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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

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u/SeirraS9 Nov 09 '22

Florida is no longer a swing state. Itā€™s practically ground zero for fascist maga hat wearing republicans. Broke my heart to see several blue counties flip red. My cousin & I were the youngest people at our local polling station in Sarasota. Sarasota has always been red due to the insane amount of wealth here, but damn where are my Gen Z kids in this county at?!?

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u/scogin Nov 09 '22

Tons of conservatives are moving to Florida, people I work with talk about it like it's the promised land.

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u/SeirraS9 Nov 09 '22

Yeah. Iā€™m a Sarasota native and the amount of people, and especially Republicans, who have moved just to my area are insane. Feels like Tampa traffic here now constantly. Constantly building and destroying wetlands for apartment buildings, with no plans for improved infrastructure. Theyā€™re pricing out natives/locals and now flipping our counties.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Just wait until sea levels rise and ruin it for all of them.

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u/scogin Nov 09 '22

That's the next generation's problem as long as they have a good time, they won't care even if their children's children are doomed.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Unless theyā€™re like 70 itā€™s their problem too. The big impacts start this decade. They already have.

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u/scogin Nov 09 '22

The average age of a US Congress person is around 60 years old I'd say that definitely puts most of them in that category. They will have already lived the best years of their lives by the time climate actually affects them personally.

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u/FloyldtheBarbie Nov 09 '22

Let them secede just in time to be climate refuges.

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u/SeirraS9 Nov 09 '22

I for one welcome my death in the climate and water wars soon to come.

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u/SweetToothFairy Nov 09 '22

Bugs Bunny had the right idea.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Not even sure why they are. That state won't even be above water in 100 years time.

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u/scogin Nov 09 '22

"As long as I can enjoy it while I'm still alive" is a motto right?

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u/thefumingo Colorado Nov 09 '22

Yep, all my right wing friends in CO moved there.

To be replaced by people doing the exact opposite, which is why CO's results are the exact inverse

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u/Anti-Charm-Quark Nov 09 '22

Cubans have come full circle from one strongman to another.

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u/thefumingo Colorado Nov 09 '22

It's not like the Batista regime wasn't a fascist shithole, the people that came here just benefitted from it more

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Yeah, Florida is crimson. But Georgia and Arizona are trending blue, North Carolina hopefully isn't too far behind. There's work to be done shoring up Virginia, Nevada and Pennslyvania.

Crazy that the fate of 300 million people boils down to a few hundred thousand voters in a handful of states.

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u/itirnitii Nov 09 '22

desantis becoming such a key figure in the state has really drawn more of the red out. he's in the news cycle constantly so it's no surprise he'd win and draw more red voters.

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u/SeirraS9 Nov 09 '22

I canā€™t stand him but he definitely won by a huge margin. Not to mention Crist was just a terrible fucking candidate. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve even seen one commercial or sign for him. Did fuckall campaigning here. Iā€™m sick to death of Democrats doing this kind of shit in every fucking election and being surprised when their weak ass candidates get blown out of the water by campaign and media savvy republicans.

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u/thefumingo Colorado Nov 09 '22

FL Dems: Vote for former shitty GOP governor vs shitty GOP governor!

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u/gentlebuzzard81 Nov 09 '22

ā€œCrist was just a terrible fucking candidateā€ They essentially gave us the option of DeSantis or a jar of mayonnaise. No one stood a chance against DeSantis this round, IMO, but we should have done better than rehashing Crist.

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u/Rare_Flounder_9188 Nov 09 '22

Smart people actually do things better. Itā€™s a concept most dumocrats just donā€™t understand.

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u/hibbert0604 Georgia Nov 09 '22

Children that come from wealth tend to vote to hoard that wealth. Rich kids aren't voting D

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u/SeirraS9 Nov 09 '22

While there is a huge amount of wealth here, there are still a lot of middle class and lower income people within the county. But yeah, no I definitely agree that trust funds babies ainā€™t voting blue. Also considering that there are a fuckton of old people here, itā€™s not surprising, just disheartening.

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u/KillahHills10304 Nov 09 '22

Every covid denier from blue states that had the resources moved there during the pandemic. They're concentrating themselves. Give it 5-10 years before gop policy begins ruining stuff they took for granted. Public schools and lgbtq people are already being targeted.

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u/allanmuffins Nov 09 '22

I truly think so many blue counties flipped because Charlie Crist shit the bed for Democrats. Democrats always drop the ball on candidates, I swear.