What do you think of yesterday's election results?

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   tsmogposted 11 months ago

   First, do you think yesterday's (11/07/23) election results are a bell-weather for 2024? The only significant one I'll mention is the Ohio Result on abortion. The measure would;
   
   A "yes" vote supported amending the Ohio Constitution to:
   
   ** provide a state constitutional right to "make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to" decisions about abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and continuing pregnancy, and
   ** allow the state to restrict abortion after fetal viability, except when “necessary to protect the pregnant patient’s life or health.”
   
   A "no" vote opposed amending the Ohio Constitution to provide a constitutional right to "make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions."
   
   Yes - 56.62%
   No - 43.38%
   
   Surprising? Some today say they are now a swing state.
   
   Was there a significant candidate race or a measure you had either an interest with or a deep concern? That could be state, county, or local.
   
   Here is a of link to Ballotpedia to peruse:
   
   Election results, 2023 It has links to topics of interest and a results summary
   https://ballotpedia.org/Election_result … ts_summary
   
   Just to toss in a local measure for here in San Diego County there was a measure for a portion of the county as to whether to stay with the San Diego Water Authority or leave to one in the county north of it. Of course, the issue is cost. That area of the county is agriculture mainly with groves for citrus, avocados, and Kiwi. There also is a ton of nurseries.
   
   The vote is to leave.
   
   94.3% - Yes
   5.7% - No

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      Sharlee01posted 11 months agoin reply to this

      I was pleasantly surprised by the Ohio abortion results. The passing of the law allowing the state to restrict abortion after fetal viability, except when necessary to protect the pregnant patient's life or health, appears to reflect sensible restrictions on abortion. It demonstrates that the majority of voters support maintaining control over one's reproductive decisions, encompassing abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and continuing pregnancy. This indicates that women are thoughtfully considering the issue before voting.
      
      I wasn't surprised by the re-election of Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, given his consistently high job approval rating. Although both candidates agreed that abortion laws in the state needed to change and become less restrictive, media's emphasis on this issue in relation to his victory seems unnecessary. Beshear's popularity made his win seem less in doubt, even though the race ended up being close.
      
      Despite this election outcome, Republicans maintain supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature and continue to dominate the state's congressional delegation, including both U.S. Senate seats.

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   IslandBitesposted 11 months ago

   To answer your question,
   
   This was FoxNews main headline this morning:
   
   GOP hopes crushed as Republicans suffer loss after loss in bellwether election
   
   Even Fox seems to think so.

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 11 months ago

   When voters - not appointees - are allowed to be the determining factor on important issues, Americans rise to the occasion and do the right thing for each other. Presidential elections should be determined the same way.

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      Ken Burgessposted 11 months agoin reply to this

      If you want California deciding every Presidential election (and almost all Democrats do) then you want this.
      
      If you want the Republic to work as it was meant to, if you want all states to have some relevance, rather than a mere handful making all the decisions, then this is the last thing you want.
      
      People should be alarmed with the concept of "Mail In Ballots" that have no way of being verified as being filled out and signed by the designated person it was supposed to be filled out by in more than one swing state.
      
      This opens the door for massive voter fraud, which has been proven in the GA 2020 elections to have occurred.
      
      https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/09/ne … 0-results/
      
      https://headlineusa.com/courts-admit-vo … ularities/
      
      https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/17 … 0081739163
      
      https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/sta … 6873681020
      
      https://twitter.com/4WakingUpPeople/sta … 7735030854
      
      If we get to a place where they just go off of the total vote count, CA will have 40 million votes cast, most by mail in ballots, most for Democrats.
      
      You can put that in writing and mortgage the house for your bet on it.

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   Ken Burgessposted 11 months ago

   I doubt it means anything regarding the Presidential election.
   
   The only thing I noted in your link that seemed relevant was the Governor elections, it had been 2 Dems and 1 Rep, now it is 2 Reps and one Dem.
   
   Similar to how people see the President, they tend to see Governors in similar light... while voting issues and lesser positions of government based more on political preferences and identity.

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   tsmogposted 11 months ago

   More Election results from Ballotpedia for perusal. It delves a little deeper looking at trends using graphical representations. An example is the number of defeated incumbents in the state legislative general elections, 2011 - 2023.
   
   It provides information on mayoral races, school boards, local ballot measures, and recall elections.
   
   Welcome to the Thursday, November 9, Brew.
   http://info.ballotpedia.org/dm?id=FF04B … 16DFBF1C68

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      Sharlee01posted 11 months agoin reply to this

      I found that the media is not playing up the problems that are brewing in one of our larger liberal states, New York... That certainly could pose a problem in 2024
      
      "And while abortion access was a potent, winning issue Tuesday in conservative states, public safety, affordability and the migrant crisis were on the ballot in New York.
      
      Ecstatic GOP leaders on Wednesday touted a red wave on Long Island and a rare foothold in the Bronx. They said the local wins were proof their House victories here last year were no fluke — and they warned Democrats to prepare for even worse in 2024.
      
      
      “We’re talking about a big movement, and we’re talking about this movement starting in a very blue state,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said in an interview. “There is a message for the Democratic Party and the message is: You’re too extreme, you’re too far left, you’re too woke.”
      
      New York is set next year to host half a dozen competitive House races, the most of any state but California. Democrats believe they have an edge with abortion-rights questions slated for the ballot, but they keep confronting a recurring theme: New Yorkers don’t follow national trends.
      
      Republicans turned out especially big Tuesday on Long Island, where the party swept all four House seats a year earlier"
      
      https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/0 … s-00126170

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