2018 Midterms Gameday Thread UPDATE 15 Mississippi still WOAT - Page 100 - Politics and Economics

More people voted for Agriculture Commissioner than Senate, lol. Seems legit. Probably cost Nelson like 10k votes.

Unfortunately, I think it's a ballot design problem because the undervote is consistent in both mailed votes and day-of votes.

So Democrats are getting ****ed in Florida by poor ballot design AGAIN. Unbelievable.

11-08-2018 , 05:35 PM

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Money2Burn

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Honestly the ballot isn’t that confusing, people are just dumb.

11-08-2018 , 05:42 PM

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Fossilkid93

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Quote:

Originally Posted by simplicitus

https://twitter.com/CoreyRobin/statu...01895184347136

That's one way of looking at it.

OTOH, Trump fared better than 6 of the last 9 presidents did during the mid-terms when their party was in power.

11-08-2018 , 05:44 PM

#2479

WichitaDM

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You guys are giving me hope. Getting 1 of AZ/FL would be big. Both would be a miracle.

11-08-2018 , 05:46 PM

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Money2Burn

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Might be ponied, but Nikki Fried, Dem Ag Commissioner candidate in FL took the read in the recount.

11-08-2018 , 05:49 PM

#2481

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Quote:

Originally Posted by simplicitus

https://twitter.com/FactTank/status/1060639362155798528

Based on 2017 Census estimates:

18-29: 54 million
65+: 51 million

"Next time the young people will vote!" - Everyone

11-08-2018 , 05:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Money2Burn

Honestly the ballot isn’t that confusing, people are just dumb.

People being dumb should be your #1 assumption if you are designing a ballot.

11-08-2018 , 05:55 PM

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JoltinJake

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Pretty lazy from the writers to recycle the same storyline in Florida from two decades ago.

11-08-2018 , 05:55 PM

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Andro

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What does a "confusing" ballot even look like?

11-08-2018 , 05:57 PM

#2485

+rep_lol

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul D

I don't think there can be a recount in Gillum's case because he conceded.

this is wrong according to literally everything i've read about the issue

11-08-2018 , 05:58 PM

#2486

JoltinJake

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Andro

What does a "confusing" ballot even look like?

butterfly ballot dot jay pee gee

11-08-2018 , 05:59 PM

#2487

fatboy8

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Maybe NYT will redeem themselves and put the needle back on again.

11-08-2018 , 06:01 PM

#2488

Money2Burn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Andro

What does a "confusing" ballot even look like?

11-08-2018 , 06:03 PM

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ScreaminAsian

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Lolwhat

11-08-2018 , 06:06 PM

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master3004

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Jesus **** Florida continues to be the WOAT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Money2Burn

11-08-2018 , 06:13 PM

#2491

JoltinJake

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Astounding. Just astounding idiocy by the person who designed that, and by the 4% of people who couldn't figure it out.

11-08-2018 , 06:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Money2Burn

. . .

How does Senate race votes compare to votes for House? If more votes for House then there is an issue. If not, then looks like just stupid voters.

edit:

looks like even less votes for House:

11-08-2018 , 06:17 PM

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Despite some of the numbers of provisional and missing ballots posted earlier, I still don't think Abrams can get to a runoff.

I took only those four metro Atlanta counties from that King tweet plus the 25,000 allegedly missing ballots and even if 70% went to Abrams, Kemp still has more than 50% of the vote.

It seems like clear evidence of shenanigans will need to be found. And I mean like concrete, countable vote-fixing shenanigans apart from what we already know.

Pretty impressive that Kemp can squeak out this victory despite rigging it for himself for years.

11-08-2018 , 06:19 PM

#2494

MrWookie

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His work mostly done, Kemp now resigns as SoS

11-08-2018 , 06:20 PM

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Cummings (incoming chair of Oversight) is here. Whoever said ITT to investigate the GA election, I'll be shouting it after his speech.

11-08-2018 , 06:27 PM

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Dominic

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Believing Gillum conceding means he can’t win now is like believing in a magic muck.

11-08-2018 , 06:28 PM

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Dominic

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cuserounder

Cummings (incoming chair of Oversight) is here. Whoever said ITT to investigate the GA election, I'll be shouting it after his speech.

Good!

11-08-2018 , 06:29 PM

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That ballot is not confusing at all. It's not brilliantly designed but it gets the job done.

Do people expect something like the tutorial of every mobile game made in the last few years? They literally tell you exactly where to tap and exactly what to do for the first 15-20 minutes of gameplay.

11-08-2018 , 06:29 PM

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wheatrich

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Rubio's insisting all the new dem votes in FL since they're still counting are fake news. (it's a tweet thread if you care to find it)

Good thing he isn't an actual senator or anything.