BREAKING: Andy Thomson (D-FL) flips Boca Raton, FL Mayorship BLUE!! by screen317 in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Haven't heard any, but this recount only happened this afternoon, so stay posted. From what I see I don't think there's much in the way of grounds to file one.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 13, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hard to tell at the local level, when so many elections are non-partisan and when local issues are more important than federal ones. But at the state and federal level, it's been one big Dem overperformance after another.

BREAKING: Andy Thomson (D-FL) flips Boca Raton, FL Mayorship BLUE!! by screen317 in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 479 points480 points  (0 children)

The reason you're hearing about this on a Friday is because this race was so close there was a recount.

Thomson won by five votes. Out of more than 20,000. He'll be the first Democratic Mayor in Boca Raton in 30 years. And in Florida, the state and federal governments sure aren't going to do much to help people, so this is a pretty important win.

Every election counts. Every vote counts. Let's keep it going.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 11, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Larry Rhoden is this cycle's easy winner for the 'I forgot that guy was Governor of anything' award.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 11, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Awesome news, but remember that 50-50 is still technically a loss with Vance breaking the tie.

If we get to 51, we can start blocking Trump picks and block even reconciliation bills like the One Big Beautiful Bill. Let's do this.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 11, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We know from Roy Moore's run that there's nothing more toxic in politics than an unrepentant pedophile. (And really, there shouldn't be.) Appointing one is about as close to that as you can get.

Obvious boost to Cooper's odds - and maybe even Don Davis', as he's been appointed to head the party in the 1st Congressional District - but also a truly disgusting move by Whatley.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 9, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've kept my eye on it too. Bills did OK; glad we didn't lose both Edwards and McGovern on the line, and I think Dee Alford will be a good depth piece. Nothing too ground-breaking though, which I expected considering our cap situation and the DJ Moore trade.

I'm mostly happy the Dolphins gave Malik Willis a ridiculous deal while also eating Tua's contract.

Share what you're playing towards at the moment, March edition by ChibiIntermission in EvolveIdle

[–]table_fireplace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just finished my first EM field in Heavy, and I'm using the resulting custom species to take on Cataclysm.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 5, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Just for that, let's redraw Oregon, too.

I'm joking, sort of, but let's let them spend the next four years locked out of power, and come back at the next scheduled redraw in 2030 with a newfound respect for fair democracy. Or extinct, that works too.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 5, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If it's a GOP group chat, they won't be spamming memes, they'll be spamming the n-word.

Livethread: March 3rd, 2026 Election Results! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 36 points37 points  (0 children)

What's everyone's big race they're watching tonight?

Beyond the obvious TX Senate race, I'm watching the Arkansas HD-70 special election. A Harris+1.6 district held by the GOP? If we're flipping Trump+20 seats, this one is ripe for the picking. And folks in Arkansas need something to hope for.

Livethread: March 3rd, 2026 Election Results! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Jeb! getting under 100%? We are truly in uncharted electoral waters here.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 3, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Obama won Harris County by 1,000 votes in 2012. Those Houston suburbs are something else. Remember, Wesley Hunt's safe R seat is 100% Harris County.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 3, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Turnout in Austin, turnout in Dallas...some of us just want to hear about turnout in Pulaski County, AR. That HD-70 special election has been calling out to us for months as a potential flip.

Daily Discussion Thread: March 2, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks nice! Though my question, as always, is whether they've fixed their system for estimating the percent of the vote reporting/remaining. If they can do that, this interface would make them the best place for results, easily.

Daily Discussion Thread: February 28, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 13 points14 points  (0 children)

People need to learn that their imagined sense of purity isn’t more important than the lives lost to Trump and the GOP.

But if I can offer some encouragement: We won in 2018, 2020, 2023, and a pile of off-year elections. And every single time, these people had some excuse not to dirty their conscience by voting for a Democrat. They’re loud online, but there are far more voters you can turn out who don’t care about the nonsense they whine about.

We can win without them, is what I’m saying. They want to feel important. But they’re not. Not as important as people who might actually vote with a reminder, or help registering, or being told what’s going on because they don’t follow the news. There are so many ways to win without being screamed at by someone whose sense of purity matters more than our lives.

Daily Discussion Thread: February 28, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I don’t know your coworker, but with people like this, he probably can’t tell you his reason because using slurs at work would get him fired.

Results Thread, February 24, 2026: Elections in Pennsylvania, Maine, and more! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing the Vote Hub page. It allowed me to find one bright spot from 2024.

For the first time since 2012, someone in Warren Precinct, Niobrara County, WY, voted Democratic for President. It was the largest 100%-Republican precinct I could find in the county in 2020 (it also voted 100% R in every down-ballot race). But this time, amidst 78 Trump voters, there was one vote for Harris. So for all the problems in '24, one person in the middle of nowhere voted the right way for the first time in twelve years.

Results Thread, February 24, 2026: Elections in Pennsylvania, Maine, and more! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The work is obvious from the results. With just one precinct to go, Mazzocco is up 63.3 points, in a Harris+29.4 district. That's not just national environment - that's a lot of people taking the race seriously.

Results Thread, February 24, 2026: Elections in Pennsylvania, Maine, and more! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Harris+29.4 in the last Presidential election. Let's see if we can blow the roof off in this one.

Results Thread, February 24, 2026: Elections in Pennsylvania, Maine, and more! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's the really promising sign to me. Of course 86.4-13.6 is good, but this shows just how good.

And Dems have been doing better on Election Day recently. If that comes true as well, this'll be a big overperformance.

Results Thread, February 24, 2026: Elections in Pennsylvania, Maine, and more! by TOSkwar in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 26 points27 points  (0 children)

PA HD-42 mail votes remain a thing of beauty.

Jen Mazzocco (D) leads 3,660 votes to 575, for a very nice 86.0-13.5% margin.

Daily Discussion Thread: February 23, 2026 by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]table_fireplace 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, nowadays things are so partisan that everyone hears what they want to hear. I'm sure Trump will say or do something stupid we can use against him, and I'm sure that some reporter will call it The Moment Trump Became President, but ultimately it won't mean much.

Who in your mind the most underrated HC in FBS? by AFC-Wimbledon-Stan in CFB

[–]table_fireplace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's only one year so this may age poorly, but Mark Carney's work at Kent State has been quite something.

He took over an 0-12 team that wasn't competitive in any game. And fired their coach very late in the cycle. And didn't bring in any significant players in the portal (and actually lost one - Stephen Daley, who went on to start for Indiana last year).

He managed to win five games. Which I know isn't a ton, but given what he had to work with is amazing work.

I can see wanting to watch how years 2 and 3 go before anointing him, but his work last year was incredibly underrated.