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Michigan Republican unseated after losing to Democrat by 20 points
(www.newsweek.com)
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A democrat won by 20 points in Michigan?? I'm pretty staunchly leftist and I think that deserves a quick recount.
Edit: this was very much a joke, you guys are understandably passionate but civility is still appreciated.
That's not how recounts work. It has to be close, and this wasn't even close. Recounts address a margin of error. What you're doing is dog whistling voter fraud, and I very, very seriously doubt you're actually a staunch leftist.
You're just a bad actor trying to give the illusion that our voting system shouldn't be trusted.
Well.
You can fuck right off.
I was truly just kidding and poking fun at republicans, no need to hurl insults.
Ah, fair enough, fair enough.
Yeah, you got me then. I missed the /s in there. It's been a long, long 8 years, so my patience has run thin for people who aren't just making a joke.
Appreciate you clarifying. Cheers! :)
Appreciate you saying this.
Anonymity means you can't validate who anyone is or how they lean. All we have is logic and rhetoric.
i don't think miscounting can account for a 20 point difference. recounts make sense for close elections.
I was really just kidding and poking fun at the calls for recounts republicans always make. I really don't believe a 20 point margin can be the result of a miscount. Sarcasm is difficult to convey via text. I'll leave it, though, I'm a good sport.
oh ok, while I missed the intent I'm glad I avoided assuming malice at least.
do you have any evidence of impropriety other than "hhhhhmmmmmmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔"?
I was being very sarcastic and that was obviously a failure. I was poking fun at the right's constant calls for recounts. There's no way a 20 point spread can be due to a miscount.
forgive me then, your voice got lost in a sea of idiots who simply cannot accept having lost under any circumstances.
Wait... you need more than that to demand a recount?
I mean, anyone can demand anything...
A county commissioner was defeated in a low-turnout out-of-cycle election by 20-pts.
By contrast, in 2020, Ottawa County voted
So, a huge reversal. But in an election in which only 2% of Republican Presidential regulars turned out relative to 3.8% of Democrats.
I absolutely would not use this as a bell weather for the 2024 election.
I was kidding and poking fun at republicans always demanding recounts. I'm actually quite happy and surprised a dem won. I truly don't actually want a recount.
But then how are news sources going to make otherwise mundane events sound noteworthy?
BTW, 100% of person making this reply voted Democrat, therefore everyone in the country will also vote democrat.
Flipping the county is absolutely noteworthy, both because it was a recall election and because it flipped parties. Might want to fixate on the actual policy changes promised by the incoming administration, rather than the pure horse-race aspect of an election that's six months off.
Unless they're betrayed by the Fifth Columnist Trump-Loving Idiot Leftist College Muslims Who Hate America, of course.
I assume you meant Zionist, but columnist is pretty funny given the surrounding context.