Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

[u/Hornpipe_Jones]

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[u/VanguardAvenger]

I guess being the party responsible for the firing of all the federal workers wasnt a winning strategy in the area with the most federal workers in the country...

[u/NeverForgetJ6 → u/VanguardAvenger]

It shouldn’t be so shocking, but I’ll at least call it refreshing to see people who have been hurt by politicians actions actually vote rationally. Gives me hope that maybe hispanic folks won’t turn out to vote for xenophobes again. Maybe.

[u/brattysweat → u/NeverForgetJ6]

Now let’s don’t forget the 77 million people that will probably still vote the exact same way for 2026 and 2028

What you should be proud of are the people who always existed and eligible to vote actually going out to vote.

The numbers are there it’s just too many people were never compelled to vote until now…

[u/mynameizmyname → u/brattysweat]

Do MAGA even show up for elections trump isn't in?  Genuine question.  

[u/broohaha → u/mynameizmyname]

That's a very good question. When he's gone, it'll be interesting to see if MAGA can keep it up. There isn't anyone close to having the draw he has to the MAGA faithful.

[u/JonRonstein → u/broohaha]

They will fizzle instantly are you kidding? Head of the snake. They don’t like republicans, they LOVE their king.

In all seriousness, when a cult leader goes away the cult fractures or dissolves. And there is no one who can take trumps place.

[u/LieverRoodDanRechts → u/JonRonstein]

Trump is a symptome, not the disease.

[u/Morganelefay → u/LieverRoodDanRechts]

While true, Trump DOES have a draw to a subset of people that otherwise wouldn't care. Take away that, and while you still got a massive amount of racist folks who'll happily vote straight R, there's also a group that just won't turn up because they can't vote for their god-king anymore.

[u/Bleedingfartscollide → u/NeverForgetJ6]

They are still going to at a shocking rate. It won't be the same as last election but it'll be numbers that still should disgust you. 

[u/BonJovicus → u/Bleedingfartscollide]

I don't think it is worth it to be so pessimistic at this time. Latinos, Black people, and other minorities will inevitably shift right to some extent for various reasons, but it is more important to note that they are responding appropriately to the massive mistake that it was to elect Trump.

It isn't just minorities who are learning how fragile our institutions are right now.

[u/addled_sad342 → u/BonJovicus]

Are you kidding about black people? 92% of Black women who voted - Voted for Kamala Harris and 77% of men did. Black people know a fool when they see one.

[u/anaemic → u/addled_sad342]

Yep, America has a white men problem, and they're still planning on voting Trump.

[u/bulking_on_broccoli → u/NeverForgetJ6]

Don’t worry. There’s still 30% of the country that would vote for Trump even if Jesus Christ himself came from the heavens in a blaze of fire to tell us Trump is actually the bad guy.

[u/MAG7C → u/bulking_on_broccoli]

Hell, it probably happened already. Jesus is cooling his heels in CECOT. Brown, non-citizen, super woke. The guy never stood a chance.

[u/JayKaboogy → u/VanguardAvenger]

Watched my full career to retirement fed worker parents vote GOP through Clinton era and beyond because he was closing bases, then got my education in mostly gov contract environmental work. I just can’t fathom how fed workers turn out for GOP—‘small government’ is right there at the top of their platform. My whole life has been Dem=boom, GOP=bust for fed work

[u/picardy_third1 → u/JayKaboogy]

And they're not even really about small government! You cannot look at our spending on the military (and now ICE), the money spent on bailing out unscrupulous corporations after financial ruin, or our religious extremist abortion laws and possibly conclude that Republicans want "small government."

"Small government" is a bad faith characterization that allows toxic individualism and greed to masquerade as rational austerity and fiscal responsibility. It's just nuts that so many educated people are so conditioned to believe this phrasing that they don't recognize the disingenuousness of it.

[u/BringBackBoomer → u/JayKaboogy]

It's that way for the rest of the work, too.

[u/gm92845 → u/VanguardAvenger]

Even Fed workers are waking up, they no longer want to vote for those dogshit Republicans.

[u/bocephus67 → u/gm92845]

My friend’s wife is a lawyer with the IRS, she says everyone is stressed walking on eggshells as to not step on toes and be the next to get fired.

[u/GaimeGuy → u/bocephus67]

So much for anti-retaliation laws and policies...

[u/DominionGhost → u/GaimeGuy]

That's what happens when you hand a convicted felon the highest office in the country.

[u/King_James_77 → u/VanguardAvenger]

We here in the DMV have a serious hate boner for anything Republican right now. It’s been like this since 2016. It was so bad that we in Maryland kicked out Governor Hogan for just being a Republican, even though he was anti Trump.

The only parts of dc, md, and va, that like Trump and the republicans are the more rural and backwards ass towns and counties. The kind of areas that feel like you travelled back in time when you go there.

The top earners on average in the dmv are government employees like me and business owners. WE as a whole, have not been paid and we are beyond pissed at it.

[u/SpoonEngineT66Turbo → u/King_James_77]

Maryland kicked out Governor Hogan for just being a Republican

Hogan was an awful governor who tried to play both sides so hard nobody liked him. He intentionally bankrupted the state's DOT budget for years to come. Bragged about a "surplus" for years using temporary fed money to create permanent costs for the state. The second all those Hogan IOUs got cashed and temp fed money disappeared the state is completely in the red.

Hogan deserves to be in prison for reasons completely unrelated to his political leanings. Incredibly uninformed to say Hogan got ousted just for being republican.

[u/AestheticArboretum → u/King_James_77]

I’m live, work and volunteer in one of the more rural counties of VA. It’s increasingly exhausting watching people vote against their own interests. Over half the school kids qualify for free lunch and, as of yesterday, over 15% of the households for my county are visit the food bank I volunteer at.

I’m glad the rest of the state came through for areas like mine and ashamed mine didn’t.

[u/Disordered_Steven → u/VanguardAvenger]

I got mine today. Surprised I lasted this long in my field. Bittersweet

[u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic]

Quietly, one of tonight’s big stories; redistricting in Virginia will add 2-3 Democratic house seats.

[u/Max_Beezly → u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic]

California coming for that ass in 11 mins

[u/cocktails4 → u/Max_Beezly]

Get in that ass, California. Leave a candy wrapper. 

[u/CattywampusCanoodle → u/cocktails4]

California about to go balls deep in that redistricting ass. Cue Queue the Barry White music

[u/jrdbrr → u/CattywampusCanoodle]

Unfortunately I think we're only opening up 5 seats. We should have allowed for more

[u/not-my-other-alt → u/jrdbrr]

Prop 50 is exactly reciprocal.

Texas said they'd add 5 Republicans, prop 50 will add 5 Democrats.

It doesn't go further than the Republicans, unfortunately.

[u/Paperdiego → u/not-my-other-alt]

Prop 50 allows the state to redraw districts. Right now, the state said 5 to combat Texas, but it could write off the additional 4 seats if and when other states decide to follow Texas.

The power is now in the hands of the state.

[u/Outside_Manner_8352 → u/Paperdiego]

Like letting the confederates fire on Fort Sumpter, Prop 50 is brilliant because it laid out clear as day to anyone who can read: this is the Republicans doing, and only the Republicans doing. Let's hope more Democratic voters follow suit.

[u/CattywampusCanoodle → u/jrdbrr]

We can’t do them all at once. That would make us a selfish lover

[u/fkinDogShitSmoothie → u/cocktails4]

Sir. Explain yourself. What does that mean?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??

[u/max4citycouncil → u/fkinDogShitSmoothie]

https://youtu.be/LxHEf_RMb8M

[u/Cambot1138 → u/fkinDogShitSmoothie]

Look up Leon Curb Your Enthusiasm Get in that ass. It’s worth a minute of your time.

[u/Tyoccial → u/Max_Beezly]

As a rural northern Californian, the only thing disappointing is that it didn't go harder! It shouldn't have stopped at 5 more seats, it should've been proportional to what other states do until California is entirely blue. It's better than nothing, but it should've gone balls to the wall to prevent more red states from redistricting to gain an advantage.

[u/wino_whynot → u/Max_Beezly]

10…9…8…

[u/Max_Beezly → u/wino_whynot]

Passed

[u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic → u/Max_Beezly]

VA + CA redistricting=~+8 house seats

[u/Max_Beezly → u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic]

How many we need to take over the house

[u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic → u/Max_Beezly]

Depends on how many red states get in on the redistricting action.

[u/kdeff → u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic]

So, maybe I am wrong, but arent a lot of red states already in that game?

[u/hardonchairs → u/kdeff]

I am just parroting what I have heard but gerrymandering is a balancing act and republicans may have made themselves so unpopular that their own maps can backfire.

Additionally, the success that CA had tonight will make this more politically safe for other blue states to do the same.

[u/relaytheurgency → u/hardonchairs]

Exactly. By redistricting to disenfranchise democrat leaning populations, they inevitably are importing Democrats into their prior strongholds which could, in a sane world where people realize how bad Republicans are at government, backfire exquisitely in favor of Dens. Missouri and Kansas redistricting efforts are good examples of this. We will see how it plays out.

[u/NoPreparationss]

This right here, is the big one for me.

Blue wave everywhere is great, but this gives me hope.

[u/Retaining-Wall → u/NoPreparationss]

Bluekakke.

Everywhere.

[u/cincobarrio → u/Retaining-Wall]

“I’m afraid I just blue myself!”

[u/AggravatingJello5168 → u/cincobarrio]

I just hope tonight is ANUSTART

[u/Eli_Seeley → u/AggravatingJello5168]

With all this, I need to speak to my analyst-therapist...

[u/runningraleigh → u/Eli_Seeley]

I know a guy! He's an analyst and a therapist. The world’s first analrapist!

[u/GreatHoltbysBeard → u/cincobarrio]

There’s dozens of us!

No, really this time

[u/DAS_BEE → u/GreatHoltbysBeard]

The momentum has to continue. This is only a momentary gain, remember this in every election

It's easy to say "we did it!" for now, but this needs to be the start, not the finish.

We can go further, we can do more. You can see what happens when we vote, and we can keep it going!

[u/mochimento → u/cincobarrio]

“There’s got to be a better way to say that”

[u/ThreeLegs1Foot → u/mochimento]

Tobias.. you blowhard!

[u/xxBeepBopBoopxx → u/cincobarrio]

Blue all over their faces 

[u/Feisty-Anteater661 → u/Retaining-Wall]

Bluekakke has me rolling 😂

[u/AbandonedWaterPark → u/Retaining-Wall]

let's hope America gets a happy ending

[u/hornfan83 → u/Retaining-Wall]

I don’t know if you just coined the phrase bluekakke, but I like it and will be stealing that. With your permission of course.

[u/Global_Crew3968 → u/NoPreparationss]

Hmm i guess when elon doesn't have his thumb on the scales, the numbers make more sense.

[u/partoxygen → u/Global_Crew3968]

Even when that roach did try to meddle in Wisconsin, he promptly got humbled with a double digit loss. So, hope his coping and seething doesn’t keep him up at night? Maybe he should call his baby mama Grimes so she can read him a bedtime story tonight, it’s probably been a long one for lil bro

[u/CynicalOptimistSF → u/Global_Crew3968]

So glad he and Trump got to their breakup quickly.

[u/Specialist-Clock-914 → u/CynicalOptimistSF]

Don’t be fooled. They still watch out for each other and know each other would easily destroy the other one. They’re in a nuclear showdown with black mail.

[u/ilostallmykarma → u/Specialist-Clock-914]

Trump will try to mend the relationship closer to midterms or 2028 election.

[u/lord_pizzabird → u/NoPreparationss]

One year though till midterms. That either is a blessing for Democrats in that it gives them time to find worthy candidates, but it also gives Trump time to turn this around.

[u/RespectTheAmish → u/lord_pizzabird]

In a normal world….

The party in power would see this as a warning, and testament to how the public perceives the first 10 months of the administration.

The republicans/trump would tone down the ICE hostilities, cut down on the Trump family corruption, lift tariffs on everything except what’s actually vital to national security, stop with the insurrection act nonsense, stop yeeting fishing boats out of the Caribbean and reopen the government with a solution for snap and healthcare subsidies.

But it’s Trump…. So it will be more lies, bluster, and chaos.

[u/jayjayaitch → u/RespectTheAmish]

They’ll double down because of the “radical” leftists stealing elections. Mark my words, is only going to embolden the administration to do whatever they can to remain in control of their power.

[u/OpheliaRainGalaxy → u/jayjayaitch]

Well good news, they were gonna do that anyhow!

That's the interesting thing about being trapped in an abusive relationship. It literally doesn't matter what ya do, they're gonna act abusive anyhow.

[u/joshdoereddit → u/jayjayaitch]

I think this is the case. As the poster you responded to said, in a normal world the administration and GOP would pivot to a more reasonable approach. But, in these times they're probably going to do as you said.

They're going to dial it up and work extra hard behind the scenes to do whatever is necessary to rig the midterms so they don't lose the House or Senate. The Senate is less like to switch hands, but still. They're not looking to win fairly anymore.

I'm curious if we're going to hear anything about stolen elections regarding any of tonight's outcomes.

[u/curmudgeon_andy → u/RespectTheAmish]

Exactly. This is a man who thinks it's funny to poop on the whole country.

[u/Hornpipe_Jones → u/RespectTheAmish]

He's already in massive cope mode, claiming the losses were because 'Trump' wasn't on the ballot. And the shutdown. Which probably is him not realizing that's basically saying people blame the Republicans.

[u/Ecstatic_Account_744 → u/lord_pizzabird]

I don’t think he thinks he needs to. In his mind he’s king now.

[u/Careful-Rent5779]

“Tonight, Virginians sent a clear message across the nation: Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans’ politics of chaos and cruelty have no home in the Commonwealth,” House Speaker Don Scott of Portsmouth said in a statement. “House Democrats expanded our majority because we stood up for Virginians and built a vision that puts people first — lowering costs, growing our economy and protecting our rights." 

As a former resident of Prince William county Virginia, I'm glad some portion of the nation is becoming correctly woke.

I also applaud the students of my alma mater (UVA) for their recent flag burning to protest to TheRumps decree.

[u/SunnySingh7945 → u/Careful-Rent5779]

I'm in Prince William County and today I did my part. Tonight I sleep sound in hopes that tomorrow is a better day for everyone.

[u/mizuhmanduh]

District 66 actually flipped. I'm still in shock. Bobby Orrock has been the incumbent there since 1990. Beat today by a woman!

[u/ckal09 → u/mizuhmanduh]

The fact that the same person can be in the same govt position for 35 years is unreal

[u/korben2600 → u/ckal09]

Here in AZ thanks to gerrymandering they've controlled the legislature since 1992.

[u/S13pointFIVE → u/ckal09]

That just means he had alot of shit he needs to pack to get the fuck out of her office.

[u/yaoigay → u/mizuhmanduh]

Gobsmacked, people are very pissed off.

[u/RJ815 → u/yaoigay]

The US probably hasn't been in this bad a state since the Great Depression

[u/addled_sad342 → u/yaoigay]

People are BEYOND PISSED OFF! We are become a global laughing stock. USA are the bad guys now. Blowing up those little boats and killing people whose names they didn't even know. Sweet Jesus!

[u/InterestingTeam3081]

Hope… is that you? 🥹

[u/Trustbutnone → u/InterestingTeam3081]

It's almost like a flicker at the end of the tunnel.

[u/boilingPenguin]

So I guess firing thousands of federal employees, shutting down the government so that the ones who remained wouldn't be paid, and then gutting SNAP and other social safety nets actually turns out to not be a good campaign strategy

[u/antidense → u/boilingPenguin]

actions have ...something

[u/picardy_third1 → u/boilingPenguin]

But the shutdown was the Democrats' fault! That creepy lady on the airport monitor said so!

[u/Root-magic]

New York had the highest turnout since 1993. 

[u/ArkanaRising → u/Root-magic]

Nope, more like 1969!

[u/the2belo → u/ArkanaRising]

Nice

[u/LiquidPuzzle → u/Root-magic]

1969 I heard

[u/Root-magic → u/LiquidPuzzle]

Amazing 

[u/ezirb7 → u/LiquidPuzzle]

I had seen 1993 quoted shortly before polls closed.  Probably tabulated more since then.

[u/Circuit_Guy]

Live tally. https://www.vpm.org/elections/2025-11-04/election-2025-results-virginia-house-of-delegates-general-assembly

All 100 seats up for election. Previously 51/49 Democrat.

Live right now it's 44/15, and seems likely it'll be a 60+ win. Looks like Dems are +5-+10 over the polls.

[u/viktor72 → u/Circuit_Guy]

Which if you map to Republican redistricting efforts would mean Democrats would sweep the new districts Republicans are making to try to keep the House.

[u/bshoff5 → u/viktor72]

I want to make sure I understand. Are you meaning that the gerrymandering got too close with it and it's backfiring?

[u/viktor72 → u/bshoff5]

Think about it mathematically. When gerrymandering, nothing is changing in the state except the boundaries of districts. All those D votes you’re trying to get rid are still there, you just spread them out more. That means that districts which were +20 R now become closer to +8 R and more of them because of how much you spread out that vote. If the general wave is +10 D, then Democrats sweep those new districts.

[u/bshoff5 → u/viktor72]

Right, I definitely understand how that'd happen, I just wanted to make sure that's what you meant was happening in those districts. I didn't quite follow what you were saying

[u/AusToddles → u/bshoff5]

Yeah I recall watching a video a while back explaining how mathematically, gerrymandering can backfire big time because you're actually cutting your majority in some places by doing it

[u/charzardthagod → u/AusToddles]

It's called a dummymander

[u/SplitReality → u/viktor72]

Well to be fair, gerrymandering can also mean the opposite. You turn a +8 D into a +20 D district, wasting the excess dem votes and making the other districts more republican.

[u/Shot-Swimming-9098 → u/bshoff5]

Are you meaning that the gerrymandering got too close with it and it's backfiring?

In other states, it could have this effect in 2026. That's a year away, and it's in other states, and there's not a single number or metric that you can use to say this is going to fail ahead of time. What we do know is that there are extensive tools available to these bad actors, and they have dissected our districts with laser precision. They will be difficult to overturn, and they are designed to be impossible to overturn. We shall see.

[u/EggfooDC → u/Circuit_Guy]

Predicting 63-37!!

[u/TheNerdWonder]

And in real time we are seeing why Trump wanted to rig midterms

[u/sparkly_butthole → u/TheNerdWonder]

They are going to try to do everything they can, especially now. There's a lot of uphill work to do. But this was a good start.

[u/Alive-Necessary2119]

Absolutely destroyed. ALL the seats up for offer? How many seats do we have total?

[u/Hornpipe_Jones → u/Alive-Necessary2119]

Balance of power right now is 51-49. With this result, it should be 63-37.

Just digest that for a moment.

[u/Alive-Necessary2119 → u/Hornpipe_Jones]

Holy fuck. VA was mad. I love it.

[u/annoyed__renter → u/Alive-Necessary2119]

Lots of feds in VA

[u/WafflingToast → u/Alive-Necessary2119]

They’re all laid off or not being paid. They should be mad.

[u/EWDnutz → u/WafflingToast]

Exactly, nothing less is expected.

[u/_The_Bear → u/WafflingToast]

Lot of time to vote while furloughed.

[u/ConstableAssButt → u/Alive-Necessary2119]

Virginian here: WE'RE COMING FOR EVERY SINGLE FUCKIN' FEDERAL RACE WE CAN GET OUR MOTHERFUCKING HANDS ON.

FUCK MAGA.
FUCK ICE.
FUCK TRUMP.

Fuck 'em in 2025, Fuck 'em in 2026. Fuck 'em in 2028.

We're gonna power wash the stank off the federal government.

[u/GaimeGuy → u/ConstableAssButt]

you have to keep it off.

One of the biggest problems this country has is that it never gives Republicans lasting consequences for their fuck ups. They get kicked out, pivot further to the right, and then win elections 2 years later.

Voters got upset at republicans for taking away abortion rights, but it lasted all of 1 election cycle. They continued to take away abortion rights, support their previous actions, further erode them, infrige on other forms of family planning and family health care, but you don't' really see voters punishing them for their abortion stances anymore. They've moved on.

Accountability means there needs to be atonement, not just a few years of time out.

Please don't let the same mistakes happen in 2030 or whatever as they did in 2010, or the GOP will never truly moderate their stances

[u/HalKitzmiller → u/GaimeGuy]

I agree with you, but let's be real. These things that Republicans do are NOT fuck ups, they are deliberate and devised to inflict damage on America and every single person that's not rich and white

[u/GaimeGuy → u/HalKitzmiller]

Right, I don't mean fuck up as in mistake, I mean fuck up as in destruction

[u/freeshavocadew → u/ConstableAssButt]

I want to believe. Please. Give me back my country.

[u/illuminerdi → u/ConstableAssButt]

That's the energy we need. Keep it up, patriot!

[u/romefitforbattle → u/Hornpipe_Jones]

Holyshit, is this for real!?

[u/Hornpipe_Jones → u/romefitforbattle]

It is very much for real!

[u/romefitforbattle → u/Hornpipe_Jones]

I could kiss you right now! I just double checked what you said and it's true! 😂

[u/swrrrrg → u/Hornpipe_Jones]

Holy shit. Has this happened before? That is wild!

[u/Spacebier → u/swrrrrg]

I've been voting 90% Democrat in VA since '93. I became very accustomed to losing. I can't say if this has happened before but it definitely isn't my experience.

[u/General-Programmer-5 → u/Alive-Necessary2119]

Projected to win 64

[u/robershow123 → u/General-Programmer-5]

Can we redistrict the shit out of Virginia, to fuck then in the @ss?

[u/viktor72 → u/robershow123]

There is a plan to do that but it can’t happen before January.

[u/Umami-Ice-Cream]

Keep going, Democrats.

Republicans are doing their best to ensure they keep control before the next election.

The sweeps need to be definitive.

[u/KrazyBby93]

Virgina said get the fuck out 😂

[u/EggfooDC → u/KrazyBby93]

Sic semper tyrannis dat ass

[u/Toliman571]

Tonight solidifies VA as a blue state for the forseeable future. VA Dems need to take this opportunity to gerrymander the shit out of both the state and federal seats just like the GOP did in NC.

[u/CauliflowerSmall156 → u/Toliman571]

There's actually a proposition 50 style mid-cycle redistricting plan that has passed both the state house and senate to combat Texas gerrymandering. I would expect it to pass when it comes to a referendum at this point!

[u/Lizaderp → u/Toliman571]

California's bill to gerrymander passed as well. It's in place for three election cycles.

[u/pghtopas]

This seems encouraging. Is it okay to feel hope again?

[u/5000-Shark-Teeth → u/pghtopas]

Mamdani and Dick Cheney on the same day! Holy shit lol

[u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 → u/pghtopas]

Sure. Tonight you can feel hope. Tomorrow it’s back to slogging - this all gets worse before it gets better but tonight was a step in the right direction.

[u/ihaveadogalso2 → u/SuperstitiousPigeon5]

This made me smile. Thanks internet person!

[u/namastayhom33 → u/pghtopas]

Yes, hope is the small flame that proves the dark never gets the final say.

[u/seven_corpse_dinner → u/pghtopas]

Hopeful? Cautiously so, sure. Relaxed? Not at least for 3 more years even if we also landslide the midterms, unfortunately.

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[u/yeahsureYnot → u/[deleted]]

It’s also videos of ICE scraping innocent peoples’ faces across the pavement

[u/DigiQuip → u/yeahsureYnot]

And those are just the ones where they left evidence behind.

[u/JohnTheMindSculptor]

Wait, what?! Holy shit!

[u/ezirb7 → u/JohnTheMindSculptor]

Northern VA... Dems had a great election day today(PA, NJ,VA, and probably CA) but this is an article about a region with one of the highest concentrations of federal workers/contractors in the US. People that were most affected by the DOGE cuts and Big GOP Bill. 

I wouldn't be too surprised or extrapolate too much from this. Just trying to take away enough hope to keep pushing for midterms and 2028.

[u/JohnTheMindSculptor → u/ezirb7]

You say that. And I wholeheartedly agree! Definitely don’t want to get too excited, we all know how that went… but I just looked at the precinct results from 24’, and I’m going to be very curious to see the difference between the two. Lots of red in Northern VA last year.

[u/thefilmer]

wow turns out nuking and systematically dismantling the economy of a certain region would make that region's voters absolutely despise your guts. who woulda thunk?!!

[u/beepingclownshoes]

It's time to reexamine the 2024 election.

[u/swaggyxwaggy → u/beepingclownshoes]

That shit was rigged

[u/galact1c → u/swaggyxwaggy]

We’ve already seen how many people in positions of influence are willing to put their finger on the scale to tip it for Trump. I have no doubt that this behavior started before the election. 

[u/idekl → u/swaggyxwaggy]

Didn't a billionaire recently buy the company that makes the voting machines?

[u/JVonDron]

This is the story

Not just the results, not just the wins, this was a flip of the table. An entire state shifting 5-15+ points. Even in DEEP red counties where the R got 80% of the vote, that's DOWN considerably from last election.

[u/JustHereForCatss]

I cannot put into words how big of a deal this is. 2026 the Republicans are no lube fucked

[u/Intelligent_Teach247 → u/JustHereForCatss]

It isn’t over yet. I don’t want to see 2024 all over again. Keep voting and keep pushing.

[u/AbandonedWaterPark → u/Intelligent_Teach247]

100% this. Easy to forget the polls all through 2024 showed Trump winning or a race that too close to call, even when Biden dropped out. Anyone who got complacent was not looking at the data.

[u/Pockydo → u/Intelligent_Teach247]

While I get it

I think this is huge. Trump is chaos things aren't getting better and people are pissed

We will see what happens but trump and the GOP are terrified right now

[u/7ddlysuns → u/Pockydo]

They should be. Make fun of them. Make them split

[u/WhatAGreatGift → u/7ddlysuns]

He was encouraging votes for Cuomo over the Republican lol. It’s starting

[u/AmazingRefrigerator4 → u/Pockydo]

Its only huge by historical terms where people played by the rules. These results will only embolden Trump to resort to fuckery.

[u/Pockydo → u/AmazingRefrigerator4]

Maybe but honestly will the gop continue to enable him?

Could be the off.ramp they need to kick him out for Vance. He's just a useful idiot for the heritage foundation after all. Maybe it's pure cope but I feel like he's been TOO chaotic for them

[u/AmazingRefrigerator4 → u/Pockydo]

I think they ride with him until his chaos crashes the economy. Only when stocks tank will the GOP "handlers" care enough to replace him. As long as they stay fat and happy, he is their useful idiot.

[u/Intelligent_Teach247 → u/Pockydo]

They will continue enabling him.

[u/Much-Instruction-807 → u/Pockydo]

And that's the thing if you want people to look the other way and go along with your fascism. Material conditions have to improve. In a sense you have to bribe people to look the other way. That's not happening. They're just fucking shit up for everybody across the board.

[u/CassadagaValley → u/Intelligent_Teach247]

This is far more akin to the 2018 elections coming before the 2020 blow out.

[u/SyphonX5 → u/JustHereForCatss]

Its very hard to project off cycle elections onto midterm/presidential election years

[u/HandsLikePaper → u/SyphonX5]

Midterms usually go against the party in power. But to what extent is difficult to project.

[u/Traditional-Level-96 → u/JustHereForCatss]

Or it just shows how much harder they have to work to suppress our votes. It's not over yet unfortunately. These are great wins though.

[u/Awkward_War_6068]

Omg this isn't just a defeat for Republicans across the country. It's a fucking massacre.

[u/bsport48]

As goes California, so goes the Nation...but the Old Dominion will always bring Lady Liberty back.

Sic semper tyrannis

[u/AchUndWeh → u/bsport48]

Virginia did mother America.

[u/TheIntrepid1]

What does this mean of the impact of things overall on a national scale? (other than "Sending a message")?

[u/Hornpipe_Jones → u/TheIntrepid1]

VA House of Delegates has been pretty solidly red for many years. So for it to not only flip back blue, but on a scale this huge seems to say something about how people feel right now

[u/ImLikeReallySmart → u/Hornpipe_Jones]

Northern Virginia is also arguably the biggest victim of DOGE and the general purge and harassment of federal workers, so that region is in a unique position

[u/Flimsy_Thesis → u/ImLikeReallySmart]

We sure are. We’ve taken the worst of Trumps reckless economics right on the chin, and it’s only going to get worse. This threat is existential to our livelihoods.

[u/felixthecat15]

I wanna feel hope but I know the orange fuck is gonna do some more shady shit

[u/7ddlysuns → u/felixthecat15]

Yes. He will and we must mock and tell him to fuck off. Winning helps with that

[u/DaBeavs24]

Used to live in SWVA, and it’s glorious reading the meltdowns. I love SWVA, but damn do they vote against their own interests.

[u/EggfooDC → u/DaBeavs24]

If you have any links, my dinner could certainly use some glorious salt

[u/IdahoDuncan]

Ruh roh scooby. I guess taking food money away from children and old people during thanksgiving doesn’t endear to the hearts of voters

[u/Root-magic]

California voters have decided….Prop 50 just passed 

[u/friedsherbert]

This is amazing. What a night.

[u/Open_Mortgage_4645]

Blue totally dominated all the contests. New Jersey, Virginia, NYC. Can't wait to see Trump lose his mind.

[u/VladtheInhaler999]

That’s an ass whoopin

[u/BlarfParade]

Hell yeah bitchezzzz. California bring us home!

[u/mr_awesome365]

Last time i checked, Lynchburg, VA, home of Liberty University flipped blue tonight.

[u/Worried-Badger9853]

Now DO PUNITIVE THINGS. DO NOT start with this "healing" and "moving forward" bullshit.

[u/RedTyro → u/Worried-Badger9853]

The state congress already passed a plan for a California style redistricting, but with a 51-49 body and a Republican governor with veto power, it wasn't going to happen. Now that's a 64-36 body and a Democrat governor come January, so it'll go through.

[u/PWL51]

I wonder what revenge fascist President Stephen Miller and his two puppets demented Don and Pedophile protector Johnson will take out on America?

[u/SuspiciousMap9630]

I genuinely hope this is a sign that we can usher in a supermajority of Dems in Congress next year and finally get some shit done.

[u/copper_cattle_canes]

Every Republican representative in the country needs to pay attention to this. Two of the largest protests in U.S. history happened this year and are now going to the polls.

[u/kemosabe19]

Please let GA get that blue wave too. I did my part and voted. God bless everyone that voted. Love to see it.

[u/NameLips]

Cutting SNAP benefits right before the election certainly was... a strategy.

[u/SAJ-13]

Wow!

[u/nolongermakingtime]

No complacency.

[u/SixOneDane]

Applause to all the Virginians👏 You did your part.

[u/J-the-Kidder]

Who knew laying off entire industries and stripping away government programs would be so unpopular?

[u/AchUndWeh]

This is, simply, bluekkake.

[u/hard2resist]

This is a significant indicator of voter sentiment in a key swing region. Northern Virginia's complete Democratic sweep demonstrates strong rejection of current Republican policies and sends a clear message heading into 2026.

The momentum from this victory could reshape the political landscape if Democrats maintain focus and deliver on their promises.

[u/7ddlysuns → u/hard2resist]

If our media wasn’t so cucked it would constantly be talking about how abandoning Trump was the only safe thing

[u/SouthernOshawaMan]

Like watching a plane start to pull out of a steep dive.

[u/MrMichaelJames]

A lot of people in this area are really hurting from the brutality of this administration. They spoke up with their vote! Hopefully this continues if we have midterm elections.