spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoDemocrat wins Kentucky state Senate special electionwww.wdrb.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkDemocrat wins Kentucky state Senate special electionwww.wdrb.comspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·edit-22 days agoHarris won the district by 5%. It’s shifted 42% further blue in just 11 months.
minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoWhile this is really hopeful news, be careful not to extrapolate too far. Turnout for a special election is not equal to turn out for a general or presidential election.
minus-squareFetus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWith 35 months remaining until the presidential election, it looks like we should see a about a 133% shift further blue.
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoNice. But also this wasn’t even a close race. Damn.
Harris won the district by 5%. It’s shifted 42% further blue in just 11 months.
While this is really hopeful news, be careful not to extrapolate too far. Turnout for a special election is not equal to turn out for a general or presidential election.
With 35 months remaining until the presidential election, it looks like we should see a about a 133% shift further blue.
Nice. But also this wasn’t even a close race. Damn.