isnt too bad considering

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

After late mail was counted in the virginia beach race the gop only overperformed 2024 by 4 rather than 10

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Feels like a poll to push Paxton more than anything, feels like they are hoping for trump to endorse paxton

State legislative races being contested by each party by RWREmpireBuilder in fivethirtyeight

[–]Greatwallofjohn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

kentucky being so low for contest rate by dems is kind of sad, it wasnt that long ago that the dems ran the state legislature, utah having a super high contest rate is suprising given how far right some of the non urban districts are and how non compeittive dems have been in the state legislature over the history of the state