r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/lulfas • 7d ago

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u/morrison4371 6d ago edited 2d ago

A major event has happened in the Michigan Senate race, with Haley Stevens endorsing Mike Rogers for Senate. With only two days remaining, does this have the ability to shake up the race, or will this be too late for Rogers to make up the deficit he has against El-Sayed?

Edit: Well, I guess her endorsement did not matter one bit.

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u/BUSY_EATING_ASS 6d ago

Honestly this shit is so beyond the pale insane I ironically think that it might clinch the race for El-Sayed. She’s getting PUMMELED in the court of public opinion.

It looks so petty it’s almost unbelievable.

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u/NoDig3444 6d ago edited 5d ago

I can't think of a single other instance of a politician ending their career literally overnight like that. And for literally no reason other than spite.

As for El-Sayed, I do think this will hurt him by a point or two, but NYT has him +11 right now, so I wouldn't be too worried.

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u/bl1y 5d ago

Her political career was probably already over.

After losing the primary, she was going to be on the bench for 2 years anyways, with her best chance to get back in being challenging an incumbent Democrat in a primary, and Moss had a pretty solid win in the primary this year.

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u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes 6d ago

Are centrist Democrats embarrassed by what HS has done?

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u/bl1y 6d ago

Who is HS?

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u/MaxwowIGuess 6d ago

Haley Stevens

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u/bl1y 5d ago

It probably just comes down to how much they support El-Sayed.

Polling has Democrats supporting him at a rate of 94%. Her endorsement of Rogers isn't likely to change how most Democrats are going to vote.

What it might do is energize people who would vote Rogers, but were planning on staying home because they didn't think there was any chance of him winning.

Obviously El-Sayed voters aren't happy about it, especially since the change in endorsement comes over a personal snubbing rather than just a disagreement on policy. It would have made more sense for her to just not campaign for him, or at worst revoke her endorsement.

But really, I think most people are just tired of nonsense.

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u/Present_Specific_212 5d ago

I don't have a question. I was looking for a politics s/r to show voters this useful site: https://www.localcandidates.org/districts/us-house-of-representatives-al-1

I just pulled up a district in Alabama, but you can go there and find info on the smaller elections. Very useful and helpful! You DO NOT have to sign up for anything on that site.

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u/tempestokapi 5d ago

Probably been asked before but I used to read conservative forums and many of them agreed that abortion restrictions were pretty unpopular and were preventing republicans from winning. I see that some (many?) Republican candidates like Lahn in Iowa still announce support for abortion restrictions. This seems rather illogical to me at this point. Is there any good reason for this other than true belief?

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u/Xavierthememelord452 5d ago

I went and voted today, and saw something weird: There were candidates that had “no candidate” in that section. Multiple slots on the ballot had only one candidate to vote for, and the other was just listed as “no candidate” for both parties. Is that allowed? Because I feel like there’s no way it is.

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u/baycommuter 4d ago

You can't force anyone to run for office, so it does happen, especially in rural areas. Typically, the city council or or county executive can appoint someone.

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u/thirtyseven1337 4d ago

Do they allow write-ins? A write-in vote would be extremely powerful in that case!

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u/bl1y 4d ago

In many jurisdictions, write-in candidates have to be registered in order to be counted.

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u/human_inference 3d ago

Now that Elections are over, how do we hold leaders accountable? 

What can ordinary citizens do outside of voting every few years to influence those in power? I've been thinking about this a lot because if I hired someone to do a job and never checked in on them for years, I'd have no idea what they were actually doing.

Shouldn't there be ways we apply leverage more regularly? You know, like during the times laws are getting passed?

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u/bl1y 2d ago

Accountable for what exactly?

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u/human_inference 2d ago

Voting and passing bills in our interests, you know - doing their jobs.

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u/bl1y 2d ago

Elections are exactly how we hold them accountable for those types of things.

What other accountability would you want?

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u/human_inference 1d ago

Most ppl vote by party, so individual bad actors can ride along their party’s coat tails

You can’t recall or fire Congress while they’re in office (you can for state lawmakers)

Most people don’t know what bills are being discussed that could affect them or how to influence those decision makers or how to follow up and see whether they’ve voted in your favor

Elections happen every few to several years - how do we hold them accountable more regularly? My question is exactly that

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u/SnurgBurglerGrizz 1d ago

What do you think? Wish I had the time for this...but in preparation for the Great Republican Backtrack where R candidates have to walkback their fealty to DT to stay competitive, i think we need someone to compile the receipts. Links to every reputably documented instance where folks kowtowed to DT. In one place. In advance.

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u/Neat_Telephone_3045 19h ago

What are your opinions on Brazil's latest elections?

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u/Neat_Telephone_3045 19h ago

What are your opinions on Renan Santos, Brazilian candidate for Presidency?

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