An unprecedented surge in Black voter turnout across the American South is fundamentally reshaping the 2026 midterm political landscape. This massive, highly localized mobilization is defying traditional non-presidential voting patterns and threatening to turn what was expected to be a standard midterm election cycle into a "Blue Tsunami" for Democrats, breaking open what were previously considered safe Republican strongholds.

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[–] 170 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I don't care about anyone's vote but yours, Internet stranger. Fuck the news, make sure you're counted.

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  • [–] 83 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Polls mean shit all if people don't vote.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 week ago*

    what was expected to be a standard midterm election cycle

    Did someone skip the last 2 years of news?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    I've heard all this before. I sincerely hope there is a tsunami big enough to impeach TACO and put him behind bars and to undo everything that has been done and create a US utopia. But I'm not holding my breath.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago* (3 children)

    I'm feeling strangely hopeful today. It's like I'm having the opposite of an anxiety attack. I'm feeling like everything is going to work out great. Trump will try to overturn election results but judges will tell him to stuff it. The regime will end. Project 2025 will fail. I'm having to remind myself not to celebrate so prematurely

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago

    I voted! Please please please be right. For what it’s worth, voting today felt hopeful. There were no republicans spreading propaganda in my bright red area outside the polls. There are usually so many of them.

    2026 felt the opposite of this.

    So, I’m hopeful.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    The cons are going to go after anything vaguely ACORN-shaped so hard after this...

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    Meh, whatever drives it we need to expand the supreme court asap then get cases on the docket that can restore voting rights act provisions, rowe provisions, Chevron doctrine, and on and on. Fuck the heritage foundation scum Nazis.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    On recent podcasts, Nate Silver said his models had a 75% probability of the Dems winning both the house and senate, and then said his models had Hillary at a 75% probability too. He was all "as a poker player, I understand how big of a difference 75% and 100% is."

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    One can hope.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Georgia is expected to go blue for the senate and Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina are all within 10pts. The only only southern states are Florida, Tenessee and Arkansas.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Georgia is expected to go blue for the senate

    I'm really annoyed that the governor's race doesn't seem like it's in play, since nobody seems to be talking about it.

    Wish we had a better candidate than KLB.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Polls show D+0.1 for GA governor. Nate Silver has a 63% D win

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago*

    I'm glad to hear it, but I'm still worried. Admittedly, I insulate myself from advertising pretty well, but I haven't heard nearly enough negative about the fascist billionaire candidate. Aside from how it would make it even worse if he won, I almost wish he were a more obvious villain like Greg Abbott or Ron DeSantis.

    (Not to mention, as an Atlantan who's been disappointed with her for a decade, there aren't nearly as many reasons to vote for Bottoms, as opposed to against Jackson, as I'd like. Still held my nose and early-voted for her, but I can think of half a dozen candidates I would've preferred even just drawing from Atlanta city councilpeople.)

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  • [–] 39 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Democrats are experts at losing elections tho

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Americans are experts are shooting themselves in the foot. Or better yet, cutting their noses off to spite their faces.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    So...the only reason why black Americans are constantly shit on is because they dont want to vote?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (12 children)

    Fuck Bill Clinton as well, it's way passed his time for the spotlight.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (11 children)

    He is bubbah the Trump penis locator. And since he plays the sax, he can blow. LOL. Let's get out there and vote!! I voted by mail already. Now see how they planned things...voting by mail is nice and cozy. You get as much time to research and read at your kitchen table or living room couch. Now let's see you go out there and vote...suddenly miserable weather, Colorado for example has floods right now but they still need to vote. Here, its freezing 39C outside right now. Nice move, but you had options. Now go vote in freezing weather. And oh take PTO. We're not making this a holiday or having it on a Saturday or Sunday. The point is to prevent you from voting. So vote!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (8 children)

    Funny how fuck Bill Clinton gets downvoted.

    Why don't they use Woody Allen too?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (7 children)

    I love Bill Clinton. He was awesome. If official WH bj masters were a thing, I'd support that. If it was our first woman president and she needed some stress relief, why not.

    But the old mental pile of sunscreen, that guy is a pedo and everyone knows it. He's gotta go.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Clinton appeared on Epstein's private jet at least 16 times between 2002 and 2003.

    Enough not to use him anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Unless he's saying, yeah, I saw him down there.... He was doing that....

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    Clinton is a horrible person, but he likely has a lot of dirt that the right will have a harder time to ignore. Saying you saw what you saw is stronger than giving the right documents to read.

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