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senseandsensibility

(24,015 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:53 PM Sep 29

Dems have won 42 of the 43 special elections recently [View all]

by an average of 16 points, according to Norm Eisen on MSNBC! The wind should be at their backs heading into this budget fight. He also said that the polling shows that the public blames the Republicans for this budget standoff, although he didn't specify which poll.

Just some good news to share.

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Dems have won 42 of the 43 special elections recently [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 29 OP

wow BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 29 #1

Great news Emile Sep 29 #2

That's very good news! JoseBalow Sep 29 #3

And in '23 and 24. we won a huge majority of the special elections that were held. 3Hotdogs Sep 29 #4

No, Dems didn't "lose" the House in 2024. They were already Wiz Imp Sep 29 #7

To be fair the GOP did get a higher percentage of vote in House races dsc Sep 29 #13

that is a good reminder samsingh Sep 29 #9

I'm not going to get excited over this news. Gimpyknee Sep 29 #5

me neither samsingh Sep 29 #10

And Chuck Schumer was on Meet the Press SocialDemocrat61 Sep 29 #6

i don't care about comey samsingh Sep 29 #11

I agree SocialDemocrat61 Sep 29 #12

Well, thank you for the positive news! nt sheshe2 Sep 29 #8

That gives me a lot of hope for our Prop. 50 vote! Hekate Sep 29 #14

It just occurred to me, there is no way the headline can be right Wiz Imp Sep 30 #15

Meanwhile.... flying-skeleton Sep 30 #16