• barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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        There’s always hope, but it wasn’t realistic. What the election demonstrated is very troubling to MAGA. Both districts had been strong +30 HitlerPig districts, but in this election, theyvwere only +15. Either MAGAs didnt show up to vote, or many voted Democrat, a lot of Dems showed up, or a combination of the three.

        The last one is the most likely explanation, and the scariest one for MAGA. That represents three different ways they are declining.

        Also, both candidates ran excellent campaigns. Weill’s was terrific, and the kind of campaign that could be very effective in future Democratic campaigns. I hope he steps up to run again, preferably in a toss-up district. In a race like that, he could win easily.

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        I dont think anyone seriously thought Florida would flip. Trump backlash did get us a pretty big win in a red Wisconsin just a bit ago though.

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    1 day ago

    In better news Crawford won in Wisconsin despite Elons meddling ! Florida was gonna be a wash no matter what but the Wisconsin one is a big deal seeing as they went red in 2024.

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    Florida’s tourism industry just started bleeding out. This like being elected to the board of blockbuster in 2018

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      Obviously it’s still a concept of pain. It needs to become real. Only Floridians are usually old retirees with much to fall back on. Anecdotally, if course.