Shoq 🌿Aug 9, 2023

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

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 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 threadCallisto
@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.
Aug 10, 2023 at 10:59amWeb