Listening to my local station… So far, my county has not sent in returns.
The last year plus has been breathless horse race style coverage. It’s just exhausting.
Also:
And a reminder that “land doesn’t vote”
So, to be clear, there hasn’t been a huge upset yet? They’re both holding the states they’d expect to hold but Harris is doing slightly worse than Biden in 2020?
I’m trying to avoid watching the results, but friends keep calling me in a panic and I’m having to talk them down.
Another take from Al-Jazeera:
And Democracy now:
I’m sorry… maybe remind them that the republican is almost always up early on?
I’m listening to my local NPR station… they were talking about Black men’s votes and whether or not Harris did enough to get that vote… one of the talking heads made a point I had not thought about (he’s a Democratic pollster, I think?)… that one big issue that no one address of interest to Black men (whatever their sexual orientation), care about children, and how Black men, despite being one of the most (maybe the most) involved demographics of fathers, often end up losing custody in a split with a partner. Not a point I’d thought about…
How did you end up back over here, if I may ask? I thought you were still in Israel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2024/11/05/delaware/
Looking good for the 1st transgender Congressperson.
I’ll stop back in later, but for now I’m gonna go do something else for a bit…
Fucking CNN right now with its 30/154 map is maddening. AP right now is showing 99/177. Still not what I want to be seeing, but…
And Sarah McBride is the projected winner!!!
Whohoo!!!