BGOL midterms 2022. It begins. Booker says Blacks MUST VOTE
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Why Republicans did well in the Virginia and New Jersey elections
Republicans rode a wave of conservative energy Tuesday night to a win in the election for Virginia governor and to land a better-than-expected finish in New Jersey, a race that is still too close to call, according to The Associated Press.
There were major shifts in both states in key counties and with key voting groups.
In Virginia, Republican Glenn Youngkin did better than President Donald Trump did in 2020 in every single county in the state.
In New Jersey, it was a similar story, with Republican Jack Ciattarelli improving on Trump's margins in 20 of 21 counties (so far) and flipping four from Democratic to Republican.
The result in the Virginia governor's race Tuesday night highlighted some major shifts in the electorate, according to exit polls. (There were no exit polls in New Jersey.)
The shifts were notable, especially considering that education and how children are taught in schools about racism dominated as a campaign issue.
Overall, the electorate in Virginia was older and whiter than in the 2020 presidential election — both were advantages for Youngkin.
Voters between the ages of 18 and 29 were down significantly as a share of the electorate from 2020. Last year, they made up 1 in 5 voters. In this election, they were just 1 in 10.
The biggest shift was among independents, a group that President Biden won last year by 19 percentage points but that Youngkin won by 9.
There were also notable double-digit shifts among women (+17 points toward the Republican), white women (+15 R), white voters overall (+15 R), suburban voters (+14 R), white people without college degrees (+28 R) and parents with children under 18 living at home (+12 R).
Among those who said parents should have a lot of say in what schools teach, Youngkin won them 76% to 23%, and those voters made up 51% of the electorate.
Youngkin's expansion with whites without college degrees is remarkable, considering how well Trump did with them. And it underscores that, right now, they are a group that is simply out of reach for Democrats.
Black voters, who are traditionally a backbone of the Democratic Party, made up a slightly lower share of the electorate than they did in 2020. They were 18% of the electorate then and 16% of the electorate in 2021. They also voted at a similar margin for Democrat Terry McAuliffe as they did for Biden last year.
But while Youngkin was able to ride a fired-up base that went for him in rural areas in some cases by wider margins than for Trump, McAuliffe wasn't able to do the same with Black voters.
Latinos and Asian Americans were also down slightly as a share of the electorate, but
they voted in wider margins for McAuliffe this year than last. Whites with college degrees were also up 5 points as a share of the electorate and voted by about the same margin for McAuliffe as for Biden.
But the other shifts toward Youngkin more than offset these increases among key Democratic groups.
Republicans rode a wave of conservative energy Tuesday night to a win in the election for Virginia governor and to land a better-than-expected finish in New Jersey, a race that is still too close to call, according to The Associated Press.
There were major shifts in both states in key counties and with key voting groups.
In Virginia, Republican Glenn Youngkin did better than President Donald Trump did in 2020 in every single county in the state.
In New Jersey, it was a similar story, with Republican Jack Ciattarelli improving on Trump's margins in 20 of 21 counties (so far) and flipping four from Democratic to Republican.
The result in the Virginia governor's race Tuesday night highlighted some major shifts in the electorate, according to exit polls. (There were no exit polls in New Jersey.)
The shifts were notable, especially considering that education and how children are taught in schools about racism dominated as a campaign issue.
Overall, the electorate in Virginia was older and whiter than in the 2020 presidential election — both were advantages for Youngkin.
Voters between the ages of 18 and 29 were down significantly as a share of the electorate from 2020. Last year, they made up 1 in 5 voters. In this election, they were just 1 in 10.
The biggest shift was among independents, a group that President Biden won last year by 19 percentage points but that Youngkin won by 9.
There were also notable double-digit shifts among women (+17 points toward the Republican), white women (+15 R), white voters overall (+15 R), suburban voters (+14 R), white people without college degrees (+28 R) and parents with children under 18 living at home (+12 R).
Among those who said parents should have a lot of say in what schools teach, Youngkin won them 76% to 23%, and those voters made up 51% of the electorate.
Youngkin's expansion with whites without college degrees is remarkable, considering how well Trump did with them. And it underscores that, right now, they are a group that is simply out of reach for Democrats.
Black voters, who are traditionally a backbone of the Democratic Party, made up a slightly lower share of the electorate than they did in 2020. They were 18% of the electorate then and 16% of the electorate in 2021. They also voted at a similar margin for Democrat Terry McAuliffe as they did for Biden last year.
But while Youngkin was able to ride a fired-up base that went for him in rural areas in some cases by wider margins than for Trump, McAuliffe wasn't able to do the same with Black voters.
Latinos and Asian Americans were also down slightly as a share of the electorate, but
they voted in wider margins for McAuliffe this year than last. Whites with college degrees were also up 5 points as a share of the electorate and voted by about the same margin for McAuliffe as for Biden.
But the other shifts toward Youngkin more than offset these increases among key Democratic groups.
Let's keep holding our black vote for stimies while the Trumpers show up. That's a great plan.
Across U.S., at least seven Jan. 6 rallygoers won public office on Election Day
The Washington Post
At least seven people who attended the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6 in Washington that preceded the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were elected to public office Tuesday.
BuzzFeed News first reported last week that at least 13 Republicans who traveled to Washington on Jan. 6 to protest the results of the 2020 election were running for office this year. None were charged with crimes, and all denied being part of the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college win. The attack resulted in five deaths and left some 140 members of law enforcement injured.
On Tuesday, three of those 13 Republicans — Dave LaRock, John McGuire and Marie March — were elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, as first reported by HuffPost. LaRock and McGuire won reelection, while March won an open seat.
“We’re in a very conservative district, and a lot of people do like Donald Trump,” March, a restaurant owner, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “He was the sitting president of the United States of America at the time. We went to see him speak.”
March told the AP she did not regret participating in the rally.
LaRock, who has represented Virginia’s 33rd District since 2014, lashed out at critics who called on him to resign after it was revealed that he participated in the Jan. 6 rally, according to the Loudoun Times. Before that, he had spread conspiracy claims about the election. In a statement released after the rally, LaRock said participants were “law-abiding, patriotic, mom and pop, young adults pushing baby carriages.”
Across U.S., at least seven Jan. 6 rallygoers won public office on Election Day
The Washington Post
At least seven people who attended the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6 in Washington that preceded the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were elected to public office Tuesday.
BuzzFeed News first reported last week that at least 13 Republicans who traveled to Washington on Jan. 6 to protest the results of the 2020 election were running for office this year. None were charged with crimes, and all denied being part of the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college win. The attack resulted in five deaths and left some 140 members of law enforcement injured.
On Tuesday, three of those 13 Republicans — Dave LaRock, John McGuire and Marie March — were elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, as first reported by HuffPost. LaRock and McGuire won reelection, while March won an open seat.
“We’re in a very conservative district, and a lot of people do like Donald Trump,” March, a restaurant owner, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “He was the sitting president of the United States of America at the time. We went to see him speak.”
March told the AP she did not regret participating in the rally.
LaRock, who has represented Virginia’s 33rd District since 2014, lashed out at critics who called on him to resign after it was revealed that he participated in the Jan. 6 rally, according to the Loudoun Times. Before that, he had spread conspiracy claims about the election. In a statement released after the rally, LaRock said participants were “law-abiding, patriotic, mom and pop, young adults pushing baby carriages.”
Look up the demographics for his district. White women and Latinos won that for him.
Hard head makes a soft ass
Defends Bidens Black agenda!
"We can't get discouraged "
Vote or die niggas!
Booker defends Biden's Black agenda, urges Black voters to show up in 2022 midterms
Sen. Cory Booker acknowledged that without Black voters "we will get decimated" in reelections. "We can't let people get discouraged."thegrio.com
@shaddyvillethug
Fuck him. Democrats need better messaging. Republicans have people voting for shit that ain't even real, and democrats aren't trying to play the game. They need come be real with the republican voters and show the data that all the bullshit fearmongering they're doing hasn't happened and won't happen. They're still playing the "take your guns away game" for 14 years and no one had guns taken away. Point that shit out!!
It's easy to believe fantastical things about people when you don't know anyone in that group personally. Blind hate shows a lack of travel and interests.
they turned on their biggest supporters... funny.
these people here...
they love to "teach" racism to America with CRT and all these documentaries and specials and elevate these new grads with token positions talking about racial issues but they won't do SHIT for the people they constantly use to prop up others with opportunity.
You can't make this up, people are tired of the speeches and teaching garbage, they won't DO anything and people are backing out.
They know older black women are the main supporters so they basically emulate the church formula without realizing it's less and fewer people in the church.
Idiots...
"Better messaging"?
I’m not trying to call you out because you may have just gotten into politics but there is a reason the Democrats don’t “work on their messaging” because they don’t give a shit. Biden said he was going to prioritize LGBT loud and clear and that is what he did. The “poor messaging” is the lies which are constantly fed to the so-called black community, which is the swing vote for the Democrats. These arguments over what goes in and out of a bill benefit less than 10% of the masses but take away from 90%.
Anyone arguing the two different party rhetoric is a fool unless they are in the “token pet” demographic which the red and blue parties have. So to me, anyone pushing national level democrats or republicans is compromised, no exceptions, even if the candidate is new.
Both parties have a common enemy and that is the heterosexual, so-called black man that is astute and not led by emotions and against the pro-whites.
Anyone arguing the two different party rhetoric is a fool unless they are in the “token pet” demographic which the red and blue parties have. So to me, anyone pushing national level democrats or republicans is compromised, no exceptions, even if the candidate is new.
Both parties have a common enemy and that is the heterosexual, so-called black man that is astute and not led by emotions and against the pro-whites.
No such thing as better messaging it's big money keeping us in a certain state of mind, they know the message well but they don't want to help the people.
A lot of these young people work for nonprofits and humanity and all these racial studies, helping us directly hurts their jobs they know the deal.
They can't help us but we're tired of the talking shit so they getting kinda stuck.
This is hard to understand for black folks who live well because a lot of you guys don't see life at that level because you have never been there.
It's really hard for people to see what's going on when they are above that level, this is the main reason we've been bamboozled for so long, we got black folks who aren't in the streets, no single, have money we have them speaking for the cats making 40k fighting to get a woman under they arm, fighting for respect as men.
It's been a hustle from day 1.
Most of you BGOL dudes won't really see it like that cuz y're all really above where the racism/classism really hits.
It hits at all levels and the tactics vary but I agree with you from the standpoint of these posters being clueless. The funniest part to me is that these same posters claim they are ballin’ but are ignorant whenever it comes to money / economics talk. It effects them as well but most want to front and/or just be a coon. Politics is a minor part of the game but any so-called black person blindly voting for any party, especially a democrat, is questionable and clearly not for self and community empowerment.
They snuck it in or was it the only way to get any of your republican buddies to support the bill?
Y'all are funny, first y'all make Democrat gut all the programs they promised then point fingers and say democrats are not fulfilling their promise.
BTW what tax cuts did the rich get?
Man, many of them have been there, have it in their family, or are barely a generation removed from it. Don’t let the frontin fool you.
See above. In addition, many of these BGOL members who talk that shit are older Gen X’ers and Boomers who are coming from a time when there was literally more wealth available.
Amen, especially on the feigned ignorance to money and economics talk (although some really are just dumb) and blind voting.
They let the CRT panic take hold. They didn't mention to people how it was all lies. To get to people, the easiest part is you need to get them to see they've been fooled, the hard part is getting them to finally accept it.
100% my dude. I agree. I try to tell people that promises are just promises until they are followed through. I want all people to be as equally disgusted with this two party system as we are.
He finessed Black people the most and gave us the least.
That’s SALT. That’s to help rich blue states get a huge tax break. The reason why the democrats snuck it in there is because they have to pay back there rich donors.
This thread is so fucking silly. Half the posters in here don t even realize that most of the rights they have that they take for granted is because someone voted.
Just dumb as shit with shit for brains...
Just dumb as shit with shit for brains...
Like my dad, the same mentality.... will literally bash poor blacks while watching MSNBC thinking that's great knowledge for black people.
Literally came up during a time which the government had separate spaces for them and gave them higher-up positions within those areas.
Google Con Edison in the '80s, plenty of educated blacks making good money who could barely speak proper English.
These niggas always had running waddah
They couldn't speak decent English, had heavy foreign accents, and still pulling 6 figures in the black areas...
Those jobs now go to coons and white liberals...
Think NY in the 80s, Brooklyn, and all that foreigners were eating while barely speaking English.
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