72 so far, Harris with 67. Pretty low turnout given the stakes

Man, if he’d form a populist left party and stop caucusing with the Dems, he might get a lot of enthusiastic support and candidates running locally soon

I get this, but probably the best way to feel safer is to forge local connections. Check on your neighbors, they’ll check on you

I was just talking with a friend about this. How do you build up a left-wing populist party? Establishment Dems seem like they’d rather lose than bring in progressives. So it’d have to be very grassroots, right? Tea party definitely had some help from the top at the time

Person on right is glad because they saw the death that was avoided. Person on left is sad because they see what is lost. America voted which path, and I’ll be generous and say that neither passenger could see the other side’s track

I agree, but what do you do about that? I’m not out here geo-engineering albedo shit to still climate change.

So where does the blame go? I think at status quo Dem leadership when people are genuinely anxious and struggling. Maybe Kamala did the best she could for who she is, but the DNC should have been retired when Obama won

I don’t think you can put this one on the boomers. This is bigger than them

We tried in Oregon. The real problem is that both Democrat establishment and Republican establishment hate RCV because it diminishes their power. It may be time for progressives to separate from Dems a bit more at local and state levels. Look at Osborn in NE

It’s close though. Big shift (so far) is 10 million ish fewer for Harris

Voters will get what they voted for, whether they intended it or not. It’s the bedrock fundamental of political reality. A party can meet them where they are, convince them to come over to the leadership position, or lose. Those are the options

I think both parties that have power right now are opposed to RCV because it makes their job harder - they would have to be For something rather than just Against they opponent

None, I’m afraid. 5% of Republicans voted for Biden in 2020. 5% voted for Harris in 2024. A centrist waste

I’m revising my estimation of the electorate a lot tonight

If this shift is both A)right and B) representative across states, Harris is looking at over 400 electoral votes on Tuesday. I feel crazy just typing that

The good news is that Biden is president this time, not trump. Plus the immunity for protecting democracy by ruthlessly enforcing election integrity

“that ‘I voted’ sticker is sexy…” Normalize fetishizing political involvement!

Whether he wants them to or not