President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
50%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
70%↑
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
October 24, 2008 06:57 PM UTC
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from FiveThirtyEight we have this:
That’s right, the good news is he can still depend on 3 states that are about as Republican as you can get outside of Utah & Idaho. Wow – McCain is toast.
I think not.
You can quibble whether geographically it’s the Deep South, but I think that psychologically it is.
…some of those bitches claim to be Southwestern/Tex-Mex folks.
Percentage of early black voters in various states way, WAY up from 2004. Early Dem vote percentage 55% so far in FL in the face of 2 to 5 hour waits:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
4 hours no problem.
They would stand in that line if there were police with dogs and firehoses turned on them.
They are more concerned with their vote being counted.
Early on, when i supported Obama and they were sceptical, they would say “they won’t let a black man win.”
I would respond “its not up to them, its up to us. The big lie we’ve learned is that our vote doesn’t matter.” They didn’t believe me.
After Iowa, they would say “do you really think they’ll let a black man win?” They were beginning to believe there was a little bit of hope.
I’d say “those folks in Iowa didn’t see a black man, they saw the best person. He can win.”
By the time we got to the Rev. Wright. They believed it was possible, but they knew it was going to be ugly. They were ok with that, most black folks think about race all the time–they can’t escape it. Most white folks don’t grapple with race every day, but this election has forced them to.
Near the end of the primaries they would finally ask the important question, “are they going to try to steal it from us?” because they had finally begun to hope.
“Yes,” I would respond, “if we let them. That is why it can’t be close. We will lose a close race. They will find a way to steal it. This is why every vote matters get your dead beat cousin registerd get your wheelchair bound grandma to the poll, get your high school nephew registered. check your registration, check your friends registration, sign up for mail in ballots so your vote is counted before the elections even over. We must win big or we will lose.”
“and besides as Chris Rock says ‘do you want to be the one brother who didn’t vote for the first black president'”
Lines are not going to matter.
I have a good friend (African-American) who has been a strong Obama supporter from the start. Enthusiastic, impassioned, all that. And as we approached the primary here, back when it was still in doubt, he realized he had not switched from Independent to Democratic in time to go to the caucus.
Yes they will all walk through a small nuclear war to vote. But there will be some that can’t or don’t for some reason. Almost all will, but a few won’t.
…as the shining beacon of wisdom. What would they do without you.
I know you were implying something (I’m not sure what, but your air quotes imply an insult).
My friends trust me to advise them on political and election matters. Maybe because my family is mixed racially, I socialize with more black folks than a lot of white folks and perhaps because of this we can talk more comfortably about race than a lot of folks.
I was going to wtite a longer response, but I feel it would be lost on you and you would simply snark your way through a response.
…I was literally quoting you. Is that a problem? Did you say something you wish you didn’t?
Your post to which I responded rubbed me wrong because it was all about your showing your “black friends” the way. Talking them through their fears, convincing them to support Obama, no matter what their past taught them. Danny was there to lead the way. It was just too patronizing and just too much. Thanks for sparing me the longer response.
now if only there was a way to get rid of the commercials on the ballot initiatives
Just wait till a week after, you’ll be complaining that it’s all over.
And frankly, they have higher production values than some of those NRSC ads – especially that last one with the surfer-dude voiceover and Udall marching in front of a bunch of tiny Ninja warriors.
feel free to get your sorry, envious self over here and apologize for being an asshole. 🙂