Democrats keep saying if Republicans are elected, it will mean an end to democracy. I'm not sure democracy means what they think it means.

It's democracy whether Republicans or Democrats are fairly elected

So why then are republicans trying to pass laws to make elections less fair, lmao

Populist outsider candidates getting elected is probably the purest form of democracy. What's anti-democratic is Wall St CEO funding elections or Zuckerberg and Bezos having much more influence on an election than Joe the plumber despite them all supposed to be having 1 vote. Normally the top 1% is going to be demanding much higher than 1% of the decision making process choosing candidates for an election or winners, because why wouldn't they? They have the power so they're going to use it. 2016 was the closest to their vote only counting as much as everyone else.

Update (change from last time in brackets)

Washington 88-13 D (+2 R)
Colorado 86-15 D (+3 D)
New Hampshire 73-23 D (+6 R)
Arizona 54-49 D (+14 R)
Georgia 53-52 R (+1 R)
Pennsylvania 58-47 R (+20.5 R)
Nevada 68-32 R (+12 R)
Ohio 83-20 R (+7 R)
Wisconsin 84-13 R (+15.5 R)
North Carolina 85-15 R (+12 R)
Utah 87-13 R (+2.5 D)
Florida 93-8 R (+5.5 R)

Major turnaround in Pennsylvania with Oz now favored

My prediction is that Warnock wins the initial election with sub 50% of the vote and then Walker wins the runoff.

My main wish for the midterms was for Democrats to be gridlocked and buy 2 more years for people to snap out of the woke era. Since the House seems to be considered a near lock for Republicans and the Senate is at minimum in Manchin and Sinema range that seems pretty safe.

Abortion doesn't seem to be having a huge effect on this election cycle, if it did all the swing races should be leaning democrat and they're not

Gretchen Whitmer is in some trouble in Michigan. Aesthetically appealing race.

I expect Whitmer will win but it won't be by the enormous margin it looked like.

Too bad Mastriano can't catch on in the same way Dixon has.

Mastriano is probably the most extreme GOP candidate for governor in the country, being an openly proud racist and antisemite, so thank God he hasn't caught on.

Well Kari Lake is probably the most pure MAGA, there are different ways to define "extreme" though

Yeah for instance, the right extreme is nazi, while the left extreme is equal pay for all, healthcare for all, the right to medical privacy, high taxes on the rich, etc etc etc

So we can't say the left extreme is communism?

Is Dixon not also pretty extreme? There was a reason she was so far behind Whitmer for so long.

I know hes very anti abortion, but how is he racist or antisemitic? I thought the abortion thing was the main thing people don't like

Drag is basically blackface but for women. An over the top exaggerated caricature of all the worst qualities people perceive women to have. It should be frowned upon in the same way

Considering the people who do drag are themselves marginalized people…I think you’re missing what is wrong with Blackface

Aren't women supposed to be a marginalized group as well, according to progressives? Everyone not white, male and hetero is marginalized.

There are straight drag queens, but its largely gay men making fun of a demo that they by default know less about than the rest of the population, as the rest of the population either is a woman or dates women.

Drag queens aren't making fun of women, dude. WTF? And saying gay men know less about women than others? What in the world? If anything, straight men like yourself know less about women than any other group. Being sexually attracted to women certainly doesn't mean you, by "default", know more about them.

You seem to have no knowledge of this whatsoever. Do you even know someone who dresses in drag? Have you even been to a drag show? You're very out of your element here.

Also, unless you have an interest in drag, which is fine, duh, why do you even care about this? Go find a hobby to waste that time and/or spend it on something that effects you instead, maybe?

Stop fishing for something to argue about that makes you uncomfortable. Go enjoy something and stop finding a more things to be "concerned" or worried about. How exhausting. Maybe go tan your balls? Hear it's the manly thing to do now in some circles.

I have seen videos of drag shows online. What is the point of drag if not to present an over the top and ridiculous caricature of women as ditzy and overly sexualized that could be offensive? Do they think they're giving an uplifting and positive view of women.

I would agree that being attracted to women doesn't give you insight on them, but being in a relationship or marriage with one certainly does.

My only other guess would be that certain people find male burlesque performances attractive. Other than humor at the expense of women or arousal, what pleasure is found in drag?

In a vacuum zwackerm is right but I think because the ultra misogynists are these wood chopping guys who would never be caught dead wearing drag, it helps prevent it from getting as insulting as the worst blackface.

Why are some polls marked (R) and other polls marked (D)? is that the political party of the pollster? if so, how does that affect a random poll unless they go out of their way to poll people of their own party, defeating the purpose of the poll

My suggestion (and to many): Get off the internet. Go out in life and talk to people, and go experience things for yourself.

Quick example: The far-left is quick to dismiss religious conservatives as wackos, but I know many religious individuals, have attended church services, and know from first hand experience that labeling all of them as such is bullshit. Many disagree with things like abortion or same-sex marriage, but they can still be kind people. Not all, of course. There are extremes who turn those disagreements into hateful speech and actions. You just need to avoid them when possible, and if they encroach, shut it down.

If you lack knowledge on a group of people or a subject manner, go immerse yourself with those people and/or that topic. Don't presume it's what you think it is. So many are at fault of this. Don't go based on what you see in online fantasyland or what you hear others around you talking about. That's all secondhand experience at best, downright false information at worst.

Do to a drag show. Ask a performer your questions. There are extreme people in every group that others latch onto as a representation of that group, which is wrong, and is only exemplified in the social media age. There are fun, loving, kind people in every group, including drag performers. The drag queens I know (or knew before moving to the boondocks) are some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet. Just like the older woman down the road I talk to, exchange stories with, share food with (or my husband's soaps he enjoys to make), who goes to church every Sunday and votes Republican most of the time.

I would love to meet a drag queen if I could do so outside of the context of a drag show.

The best answer I've gotten is that drag queens enjoy breaking barriers between male and female, which I can understand. But why would they not dress like that in their day to day life, and only to perform then if they enjoy a feminine self expression?

Dylan Mulvaney inspired this line of questions. Even transgender people are calling out his expression of femininity as offensive

Can you show an example?

Trafalgar Group is (R), Impact Research is (D), Rasmussen is (R), Center Street PAC is (D), etc.