#Midterm Elections (2022)

[inawickedlittletown]

Been very loosely checking up on election results throughout the night and on the one hand I definitely feel for everyone living in red states and wish that things were different and voting suppression wasn’t completely in action...but on the other I can’t help but feel a tiny tiny morsel of hope because there is no definitive call on who is controlling the house and the senate when I had feared it would all immediately go to the republicans. 

#us politics #election 2022 #midterm elections 2022

[countingandsnarkingon]

Will I ever be able to vote without feeling severe anxiety. My hands were practically shaking as I filled out my ballot today

#not fundie related #midterm elections 2022

[buildabruh]

Well I guess the midterm elections could be going much worse. I’m proud of Arizona. I’m disappointed in Texas.

#midterms 2022 #midterm elections #midterm elections 2022 #beto o'rourke #gregg abbott #katie hobbs #mark kelly #also a bit disappointed in Georgia #stacy abrams

[jackspanto]

Here we go

#midterm elections 2022 #hard to be me

[coochiequeens]

WASHINGTON — In a stunning display of broad support for at least some abortion rights, voters in a handful of key states voted to defend abortion rights in the first major test of public sentiment after the Dobbs decision.

Voters in Kentucky shot down a proposal that would have explicitly denied abortion as a right in its constitution, though the procedure still remains all but banned in the state. In a closely watched fight in Michigan, voters passed a measure that would protect abortion access in the state constitution. Voters in California and Vermont also voted to codify abortion as a constitutional right, while in Montana, voters weighed in on a measure requiring care for fetus born alive after an abortion attempt. That measure was largely expected to pass but remains in close contention with 80% of votes counted.

The Michigan measure was the first such vote since the Dobbs decision in a swing state with sizable populations of both Democrats and Republicans. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was locked in a tight race with GOP opponent Tudor Dixon, who is anti-abortion and has skirted the issue on the campaign trail, but Whitmer was elected to a second term.

“In the Midwest, a lot of states have already banned abortion. So Michigan is an incredibly critical access point for people across the region,” said Ianthe Metzger, director of state advocacy communications at Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Planned Parenthood and partners EMILY's List and NARAL Pro-Choice America poured unprecedented funds into supporting abortion rights ballot measures and pro-abortion political candidates, as well as battling anti-abortion proposals such as Kentucky’s ballot measure.

“We definitely did all we could,” said Planned Parenthood’s Metzger, who said the group put $50 million into their drive. “It was our biggest mobilization ever.”

The advocacy groups’ campaigning is on top of record Democratic spending on abortion-related advertising including $94 million in gubernatorial races alone, according to Ad Impact data shared with The Washington Post. 

Stephen Billy, vice president of state affairs for anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, insisted that the Michigan vote is not a bellwether for Americans’ sentiments on abortion policy.

Related: ‘We’re sick of watching women die’: In Michigan, doctors rally to protect abortion access

“I don't think it tells us anything about the national abortion environment,” said Billy. “I think what it tells us is that the abortion industry can use tens of millions of dollars.”

SBA List has backed a number of conservative gubernatorial and congressional candidates that have run on banning or severely restricting abortion access, among them Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dixon, Nevada gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo — whose stance on abortion has shifted — and Tim Michels, who is running against Wisconsin incumbent Gov. Tony Evers. 

“Many Republicans running for governor and for Senate, we've seen over the past few months trying to scrub their records and to rewrite their records on this issue,” said Metzger. “That alone is an indication that they know that abortion rights are popular.” 

Candidates that have softened their rhetoric include Arizona Republican Blake Masters, who has backtracked from calling abortion “demonic” and supporting fetal personhood to saying he supports bans on late-term abortions, but not all procedures. In Nevada, the Republican running for U.S. Senate, Adam Laxalt, has been a vocal anti-abortion advocate but also recently insisted that he would vote with Democrats against a federal abortion ban. 

Related: Online requests for medication abortions spiked after the Dobbs decision

Vermont voters were largely expected to approve their measure after it passed both chambers of the state legislature with a two-thirds majority in both the 2019-2020 and 2021-2021 legislative sessions, giving it the necessary votes to secure a spot on the ballot.

“Enshrining this right in the Constitution is critical to ensuring equal protection and treatment under the law and upholding the right of all people to health, dignity, independence, and freedom,” stated the proposal written by state Sens. Tim Ashe, Becca Balint, Virginia Lyons and Richard Sears, all Democrats. The governor will sign a document adding the abortion measure and another outlawing slavery to the constitution on Dec. 13.

California's measure was also projected to pass because of high polling in favor of reproductive rights, though it remains unclear from the ballot language if it would protect abortion past the point of a fetal viability, which typically happens around 24 weeks. 

Kentucky’s ballot measure, Amendment 2, would bar the use of public funds for abortion procedures and banned state courts from considering its constitutionality, but it's trending to be rejected by voters in the largely red state.

This story has been updated with election results in California, Michigan, and Kentucky. 

#Midterm elections 2022 #reproductive justice #abortion bans

[drmprop]

While the moon sprays its fireworks in your hair, the sound of failure calls her name - Flaming Lips

#midterm elections #midterm elections 2022 #MAGA #Trump #GOP #Hunter Biden #petty politics #Fox news #Trump Ukraine impeachment #red wave 2022 #for the people

[austennerdita2533]

Might watch the election results come in with a bottle of wine tonight. 

#ashlee bree rants politics #midterm elections 2022

[theusviral]

Elon Musk recommends votes for ‘Republican Congress’ in midterms

Elon Musk recommends votes for ‘Republican Congress’ in midterms

Billionaire Elon Musk urged undecided voters to back Republican candidates ahead of critical midterm elections on Tuesday that will determine control of Congress. “To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic,” Musk said. “Hardcore Democrats or Republicans never…

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#Business #congress #Elon Musk #midterm elections #midterm elections 2022 #NEWS #Politics #Tech #Twitter

[thundergrace]

Racists vote. Homophobes vote. Christofacists vote. Capitalists vote. Nazis and white supremacists vote. Especially now with the current make up and platform of the GOP. They're more emboldened than they've been in recent history.

Almost everyone who hates you for just existing is going to vote today.

You probably should, too.

#midterm elections 2022

[inawickedlittletown]

Also let’s just appreciate all the work that Steve Kornacki does on election nights over at msnbc...he’s kind of fascinating to watch. 

#election 2022 #midterm elections 2022 #us politics #steve kornacki

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

Hari's On Tour (Express)

#youtube #George Harrison #ISKCON #HARE KRISHNA #SRI MAYAPUR DHAM #WASHINGTON DC #MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2022 #MIDTERMS 2022

[artistsonthelam]

Completed my mail-in ballot for the upcoming midterm elections! For fellow Cook County people, if you need help navigating the ballot, here are the guides I used: Injustice Watch’s judicial election guide (there are 61 judges running for retention!) and, of course, the Girl I Guess Progressive Voter Guide.

[Edit: Thank you for following and RTing me, Indivisible Chicago!]

// © Jenny Lam 2022

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[snarksandkisses]

#harm reduction #voting #2022 midterm elections #there are children inside #vote blue #poetry #elections #us #usa #Kyle Tran Myhre

[ivovynckier]

Where's your victory, victory, victory, victory, victory now, Paula?

(Maybe the dude in grey clothes was the silent majority...)

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[thestarmaker]

😭😭😭 I hate it here

#midterm elections 2022 #i didn't expect differently im just. sad #i realllly don't like how close governor race is #10% is way too close for comfort

[theusviral]

Lee Zeldin on why he has ‘zero regret’ after losing to Gov. Kathy Hochul

Lee Zeldin on why he has ‘zero regret’ after losing to Gov. Kathy Hochul

He may not have secured his own personal victory, but Republican Lee Zeldin insisted to The Post Wednesday he had “zero regret” over the race he ran — as records show he notched the best total-vote performance of any GOP candidate since Nelson Rockefeller 52 years ago. In his first interview since conceding to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Zeldin said his surprisingly strong campaign wasn’t in vain because…

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#kathy hochul #lee zeldin #Metro #midterm elections 2022