2026 Midterm Thread

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BeardedVol said:
The truth hurts sometimes.

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So? The cost of living in southern and western VA is way less than Richmond north. Even when I lived in VA during the 70s and 80s there was almost nothing in common between southern/western VA and the northern part of the state. VA is a microcosm of the biggest problem the US is facing, centralized government forcing 1 set of ideals on people that have little in common. What works for and what people want in northern is not what the rest of the people in the state want or need. The same as forcing the people of TN to abide by rules that California want.
 
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hog88 said:
So? The cost of living in southern and western VA is way less than Richmond north. Even when I lived in VA during the 70s and 80s there was almost nothing in common between southern/western VA and the northern part of the state. VA is a microcosm of the biggest problem the US is facing, centralized government forcing 1 set of ideals on people that have little in common. What works for and what people want in northern is not what the rest of the people in the state want or need. The same as forcing the people of TN to abide by rules that California want.
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The cost of living in West Virginia is low as well, doesn't change the fact that 50% of their state budget is made up of federal funds.

If you split off Southwest Virginia so you can have another MAGA state, it would be even more poor and reliant on federal funding.
 
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BeardedVol said:
The cost of living in West Virginia is low as well, doesn't change the fact that 50% of their state budget is made up of federal funds.

If you split off Southwest Virginia so you can have another MAGA state, it would be even more poor and reliant on federal funding.
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Guess what? I'm all for cutting off federal funding for states. Gut, slice, castrate, butcher the federal government until it's back to it's pre-civil war authority and need for our tax dollars (adjusted for todays dollar of course for the dummies) let the money stay in the states without going to DC for redistribution.
 
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Volnanza said:
Virginia does not have secure elections. No picture id required. Unsecured mail in voting. Scatted drop boxes. 45 days to cheat voting season. It's bad here.
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Absolutely untrue. As someone who just voted in Virginia.
 
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Sandman 423 said:
I honestly don't know. I figure with it being so close to DC that it would naturally lean Democrat.
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Just a little of Va is close to DC but unfortunately that little bit has a lot of people. And there are a lot of federal workers around Hampton Roads. Not so many years ago those areas were very red.
 
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BeardedVol said:
The cost of living in West Virginia is low as well, doesn't change the fact that 50% of their state budget is made up of federal funds.

If you split off Southwest Virginia so you can have another MAGA state, it would be even more poor and reliant on federal funding.
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Virginia's red well north and east of SWVa though, far into Southside, the Valley, and Tidewater. Take away the DC burbs and Virginia's about as red as Tennessee.
 
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EasternVol said:
Virginia's red well north and east of SWVa though, far into Southside, the Valley, and Tidewater. Take away the DC burbs and Virginia's about as red as Tennessee.
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Land doesn't vote though, and none of the major population centers vote red.

So no matter which way you carve up the state to try to make a MAGA safe zone, you aren't getting enough people to sustain the it with the taxes that would be available from the population.
 
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BeardedVol said:
Land doesn't vote though, and none of the major population centers vote red.

So no matter which way you carve up the state to try to make a MAGA safe zone, you aren't getting enough people to sustain the it with the taxes that would be available from the population.
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Virginia with the DC burbs excluded is very sustainable, similar to Virginia pre-Reagan.
 
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Volnanza said:
Virginia requires ID. It does not require picture ID. Your ID can be a phone bill. And I just vote yesterday as well.
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I might add that while standing in line, one of the poll workers was shouting out. "Everyone will need an ID. IF you don't have an ID come see me about verifying your identity". That's what is considered proper ID for voting in VA.
 
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DNC Takes Out $15 Million Loan During Donation Shortfall as Midterms Approach​


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The Democrat National Committee (DNC) has taken out a huge loan in anticipation of next year’s midterms as the party lacks leadership with nothing to show for shutting down the government.

Politico on Thursday cited a filing with the Federal Election Commission regarding the $15 million loan.

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DNC Takes Out $15 Million Loan During Donation Shortfall as Midterms Approach

The DNC has taken out a huge loan ahead of next year's midterms, just after the party came out of the government shutdown with nothing.
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If this becomes reality, you Democreeps need to pay attention. Disavow allegiance to loyalty to corporate lobbyist. Focus on Americans First, they elected you, remember. Make it a point to have Townhall sit downs and listen to them, and make sure you voted accordingly. Don't go the GOP route of favoring your limousine rides, airport escorts, privileged dining facilities, tec. so much you forget who put you in office. Same can be said for RepubLIARs. Otherwise, I hope voters kick patooties with steel spiked boots.

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You folks in the 7th congressional district get out and vote tomorrow unless you want that leftist Behn slipping through the cracks due to low voter turnout.

She is using Mamdani messaging talking about making life more affordable and away from other crazed comments she is caught on camera stating.
 
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Their promised release of the review is now a distraction. Another distraction for them is USAID being choked off and ActBlue being investigated.

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DNC won't release its report on what went wrong for Democrats in 2024

DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after he assumed his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction.
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DNC ‘drowning’ in nearly $16M of Debt — and pointing fingers as failed 2024 Biden-Harris campaign haunts Dems​


WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party’s principal fundraising committee saw donations slump in the second-to-last month of the year, recording just a $12 million campaign war chest and almost $16 million still in debt due to a loan taken out the previous month, Federal Election Commission filings show.

The fundraising doldrums come amid party infighting over whether to release a 2024 autopsy report on the failed Biden-Harris campaign and pressure ahead of the critical 2026 midterms, in which Democrats want to retake Congress.

The Democratic National Committee listed a little more than $12.6 million cash on hand, $10.7 million raised and $15.9 million in debts in its FEC filing for November, with national Republicans accusing their opponents of “drowning” in their obligations to pay off bills.

That puts the DNC only a few hundred thousand dollars ahead of the Republican National Committee (RNC) for that month’s fundraising — but far behind the GOP’s $89.9 million cash on hand and lack of outstanding debts as both parties look ahead to the 2026 midterms.


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DNC ‘drowning’ in nearly $16M of debt — and pointing fingers as failed 2024 Biden-Harris campaign haunts Dems

Over the course of the month of November, the DNC lost roughly $6 million from its campaign war chest as spending outpaced contributions.
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WoodsmanVol said:
If this becomes reality, you Democreeps need to pay attention. Disavow allegiance to loyalty to corporate lobbyist. Focus on Americans First, they elected you, remember. Make it a point to have Townhall sit downs and listen to them, and make sure you voted accordingly. Don't go the GOP route of favoring your limousine rides, airport escorts, privileged dining facilities, tec. so much you forget who put you in office. Same can be said for RepubLIARs. Otherwise, I hope voters kick patooties with steel spiked boots.

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Julian Epstein: Dems Keep Going Down 'Welfare State and Identity Politics' Rabbit Hole

Former Democratic House Judiciary Committee chief counsel Julian Epstein said Thursday on "Fox News Live" that Democratic politicians were unpopular because they kept going down the "welfare state and identity politics" rabbit hole. | Clips
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"Former Democratic House Judiciary Committee chief counsel Julian Epstein said Thursday on “Fox News Live” that Democratic politicians were unpopular because they kept going down the “welfare state and identity politics” rabbit hole.

Epstein said, “The numbers are bad. Nationally, the generic approval numbers, for the midterms are not good. The general approval numbers of congressional Democrats and the party itself are not good. And that’s because, Kevin, we’ve talked about this a great deal. Democrats keep going down sort of the same rabbit hole. They think that the welfare state and identity politics are the answer to everything. And that’s not where the voters are. And until they break away from that, their fundraising numbers and their approval numbers are going to continue to be way below where they ought to be.”

He added, “70% of American voters are moderate or conservative. Progressives probably represent somewhere between 10 and 20% of voters. Yet they are the people that have sort of hijacked the Democratic Party. And so when I say that the welfare state and identity politics are the answer to everything, that’s the progressive liturgy. That’s the progressive belief. Democrats have a real opportunity. If the centrists could just step up on health care, for example, where there’s a lot of affordability anxiety, there’s just not enough competition in the system. The welfare state approach that is embodied in Obamacare is not working in terms of controlling costs. Same with housing. There’s a huge opportunity for centrists to sort of seize the mantle right now. And say, hey, there is a deregulatory framework which could explode the production of new housing, which is what we need to lower housing costs. But Democrats don’t do that. They default again back to the welfare state, overspending and back to the regulatory state. And that is not meeting voters where they are.”
 
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