1. West Virginia - Incumbent: Democrat Joe Manchin
  2. Montana - Incumbent: Democrat Jon Tester
  3. Ohio - Incumbent: Democrat Sherrod Brown
  4. Arizona - Incumbent: Independent Kyrsten Sinema
  5. Nevada - Incumbent: Democrat Jacky Rosen
  6. Wisconsin - Incumbent: Democrat Tammy Baldwin
  7. Pennsylvania - Incumbent: Democrat Bob Casey
  8. Michigan - Incumbent: Democrat Debbie Stabenow (retiring)
  9. Texas - Incumbent: Republican Ted Cruz
  10. Florida - Incumbent: Republican Rick Scott
  • StinkySnork@kbin.social
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    I can attest to the seat for Ohio. Gerrymandering and Trumpism have turned this state red, when by most accounts it should have more variety. After seeing friggin J.D. Vance somehow getting elected albeit offering nothing other than support for Trump, then I can’t see anyone blue winning the Senate seat until redistricting is finalized and fairer.

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      1 year ago

      Gerrymandering really shouldn’t impact state-wide races, mathematically, but it sure feels like it breeds a combination of complacency and defeatism that overcomes the math.

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        People in the “minority” party districts get complacent that their district will be safe so there’s lower turnout (Harris County in Tx, 3rd largest county in the country, heavily Democratic, had under 50% turnout in the 2020 elections). People in “majority” party districts feel like there’s no hope they’ll be represented, so they give up and don’t vote.

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    Flip is supposed to mean from one party to the other but I doubt Michigan is going to elect an R to replace Stabenow.

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      I wouldn’t go that far. At this point, demographics, political inertia, and Manchin’s growing local unpopularity basically mean WV is a lost cause barring some miracle

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      Let’s not get overconfident. The worst of his behavior has yet to reduce his popularity.

      I don’t even think convictions would impact his followers, they are just nuts.

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    But it really doesn’t matter because America’s a joke from whatever side or angle you look at it.