Republicans should be really, really nervous tonight.

[TDale313]

Kansas is a very bad sign for them.

[PortTack]

1. Indeed!

[Skittles]

2. my guess is it will put the voter suppression efforts into overdrive

because they don't give a DAMN about WE THE PEOPLE

[Wednesdays]

5. Voter suppression can do only so much

Today, Kansas REPUBLICANS voted against them!

[Skittles]

7. the more people vote, the more repukes lose

that is why they suppress the vote....

[TDale313]

9. Of course they will.

And we need to fight that as hard as we possibly can. But the fact that they lost… by a huge amount… in Kansas? There may actually be margins too big for them to suppress or steal their way to a victory. It may be misplaced, but this is the first time in a while I’ve felt hopeful. That they might actually have gone too far and face a real backlash.

[Irish_Dem]

20. I agree, this is what they are going to do.

They cannot win elections so they will have to put their cheating in high gear.

[BootinUp]

3. Here's a little more on what happened after Dobbs in Kansas

Tom Bonier
@tbonier
Among Kansans who registered to vote on or after June 24th (when the Dobbs decision was announced), Democrats have an 8 pt advantage. Compare that to the GOP's overall advantage of 19 pts among all registered voters in Kansas. The landscape changed on June 24th.

Link to tweet

[Baked Potato]

4. It's always a trial balloon for them. Bad sign, yes, but

they will pivot. They will keep slumming the dreg bars looking for the next culture issue to roll out.

[uponit7771]

8. True, I pray dems will not allow MAGA to lie about their stance aka "pivot"

[EnergizedLib]

6. Between this and Kari Lake

They are the vocal minority, not the silent majority.

[Wounded Bear]

15. I think a lot of women republicans do...

[liberalla]

18. This is it. Most women do not want to go back in time, no matter their party affiliation.

And just like ALWAYS, republican MEN have no clue what women want... even 'R' women.

[GopherGal]

24. Maybe those with (female) mistresses...

may have figured out that abortions are cheaper than child support.

[Sky Jewels]

11. I hope they have many sleepless nights tossing and turning, just like tens o millions of us have had

since the Dobbs leak came down. I literally had to go on anti-anxiety meds to cope with my stress and anger.

[Demsrule86]

12. People don't realize Georgia was gerrymandered for us for quite a while. We had Democratic

Governors, House members, and Senators as well. We had been losing presidential races for a while but in Georgia, there were still more than a few Democrats. 2002 changed that. Max Cleland lost. And Roy Barnes -once a popular - governor lost. As well when people vote in numbers...gerrymanders fail. Consider 2002 was one of two elections where the President's party won the midterm...the other one was 1934. I think we may be looking at the President's party winning a midterm for the third time...consider that we are talking three times in 90 years! This may be a BFD.

[shanti]

14. Yup

F*ck with the bull, you get the horns. Good job, Kansans!

[calimary]

16. I hope so! It's well-deserved!

[Wounded Bear]

17. I just hope Dems around the country are paying attention...

If they don't include a "repubs want to ban abortions and take your birth control" plank in their platform it will be political incompetence.

In many places, that should be top of the list and be the lead in their ads.

Dems protect women's rights and health.

[Irish_Dem]

19. The Supreme Court has made it clear they don't care about the will of the people.

The people can pressure congress to pass certain laws, but the SC can over turn them.

So yes this is a very good sign. But will the SC care?

[Jimbo S]

21. Not their job

The USSC is to interpret laws, not to decide which laws are popular.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Or to impose their 17th century views on the American people.

[llmart]

23. As much as I'm extremely excited about the Kansas news...

I just hope Dems across the country don't get complacent and stay home in November. I think it's been said a thousand times on DU and statistics bear this out. When Dems GOTV we win and we win big!

Take a breather but get back in the fight because you just know the GOP is going to step up the dirty ads/lies/criminality in order to win.