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Post by whollygoats on Nov 9, 2022 20:05:39 GMT
So, we've just completed the midterm elections across the United States. It is a 'mid-term' because it is halfway through the four-year term of the current president, now Joe Biden.
This means that in terms of national elections to US government offices that all seats in the House of Representatives, and one-third of the seats in the Senate, are up for election. It is also when a shipload of state and local candidates and measures are placed on the ballot for consideration and selection.
Conventional knowledge states that such midterm elections tend to augur against the prevailing power in power. This is what the expectation of a 'Red Wave' is all about; the sweep of many 'red' (aka Republican) candidates as expressions of displeasure at the perception of those in power failing to cater to the whims of the electorate. In the simplistic politics that the troglogdytes of the US understand, 'Blue' means Democratic, or liberal, while 'Red' means Republican, or outright shitheaded conservative whackadoodles (same as Tories).
Of course, reality is somewhat more nuanced and includes idiots like Manchin and Sinema and charming fools like Cheney and Kinzinger. The voting is done, so we're all over, but the shouting.
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Post by Moose on Nov 9, 2022 23:53:13 GMT
Have the results come in yet?
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 10, 2022 0:16:56 GMT
Slowly. To be honest, it ain't much of a change. It certainly is not the 'Red Wave' which a lot of pundits were touting.
Nobody yet knows how either the US Senate, nor the US House of Representatives, are going to go. By and large, I get the impression that the Silly Fatarsed Shithead's personal pix did not do all that well, but a couple managed to obtain office. They will need to be very closely watched. State and local races will need a longer and closer look, and a fuller analysis, to see if any changes really took place, and whether they were beneficial or not.
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Post by kingedmund on Nov 11, 2022 16:22:38 GMT
I am so tired of mailers. I just throw them away!
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 11, 2022 20:49:09 GMT
Heh...Election porn. Glossy and lurid.
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