Good for you America, should be good for the rest of the world as well, next two years will tell.
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Yay! First time I've relaxed in two years.
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Why does this article not share the actual results? How many women won, and how does it compare with previous elections. Without that info it's mostly anecdotes.
Yeah! Don't fear men, you'll be treated fairer than some of you ever treated us.
Women will make America great again!
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Why no mention that Maine has elected its first female governor, Janet Mills? It's sure a big deal here!
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The election of so many women is one of the bright spots in this election. It is relevant that women also came out to vote in record numbers, helping to "neutralize" some of the misogyny that is so embedded in US culture. The women who won were credible, accomplished and above all, authentic. Those are also the qualities that will make them effective in office and core to the blueprint for future candidates. The sooner such women are represented in numbers to refect their share of the population, the sooner we may recover from the damage done by HRC's candidacy and the tragedy what followed.
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Two years? Try two millennia.
Aspirations are most effective when grounded in the heart; just beware the venomous bite.
Hello Nyt,
I'm fed for a long time by American culture (movies, music, novels, food, clothes,freedom of speech, ...) and since the Obama election, even though there's many issues in your country, I find that the American dream is more living than ever. The times are hard but you show us your fighting spirit and your willing to overcome as a people the challenges through dialogue and democracy tools . Congratulations.
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Thanks for your kind words. Hopefully, we’ll make our allies even prouder in 2020.
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Yes, but remember the US Senate voted to confirm judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court, handing Donald Trump a major victory and America a bench expected to tilt to the right for the next generation.
@manoflamancha Supreme Court is supposed to be neutral
They deserve to celebrate and be celebrated for a few weeks, along with their armies of dogged volunteers. Then they have to hit the ground running or they will be swept away in two years. There is nothing like actually getting something real done for their districts.
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First things first: exit polls are terrible. The ones from 2016 were significantly revised by researchers during the last two years. Do not take them as gospel.
Regarding the topic, I’ve become increasingly frustrated by identity politics despite checking a few boxes myself. I
can’t wait for “straight white men” to be a neutral demographic description not a slur.
That said, everyone should celebrate these historic wins. Women did it. Conservatives and hand-wringing liberals were wrong about the marches, #MeToo, and Dr. Ford’s testimony. Women of all creeds and colors proved that their values are American values.
Look at Lauren Underwood: 31-year-old black nurse in a white district where the pro-Trump incumbent (an older, ahem, white man) won by 20 points in 2016. She won because she connected to the shared values of all her constituents, proudly stating, “This is my home.” Race, gender, age—sure, they matter and she didn’t ignore them, but what mattered most is that her constituents see her as one of them.
That’s a strategy straight out of the Obama playbook. It’s how he won and retained the white voters in 2008 and 2012 who switched to Trump in 2016. So embrace your identity, but remember you’re representing ALL of your constituents. Do not let identity come before duty. In other words, do not be Trump!
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Thanks to all the female voters and candidates who are saving our democracy!
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Amy Klobuchar and Omar, some of the best women in politics makes me envious of Minnesota....37 year old born in Somali muslim LOVIN IT, FINALLY...
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One of the problems with "fake news” is that there is some truth to the claim. Anyone watching the election can see that the Democrats lost nearly every high-profile race, including those with female candidates. Claiming otherwise simply makes the assault on the media stronger.
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@Mike Livingston, if something is true, then it isn't fake, right? And the article does mention that many women did indeed, lose, and in some high stakes races. But there were also historical "firsts." I don't see how reporting these facts strengthens the assault on the media? Care to explain?
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“Fake news” should be a red flag, but I’ll bite:
Women won governorships of South Dakota, Maine, and Michigan, and Kate Brown was re-elected as governor of Oregon. Given the importance of state governors, those are high profile wins.
Jacky Rosen beat Dean Heller for the Senate. High profile. Arizona is too close to call. It will have a woman senator either way. Hopefully the Democrat, Krysten Sinema. High profile.
Not sure which high profile House seats you’re referring to. The strategy was first and foremost sending as many women to Congress as possible. And women flipped tons of them, including those that were held by Republican men for years. And by virtue of historic significance, any “first” is high profile.
Obviously, women lost. Democrats knew Missouri and North Dakota were uphill battles. Those states have been getting redder and redder for years, so it was bound to happen sooner or later. And Stacey Abrams? Fewer than 70,000 votes—out of nearly 3 million—behind Kemp, whose election meddling was one of the highest profile stories of them all. She hasn’t even conceded. If she does, it’ll still be a win: a black woman running on an unapologetically progressive platform within a hair’s width of defeating a white guy with his hand on the lever in the quintessential former slave state.
If anyone is guilty of spreading “fake news,” it’s you. But I prefer to call it what it is: lies and propaganda.
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I agree that the celebratory tone of the article is a bit out of touch with the actual results.
Let this momentum go on. Hopefully, one day, Trump loyalist will realize that he is man not to be trusted, wishful thinking but I am hopeful. The Trump loyalty in this country is scary. The republican party has been hijacked to a white nationalist party. This is definitely not a party of Reagan.
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OK, so now 1/5th of House seats are occupied by women. To the north, the other big gender equity laggard, Canada, manages about 1/3 of the House of Commons. Better performers like Sweden are around 45% female and heads of government are commonly women. Racial minorities from Indians and Pakistanis to Chinese to Indigenous people are common in even Canadian municipal, provincial and federal governments. Some progress in the US, but a bit premature to release the balloons and bring on the marching bands. Congress, particularly the Senate, remains an old white man's club of rich financiers, lawyers and ex-corporate types. The US is, with respect to gender equity as it is with so much else, a stand out, an outlier in the modern global world.
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The good news: a strong, confident, progressive woman (Rep.Pelosi) “defeated” a weak, immature, male bully: President “Tweety.”
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So it isn't just the white middle aged men who want to maintain 50's mythos. White women stood by their men in the desire to stop progress. Hiding behind the 'Caravan Smokescreen' they all know that the country is becoming minority majority and hope that the king of the con men can find a magic potion to make it all better. Hopefully their children know that America is an idea, not a race, and all races can love and aspire to that idea.
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Thanks to all the courageous, Socially Conscious Women who stepped up to claim one-half the power in OUR United States of America.
American politics have been changed forever because those women will bring balance to out-of-control systems at every level.
Ladies, do not be intimidated by men and/or "conservative" women. They care only about holding on to their ridiculous "advantage". It is man made. OUR story of inclusion and social/financial equity for every American citizen starts now.
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"It was the culmination of two years of anger?" Correction: it was the culmination of 242 years of woke women and our male allies writing, speaking, organizing, educating, marching, protesting, hunger striking and much more for the unfulfilled promise of America to edge further towards parity in democratic representation. Perhaps if we honored and acknowledged that history, we'd be further along that path.
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How did Democratic male candidates do? They ARE Democrats none the less.
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I can't believe that Deb Haaland's victory represents the first time a American Indian woman has been elected to congress. Wrap your head around that a minute; A person who's people date back on this continent perhaps 13,000 to 15,000 years - maybe more - is just now going to represent those folks and woman as well as all folks, as a woman.
Wow, the conquest perpetrated by my ancestors was so complete and catastrophic that it took 527 years for this to happen.
Dare I say, "better late that never" ? Yes, I dare.
Better late than never.
Good job, Deb!
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We’ll only build on our momentum. The Republican Party may not know it yet but it’s taken a mortal blow to its future survival.
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An Aunt Lydia such as Marsha Blackburn doesn't deserve mention alongside these other, incredible women.
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I hope these wins help energize women across our country to run for office and help restore sanity back to this representative body!
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May these wonderful new women in Congress turn their attention not just to our huge economic disparities here in the U.S., but also to our vast war machine, its cost, and the terror it evokes abroad.
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Go women! I hope this is just the beginning of a much larger role for women and what they can bring to government.
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In the second term of any incumbent U.S. president, control of the House usually passes to the opposing party. In this case, the Democrats. For anyone to describe this routine change as a tsunami "blue wave" hitherto unseen in American history is hyperbole at best and mendaciousness at worst.
But, I suppose, at the end of the day, you gotta sell papers.
I'm feeling proud of Michigan and we are leading the way with women in office. A woman will be the governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. Our incumbent Senator remains in office, and three newly elected women will represent us in the House. In addition, we've passed proposals to end gerrymandering through a "Voters Not Politicians" plan for developing voting districts and hassle-free voter registration. Nice to see that we're are riding the blue wave here in the Great Lakes State!
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Ah. AHHHH!
The revulsion that America, and the world, feels at The Emolument King and its Junta is writ large, today. Now, not only will women be large and in charge, they will accomplish what men could not: implement a check on the usurper.
From financial examinations of the dotard's tax schemes, to rollbacks of the worst excesses and removal of the colluders from positions paid with our taxes, we now have a chance to show that this is still the home of the brave.
Salut, America: we're not there yet, but we are on our way!
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Glad they had their cathartic event, but, as it is for men, it's about jobs, a strong economy, and their children's futures. Be interesting to see how they fare over the next two years and how they change politically, or adapt, as the business of living goes on.
It should be noted, though, that two Senate seats held by women were lost because, so it seems, of Feinstein's self-indulgent overreaching.
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All I can say is: WOW!!! We are living in historic times. Congratulations to all the women who decided to run. Many didn't win, but many did.
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NYT should know by now that that the gender gap in Trump’s election was not driven by all women - it was driven by women of color. The percentages of white women who opposed him were a lot lower than the percentages of women of color who did. Distinctions need to be made.
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@avigail66
Amen to that. The number of white women who voted for Trump astounds and depresses me. Why are they looking backward instead of forward? As a white woman, I am thankful for all of the women of color who stood up for all of us at the voting booth.
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@avigail66
Distinction noted.
But we're working together here.
Let's not seek to divide.
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Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee represents everything that is wrong with the U. S. Congress, beginning with the groups that have endorsed her, starting with the NRA, which is causing the deaths of thousands of our young people and children. When will we learn to nip and snip these tyrants, rather than empowering them?
Blackburn is a Republican. She has a horrible track record on women's issues; she's in the pockets of the NRA. Parents who love their children need to get on the bandwagon against this woman in the next election. Problem with the Senate is the six year term. Stuck with her for six years.
Just like Ted Cruz in Texas. I can't believe he won again after all he has done to subvert democracy. His win was probably a direct result of the voter problems in Houston. Voting machines did not work, lines long, polls did not open on time, etc. How much of a role did voter suppression play in putting these bad actors into positions of power over all of us? Let's face it, the Senate rules over the whole USA.
How can we stop this nonsense and ensure that we have representation that reflects the real needs of all of us and the children who will have to live in the hostile world these people are creating, endorsing and feeding off of???
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Another woman who is leading in a razor-thin race in Georgia's Sixth District is Lucy McBath. An African-American woman whose son was murdered in an act of gun violence, she has run on a passionate platform whose centerpiece is gun safety. This is the district where Jon Ossoff ran; hopefully Ms. McBath will defeat Republican Karen Handel and finish the job. Right now, too close to call.
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Thank goodness for women. As a middle-aged man, I just don't understand how men give Republicans a pass and prefer to vote for them. Especially with someone as amoral as Trump as the head of the party. It is baffling.
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Last night highlights some things
People are furious about the trumpublican party in all but a few remote regions of the country
Our senate is controlled by a tiny fringe minority of the country, and is destroying the legitimacy of our courts as a result
Trump crimes can finally be exposed by congress, and the radicalism of the Republican party is now stopped in congress
We need to keep fighting the lunatic violent right fringe to regain control of the rest of our government
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One of the best things that can come out of this is to put a gag in Trump's mouth when bad mouthing women and hopefully this is just the start of a new wave.
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Sharice Davids is a Native American
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Thank God for women. It’s about time.
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The G in GOP stands for geriatric white males. Even single white male Lindsey Graham knows he and his cronies have an "educated women" problem. Keep talking about it Lindsey it will fall on the deaf ears of the GOP and continue to fuel the fire of women to run for office and replace you.
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This old feminist loves this headline and story. I don't vote for women solely because they are women, but when and because they are often the best person for the job. Inspired by all the young people who ran, women who ran, vets who ran, and everyone who voted for them.
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Trump had to see the backlash coming. The question is: Does he care? Victories by women will not magically turn Trump from misogynist to feminist. The best way to capitalize on their election successes is to accomplish productive legislation and just let Trump be Trump.
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Women, with rare exceptions (heard of Marsha Blackburn?) are the champs here, that made all the difference, by full participation, and generous contribution, to this political process, the art of the possible and the need for compromise (absent until now by Trump's 'superb' abuse of power, with the full complicity of a republican-controlled congress). Now, in a fair and disciplined fashion, those abusing their power must be called and questioned...and judged accordingly. Justice demands it. And we shall be thankful that a balance of powers is coming back, so the country may be served as intended.
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I’m a member of Staten Island Women Who March, a group formed after the Women’s March in DC. Those of us who participated in the march wanted to network and keep in touch in our stubbornly Republican borough, which voted overwhelmingly for Trump. At a meeting I attended in early 2017, Lorie Honor (teacher, small business owner, dynamo!) said we wouldn’t waste time mourning the 2016 election but would focus on flipping the House seat in 2018. She pointed out that Obama had narrowly won Staten Island in 2012, and we needed those same voters to turn out. I admit, I was hopeful but skeptical.
Lorie was candidate Max Rose’s community outreach coordinator. The ground game was epic. They hand wrote thousands of letters and rang thousands of doorbells. Sent thousands of texts that last weekend. Handed out literature at the ferry terminal and community events. Our Facebook group reached 1,000 members last week.
And we did it! Max Rose is our new Democratic Congressman for NY11.
So happy today I could burst!
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@Mish714
Congratulations on all your hard work, it paid off finally.
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One woman in Michigan, a couple of days after the 2016 election, posted on Facebook she wanted to eliminate the gerrymandering in Michigan.
In two years time she got enough unpaid volunteers to circulate petitions, garnered over 400,000 signatures, drafted a change to the Michigan Constitution, and it was soundly approved last night by voters. A committee or 4 GOP, 4 Democrats and 5 independents will now draw our district lines after the 2020 census and going forward. This, in a state that historically, in every election, has more Democratic votes than GOP.
It was a night for women and for change. We the People are in charge and this type of grassroots engagement should be spread.
Many disappointments, but overall a satisfying memory-eraser from November 2016.
DO NOT GIVE UP. STAY ENGAGED.
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@MotownMom
Thank you! We need more stories of courage!
Documentary producers everywhere!
Let's get these stories on the big screen!
America is craving to see HEROES!
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A fantastic story that deserves national coverage. The long-term effects of her movement will make it one of yesterday’s most significant victories. Hopefully, she has inspired others.
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@Mr. Grieves & JM.......this is an excellent synopsis (although detailed).
https://www.bridgemi.com/public-sector/one-womans-facebook-post-leads-michigan-vote-against-gerrymandering
The only blemish might be Blackburn, she is not a friend of women
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Democratic women: please don't forfeit your races. Demand a recount. Please. Don't swallow the Kool-aid, especially if your state relies on insecure voting machines and experienced suspicious snarls and snafus--and the race is especially close. Please demand transparent recounts. A small sampling:
- Kentucky: rampant problems
http://www.wdrb.com/story/39407281/kentucky-officials-defend-voting-machines-poll-books
- Missouri: Ballot-counting machines fail again...
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article221214335.htm
- Arizona: Maricopa Co. with 3/4 of state's voters; continuous problems....
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/06/arizona-voting-problems-election-day-report-issues-adrian-fontes-maricopa-county-midterms/1808914002/
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Happy days! Old white patriarchy - we're coming for you. Congratulations to all the brilliant women who stood up for office, and to everyone who voted. We can turn this country around, but we all need to use our voice and our vote! If this result doesn't galvanize more people to vote, what is needed? The small margin of loss by many Democratic candidates can be closed with higher voter turnout. It is not someone else's responsibility! If we can flip Charleston SC, we can flip any district.
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I'm with her. And her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her...
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Extremely proud that Americans voted for women of all nationalities. It will be wonderful to look at our legislatures and not just see white male faces.
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Women may be our best hope for the survival of American democracy and representative government reflecting the wishes of their constituents rather than cater to the privileged few and corporations.
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@Paul Cohen
As long as they're not all socialists...and believe in the rule of law.
@DJ
Odd comment, Socialists very much believe the rule of law, Republicans, not so much.
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Given the pervasive antipathy against women it is truly amazing that so many Dem diverse female firsts were achieved.
It's also notable that the GOP achieved firsts - but both women were mainstream white.
I'd call the Dems the party of diversity - which will inevitably be the wave of the future.
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In twenty years the phenom of women in politics will be another dinasour of history. I hope.
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Women are the Chief Healthcare Officers of the family unit, often taking care of family members even outside of their immediate families. We have a distinctly different view on healthcare than many of our male counterparts. Women in Congress are critical to the protection of Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA.
Women do not start wars, and think long and hard about entering into or continuing them. (Before you jump on me for this statement of fact, prove me wrong with history). The more women in Congress, the less for profit war mongering we'll see, and the less foreign wars we will participate in.
Women, as a gender, are credited by experts as being the more nurturing of the sexes and more empathetic. This will effect social programs for the better, and will have an impact of gun control legislation.
Women don't play into "boys will be boys" locker room nonsense. There's not a "Kavanaugh" among us.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg had it right when she said an all-female Supreme Court would be a step in the right direction as well.
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@Sarah-Very well said. Please run for Congress. We need you!
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@Sarah
Yes indeed, Sarah.
It's about time more women got into leading positions in politics and achieve something instead of just complaining about the men.
I look forward to a kinder and gentler political scene!
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The Falkland Island War, but it was morally just and needed to happen. Paltry compared to most wars, too. I still agree with your comment, though.
Let's be careful with what happened last night, the evil within the Republican Party will not take this lying down.
So, let's face it, what lies within them is deep into their DNA, and with that said, I believe we can all agree, history has shown us they'll be back on steroids spinning, exaggerating, and especially, doing sometrhing they've normalized, lying,
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Women won big last night. That should be your headline.
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@Beachbum
...and now let's see some positive results like Universal Health Care!
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@Rolf
Yes, time to join the other western democracies.
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No mention of Kendra Horn's stunning upset in Oklahoma 5th? Come now NY Times - is this because no one predicted it?
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Waking up to hopeful and inspiring news. Couldn't bear to see outcomes. So proud to see us Make America Great Again. Fear, sexism, bigotry, cruelty have no place in our country. Congratulations to all the canvassers, callers, donors and organizers. Rest well today. Tomorrow the work continues.
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Take note.
They will say Heitkamp's and Macaskill's losses show that a woman shouldn't run in 2020.
But those districts are not the models we need to use to decide.
The overall midterm results are more telling.
We are just beginning to tap this power.
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@MAmom2
They took one for the team. Bless them for standing up against Kavanaugh.
It was most important that the vast majority of America now KNOWS the background on this obviously immensely flawed man, Kavanaugh.
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These are the kinds of political sea changes that give me hope that America is moving forward again. Maybe the last two years have been a temporary regression in the American Dream.
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@Dan
Dan, I am in NJ too and what I see is a Republican Senate and White House and a very conservative Supreme Court.
What part of our State do you live in!
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It's amazing literally no national media is talking about Kendra Horn's (D) victory in Oklahoma's CD-5 over Republican incumbent Steve Russell. A seat that has been held by Republicans since 1975!!
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The roots for this action by women are deep and widely distributed. Louisiana has 19 black female mayors, including its 3 largest cities; black females have also won elections as mayors in Compton, San Francisco, Tacoma, Gary, Toledo, Rochester, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Asheville, among other cities. The work of Annise Parker, former Houston mayor, a cosmopolitan complex of energy/diversity/and poverty, deserves greater recognition.
These women break firmly with the racism of Republicans--not one GOP candidate denounced the dog whistles, stereotypes, coded language, raw hate, irrational blindness, moral reprehension and outright lies that were prominently displayed.
They also oppose xenophobia/misogyny. They are for healthcare, housing, education, safety nets, jobs and justice. They believe in sharing and merit.
As Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez surprised everyone with her primary win, so SC's Kate Arrington surprised many with her loss in Tim Scott's old district, fitted for Republicans. The idea of supporting Trump in open embrace of his racism and misogyny tells us certain women in politics find no shame or choose willfully to ignore his crimes and views. The political parties are a framework for morality and values--and the party that kills children in Yemen by proxy and puts children in cages in America cannot know longer claim to support family values, whether their candidates are men--or women.
Congratulations to all who stand against the madness.
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Hillary, your legacy lives.
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@MP
Please, do not encourage Hillary.
We thank her for her service, but we have a lot of work to do before 2020 and association with Hillary will not help.
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The winner in the 5th District in Pennsylvania is Mary Gay Scanlon.
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The political white male is a dinosaur still standing. Soon he will be on his knees and thereafter he will be buried under history's dust. It's no wonder at this time he is behaving like an animal going down, and I think that is what defines Trumpism.
Congrats to all of the women who won and to those brave enough to run. Let's keep it going!
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@NYTReader
My only fear is that as he falls, he'll crush what is left of our democracy.
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76% of white women voted for Kemp for Governor of Georgia. That is unbelievable to me. Horrible.
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@Jill Anderson
So many irregularities in the Georgia election, we don't know what the true vote total would have been. Thousands were disenfranchised by voter suppression & intimidation & machine sabotage.
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Seriously? The other candidate was all for turning Georgia into a "sanctuary" state for illegal immigrants. What should a reasonable person do?
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A reasonable person should do everything in his or her power to take back this country from the mentally ill Trumpublican loony toons who are now systematically dismantling the Constitution for the benefit of the wealthy.
So now you know for next time. :)
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If anyone ever needed a civics lesson in the power of participating, activism and voting, yesterday was it!
If anyone needed a social lesson in the power, intelligence and ability of women to get things done against the odds, yesterday was it!
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My congressional district was a contest between two men.
But, women were critical to Max Rose's victory. Female canvassers came to my door twice, full of energy and information. Men also helped Rose's campaign. He has a strong young army of volunteers and older ones too, but the energy driving the women was powerful.
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Democracy works!
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Our Democracy is strong. America endures because rather than riot and fight, we organize, volunteer, donate, and vote.
I set my syllabus to screen part of Ken Burn's documentary, "Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony," on election day as I lectured about the 19th Amendment.
I told my students that the greatest achievement of the Trump Presidency might just be all the women who decided to run for office.
I'll be sending this article to my class as a reminder that these women are connected to a history that began in Seneca Falls, NY almost 2 centuries ago.
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Female representation in Congress is long overdue, and must still be fought for...men have shown themselves to be remarkably power hungry and greedy, willing to lower themselves to the basest behaviors to win elections and serve the corporations they've sold their souls to. To clean up the swamp, elect more women.
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The good news of the evening - at least some of it. Can't believe Georgia went for Kemp and not Abrams, but there it is. Read it and weep.
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@Cornflower Rhys
I'm putting a big, fat asterisk in Kemp's win column. We'll never know what would have happened if Kemp's many voter-suppression barriers were absent.
In spite of all those barriers, Stacey Abrams had one helluva run!
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Georgia does not need to welcome and treat illegal immigrants as equal and better than Republicans in Georgia. That's the Abrams plan. Again, what does a reasonable person do?
@Margo
A reasonable person educates herself and doesn't succumb to fear- mongering. This country was built by immigrants, including your forebears unless you are Native American. Immigrants pay more in taxes and contribute more to the economy than they consume in services. Did you know that undocumented immigrants are NOT ELIGIBLE for food stamps or federal benefits, and green card holders are barred from federal benefits for the first 5 years they are in the US? Immigrants commit crimes at a much lower rate than non-immigrants. Contrary to what Trump and Fox would like you to believe, the US has not been experiencing a surge in undocumented immigration or in crimes committed by immigrants. Sanctuary city or state does not mean unlimited welcoming of undocumented immigrants or making them "better" than Georgia Republicans. Happy to point you to sources based on facts, not fears. For example, you could learn about what obstacles people must surmount to gain legal residency: https://www.hmalegal.com/blawg/comelegally
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This is an important article for those who were (and are) under the mistaken impression that our democracy, our nation, will never again be the same following the presidency of Mr. Trump -- who has indeed made American great again, although not in the manner that he had envisioned.
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"The energy among Democratic women made it harder for Republican women to emerge as candidates." - What sort of observation/accusation is that? What is the evidence for this assertion? and even if this is so, what is the justification for the blaming tone?
The GOP is home for conservative white Christian men and women who, by and large, vote for conservative, white Christian men. In a few urban areas (e.g. Kansas City, KS, El Paso, TX, Charleston, SC) there were enough non-conservative voters (of all genders, ethnic and religious backgrounds) to vote for Democratic candidates (of more diverse backgrounds than ever before) to flip the house, but not enough to flip some red states (e.g. TX, AZ).
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Win or lose, conservatives generally don't have a nice word to say. Sheesh. Women generally are more progressive and really don't see a place for themselves in the republicanparty because their isn't one!!!
I am THRILLED so many progressive women, young women, pro choice women and women of color ran and won!!! Congratulations! Hear this all of you folks that are stuck in nostalgia, racism, hatred, cruelty and sexism, women ROAR and we WILL make America a real country again in spite of the bigot cruelty sexism and hatred on the Republican side. Women ROCK!
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@TLM-Let's look at what keeps happening in Arizona. AZ has 3.6M registered voters, 2.2M live in Maricopa Co. Yet voters there still face continuous problems trying to cast a vote. See link "Election Day issues: Foreclosure, technology glitches, running out of ballots". In addition polling sites keep changing sending voters to the wrong polling site and even to closed sites!
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/06/arizo...
AZ lawmakers also made it harder for Navajo voters living in remote areas to have their ballots delivered. HB 2023 makes it a felony for anyone other than a family member or caretaker from delivering a completed early ballot; disproportionately effecting racial and ethnic minority groups who don't have reliable mail access, like voters living in rural areas or on the native reservations. Violators of HB 2023 can face up to a year in state prison and a $150,000 fine.
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It's about time women got closer to equal representation in our government. Now let's keep our eyes on the prize, do some decent legislating, and maintain the momentum to elect even more women in 2020 and beyond!
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As a single woman who cared for sick parents, I feel like there is only one woman who has ever come close to understanding my point of view: Ai-jen Poo. She isn't running for office, but I hope one day she will.
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"They marched, they ran, and on Election Day, they won."
They did. And let's be crystal clear about last night's returns. These wins were not wins on an even playing field. The Republicans who "won" did so by playing dirty politics at their filthy, dirtiest. Not one of them can hold their head up if their "win" was the result of fear-mongering, hate, suppressing the vote, gerrymandering, lies and the rank paranoia about diversity that seems to animate their every waking breath.
The Democratic wins were the result of hard work, honesty, transparency, decency, and a profound investment in our fellow Americans, even --especially--ones who don't necessarily look like us or share our specific needs. To win in this toxic environment was akin to pushing a boulder up Mt. Everest. With your nose.
May these women demonstrate a different kind of leadership. The days where a woman winning an election meant consent to "act like a man" should be over. Men brought us to this crisis point. May these women help lead us out of it.
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@AhBrightWings Truth. Lying, cheating, and appealing to the very worst nature of the very worst elements of society are all Republicans can point to as "victories." That said, they will still continue to do as much damage to our once great nation as they possibly can before their demographic base disappears into the wastelands of time.
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From pussy hats to Congress, we are WOMAN. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to American women for achieving fairer representation in political system!
This was a good day.
Take that, Trump!
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Thanks for the support all the way from Finland! There were even more historic victories than the reporters had room to acknowledge: two Native American women and two Muslim women to the House (the lower legislative body). Colorado elected the country’s first openly gay male governor. The lieutenant governor of Illinois is now a black woman, and the state’s attorney general is now a black man. Those are the states I heard about so far but I’m sure victories like theirs were repeated all over the country. It doesn’t make up for the Trump presidency (I’m afraid nothing will ever be able to) and it doesn’t solve the crisis of white nationalism, but it’s a much needed reminder that there are people who still believe in the country’s values.
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What makes me proud this morning is to think that two Native Americans have finally been voted into the House. May this be the start of representation long denied. May they give courage to their people.
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Indeed! I'm so thrilled for them, and for all Native Americans, it's about time!! I was proud to support one of them, Sharice Davids in old red Kansas! She will be a breath of fresh air! And to all democratic women in extraordinary numbers that ran on a rigged gerrymandered voter suppressed uneven Republican playing field and won anyway, YOU ROCK! It is high time for the old fossilized hateful white patriarchy to unloose their claws from power and let real people with real concerns have a say in how this country runs. FINALLY a check on this corrupt and horrible administration!!
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@T the way Kevin Yoder treated Sharice Davids made me so angry. He was patronizing and physically intimidating during the debate, hogging the desk/table and pushing her off to one corner. Reminded me of Trump. All Yoder did during the campaign was whine about how he was being tied to Trump. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ....
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@K Yates
Their people are our people.
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Once again, the DNC tried to pick winners and losers. In FL-18 they picked Lauren Baer before the primary because of her money and family. But I think her opponent, Pam Keith would have made a far superior choice. She was a veteran and far more articulate. Parties should wait until the primaries are over to support a candidate.
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Janet Mills has been elected as Maine’s first female governor!
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@margaret
It's fantastic news. As someone who went to college in Maine and lived in Portland, I have to confess myself shocked to learn that it's only 2018 and we're finally getting a woman.
Geesh.
This country lags far behind the nations we like to label "third world countries" when it comes to women in politics. Let's hope the dams have opened.
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The US was founded as a third world banana slave republic by Hamilton, Jefferson, and Washington.
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Who is Kendra Horn and how did she win in Oklahoma? OKLAHOMA! Answer these questions, please.
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