Shoq 🌿

We always win when we actually show up. You’d think we’d have showed up a bit more reliably before things got this bad. Now we have to show up like this. A lot. Because this ain’t over. It’s barely begun.

Source: @Karoli
https://mastodon.social/@Karoli@crooklyn.social/110856731584545069

Aug 9, 2023 at 2:28amSidetoolz
Show threadCheriSwearsAug 9, 2023

@shoq @Karoli
While the issue was rejected, it wasn’t by as much as the early (only 21% counted) NYT graphic indicated.

Here’s a more accurate map after 97% counted. Dems in the major cities came out, but not anywhere else.

Show threadKaroli Aug 9, 2023
@SheriSwears @shoq I’ll take double digits. Regardless.
Show threadCallistoAug 10, 2023
@SheriSwears @shoq @Karoli Wrong. Dems came out all over the state. There are places, like my precinct, where we're WAY outnumbered, but we came out. "Losing by less" in the "redder" areas is what lets us win statewide. Every time.
Show threadCheriSwearsAug 10, 2023

@callisto
You’re right.

It wasn't fair to say rural Dems didn’t come out, you did. What I was attempting to say, but failed, was that the final results were closer than the initial declarations of a Dem rout.

Show threadCallistoAug 10, 2023
@SheriSwears The other thing is that this didn't break along party lines. The far right was successful in making this all about abortion. So more libertarian-leaning R's (including the well-publicized establishment R's like Montgomery, Kasich, Taft, and the FOP) voted NO, while at least some rightwing D's voted YES.
Show threadCallistoAug 14, 2023

@SheriSwears Absentee/early voting ALWAYS favors Dems in Ohio. I'm not sure whether it's the same nationwide, but we know not to draw any conclusions until the Election Day votes start coming in.

Notably, none of the urban precincts had reported by the time USA Today, and later the AP, called Issue 1. Their call was based ONLY on the margins in the precincts that ultimately went "yes" or a close "no."

Show threadKaroli Aug 11, 2023
@callisto @SheriSwears @shoq yep. And a 57/43 margin is nothing to sneer at.
Show threadDarrin WestAug 10, 2023
@Karoli @SheriSwears @shoq 1.2M people@made the effort to vote against their votes counting in referendums. What kind of mind works like that? They voted for something they didn’t bother to understand, or they took someone else’s word for it that it would be a good thing.
Show threadShoq 🌿Aug 10, 2023
@obviousdwest @Karoli @SheriSwears I had the same thought. It's astonishing how structurally imbecilic Americans have become.
Show threadTywyll SerenAug 9, 2023

@shoq @Karoli
I’m not in Ohio anymore but I can see the county I grew up in voted🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾.

Ahem. Correctly.

Show threadJazAug 9, 2023
@shoq @Karoli Thank you to #Ohio #oh for showing up to #vote. We can all make a difference!
Show threadBeeksAug 9, 2023
@shoq @Karoli all it takes at this point is one or two state elections where enough people are disenfranchised and democracy is literally over. It's fucking scary.
Show threadRevJeberAug 9, 2023
@shoq @Karoli @bacchus1234
We need to take advantage of the fact that the right are a minority and we're the majority in this country.
Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Aug 10, 2023
@shoq @Karoli Where is the best place to find final numbers? This is only 21% of votes counted...
Show threadKaroli Aug 10, 2023
@jann NYT. That was a screenshot taken right after the polls closed. It ended up 57/43
Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Aug 10, 2023

@Karoli Thanks! That's still great!

Now do that shit in Florida, please!