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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The other things show you learned nothing from your temporary timeout. Removed permanently.

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Self posts are not allowed, as others noted, not all schools cancelled.

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The usual nudity, but also anything bloody or dead.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

When I first moved out on my own, I had a room mate from Beirut, Lebanon, here on a refugee Visa. Took him YEARS to get his citizenship.

He came home from work one day super frustrated.

"Do you know any Spanish?"

"No, but what do you want to say? Maybe we can figure it out?"

(this was DECADES before Google Translate or DuoLingo)

"I want to say 'Get off your lazy ass and get back to work!'"

"Well, I don't care WHAT the State Department says, you are now officially an American! Congratulations! Let me get you a flag!"

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Cost PA a Senate seat too.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

You might want to mark this NSFW because of the thumbnail.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

It's way more than 93,000.

Running from the Google results page that quotes the AP:

58% reporting

Kamala Harris 57.6% 6,108,150 votes
Donald Trump 39.8% 4,216,520 votes
Robert Kennedy 1.1% 116,628 votes
Jill Stein 0.8% 87,842 votes
Chase Oliver 0.4% 39,805 votes
Claudia De la Cruz 0.4% 37,673 votes

So, adding that all up, this 58% is 10,606,618 votes.

So 58/10,606,618 vs 100/x Solve for x.

10,606,618 x 100 / 58 = Around 18,287,272 votes total.

Meaning about 7,680,654 votes still to count.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

The "oops" was an accidental un-ban, had to re-ban.

The mod buttons are damnably close together on mobile.

Same for "Remove Post" and "Feature in Community"

Or "Ban user" and "Make Mod".

 
 

Everyone is so caught up in the President and Senate races, it's worth looking at key ballot measures.

The amount of states that don't know it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote is too damn high!

Arizona - Right to Abortion. Yes 61 to 39
Colorado - Right to Abortion. Yes 62 to 38
Florida - Right to Abortion. No 43 to 57 - Needed Yes >= 60 to pass.
Maryland - Right to Abortion. Yes 74 to 26
Missouri - Right to Abortion. Yes 52 to 48
Montana - Right to Abortion. Yes 58 to 42
Nebraska - Right to Abortion. Too Close To Call.
61,000 votes remaining, "No" is +21,000
Nebraska - Prohibit abortions after 1st Trimester - Yes 55 to 45
Nevada - Right to Abortion. Yes 64 to 36
New York - Right to Abortion. Yes 62 to 38
South Dakota - Right to Abortion. No 59 to 41

Alaska - Repeal ranked choice. Too close to call.
111,000 votes remaining, "Yes" is +4,000
Colorado - Ranked Choice. Too close to call.
762,000 ballots remaining, "No" +247,551
D.C. - Ranked Choice. Yes 73 to 27
Idaho - Ranked Choice. No 70 to 30.
Missouri - Citizen voting, ban ranked choice. Yes 68 to 32
Nevada - Ranked Choice. No 54 to 46
Oregon - Ranked Choice. No 60 to 40
South Dakota - Top 2 Primary. No 65 to 35

Idaho - Citizen voting. Yes 65 to 35
Iowa - Citizen voting +17 year olds. Yes 77 to 23. Kentucky - Citizen voting. Yes 63 to 37
Missouri - Citizen voting, ban ranked choice. Yes 68 to 32 North Carolina - Citizen voting. Yes 78 to 22
Oklahoma - Citizen voting. Yes 80 to 20
South Carolina - Citizen voting. Yes 85 to 15
Wisconsin - Citizen voting. Yes 66 to 34

Alaska - Increase Minimum Wage. Too close to call.
114,000 ballots outstanding, "Yes" +31,000
Arizona - Decrease Minimum Wage. No 75 to 25
California - Increase Minimum Wage. Too close to call.
7.1 million ballots left. "No" +390,000
Massachusetts - Increase Minimum Wage. No 64 to 36.
Missouri - Minimum Wage + paid sick leave. Yes 57 to 43

Florida - Legal weed. No 44 to 56, needed Yes >= to 60 to pass.
North Dakota - Legal weed. No 53 to 47
South Dakota - Legal weed. No 55 to 45

Arizona - Border Enforcement. Yes 63 to 37
Arizona - Eliminate partisan primaries. No 58 to 42

California - Marriage rights, repeal prop 8 - Yes 61 to 39

Connecticut - Absentee Voting. Too close to call.
473,000 ballots remaining, "Yes" +174,753

Nevada - Voter ID. Yes 73 to 27

Ohio - Citizen Redistricting. No 54 to 46

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Wasn't even close. 60/40.

 

This thread is for discussion on state races and ballot measures. Is your state legalizing or banning abortion? Weed? Ranked choice balloting?

This is the place to discuss it!

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I'm not even going to TRY to list out all 435 House Races, but let's keep the discussion on that here.

Google election results is showing:

210 R / 198 D with 218 needed for majority. We likely won't know the full result for several days.

27 seats to be determined.

Particularly notable will be any flips from D to R or R to D.

Currently, the makeup of the House is:

https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown

220 Republicans
212 Democrats
3 Vacancies

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) resigned effective 04/25/2024.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) died 07/19/2024.

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) died 08/21/2024.

If the Republicans lose just 5 seats, control will flip from them, back to the Democrats with a majority of 217 to 215. Not even counting the three vacancies.

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NBC is now calling a flip in the Senate

53 R / 45 D&I - NV, AZ still outstanding.

PA flipped R.

I wanted to keep the discussion on the House and Senate races separate. The Presidential thread will be busy enough!

I'm not crazy enough to parse 435 House seats, but I did do the Senate races:

https://www.270towin.com/2024-senate-election/

"There are 34 seats up in 2024 - including a special election in Nebraska - of which 23 are held by Democrats or Independents."

AZ - Kyrsten Sinema - I - Not Running
Ruben Gallego - D - Seems likely to win. Lake is nuts.
Kari Lake - R

This wouldn't flip the seat as Sinema caucuses with the Democrats.

FL - Rick Scott - R
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - D.
Rick Scott - Safe R.

Called for Scott

Former RNC head Michael Steele says this is one to watch, Scott may be on the chopping block. Polling doesn't show that and with Trump having home state advantage, I don't see a split ticket there.

MD - Ben Cardin - D - Not Running
Angela Alsobrooks - Safe D.
Larry Hogan - R

Called for Alsobrooks

MI - Debbie Stabenow - D - Not Running
Elissa Slotkin - Safe D.
Mike Rogers - R

Called for Slotkin

MT - Jon Tester - D
Jon Tester - D
Tim Sheehy - R - Ahead in polling.

Called for Sheehy

Likely flip D to R, despite the fact that Tester is well liked in MT. Polling is giving Sheehy the edge.

NV - Jacky Rosen - D
Jacky Rosen - Safe D.
Sam Brown - R

OH - Sherrod Brown - D
Sherrod Brown - D.
Bernie Moreno - R

Called for Moreno - Flipping

Tossup. Brown leads in 4/5 polls, but it's a margin of error lead. Moreno is up in the most recent polling.

PA - Bob Casey - D
Bob Casey - Safe D.
David McCormick - R

Called for McCormick - this is the first race I missed. :(

TX - Ted Cruz - R
Colin Allred - D
Ted Cruz - Safe R.

Called for Cruz

Allred is up in only one poll, if the Cancun thing didn't sink Cruz, nothing will. Texas is gonna Texas.

WI - Tammy Baldwin - D
Tammy Baldwin - Safe D.
Eric Hovde - R

Called for Baldwin

WV - Joe Manchin - I - Not Running
Glenn Elliott - D
Jim Justice - Safe R.

Called for Justice

The following races are rated as safe for the incumbent party.

CA - Laphonza Butler - D - Not Running
Adam Schiff - Safe D.
Steve Garvey - R.

Called for Schiff

CT - Chris Murphy - D
Chris Murphy - Safe D.
Matt Corey - R.

Called for Murphy

DE - Tom Carper - D - Not Running
Lisa Blunt Rochester - Safe D.
Eric Hansen - R.

Called for Rochester

HI Mazie Hirono - D
Mazie Hirono - Safest D that ever D'd.
Bob McDermott - R

Called for Hirono

IN - Mike Braun - R - Running for Gov.
Valerie McCray - D.
Jim Banks - Safe R.

Called for Banks

MA - Elizabeth Warren - D
Elizabeth Warren - Safe D.
John Deaton - R.

Called for Warren

ME - Angus King - I
David Costello - D.
Demi Kouzounas - R.
Angus King - Safe I, Caucuses with D's.

Called for King

MN - Amy Klobuchar - D
Amy Klobuchar - Safe D.
Royce White - R.

Called for Klobuchar

MO - Josh Hawley - R
Lucas Kunce - D.
Josh Hawley - Safe R.

Called for Hawley

MS - Roger Wicker - R
Ty Pinkins - D
Roger Wicker - Safe R.

Called for Wicker

ND - Kevin Cramer - R
Katrina Christiansen - D.
Kevin Cramer - Safe R.

Called for Cramer

NE - Deb Fischer - R
Deb Fischer - Safe R.
Dan Osborn - I

Called for Fischer

Osborn is making this a nail biter, but I don't see a steady red state going I.

NE - Pete Ricketts - R
Preston Love - D.
Pete Ricketts - Safe R.

Called for Ricketts

NJ - George Helmy - D - Not Running, replaced Menendez.
Andy Kim - Safe D.
Curtis Bashaw - R.

Called for Kim

NM - Martin Heinrich - D
Martin Heinrich - Safe D.
Nella Domenici - R.

Called for Heinrich

NY - Kirsten Gillibrand - D
Kirsten Gillibrand - Safe D.
Mike Sapraicone - R.

Called for Gillibrand

RI - Sheldon Whitehouse - D
Sheldon Whitehouse - Safe D.
Patricia Morgan - R.

Called for Whitehouse

TN - Marsha Blackburn - R
Gloria Johnson - D.
Marsha Blackburn - Safe R.

Called for Blackburn

UT - Mitt Romney - R - Not Running
Caroline Gleich - D.
John Curtis - Safe R.

Called for Curtis

VA - Tim Kaine - D
Tim Kaine - Safe D.
Hung Cao - R.

Called for Kaine

VT - Bernie Sanders - I
Bernie Sanders - Safe I.
Gerald Malloy - R.

Called for Sanders

WA - Maria Cantwell - D
Maria Cantwell - Safe D.
Raul Garcia

Called for Cantwell

WY - John Barrasso - R
Scott Morrow - D.
John Barrasso - Safe R.

Called for Barrasso

So...

Ind. -> D +1 (Sinema, no real change)
D -> R +1 (Montana) - Flipped R.
Ind. -> R +1 (Manchin) - Flipped R.
Tossup - OH - Flipped R.

Ohio and Montana are going to be the races to watch. Right now, the Senate is split 49 Republicans, 47 Democrats, 4 Independents Caucusing with Democrats (Sinema, Manchin, King, and Sanders).

As VP, Harris casts the tie breaking vote which gives the Democrats the majority in the Senate, Committee controls, etc. etc. etc.

So if Montana flips. 50 R, 46 D + 4 I = 50. VP is the tie breaker.

WV flips with Manchin's seat going R. 51 R, 46 D + 3 I = 49. Democrats are out of the majority.

AZ flips with Sinema's seat going D. 51 R, 47 D + 2 I = 49. Doesn't change the math as Sinema caucused with the Democrats.

OH flipped R, 52 R vs. 46 D + 2 I = 48.

PA flipped, which I did NOT see coming. 53 R now, still 2 outstanding. Best case would be 47.

NE is a wildcard if it flips from R to I. 51 R vs. 46 D + 3 I = 49.

However you slice it though, it looks like Democrats will lose the majority in the Senate.

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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
 

Edit 12:11 PM 11/6 Pacific
Kentucky (8), Indiana (11), West Virginia (4), Florida (30), South Carolina (9), Tennessee (11), Alabama (9), Mississippi (6), Oklahoma (7), Arkansas (6), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Nebraska (4*), Wyoming (3), Louisiana (8), Texas (40), Ohio (17), Missouri (10), Montana (4), Utah (6), Idaho (4), Iowa (6), Kansas (6), North Carolina (BG-16), Georgia (BG-16), Pennsylvanya (BG-19), Wisconsin (10), Michigan (15), Maine (1*), Alaska (3) called for Trump.

Vermont (3), Connecticut (7), District of Columbia (3), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), Rhode Island (4), Delaware (3), Illinois (19), New Jersey (14), New York (28), Colorado (10), California (54), Washington (12), Oregon (8), Virginia (13), Hawaii (4), New Mexico (5), New Hampshire (4), Minnesota (10), Nebraska (1*), Maine (3*) for Harris.

2 counties in PA have extended voting hours due to voting machine problems. 9:30 PM in one, 10:00 PM in the other.

Multiple precincts in Georgia have extended hours due to bomb threats.

Edit 03:09 PM Pacific Harris wins Guam.

https://www.guampdn.com/news/guam-picks-harris-over-trump-in-non-binding-presidential-straw-poll/article_657b06b8-9b97-11ef-9896-1302c4e2ebe9.html

This thread is for the Presidential election, my plan is to start marking wins as soon as they are called, sorted by time zone.

Some states are going to take longer than others. Polls generally close at 8 PM local time, but they can't start counting early/mail in votes until after the polls close.

Wisconsin in particular has an interesting system where ballots are collected by MUNICIPALITY, not precinct, they have over 1,800 ballot counting locations and don't report until ALL 1,800 are in.

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/10/22/wisconsin-voters-election-milwaukee-security-denier

Currently 232 EC votes from Blue States:

4+19+10+7+3+3+4+10+11 +4+14+28+4+3+13+54+12 +10+5+8+6

42 EC votes from Battleground States:

10+15+11+6

NC called for Trump. -16 here, +16 to Trump.

GA called for Trump. -16 here, +16 to Trump.

PA called for Trump. -19 here, +19 to Trump.

Which leaves 264 EC votes in Red States.

9+6+6+6+8+6+10+5+3+7 +3+40+30+11+8+17+9+11+4+3+4+4+3+16+16+19

270 to Win.

Online map here!

https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/

 

This is important as Rasmussen is known to be in the tank for Trump.

https://newrepublic.com/post/186444/conservative-poll-rasmussen-secretly-worked-trump-team

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/rasmussen-reports

If THEY'RE stating Harris is +1 in Michigan, it's more likely +3 to +5.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21506018

Literary Arts’ Portland Book Festival, presented by Wells Fargo, returns Saturday, November 2 to ten stages at six partner venues in downtown Portland’s south Park Blocks. The festival will feature on-stage author discussions with over 100 authors and interviewers, drop-in writing workshops, pop-up readings, an extensive book fair, and local food trucks in this city-wide celebration of books and stories.

 

Literary Arts’ Portland Book Festival, presented by Wells Fargo, returns Saturday, November 2 to ten stages at six partner venues in downtown Portland’s south Park Blocks. The festival will feature on-stage author discussions with over 100 authors and interviewers, drop-in writing workshops, pop-up readings, an extensive book fair, and local food trucks in this city-wide celebration of books and stories.

 

One doesn't simply "walk into Powell's for one book..."

$550 later...

("They come in SETS?")

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