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Map of estimated turnout of the adult population in the 1940 US Presidential Election. The strong effects of Jim Crow voting restrictions & poll taxes are visible (see the WV/VA border!), with less than 10% of the adult population voting in some Southern counties (dark orange):
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It looks like the Green Party has flipped a state legislative seat in Hawaii! It comes in #HD14, a Harris+16 seat covering the Lahaina area.
Pāʻele Kiakona was a major activist during the wildfires there and won major union support for his campaign. He beat a Democrat and the Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent (who only got less than 20% of the vote)
NO TAKE BACKS PLZ
Politico: Samuel Alito says he won’t retire during lame duck session
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he plans to stay on the court through next year
“I intend to stick around through this term,” Alito, 76, said in an interview with Bloomberg News
politico.com/live-updates/20…
Bankhead split the Native American vote pretty evenly with Bodnar it seems?
Her best performance was 29% in majority Native Big Horn County. Also got 28% in Glacier, 27% in Roosevelt, 23% in Blaine; all counties with big Native populations.
Biggest midterm wave since 1994 right?
By popular vote I'm sure it will be bigger, but by impact, seat gains, flipping both chambers with room to spare, this is the Dem version of the Republican Revolution
Interested to see the 2026 result in the KY-95 state house seat. Ashley Laferty (D), who was able to hold the seat despite it voting for Trump by over 50 pts, is retiring
Dems found a good nominee tho, was a state senator there for 20 years, lost by 7 in 2020. Could it be close?
Many people say the early vote can’t tell you anything, but bettors are acting like it does in some states, like Nevada:
