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JustAnotherGen

(36,911 posts)
6. Senate By the Numbers
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 02:14 PM
Oct 2021


They are part of disenfranchising 30 million Americans . . . who just happen to be black:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/21/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2020-battleground-states/

The number of Black Americans eligible to vote for president has reached a record 30 million in 2020, with more than one-third living in nine of the nation’s most competitive states – Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – a higher share than the 29% of all U.S. eligible voters who live in these states. Nationwide, Black eligible voters now make up 12.5% of the U.S. electorate, up from 11.5% in 2000.


AZ - Mark Kelly - Latinos and Natives
FL - Val Demings - Black Americans can get her over the finish line
GA - Rafael Warnock - ditto
Iowa - Who cares
MI - No race
NC - Primary is Wide Open to take Burr's seat - A shot
OH- Ryan *crossing fingers - I think he can win* - Ohio has a bad history of taking minorities off the roles
PA - Three Contenders *crossing fingers I think two of the tree can win - Anxiety in 2012 - that can happen again.


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Hold the House, get rid of the filibuster with Loyal Democratic Party Members in the Senate -- and we can and SHOULD do whatever we want. That's all it takes.

Voting rights is how we get there.

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omg BeckyDem Oct 2021 #1
they should get a deal and then run on getting more Democrats elected in the midterms so that samsingh Oct 2021 #2
☝️👍 Walleye Oct 2021 #3
that can backfire in at least 3 ways Celerity Oct 2021 #5
Senate By the Numbers JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #6
'That's all it takes.' Celerity Oct 2021 #11
Not olympian at all JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #13
Biden doesn't have the power to use EO's to bypass actual passage of voter's rights legislation Celerity Oct 2021 #16
So what JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #18
Why should he try an illegal power grab? We are not a Party that wants a dictator. That is Celerity Oct 2021 #19
Oh well -so be it JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #20
It doesn't matter...if we get nothing and we lose the house and/ or the senate...we get nothing at Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #9
Exactly JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #12
We are going to pass a vastly reduced BBB Act, barring a complete blockage in the House or Celerity Oct 2021 #14
We get what is possible and pass it. We could lose the Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #35
We need to make the American people understand WHO stopped Biden from fulling all his promises. BlueLucy Oct 2021 #27
Exactly right...it will help during the midterm. Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #8
Exactly. Kingofalldems Oct 2021 #17
Republicans are against all JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #4
The huge problem is Sinema and Manchin's refusal (so far, and I see nothing to suggest they are Celerity Oct 2021 #7
All they need to do is JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #10
I really do not think that will work with them, especially Manchin. As for Rethugs, they not only Celerity Oct 2021 #15
Yep - it won't work with them JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #21
And when he dies, we lose the seat permanently. Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #36
This JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #37
And I'm sorry JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #22
Me a moderate? LOL I think you have the wrong person. Celerity Oct 2021 #23
Generally 'moderates' JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #24
The idea that Biden should NOT go the dictator route is hardly a 'moderate' one. Celerity Oct 2021 #25
Agree to Disagree JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #26
absurd false choice dilemma Celerity Oct 2021 #28
Wrong JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #30
What are you talking about? I NEVER defended the bloody filibuster. I have posted Celerity Oct 2021 #31
Well - I'm talking about the filibuster JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #33
Biden cannot change Senate rules. That is basic Constitutional separation of powers. Celerity Oct 2021 #34
Who are these "moderates?" BlueLucy Oct 2021 #29
smh. nt ecstatic Oct 2021 #32
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