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SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 11:58 AM Nov 2017

repubs Just Need It Close In AL

If they are within a few points, the machines will take care if the rest.

Does anybody really get the sense that they are worried? Of course they aren't.

Losing this seat would be a PR disaster for them, not to mention making their margin for votes only One. A big liability for their middle class tax increase bill.

They just need it to be within 2 or 3, then they keep the seat. The racists in AL will take care of them, fear not. Then even if they were to try and remove him, the seat stays in repub hands. That is really all they care about.

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repubs Just Need It Close In AL (Original Post) SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 OP
You're probably right... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #1
Someone Needs To Drag Democratic Voters To Vote. nt SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 #3
The interstate crosscheckers will be working overtime to negate any Democratic surge. Eyeball_Kid Nov 2017 #5
Alabama has always used paper ballots. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #2
Really? SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 #4
Paper ballots on their own are not a panacea... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #6
At Least We Have Some Control Over Those Things SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 #7
Understood... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #8
This is what they always do. The media makes it a close race, Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #9
either side will challenge bluestarone Nov 2017 #10
Winning that seat will be a PR disaster for them too. C_U_L8R Nov 2017 #11

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
1. You're probably right...
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 11:59 AM
Nov 2017

and it is a sad reflection on our country. So many people don't vote, and low turnout always favors the Repubs.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. Alabama has always used paper ballots.
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 12:07 PM
Nov 2017

If the results of this election are "challenged" weeks ahead, then we can trust no election results anywhere.

Putin and his puppet win.

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
6. Paper ballots on their own are not a panacea...
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 12:14 PM
Nov 2017

They help, and the paper trail makes auditing easier, but electioneering goes far beyond flippable voting machines. ALL of the lead up to the election matters...voter registration, GOTV, advertising, and now social media attacks all matter. I expect a full court press, much like 2016, and Dems across the country have our work cut out for us.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
7. At Least We Have Some Control Over Those Things
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 12:21 PM
Nov 2017

It's having clear victory stolen that concerns me a lot.

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
8. Understood...
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 12:24 PM
Nov 2017

it will take significant majorities to overcome the gerrymandering and the hate media/social networking.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
11. Winning that seat will be a PR disaster for them too.
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 01:41 PM
Nov 2017

Maybe even more so.
There's truly nothing worse for the GOP's brand image
than to be the haven for child molestors.

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