Democrat wins special election in deep red Alabama.

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luigi33
03/27/2024
05:17 PM
#1
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/26/alabama-special-election-marilyn-lands-results/73107672007/

Huge upset. Won by 25 points. Polls got this DRASTICALLY wrong. 32 pt swing in a Trump district.
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Crimsoness
03/27/2024
05:19 PM
#2
Lemme guess they're complaining about fraud now?
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wackyteen
03/27/2024
05:20 PM
#3
GOP fucked around for so long, God I hope they find out
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luigi33
03/27/2024
05:23 PM
#5
Where are the poll obsessed users? HELLO??
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wackyteen
03/27/2024
05:24 PM
#6
luigi33 posted...
Where are the poll obsessed users? HELLO??

Look, we've known polling has been suspect for a while now but ain't no poll would've came close unless you asked every person in the city/county/area ahead of time
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008Zulu
03/27/2024
05:25 PM
#8
Alabama is about to become woke. Good for them I say, long past time.
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Guide
03/27/2024
05:26 PM
#9
Smacking a small topic with a tangent, sorry:

I've been thinking, since that other topic with the coal town's poisoned water, that there must be bit of a horseshoe curve when you get to those really hillbilly areas. Much of their resources aren't sourced and delivered for them; they get water from the land and hunt for food. Deregulation fucks up the environment they draw from, so of course certain parts of deep red areas would vote blue; immediate survival outweighs bigotry, and I think the ability to reproduce has a similar priority.
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Scardude
03/27/2024
05:26 PM
#10
wackyteen posted...
Look, we've known polling has been suspect for a while now but ain't no poll would've came close unless you asked every person in the city/county/area ahead of time
Polls are designed to increase voter apathy. It does work for this.
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Metal_Gear_Raxis
03/27/2024
05:31 PM
#11
Jesus, that's great
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Guide
03/27/2024
05:32 PM
#12
Scardude posted...
Polls are designed to increase voter apathy. It does work for this.

I would argue polls are misused in presentations designed to induce apathy, but the polls themselves are just data.
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luigi33
03/27/2024
06:14 PM
#13
Bumping this for Doomers coming back from work.
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Tyranthraxus
03/27/2024
06:17 PM
#14
Scardude posted...
Polls are designed to increase voter apathy. It does work for this.

Polling in 2016 and 2022 have mostly destroyed confidence in polls. They're hilariously wrong. The only thing they're generating apathy for is the polls themselves.
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legendary_zell
03/27/2024
06:21 PM
#15
I mean, this is very good, but are you counting on this happening in November? On what basis? This hasn't even happened in other surprise Democratic special election wins since Dobbs. It's hopefully a strong signal that Republicans will continue to reap the whirlwind on abortion, but this doesn't mean polling is dead and blue wave is coming.
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luigi33
03/27/2024
06:58 PM
#16
legendary_zell posted...
I mean, this is very good, but are you counting on this happening in November?
Iono, Would I be surprised? No, no I wouldn't be. Polls have been consistently off for too long for me to trust them, no matter if poll is in my favor or not.
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wackyteen
03/27/2024
07:52 PM
#17
I'd be surprised if Alabama flipped to Biden

I wouldn't be all that surprised if some purple states were solidly blue due to women voting to save their (reproductive) lives and rights
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wackyteen
03/27/2024
07:56 PM
#19
Revnir posted...
Imagine if Biden absolutely crushes Trump in the election, with Trump only getting like a dozen electoral votes

Then Trump says the election was stolen and the Supreme Court agrees and, in a 5-4 decision, declares Trump the winner of the election

What happens?
We unironically rebel
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Kradek
03/27/2024
07:58 PM
#21
Frogot to make this thread myself lol.

I heard an interview with her yesterday, she attributes her victory to talking to voters and she says the #1 issue was abortion rights.

A lot of people still think this election is going to be Trump v Biden. No, it's going to be Trump v bodily autonomy, Trump v our other rights, and Trump v Democracy.

There's far more important factors in recent elections that have been helping Dems win and Trump is the epitome of all of that.
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03/27/2024
06:04 PM
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GrandConjuraton
03/27/2024
11:22 PM
#23
luigi33 posted...
Where are the poll obsessed users? HELLO??

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Humble_Novice
03/27/2024
11:38 PM
#25
luigi33 posted...
Where are the poll obsessed users? HELLO??
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misterbum
03/27/2024
11:39 PM
#26
008Zulu posted...
Alabama is about to become woke.
If only
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DepreceV2
03/27/2024
11:41 PM
#27
Tyranthraxus posted...
Polling in 2016 and 2022 have mostly destroyed confidence in polls. They're hilariously wrong. The only thing they're generating apathy for is the polls themselves.

Yep. I've been saying it for a while but most of the board gives pushback. Glad to see more and more people are noticing that polling is nowhere near as accurate as it use to be. Don't live and die by the polling numbers. They are massively inaccurate at times now a days.
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brestugo
03/28/2024
08:39 AM
#28
She ran on a strong pro-choice platform.
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Thermador446
03/28/2024
08:46 AM
#29
I mean, after the State of the Union Rebuttal, feels well deserved.
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KnightofShikari
03/28/2024
08:48 AM
#30
008Zulu posted...
Alabama is about to become woke.
Alabama waking up
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texanfan27
03/28/2024
08:49 AM
#31
Proves polls for the most part are just manipulated propaganda meant to demoralize voters
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tripleh213
03/28/2024
08:50 AM
#32
shockthemonkey posted...
Hell yeah

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Guns_of_Verdun
03/28/2024
08:50 AM
#33
Always remember to vote people

Not voting is the same thing as voting for the worst possible candidate. Vote in every election you are elgiable to vote in. Never assume your guy can't win, never assume the worst candidate can't lose.

Vote vote vote.
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RchHomieQuanChi
03/28/2024
08:52 AM
#34
I really hope this is a trend for this election cycle. The GOP needs to be thoroughly rejected by the masses.
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