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EdmondDantes_

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8. There will be free and fair elections if you mean vote counting

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 06:06 PM

Jan 6

There will of course be efforts to depress turnout and gerrymandering, but if we turnout, given the current polling we will win the House, but the Senate is a much harder ask given the seats in this cycle and our difficulties in so many states.

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Do you think our midterms will be free and fair or will they be fucked with? [View all] Stinky The Clown Jan 6 OP

They Will Be Tampered With. BBbats Jan 6 #1

And we win anyway....... lastlib Jan 6 #18

They fuck with every election edhopper Jan 6 #2

for people that think it a good idea to put the flag up stopdiggin Jan 6 #9

At a minimum there will be voter suppression in various forms. walkingman Jan 6 #3

Depends on the results MichMan Jan 6 #4

you have clearly divided camps - with one side adamantly contending stopdiggin Jan 6 #5

There won't be any elections. bucolic_frolic Jan 6 #6

interference denny0851 Jan 6 #7

For this we'd need massive education voter outreach on this issue stating as soon as Labor Day is over electric_blue68 Jan 6 #14

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #19

There will be free and fair elections if you mean vote counting EdmondDantes_ Jan 6 #8

thanks for making an effort with a straightforward, no hype, response. stopdiggin Jan 6 #11

They have been fucking with them obamanut2012 Jan 6 #10

Fucked with. Absolutely. And 2028 will be worse. Celerity Jan 6 #12

trump is already setting up the con, Bayard Jan 6 #13

Speculating doesn't help much because what we must do is the same no matter what BoycottTwitter Jan 6 #15

Amongst other things I've been saying for a third of a year we'll need.... electric_blue68 Jan 6 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author duckworth969 Jan 6 #17

Absolutely they will be messed with.. MaeScott Wednesday #20