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@CNalysis
.com. Nonpartisan state legislative elections expert and forecaster of six years. Opinions my own. Go Hokies! Contact: charles
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NEW from me at
@CNalysis
, my 10,700+ word Independent Study final paper analyzing the unique divide between the emerging far-right and the establishment in Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
I don't think people recognize the situation Alaska Republicans have put the national Republicans in. The state has already been trending leftward (5 points almost in 2020), and Dunleavy and Peltola have made it all-but-inevitable a D wins it for Pres by 2028.
DeSantis is our generations JFK
He’s
- A family man
- Faithful to his wife
- Young gun who brings energy to the party
I see no reason why we shouldn’t nominate DeSantis
As Democrats, we tell our story through an Alaska lens; a story steeped in our rich tradition and driven by our shared values.
Welcome to the AK Dems - where we do things the AK way.
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A two-week shutdown is very, very likely going to result in Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate in this year's Virginia state legislative elections.
TWO WEEK SHUTDOWN: GOP lawmakers saying plan now is to spend next two weeks passing full year spending bills during a shutdown. Say Oct 13 paycheck for troops is the real deadline
In a narrow race for the House majority, you can literally point to anything ever and say "this cost Democrats the House" or vice versa with Rs barely being able to win the House. Redistricting, a flop of a campaign, an upset win, what have you. We get it.
Apparently Democrats are just outrunning our expectations in general in the Kansas House as well, we've missed two Very Likely R districts, a Likely R district and a Tilt R district.
@MappingFL
I am failing to understand your point, are you blaming the Communists for the Nazi rise to power? Because they were absolutely not to blame, it was the conservative and centrists who allied with the Nazis against the Communists. Once Hindenburg died, they reaped what they sewn.
This is incredible history being made. It's a turning point in this midterm and it's a turning point for the state of Alaska IMO, which has been trending leftward for a long time.
📈FORECAST UPDATE📉
We have a whopping 49 (!!!) changes in our US House forecast, all in favor of Democrats, as we have taken into account the current political environment for this year's election. The chamber, however, remains Lean Republican.
“We’re going to have a shutdown, it’s just a matter of how long,” GOP
@RepRalphNorman
says.
“We believe in what we are doing. The jury will be the country. And the jury is fed up with reckless spending.”
We now have all results in the state legislative elections. Yes, this count includes multi-member districts, even with the NH House.
Ds flipped 80 state legislative districts across the country held by Rs.
...Rs flipped 217 districts across the country held by Ds.
A lot of people are posting the 538 WA-3 forecast, but if your forecast doesn't show at least 1 2-in-100 race of going the other way you don't really have a forecast.
🚨📊FINAL VA FORECAST🚨📊
In our final VA 2023 state legislative forecast at
@CNalysis
, each chamber is rated as "Lean Democratic."
State Senate
71% DEM Majority
29% GOP Majority
House of Delegates
61% DEM Majority
31% GOP Majority
8% TIE
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If McAuliffe wins, it's not going to be because he ran the better campaign. That title goes to Youngkin. It's because Virginia's partisanship in an era of polarized politics saved his ass.
North Carolina is a prime example of why we should not let state legislatures draw any maps of any sort. They should, quite frankly, be taken out of the redistricting process. Forever.
🚨 FINAL FEDERAL FORECAST 🚨
@CNalysis
predicts...
389 Biden - 149 Trump in the Electoral College
50 D - 48 R in the Senate (two
#GASEN
runoffs in January)
247 D - 188 R in the House
Read our final piece here:
The forecast:
Something that would be smart for Democrats to do in 2024 is to run on Republicans' book bans. Given the local elections this year and their simultaneous results for partisan offices, it has been an unsung, winning issue for them in 2023.
Polling shows this race is a Toss-Up now. But I really, really, really don't think that's going to be the case as the list of absolutely insane things Robinson has said continue to come to light and are used in attack ads and mailers.
This is pretty funny but also we are going to see so much of this kind of stuff next year and I quite frankly don't think anyone, especially the media, is prepared for it.
I never, ever expected turnout to be this high. Here's the thing though, it's not just up in NoVA. It's up everywhere. Rurals, suburbs, exurbs, cities, etc. We obviously don't know the increase from 17 in every locality, no way I'm calling all 133. 1/2
This also means that after six years of predicting state legislative elections and my fourth time predicting Virginia state legislative elections, I have correctly predicted every single district in Virginia: 140/140 seats correctly predicted.
HOLY SHIT: Catastrophic recruitment failure by Kentucky Republicans. According to the KY SOS, they left KY SD-18 uncontested, a Trump +45 (!!!) district. Incumbent Democrat Robin Webb would have been in a Likely R race.
🚨 Virginia Dems Could Lose Control Of 21-19 Senate Because Member May Have Lied About Residence
Sen Hashemi claimed she lived in an apartment in SD15 where she ran. Evidence suggests she lives at a home in SD12 which she concealed, making her ineligible
The fact that Democrats were unable to win any state legislative districts that didn't vote for Biden by double digits on Tuesday shows how bad the environment is for them going into 2022.
Maine just joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, reaching 209 electoral votes. The compact's path to reaching 270 though remains difficult as it requires getting the highly competitive states of PA/WI/MI/AZ/NV to sign on + NH/VA.
Illinois candidacy filings are over, and boy oh boy, do we have a lot of things to go over:
First off: every single completely rural district in Illinois is now Uncontested GOP. Illinois Democrats are completely ignoring rural areas (!!!)
Lombardo may not have much power as Governor for his entire first term. Democrats may be on track to create a supermajority in the NV State Assembly, and are likely in a position to create a supermajority in the State Senate in 2024.
“I’m a Dagestani, I’m a Chechen, I’m a Russian. I’m a Jew.” Putin is apparently speaking now, boasting about Russia’s multiethnic roots. He doesn’t say “I’m a Ukrainian,” incidentally.
I remember Republicans in VA last year who were skeptical that Ds could run on abortion in 2023, and it'd be foolhardy for a Republican to believe Dems can't run on this this year as well, as well as after 2024. This is almost Daisy-level stuff.
This is a painful story that so many families around America now know too well: Amanda was denied the medical care she needed, and it nearly took her life.
More than 1 in 3 women in America now lives under an abortion ban, with more on the way.
Donald Trump did this.
Little dig from Susanna Gibson here at those who "quit when the going got tough"
Henrico data shows she didn't underperform VanValkenburg all that much
Here's something else to keep in mind in 2024: Native Alaskans broke hard for Obama once he became an incumbent. It's likely this repeats with Biden in 2024. I'd be surprised if AK was decided by a margin greater than 5 in 2024, especially if Trump becomes the nominee again.
My 3 takeaways from last night's Michigan primary results:
- I think the uncommitted campaign didn't break through all that much.
- Biden can definitely win Michigan without the support of the Arab-American community
New Founders Insight Virginia poll
2023 Generic Ballot
45% Dem
44% GOP
This is with self-reported party ID of 41% GOP/40% Dem/15% Ind
For context, Founders is a nonprofit headed by former member of Youngkin administration
🚨 FINAL STATE LEGISLATIVE FORECAST 🚨
@CNalysis
final forecast gives Democrats a net gain of 123 seats in single-member districts nationwide and a net gain of five state legislative chambers.
Read our 8,000+ word analysis here:
BREAKING: Democrats are now up 31 votes after the first count of provisional votes in PA HD-151, which Democrats need to win the PA House. They were down 14 votes before.
Note: there will be a special election in a D-won district next year due to the death of the winner of HD-35
Calling it w/
@BruneElections
: Democrats have flipped California's 4th State Senate District, which went to Trump by 5.29%, due to Republicans locking themselves out of the general election in the jungle primary.
Forecast:
🚨🚨🚨NEWS >> At President Biden’s direction, the DNC is investing $1.5 MILLION into 2023 Virginia legislative races.
It’s not just about electing Democrats to the federal level, it’s about electing Dems up and down the ticket.
It needs to be documented that the NY Congressional map, if it is 23-3, has to be known as the "Hochulmander." Put it in the history books; Kathy Hochul is the most consequential figure in American politics at this moment given her power in helping Democrats win the House.
Matt Gress, who is being attacked by I believe Reps Ortiz and De Los Santos, represents a Biden +1 seat in the AZ House and was left uncontested in 2022 (as Ds were using the single-bullet strategy for MMDs).
He's got an opponent this year, and Ds are out for blood.
🗳️VIRGINIA ELECTION DAY TURNOUT THREAD🗳️
I'm monitoring turnout across the Commonwealth, calling registrars and such. Feel free to drop your precinct vote # if you live in a competitive district, which are the ones I'm watching. I'll be doing this through most of the day.
Finally,
@realdailywire
can report that the AP newswire had the Susanna Gibson porn candidate story a week before the Washington Post did, tipped off Gibson about it-leading her to get the videos removed-and decided not to run the story, despite seeming obviously newsworthy.
📊FORECAST UPDATE📊
1 week out, here's where things stand in our VA state legislative forecast. 3 rating changes in this update:
HD-75 | Very Likely R → Likely R
HD-89 | Lean R → Tilt R
SD-27 | Tilt R → Toss-Up
VA Senate | Lean D → Likely D
.
@CNalysis
rating update:
GA-SEN goes from Toss-Up to Tilt D. I have a hard time calling this a Toss-Up based on all evidence thus far in EV and first round results.
📊FORECAST LAUNCH📊
Our 2024 presidential forecast beautifully designed by
@jhkersting
is out now. Our initial forecast gives President Biden a 62.3% chance of re-election, meaning the presidency is a "Tilt D" race.
Bullying a cancer survivor for saying Harris was a bad VP pick is totally expected from "KHive." They're oftentimes mentally unwell people. I've never seen a more toxic politician-standom on Twitter.
In a surprise,
#Virginia
Redistricting Commission tomorrow will get a single statewide plan for state Senate districts. View map, analysis: Continue this thread for details -->
IMO the strongest possible ticket D's can put together in 2024 is Sherrod Brown for President and Tammy Duckworth for Vice President. Midwest decides the presidency.
🚨 FORECAST UPDATE 🚨
Two weeks remain. Texas is a Toss-Up. Democrats have a 99% chance of holding their majority in the House. 31 changes in our Congressional ratings. The US Senate is now Lean D.
Read our rating changes here:
📈FORECAST UPDATE📉
The
@CNalysis
US Senate forecast has been updated. We have 7 rating changes, leading the chamber to go from Lean R to Lean D.
NC - Very Likely R to Lean R
WI - Lean R to Toss-Up
AZ - Toss-Up to Tilt D
PA - Toss-Up to Tilt D
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Something I've never seen before in my 5 years of predicting state legislative elections: a party lost every single seat that we rated as competitive. Colorado House Republicans take L of the year.
If you wanna know just how quickly things have become even more polarized in just the last few years just look at how Eric Greitens is probably gonna be a US Senator after having to resign as Governor for what IMO is probably the most insane/disturbing scandal of the 2010's
🚨RACE CALL🚨
After receiving information on the outstanding provisional votes and late mail votes in HD-41,
@CNalysis
projects that Chris Obenshain (R) has won HD-41.
Final tally: 51-49 DEM House of Delegates, 21-19 DEM State Senate
With everything counted, Chris Obenshain wins by 0.7%. Since this was a Trump +0.8 district, Lily Franklin (D) is the only candidate in the competitive Virginia state legislative races this year that outran President Biden's 2020 margin.