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I used to watch her on Fox 10 news growing up (brother just put it on for local news and weather while he got ready for work he didn’t care for politics). And to see her like this? 
MAGA has really taken some people and twisted them so foul. Lots of r/qanoncasualties
That’s what happens when you win the election. >

Right! Trump has ruined elections that losers think they have a chance even after someone democratically wins. AZ said they didn't want Kari Lake, move on. >

Lake lost by ~~0.06%~~ 0.6% of the vote.
I'm just saying it's scary that it was that close.
Warnock is way more charismatic than Hobbs and faced a way less capable opponent than Lake and it was still that close as well
Scary.
Edit: Hobbs won by 0.6%, not 0.06% >

I honestly think if she hadn't gone with MAGA, and had stuck to a traditional Republican manifesto without the crazy, she'd have won with about 58% of the votes by hovering up all the right leaning independent voters.
The good thing about MAGA for the Democrats is that any Independent's either sit out or vote Democrat swinging the vote.  The problem the Republicans have is, if they want to get rid of MAGA then they'll likely split the party and lose about ~15-20% of their votes.
They've well and truly fucked themselves over by taking Trump on board.  They are giving the young, women, and people that usually don't vote a reason TO vote, and not for them.
Lindsay Graham was spot on.
"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......
and we will deserve it." - Lindsey Graham, 2016. >

… and the thing about voting is that once you’ve done it once or twice, you’re more likely to do it again.
All those people who would have sat on the sidelines, complained about “both sides” and not voted, when presented with a reason to vote, have finally been engaged in politics.
That by itself lowers the bar for them engaging again. >

You've described me 100%. This fall I normally wouldn't have participated, but gave a middle finger vote to election deniers. Just because I don't participate in our democracy doesn't mean I don't want it to be one. >

You should take the time to vote... it's once every two or four years. A healthy democracy relies on active constituent participation. Do your part. >

It's more than that, look into your local elections for school board and city government positions that aren't mayor/governor. 
That said, thank you for encouraging voting! Everyone should and if we can even just get people to vote in House/Senate/Presidential elections, that certainly will help push our country in a better direction. >

Of course it's more than that, but showing up to vote is the very first step that's critical in turning around this current state of affairs. Too many people think this first step is too much work/not worth the work to put into. >

Right! I wrote that for other people that might see my comment. And that's also why I thanked them for encouraging voting at all. If we get people to start showing up for big things, showing up for smaller (but equally important) elections will get better >

My Republican dad and stepmom moved to AZ because they were getting sick of Oregon's liberal politics. They still have two senators that caucus with the Dems and now they have a Dem governor. I find it very funny. >

Ask them to move to Texas next >

And from Texas to Florida >

They could try Afghanistan. I think that country is moving to the right. >

Hobbs will be a very non-partisan governor, as her transition team showed.
More importantly, she has a very realistic and logical understanding of the severity of Arizona's water position. Hopefully she and the Legislature can pass more conservation bills, like the $1 billion water conservation bill that was passed last year. >

I hope so, depends on what the legislator does. >

glad it's not seen as partisan, at least not yet. >

"Unlike you libruls, I don't drink water. And Brawndo is what the plants want." >

Plants don’t just want Brawndo; they crave it! Because it’s the thirst mutilator >

Another red state goes blue. Stay the course. >

The trend that started with Sinema's win in 2018 has now completely flipped all state wide races in just 4 years.. other success stories like CO and VA took longer, AZ just flipped in the blink of an eye..
Edit : VA state races flipped only because of a backlash to Biden and a shitty D Gov candidate, expecting them to go D next time around >

Michigan democrats flipped everything they needed and now control every aspect of state gov't. >

I'm hoping we can do the same in Wisconsin. But I'm not hopeful. >

not gonna happen anytime soon without a constitutional amendment ending gerrymandering. >

We did it here! Do it! >

WI doesn’t really have ballot initiatives >

So like they will have to remain in 1900 forever? >

Not if WI can r/votedem in April and gain a majority of the Wi Supreme Court. If Dems take control a lot of things are possible - overturning the abortion ban, fairer maps, allowing dropboxes for ballots. >

This isn’t how government should work though. At all. Playing the court so it ping pongs issues back and forth is not a solution. It is more like the worst possible thing a democracy can do. >

Kari Lake is such a loser >

More than that she is straight up insane and shouldn't be allowed within 100 light years of a position of power. >

She isn't insane. She's a soulless ghoul who decided the easiest route to power was to hitch her wagon to MAGA >

This is the most accurate description of why Kari Lake did this. She was normal from what I heard a while back then all the sudden she jumped on the Trump bandwagon fully aware of how much power she could potentially get if the Repubs and Trump won.