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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTammy Baldwin has won in Wisconsin
I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I have no way of knowing if the election results are true and proper.
What I can't grasp is how people can split their ballot and vote for Senator Tammy Baldwin and Donald Trump. It's beyond my comprehension.
Delphinus
(12,140 posts)in North Carolina - the Democratic nominee was John Stein against MAGA Mark Robinson. Stein won well but MAGA Trump carried the state?
moose65
(3,309 posts)Robinson is essentially the same as Trump - a loud mouthed narcissist. Theres only one difference that I can see- hes black versus orange 🍊
Ray Bruns
(4,594 posts)Except for the Secretary of education
littlemissmartypants
(25,483 posts)North Carolina history says we do it all the time.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/106912717
Ticket-Splitting is Part of Our DNA
North Carolina is home to a rare political animal: the split-ticket voter. Though the states electoral outcomes may seem head-scratching to some, its par for the course.
by Johanna F. Still
November 14, 2024
North Carolinas propensity for ticket-splitting is so confounding that it recently inspired conspiracy theories.
One TikToker highlighted what he viewed as North Carolinas suspicious voting irregularities in a video thats been viewed 2.5 million times. Are you really trying to tell me that 352,357 Democrats decided to vote for the Democratic candidate for the governor but not for the president? Yeah, I believe that, he said sarcastically.
On X, a user with 1.3 million followers suggested authorities should launch an inquiry in N.C.: As long as we dont storm the Capitol, why cant we DEMAND an investigation?
Though it might be surprisingespecially as the nations partisanship peaksthe truth is simple. Ticket-splitting may be unusual for other states, but its typical here. North Carolinians have a long history of voting for candidates from both parties in a single election.
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https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/ticket-splitting-is-part-of-north-carolinas-dna/
Lovie777
(14,994 posts)Norbert
(6,525 posts)We are headed for disaster here.
Emile
(29,782 posts)pulling off a stolen election four years later.
malaise
(278,050 posts)Rec
SidneyR
(113 posts)American elections are popularity contests for apolitical voters; all they have to do is "love" the candidate. They don't understand that party does matter, since that's the organization that gets stuff done. This is why I like the parliamentary system better than the one we have.
Kid Berwyn
(17,970 posts)Call me a moron or a kook, I dont care which when it comes to the US Constitution. The facts are the people who tried to destroy our democracy now have, mysteriously as all get out, won election.
Anyone who fears being labeled a conspiracy theorist for wondering how was it possible for the same traitors who tried to seize power through insurrection and have now been rewarded for their treason at the ballot box arent crazy. They understand reality.
moose65
(3,309 posts)I read somewhere that a lot of hardcore Trump disciples would vote for him and then leave the rest of their ballot blank.
They literally dont give a shit about the rest of the candidates!
Liberal In Texas
(14,491 posts)I'm not going to go into it, but I still think there is something fishy with this election.
Polybius
(17,798 posts)Democrats were much more likely to vote straight line Democrat.
Fla Dem
(25,679 posts)I believe they just could not vote for a woman and a black woman to boot for President.
They should just not have voted for president.
mucifer
(24,828 posts)Greybnk48
(10,390 posts)mucifer
(24,828 posts)DFW
(56,517 posts)She told me she has a great line when out in the redder farm country of her district. The farmers there sometimes tell her of the marital difficulties their job brings. She tells them she understands perfectly, since she is married to a woman, too. She says that line has helped break more ice than Minnesota has in the winterand get her re-elected three times in a row now.
33taw
(2,799 posts)every county. Even the small rural counties saw her multiple times. She had support from the agricultural community. Harris did not have time to go beyond the larger communities.
Greybnk48
(10,390 posts)after Walker "won" his recall (which we know he didn't). They rigged 2010 for sure (Teaparty) and put in the gerrymander.
MineralMan
(147,569 posts)One of the notable things this year were Republican ads sarcastically pointing out that Tammy Baldwin has a "girlfriend." Repeated several times in the ad. "Tammy Baldwin and her girlfriend," The ad kept repeating that line. It was noxious, to say the least.
Despite that, she won. She's pretty popular in parts of Wisconsin, apparently.
lees1975
(5,943 posts)Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, perhaps even Pennsylvania where it appears someone calculated just the exact amount of Democratic votes to toss in order for the buffoon to win.
I'd like to see our party get more aggressive on recounts and audits. That's not claiming there was cheating, it's just making sure there wasn't.
orleans
(34,941 posts)about the abnormally high percentage of undervotes (votes only for trump) in the swing states:
Steven Spoonamore on The Thom Hartmann Program Live (11/18/2024) -- 02:16:30 -- 02:28:45
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GP6971
(32,975 posts)Glad to be back??? Bye again and again and again!!!
EYESORE 9001
(27,514 posts)They reanimate all too easily, though.
shotten99
(671 posts)But on the other hand, it would have to be a wide ranging conspiracy. In this day and age, someone would become disgruntled and leak the details