If I wanted America to fail

[gridley]

Nov 18, 2022 2:55:03 GMT Sigurdur said:

Democrats ARE REPORTED AS HAVING won independents by wide margins in key states

www.wsj.com/articles/2022-senate-results-turned-on-meaningful-shifts-from-2020-11668695984?mod=mhp

Fixed that for ya.

[Sigurdur]

Nov 18, 2022 12:05:53 GMT gridley said:

Nov 18, 2022 2:55:03 GMT Sigurdur said:

Democrats ARE REPORTED AS HAVING won independents by wide margins in key states

www.wsj.com/articles/2022-senate-results-turned-on-meaningful-shifts-from-2020-11668695984?mod=mhp

Fixed that for ya.

In retaining their seats in Nevada and Arizona, while picking up a Republican-held seat in Pennsylvania, Democrats clinched control of the Senate even as the race in Georgia remains undecided.



If Sen. Raphael Warnock is able to hold his seat in a Dec. 6 runoff against Republican Herschel Walker, Democrats will have actually gained a seat in a year in which Republicans hoped President Biden’s low approval rating would hand them the reins of both chambers of Congress.



Here is how Democrats managed to keep control of the Senate, and how the vote compares to the 2020 presidential results.





FROM 2020 to 2022, PENNSYLVANIA SHIFTED



+3.43 points



DEMOCRAT



2022



2020



1.18 pts.



4.61 pts.



+7.5 D



+5.0 D



+2.5 D



+2.5 R



+5.0 R



+7.5 R



+10.0 D



+10.0 R



MARGIN



Democrat John Fetterman delivered the biggest blow to Republicans, defeating opponent Mehmet Oz by more than four points. Of the most competitive Senate races, it was the first to be called by the Associated Press, and the only Senate seat to change hands this cycle so far. Mr. Fetterman was propelled by voters who identify as independents, a group he won by 20 points, according to the AP VoteCast survey of more than 115,000 voters across the country.



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Nationwide, independents favored Democrats by 4 points. The AP VoteCast survey was conducted Oct. 31 through the closing of the polls on Nov. 8 by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research for Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press and other media outlets. It has a margin of error of plus or minus less than 1 percentage point on the full sample.



Vote shift from 2020 to 2022



+5 D



+5 R



+10 D



+10 R



Pittsburgh



Harrisburg



Philadelphia



Margin among independents



+20 pts. D



Pennsylvania



+4 pts. D



Nationally



MARGIN





FROM 2020 to 2022, ARIZONA SHIFTED



+4.70 points



DEMOCRAT



2020



2022



0.31 pts.



5.02 pts.



+7.5 D



+5.0 D



+2.5 D



+2.5 R



+5.0 R



+7.5 R



+10.0 D



+10.0 R



MARGIN



Democrats were in a stronger position in Arizona leading up to the election, based on combined ratings from three nonpartisan political analysts, and Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won by about 5 points. He was boosted by a strong showing in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, where Mr. Kelly ran ahead of Mr. Biden’s 2020 performance. Arizona independents broke for the Democrat by a wider margin here than any other competitive Senate race, favoring Mr. Kelly by 36 points over Republican Blake Masters.



Vote shift from 2020 to 2022



+5 D



+5 R



+10 D



+10 R



Flagstaff



Phoenix



Tucson



Margin among independents



+36 pts. D



Arizona



+4 pts. D



Nationally



MARGIN





FROM 2020 to 2022, NEVADA SHIFTED



+1.64 points



REPUBLICAN



2020



2022



2.45 pts.



0.81 pts.



+7.5 D



+5.0 D



+2.5 D



+2.5 R



+5.0 R



+7.5 R



+10.0 D



+10.0 R



MARGIN



Nevada was the final Senate race to be called, with the AP declaring Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto the winner Saturday night. The seat was seen by many Republicans as their best pickup opportunity, but the Democratic incumbent held back challenger Adam Laxalt, winning by a margin of less than a point. Ms. Cortez Masto slightly underperformed Mr. Biden in populous Clark County, home to Las Vegas, as well as bellwether Washoe County, which includes Reno, but carried both by enough to win re-election.



Vote shift from 2020 to 2022



+5 D



+5 R



+10 D



+10 R



Elko



Reno



Carson City



Las Vegas



Margin among independents



+21 pts. D



Nevada



+4 pts. D



Nationally



MARGIN





FROM 2020 to 2022, GEORGIA SHIFTED



+0.70 points



DEMOCRAT



2022



2020



0.24 pts.



0.93 pts.



+7.5 D



+5.0 D



+2.5 D



+2.5 R



+5.0 R



+7.5 R



+10.0 D



+10.0 R



MARGIN



Just as it was in 2020, the Georgia Senate race will be decided in a runoff, after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. Mr. Warnock fell about 0.6 percentage point short of winning outright.



A big unknown will be how much turnout drops, especially with Democratic control of the Senate already certain. Additionally, the deadline for registering to vote in the runoff has already passed, a change from 2020. If independent voters return to the polls, it could boost Mr. Warnock. Those voters favored the Democrat by 28 points in the November election.



Vote shift from 2020 to 2022



+5 D



+5 R



+10 D



+10 R



Atlanta



Savannah



Margin among independents



Georgia



+28 pts. D



+4 pts. D



Nationally



MARGIN



One of the keys to Democrats’ success in Senate races is that they generally ran ahead of their party’s gubernatorial candidates. The GOP scored victories in Georgia and Nevada, even as they face a runoff in the former and lost the Senate race in latter.



Margin of victory



DEMOCRAT



REPUBLICAN



+15 D



pct. pts.



+10 D



+5 D



+5 R



+10 R



Georgia



Governor



Senator



Going to a runoff



Nevada



Governor



Senator



Arizona



Governor



Senator



Pennsylvania



Governor



Senator



Source: Associated Press

In Arizona, Democrat Katie Hobbs won the governor’s race, but the margin was much narrower than Mr. Kelly’s Senate win. Pennsylvania was the only competitive state where the Democratic gubernatorial nominee won more convincingly than the party’s Senate candidate.



Note: Margins and vote shifts are based on each party’s share of the two-party vote (excluding other parties/independents).



Sources: Associated Press (results); AP VoteCast (independents)



James Benedict contributed to this article.



Write to Stephanie Stamm at [e-mail]

[gridley]

thefederalist.com/2022/11/18/why-is-the-government-arming-more-federal-bureaucrats-than-u-s-marines/

"A report issued last year by the watchdog group Open The Books, “The Militarization of The U.S. Executive Agencies,” found that more than 200,000 federal bureaucrats now have been granted the authority to carry guns and make arrests — more than the 186,000 Americans serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. “One hundred three executive agencies outside of the Department of Defense spent $2.7 billion on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment between fiscal years 2006 and 2019 (inflation adjusted),” notes the report. “Nearly $1 billion ($944.9 million) was spent between fiscal years 2015 and 2019 alone.”

Because it totally makes sense that we need OVER A HUNDRED federal agencies with armed enforcement agents. And note, this is BEFORE the recent increase in the IRS.

[gridley]

www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/election-denier-hakeem-jeffries-will-make-our-politics-more-toxic-and-divisive

"Jeffries said in September 2018 that Republicans had cheated in the 2016 presidential election and stole two Supreme Court seats. He tweeted in February 2018 that “the more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes. America deserves to know whether we have a FAKE President in the Oval Office.”"

Its obviously fine to deny the legitimacy of the election system as long as the wrong people won. When the right people win, nothing was ever wrong.

[code]

I am thrilled, just thrilled, we are paying other countries for climate change.

[ratty]

Nov 20, 2022 6:10:55 GMT code said:

I am thrilled, just thrilled, we are paying other countries for climate change.

Taking money from poor people in rich countries to support the lifestyles of rich people (dictators) in poor countries ....

[gridley]

notthebee.com/article/heres-georgia

"In what's now a stone-cold classic for Democrats, watch as pro-death pastor and Senator Raphael Warnock grins as big as you've ever seen anyone grin while all the peasants who came to see him have to wear their masks."

"After all, his church does require everyone over the age of 5 to be vaxxed and have ID in order to attend (I thought ID was racist??)."

[gridley]

Oh, Canada. :-(

www.internationalfreepress.com/2022/12/in-canada-everything-seems-to-be.html

"The Fraser Institute has been tracking medical wait times since 1993. Their latest tally, released just this week, shows that it now takes an average of 27.4 weeks for a Canadian to secure medical treatment. In other words, from the moment a Canadian notices they may have a serious medical ailment, it takes more than six months until they can go through the gauntlet of referrals and specialist appointments and ultimately receive either surgery or treatment. When the institute started keeping track of Canadian wait times, that process only took 9.3 weeks.

"Just a month ago, only 44 per cent of Canadians were expressing some worry that they would soon be struggling to feed their families. But a recent Ipsos poll found that the number has now risen to 53 per cent. An even higher number – 61 per cent – said they are now worried they won’t be able to afford gasoline."

Tell me again how great socialized medicine is. No wonder the leftists there are pushing for more gun control - they need to disarm the population before they wake up.

[missouriboy]

Dec 6, 2022 1:20:04 GMT gridley said:

notthebee.com/article/heres-georgia

"In what's now a stone-cold classic for Democrats, watch as pro-death pastor and Senator Raphael Warnock grins as big as you've ever seen anyone grin while all the peasants who came to see him have to wear their masks."

"After all, his church does require everyone over the age of 5 to be vaxxed and have ID in order to attend (I thought ID was racist??)."

Not if you are in charge of that portion of the race.  Then it is only housekeeping.

[missouriboy]

Dec 15, 2022 11:54:35 GMT gridley said:

Oh, Canada. :-(

www.internationalfreepress.com/2022/12/in-canada-everything-seems-to-be.html

"The Fraser Institute has been tracking medical wait times since 1993. Their latest tally, released just this week, shows that it now takes an average of 27.4 weeks for a Canadian to secure medical treatment. In other words, from the moment a Canadian notices they may have a serious medical ailment, it takes more than six months until they can go through the gauntlet of referrals and specialist appointments and ultimately receive either surgery or treatment. When the institute started keeping track of Canadian wait times, that process only took 9.3 weeks.

"Just a month ago, only 44 per cent of Canadians were expressing some worry that they would soon be struggling to feed their families. But a recent Ipsos poll found that the number has now risen to 53 per cent. An even higher number – 61 per cent – said they are now worried they won’t be able to afford gasoline."

Tell me again how great socialized medicine is. No wonder the leftists there are pushing for more gun control - they need to disarm the population before they wake up.

Waiting room sign:  "Please go die somewhere quietly".  You'll upset the long-suffering queue.  But if you're desperate, you can fly to Colombia and pay cash for the private services.  No problemo.  If you use the public health services, you wait months.  Pay cash and you can be seen tomorrow in a private office. 

[blustnmtn]

Dec 15, 2022 14:19:24 GMT missouriboy said:

Dec 15, 2022 11:54:35 GMT gridley said:

Oh, Canada. :-(

www.internationalfreepress.com/2022/12/in-canada-everything-seems-to-be.html

"The Fraser Institute has been tracking medical wait times since 1993. Their latest tally, released just this week, shows that it now takes an average of 27.4 weeks for a Canadian to secure medical treatment. In other words, from the moment a Canadian notices they may have a serious medical ailment, it takes more than six months until they can go through the gauntlet of referrals and specialist appointments and ultimately receive either surgery or treatment. When the institute started keeping track of Canadian wait times, that process only took 9.3 weeks.

"Just a month ago, only 44 per cent of Canadians were expressing some worry that they would soon be struggling to feed their families. But a recent Ipsos poll found that the number has now risen to 53 per cent. An even higher number – 61 per cent – said they are now worried they won’t be able to afford gasoline."

Tell me again how great socialized medicine is. No wonder the leftists there are pushing for more gun control - they need to disarm the population before they wake up.

Waiting room sign:  "Please go die somewhere quietly".  You'll upset the long-suffering queue.  But if you're desperate, you can fly to Colombia and pay cash for the private services.  No problemo.  If you use the public health services, you wait months.  Pay cash and you can be seen tomorrow in a private office. 

Once again: They don’t do it FOR you, they do it TO you. The ruling class will never participate in social medicine…anywhere.

[missouriboy]

Dec 16, 2022 12:33:35 GMT blustnmtn said:

Dec 15, 2022 14:19:24 GMT missouriboy said:

Waiting room sign:  "Please go die somewhere quietly".  You'll upset the long-suffering queue.  But if you're desperate, you can fly to Colombia and pay cash for the private services.  No problemo.  If you use the public health services, you wait months.  Pay cash and you can be seen tomorrow in a private office. 

Once again: They don’t do it FOR you, they do it TO you. The ruling class will never participate in social medicine…anywhere.

“England The American Government expects that every man will do his duty”.  It's damn little duty they'll get out of this rebel crowd.

[missouriboy]

nypost.com/2022/12/25/the-woke-university-implosion-and-what-comes-next/

[missouriboy]

Olympus has fallen.

www.zerohedge.com/political/footage-shows-looting-across-buffalo-city-plunged-chaos-after-blizzard

[missouriboy]

OR ...

www.zerohedge.com/political/who-purposely-sabotaging-power-plants-all-over-america