This district has been heavily red for the last 60 years
One of the focal points of the campaign from the dem who won was opposition to musk
This IS HUGE. It really shows what swing state voters are thinking. It’s great sign for dems
Indeed. this was also a solid republican district. dems need to hammer Elon Musk and Trump are destroying the economy.
Yeah, and fucking everything else
Agree.
Fuck the Dems - I’m hoping it’s a great sign for whatever party comes out of Bernie and AOC’s current tour. (I know I don’t really understand how things work there and I’m being optimistic talking about future elections.)
It isn’t though it just shows what we already know. Voters want change
We knew that? People seem pretty disengaged overall
Disengaged and dissatisfied. People are currently particularly swayed by anti establishment rhetoric and elections keep swinging back and forth on a macro scale
Easy when Musk isn’t rigging the voting machines
Exactly. State senator. The Wisconsin Supreme court where he has skin in the game will likely be another story.
Very good sign.
And now come the inevitable cries of “fraud!” and “election interference!”
Probably
And yet some Republicans were actually already warning about potentially losing this district before the election
I’m guessing all the attention and money was focusing on trump and not local election, it’s been said on Reddit for years that trump is siphoning campaign money away from down ballot GOP elections to line his pockets
That’s great but I really wish a new progressive party would come out of the ashes.
Dreams I suppose.
wish they can get rid of fetterman, but he wont be eligble til the next election.
Let’s keep that ball rolling
Wow in 2 years maybe you’ll show trump you like him less… What a victory
Good! If Democrats can KEEP UP The Moment then they Might be able to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING when they Win a HUGE MARGIN OF VICTORY in the Midterms!
Dems are pressurable. Republicans are lot harder to pressure
Elections decide who you have to work with
They alone won’t fully fix things, but they can set the stage for progress
It’s going to take both voting and directed pressure to change things
get out here with that defeatist bs.
Look, Pennsylvanians know a thing or two about election a representative, that representative having a personality changing life event, and then that representative going on to fix absolutely nothing and in fact make things measurably worse.
But even still they did the math, calculated the risk:reward of their vote, held their nose and cast their ballots.
Just as I have for every election my whole life.
You want real, meaningful change? Support progressive candidates at the local level who will be in a position to get rid of first past the post voting. The two party system that enables the Democrats’ laziness is a direct, organic result of FPTP. Thankfully how voting works is legislated at the local level, meaning if we can get some form of Rank Choice then suddenly Democrats are going to have to care A LOT because it’ll be easier to vote them out without simultaneously voting a Republican in.
But until we can fix the source of the problem (FPTP) damage mitigation will continue to be the name of the game, and it’ll be a game we will eventually, inevitably lose.
We CAN fix it, but we need less cynicism* and apathy.
*I didn’t say “no cynicism” that’d be terrible, I don’t think I could get through the day without a cup or two… But everything in moderation, ya know?
