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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans lose their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates!!!!
Shelly Simonds is up by one vote. All have been counted. She was down by 10 and picked up 11!
They are checking math one last time.
VA went BLUE by the skin of their nose!!!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)You rock, Virginia!!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)We took Virginia by ONE VOTE? I'm loving that.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)onetexan
(13,062 posts)AMAZING! We have a Democrat lose one of the smaller cities' city council by 1 vote so this is sweet!
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)here's a case where it absolutely does.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)calimary
(81,507 posts)ONE vote. A SINGLE vote. Just ONE LONE VOTE - made all the difference.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)Find people who could explain in a few sentences how they almost didn't vote. Either they were very busy with life, or they were depressed, or they simply thought their vote wouldn't count anyways...but they scraped themselves up and went down and cast a ballot anyways. That democracy mattered enough, even if it was just enough, for them to make the effort. And of course getting their reaction to finding out their candidate won by one vote.
irisblue
(33,034 posts)This isn't going to be a re re count? I know there will be lawsuits, but for reals?
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)and judges, attack the dems, and lie about and distort the facts
all the rw radio stations will address this, the same way they did the florida recount in 2000 and every other major recount.
in VA 6 limbaugh stations that im pretty sure are screaming for a recount would lose many of their advertisers if students at uni of virginia and VT pushed their schools to start looking for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports on.
from republiconradio.org
VIRGINIA 6 Virginia Tech 5, Virginia 1
protests to get the school logos off radio stations that are screaming to put another public school-defunding republican on the legislature should be a no-brainer. and they would get immediate outrage from the GOP and those stations and media would notice. losing those stations would be a huge blow to the GOP and would help local official keep this right.
This is amazing news. Every vote counts
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Watch for ship jumpers in Washington.
IronLionZion
(45,540 posts)RoBear
(1,188 posts)I'm pretty damn sick of the negativity. DAMMIT, GET OUT AND VOTE AND WORK FOR THE VOTE!!!
syringis
(5,101 posts)I wonder which of the loss or the frustation is most painful ?
Cha
(297,718 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)"Power sharing in the House of Delegates is an awkward exercise. Committee chairs have to be negotiated as does the person who will serve as Speaker. With the parties split 50-50, there is no mechanism to break ties and any legislation short of 51 votes does not advance. Republicans hold a slight 21-19 edge in the state senate but with a Democratic lieutenant governor to break ties, and a Democratic governor with veto power, Republicans may be forced to advance a more bipartisan agenda."
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Votes need to be counted using "alternate math "
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)mcar
(42,376 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)ffr
(22,672 posts)rgbecker
(4,834 posts)DFW
(54,445 posts)Next time someone says, "what difference will my one vote make?" Just remind them of this and say THIS difference, that's what!
ClarendonDem
(720 posts)I always tell my kids to get out and vote and won't you feel bad when Donald Trump wins Virginia by 1 vote and now I've got something to point to for the notion that every vote counts.
djacq
(1,634 posts)calimary
(81,507 posts)Californian here. It does allow one to sleep a little easier at night, doesn't it!
Takket
(21,634 posts)appalachiablue
(41,177 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,579 posts)Your vote counts!
JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Please never say again that one vote doesn't count. Non-votes count too. If one person hadn't voted in that election....
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts):kick:
packman
(16,296 posts)which Virginia was infamous for and allowed the Repukes to win for so long
onenote
(42,768 posts)There is no tie breaking mechanism for the VA House of Delegates and the repubs still control the state senate.
Getting rid of gerrymandering would require the Democrats to control the House (we don't) and the senate (we don't). We can block repub legislation but the repubs can block our bills, too.
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Nitram
(22,890 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)On recount an absentee was sent in with a write-in with one name which was already on the ballot, it was tossed. The incumbent lost to the other since he ran on the other parties ticket after losing their endorsement. One vote.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)What else needs to be said. That news blows a lot of shit arguments against voting for Democrats out of the water.