• FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m in Lesser Carolina. On Tuesday we had an election. Two state level offices. Each one had an incumbent Republican running against a different Republican. The results were basically known before the election happened. So I went in and voted for the non-incumbent just to have something to do. I was the only voter at my place the whole time I was there.

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      5 months ago

      Deep blue states can be this way as well. The primaries effectively decide the winner if there is a Republican or else it is a Democrat v Democrat election where its a referendum on the incumbent.

      • Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        Perfect example of this is california senate races and the jungle primaries. Establishment democrats help boost the republican so the head to head wont Schiff vs Porter.

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        There is no way the incumbents weren’t going to win. All it does is show the incumbents that they aren’t as secure as they think.