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Raphael Warnock wins, but it was close. We live among (Original Post) Joinfortmill Dec 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Haggard Celine Dec 2022 #1
I'll second, third, and quadruple that! Scary to think about. judesedit Dec 2022 #2
Yes bdamomma Dec 2022 #3
Every single day, thousands of conservative white people born before 1975 die, Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #4
F***ing gerrymandering. TigressDem Dec 2022 #5
Danger. Danger. czarjak Dec 2022 #6
What is very scary is to learn how many of them I am related to. brer cat Dec 2022 #7

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judesedit

(4,439 posts)
2. I'll second, third, and quadruple that! Scary to think about.
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 11:35 PM
Dec 2022

Although I still think some people were paid to vote for Walker. Nothing is too low for the qthugs. Corruption is their middle name.

Sky Jewels

(7,113 posts)
4. Every single day, thousands of conservative white people born before 1975 die,
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 11:37 PM
Dec 2022

and progressive black, brown, white, yellow, red, mixed, etc., young people turn 18.

Tick tock, tick tock, GQP...

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
5. F***ing gerrymandering.
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 11:37 PM
Dec 2022


https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card?planId=recZwpVm5Uz1GESnV


Packed Wins? 10.2% favoring R

Mean-Median? +7.7% R

Partisan Bias? +14.3% R


Overall Grade C

Partisan Fairness C
Republican advantage.


Competitiveness C

Similarly competitive relative to other maps that could have been drawn
Geographic Features C
Compact districts, typical number of county splits




A: Good for the category
B: Better than average for the category, but bias still exists
C: Average for the category, could be better, but also could be worse
F: Poor for the category, could be much better

brer cat

(24,578 posts)
7. What is very scary is to learn how many of them I am related to.
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 11:49 PM
Dec 2022

We can't talk politics at family gatherings unless we want a riot.

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