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Shout out to Texas! We failed our Governor's race in Florida, but y'all did the country proud! (lemmy.world)
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[–] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't call it a complete failure. In 2022 the disparity was 1,507,897 votes. This election, the disparity was only 107,686.

That's a 92.9% decrease, which is massive. While the governor election went to R, it means that voters might be more likely to lean left on policy votes.

Your state is going in the right direction, for sure.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 days ago*

    Yes! I have said many, many times on social media, "It doesn't matter if your candidate's loss is a foregone conclusion. Vote anyway!"

    We call Republicans dumb, but they're not. We're just not used to seeing normal people in positions of high power. You don't get there by being literally stupid. But even if they can't use Excel, their staff can. Believe that every one of these Republicans have got their eye on their spreadsheets and will act accordingly.

    My girl, Gay, climbed a disappointing 1.8% in Florida District 1 against her 2024 and 2020 numbers. But believe that will get unnotic. The former races were against Matt Gaetz! The new guy should have been even more of a slam dunk, yet she creeped on him.

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