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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/73388265
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Good one, but it’s kind of weird to just cancel elections altogether. Imagine if Trump thought that was an option and all it took was a war? Supporting Ukraine doesn’t have to mean that Zelenskyy does whatever he wants.
That map is wrong, Alaska and Mississippi are still counting. It’s really fucking close.
Beyond the fact they’re not done counting, Alaska is ranked choice with 3 Republican candidates for governor. Assuming everyone who voted for the bottom two Republican candidates also listed Wilson as their second or third choice, adding all the Republican votes together just beats out the Democratic candidate. Same for Senate. Don’t count your Alaskan chickens yet.
Please read this article by the NYT explaining why this simplistic analysis is misleading. Not only is Alaska not likely to have to count ranked-choice, but if they do, it’s very likely Peltola has it.
Meanwhile, in Mississippi, it’s becoming increasingly evident that votes coming in (affidavits and mail-in) are going to be swinging toward Colom (currently about 2100 votes ahead and growing) more than the rest of the ballots did. (Edit: So far, the Mississippi Free Press has impressed me with their coverage.)
whom do I say “Thank You” to?
For Trump’s defeat? Well I don’t think the democratic party was bringing its A game so I daresay you have Trump to thank for his own defeat, more than anyone. But say thanks to politicians like Mamdani, and to the people who came out to vote (even when every effort was made to make voting harder or to gerrymander against them
