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Polybius

(15,421 posts)
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 01:52 PM Oct 2022

25 days until the election, what do you think will happen?

Obviously, we all want the same results, but what do you think those results will be?


21 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Democrats control the House and Senate
15 (71%)
Democrats control the Senate, Republicans control the House
4 (19%)
Democrats control the House, Republicans control the Senate
0 (0%)
Republicans control the House and Senate
2 (10%)
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25 days until the election, what do you think will happen? (Original Post) Polybius Oct 2022 OP
willing to bet good money. mopinko Oct 2022 #1
Agree. lees1975 Oct 2022 #2
do you know who banshees shriek at, according to the legend? mopinko Oct 2022 #3
Screaming Vaginas will be the name of my all-women punk band. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #12
lol. you need a singer? mopinko Oct 2022 #13
Yes! I can't carry a tune in a bucket! Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #14
i'm in. mopinko Oct 2022 #16
Kanas they made a huge mistake by putting abortion on the ballot Polybius Oct 2022 #4
yeah, it's on the ballot in mich. mopinko Oct 2022 #5
Republicans will lose big in Michigan Polybius Oct 2022 #7
i think we'll take fla too. mopinko Oct 2022 #17
Maybe Rubio loses Polybius Oct 2022 #19
think u have that backwards. mopinko Oct 2022 #22
I don't think either Rubio or DeSantis are losing Polybius Oct 2022 #24
we shall see, but he's a little cheato. mopinko Oct 2022 #25
The people will explain to the MAGA-Roos on the SC what they really think of them. Gaugamela Oct 2022 #6
I've been disappointed too many times before. meadowlander Oct 2022 #8
Seems to be running second in this poll Polybius Oct 2022 #20
I'm pretty confident in saying that we'll hold the Senate. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #9
Waaay too close to call. Fiendish Thingy Oct 2022 #10
Looks like "Democrats control the House and Senate" is winning by 86% Polybius Oct 2022 #11
It's depressing... kentuck Oct 2022 #15
In one of my short stories, a scientist creates a strange garden nuxvomica Oct 2022 #18
Too many reliable republican voters dead from COVID, giving democrats the edge? Brainfodder Oct 2022 #21
I think there will be an election tavernier Oct 2022 #23
I don't know iemanja Oct 2022 #26
thinking we'll keep both House & Senate. Maybe a bit of increases in both, I hope... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #27
I think the house will come down to how well the GOP gerrymandered their districts Johonny Oct 2022 #28
18 days until the election, I have changed my vote Polybius Oct 2022 #29
So, what's your vote now?? Or am I reading your post wrong?? a kennedy Oct 2022 #30
Hate to say it, but I think we lose the House and Senate now Polybius Oct 2022 #31
17 more days! Polybius Oct 2022 #32

mopinko

(70,109 posts)
3. do you know who banshees shriek at, according to the legend?
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 02:04 PM
Oct 2022

their murderers. they are the ghosts of women who were either murdered or died in childbirth. since they have no bodies, they can only scream at them. w their vaginas.
to their families they croon, and spread the news, including a warning of danger nearby. guardians. grios.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/byathameandstang/2017/03/the-banshee/

Polybius

(15,421 posts)
4. Kanas they made a huge mistake by putting abortion on the ballot
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 02:33 PM
Oct 2022

Last edited Fri Oct 14, 2022, 03:15 PM - Edit history (1)

It reminded voters. I think now they are trying to downplay it.

mopinko

(70,109 posts)
5. yeah, it's on the ballot in mich.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 02:34 PM
Oct 2022

between that and the weed laws, they are going down soooo hard.

Polybius

(15,421 posts)
24. I don't think either Rubio or DeSantis are losing
Tue Oct 18, 2022, 12:32 PM
Oct 2022

Florida has become more Red over the last 6 years or so. DeSantis is very high profile. The last very high profile Governor to lose was Mario Cuomo in 1994.

mopinko

(70,109 posts)
25. we shall see, but he's a little cheato.
Tue Oct 18, 2022, 02:49 PM
Oct 2022

lotta pol want to see him go down. and they aint gonna like threats to ss in fla.

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
8. I've been disappointed too many times before.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 03:43 PM
Oct 2022

I think Republicans will take the House but I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised.

Elessar Zappa

(13,991 posts)
9. I'm pretty confident in saying that we'll hold the Senate.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 03:45 PM
Oct 2022

I’m much less sure about the House but I think it’s more probable than not that we’ll outperform the polls.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,616 posts)
10. Waaay too close to call.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 03:55 PM
Oct 2022

Polling is likely to be way off, if new registrations figures are accurate indicators of turnout.

But, the fundamentals are giving the GOP an edge, certainly in the house.

kentuck

(111,097 posts)
15. It's depressing...
Sat Oct 15, 2022, 02:40 PM
Oct 2022

...to think that a Party that attempted a coup to overthrow our democracy may win the next election.

It does not bode well for the country.

nuxvomica

(12,425 posts)
18. In one of my short stories, a scientist creates a strange garden
Sat Oct 15, 2022, 03:04 PM
Oct 2022

Last edited Sat Oct 15, 2022, 05:24 PM - Edit history (1)

It is full of creatures from nearby universes that are improbable in ours yet were somehow sensed by storytellers in the past: unicorns, wizards, elves, etc. He surrounds the garden in a powerful magnetic field to prevent the creatures from escaping because should any find their way into the outer world, other improbable things will occur: "we might elect a carnival barker as president, or make a chicken the pope," he warns. The Democrats taking both houses seems improbable yet this election comes on the heels of other improbable things: an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a tortured opinion reversing Roe V. Wade, Herschel Walker forming a complete sentence in a debate, etc. So I think that historical improbability can be ignored this time around, especially considering the Democrats are favored to take the Senate and those candidates have coattails and their issues have resonance down-ticket, so I suspect the House may follow.

tavernier

(12,388 posts)
23. I think there will be an election
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 02:44 PM
Oct 2022

And the winners will be determined by which party shows up the most. That’s how a democracy works. Sadly, it also means that we get the government we deserve if we don’t pay attention.

electric_blue68

(14,903 posts)
27. thinking we'll keep both House & Senate. Maybe a bit of increases in both, I hope...
Tue Oct 18, 2022, 03:28 PM
Oct 2022

bc hopefully

•polls not collecting cell user data

•Roevember

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
28. I think the house will come down to how well the GOP gerrymandered their districts
Tue Oct 18, 2022, 03:35 PM
Oct 2022

and Covid deaths. They're counting on a lot of people no longer alive to be voting in some of those districts.

Polybius

(15,421 posts)
31. Hate to say it, but I think we lose the House and Senate now
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 03:16 PM
Oct 2022

It's horrendous, but 538 has our Senate chances at 57% now, and dropping fast. What changed it for me is that I no longer think PA is a win.

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