The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits.

I’m scared in what kind of world my children will have to live in…

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    1 year ago

    To my understanding the ratio is more around 30:70 but gerrymandering has made it look more like 51:49

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      1 year ago

      Trump won Florida 51/47 in 2022, desantis won 49.6 to 49.2 (!) in 2018 (although he won reelection 60/40 in 2022) and Rick Scott won Bill Nelson’s senate seat in 2018 narrowly by 50.06 to 49.93 (!!!). A difference of 10,000 votes in a state of 22 million. Not saying gerrymandering isn’t happening but those are first past the post elections to my knowledge so districting doesn’t matter. Florida is extremely close and it’s distressing how badly the Democratic Party has dropped the ball in the state and let it slip away so badly, although it is in brand with their inept record so…