Elections

rambot · Jan 7, 2026

GoldenBoy89 said:
It’s ugly but this past election and more importantly this last year under the new administration has only deepened my cynicism about the country.

I appreciate you are cynical about your whole country. My cynicism is more directed at the fact that Republicans leadership does not seem interested in doing the right thing for democracy but just the right thing for Trump. If they do occur, I fully expect Republicans to do very well; not because people voted that way though.

Servus · Jan 7, 2026

Since the Democrats are doing so horribly, even according to the DNC chairman, they're anticipating losing. So of course the rumors are flying that any failure they experience in the 2026 election will be due to whatever conspiracy theory.

Hans Blaster · Jan 7, 2026

mark46 said:
The US has been in many, many wars and other military conflicts over the past 250 years. When was the last election that was postponed because of a war?

Never. In 1864 my GG father was "camping" with is "regiment" in "Georgia" and they voted 420-70 in favor of Mr. Lincoln of Illinois. Not sure if he voted or not as he was not a citizen yet.

Goonie · Jan 7, 2026

Off cause there will be elections with ICE camped outside every voting booth in democratic areas.

Say it aint so · Jan 7, 2026

Servus said:
Since the Democrats are doing so horribly, even according to the DNC chairman, they're anticipating losing. So of course the rumors are flying that any failure they experience in the 2026 election will be due to whatever conspiracy theory.

How many DNC chairman are there? Because the current one says the opposite.

Servus · Jan 7, 2026

Say it aint so said:
How many DNC chairman are there? Because the current one says the opposite.

DNC Chair Ken Martin, who's currently in office.

GoldenBoy89 · Jan 7, 2026

Servus said:
Since the Democrats are doing so horribly, even according to the DNC chairman, they're anticipating losing.

Are they? They did quite well in the most recent elections.

Servus said:
So of course the rumors are flying that any failure they experience in the 2026 election will be due to whatever conspiracy theory.

We have the president tacitly speaking about canceling elections and then there’s his repeated pattern of undemocratic behavior and attempts to undermine elections that don’t go his way.

It’s not much a “theory” anymore.

Oompa Loompa · Jan 7, 2026

rambot said:
not because people voted that way though.

Because only living legal citizens are voting?

Pommer · Jan 7, 2026

rambot said:
On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm curious to hear folks' skepticism that there will not be an election held this year. There is a lot of chaos being sown by, well, a chaos based administration.

1 being ABSOLUTELY certain an election would take place.

10 being ABSOLUTELY certain there will not be an election.

I mean, I haven't been a 1 since Trump was elected. I haven't thought for a moment he would work in service to his country. As ICE began to be deployed, I figured it was a matter of time before their troglyditic heavy handed measures began to tick people off too much (as hard as they are trying) and folks would start to fight back.

Now we have ICE shooting a Minneapolis woman in the face.

I'm gonna put this my number at, say....

I’m going to vote this year, hopefully by the accustomed method; otherwise out in the streets.

chevyontheriver · Thursday at 7:26 AM

rambot said:
On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm curious to hear folks' skepticism that there will not be an election held this year. There is a lot of chaos being sown by, well, a chaos based administration.

1 being ABSOLUTELY certain an election would take place.

10 being ABSOLUTELY certain there will not be an election.

I mean, I haven't been a 1 since Trump was elected. I haven't thought for a moment he would work in service to his country. As ICE began to be deployed, I figured it was a matter of time before their troglyditic heavy handed measures began to tick people off too much (as hard as they are trying) and folks would start to fight back.

Now we have ICE shooting a Minneapolis woman in the face.

I'm gonna put this my number at, say....

1. There will be an election. On the scheduled day.

Thanks to innumerable volunteer election workers it will be mostly fair, as is normal for USA elections. That doesn't mean the dead won't vote in some jurisdictions, or that shenanigans will be absent. They will just not be the norm. The will of the people will probably be discerned and followed as a result of the election. As in past elections.

Will the people vote smartly? I'd have to give that a 6 or 7 or 8 on your scale. They did vote in Obama, then Trump, then Biden, then Trump again in presidential elections. So not a stellar track record. Incoherent really. Both parties have scraped the bottom of the barrel. And I don't see either party suddenly starting to do better than that.

rambot · Thursday at 9:07 AM

Servus said:
Since the Democrats are doing so horribly, even according to the DNC chairman, they're anticipating losing. So of course the rumors are flying that any failure they experience in the 2026 election will be due to whatever conspiracy theory.

my emphasis...well that's absurd.

Given Trump's historically terrible rating and the results of pretty much every by-election that has occurred in the last year, why do you keep bringing up the Democrat approval rating as if it MEANS something?

The disatisfaction with the Democrats is because they are not fighting enough....not because Republicans are doing great and are a better option to vote for.

Yttrium · Thursday at 9:18 AM

3 for this year, but I'm never a 1 on anything. The courts will be flooded, and some contests may drag out for a while, but we should be able to get elections off okay. I'm not so confident about 2028.

essentialsaltes · Thursday at 10:37 AM

2. It's in the hands of the states, but the Trump Administration has been making all sorts of weird demands of the states with regard to elections. And Trump asserts that the states are "merely an agent" of the federal government.

I'm a 1 on an election happening in at least some states. A 2 on an election happening in all states.

Federal Overreach - Voter Roll Edition

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-sues-georgia-illinois-wisconsin-and-dc-expanding-campaign-of-voter-data-lawsuits-to-22/The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C., demanding registrants’ unredacted private information — including driver license...

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Trump goes after mail-in voting and election machines; "States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government", must do what President says

Truth now, Executive Order to Follow. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!! Article I, Section 4, Clause 1: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any...

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Servus · Thursday at 10:47 AM

rambot said:
my emphasis...well that's absurd.

Given Trump's historically terrible rating and the results of pretty much every by-election that has occurred in the last year, why do you keep bringing up the Democrat approval rating as if it MEANS something?

The disatisfaction with the Democrats is because they are not fighting enough....not because Republicans are doing great and are a better option to vote for.

This is about the upcoming election between Democrats and Republicans. So of course how American voters feel about the two parties means something. The unpopularity of the Democrat party is due to a mixed bag of things. A lot of which took place during the Biden admin. Culminating in the Biden then Harris presidential campaign disaster. But if you're going with the idea it doesn't matter because Trump will control the whole thing, then never mind.

rambot · Thursday at 10:55 AM

Servus said:
This is about the upcoming election between Democrats and Republicans. So of course how American voters feel about the two parties means something. The unpopularity of the Democrat party is due to a mixed bag of things.

This is wishful thinking. You would be better served to read up on Sun Tzu because the whole "know your enemy" thing is definitely lost here.

Servus said:
A lot of which took place during the Biden admin. Culminating in the Biden then Harris presidential campaign disaster.

That is such old news its pretty silly to bring up as though it is affecting polling numbers right now given teh state of America.

Say it aint so · Thursday at 11:43 AM

Servus said:
DNC Chair Ken Martin, who's currently in office.

This is the same guy; "Why DNC Chair Ken Martin is confident about 2026 midterms"

Servus · Thursday at 11:49 AM

Say it aint so said:
This is the same guy; "Why DNC Chair Ken Martin is confident about 2026 midterms"

So he's changed his tune since June. Nothing new about that. It's like 'Biden is sharp as a tack and will win the election', to 'we need him to step down'. But in reverse.

Servus · Thursday at 11:57 AM

rambot said:
This is wishful thinking. You would be better served to read up on Sun Tzu because the whole "know your enemy" thing is definitely lost here.

What's not to know? It's all hanging out there for everyone to see.

rambot said:
That is such old news its pretty silly to bring up as though it is affecting polling numbers right now given teh state of America.

It's about what America was left with in the aftermath and things that have happened since then to keep the 'the Democrat party is a disaster' impression going.

Say it aint so · Thursday at 11:58 AM

Servus said:
So he's changed his tune since June. Nothing new about that. It's like 'Biden is sharp as a tack and will win the election', to 'we need him to step down'. But in reverse.

Great. So he's not pessimistic. And given how recent special elections have gone, we can understand why.

wing2000 · Thursday at 12:03 PM

Re posting the question (for those who have seemed to have missed it)

rambot said:
On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm curious to hear folks' skepticism that there will not be an election held this year. There is a lot of chaos being sown by, well, a chaos based administration.

One.

Attempting to cancel or postpone is a bridge too far...even for Trump.
He will do everything in his power to impact the election. 10+ on that count.

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