We have the turnout data now from the 2025 election in PA that saw the Dems sweep the statewide judicial races, as well as downballot races. Dem turnout swamped a depressed GOP base. If I were GOPs, I'd be more than a little worried about the upcoming midterms.

Look at turnout by age/party in New Jersey - Dems outperformed GOPs in turnout % among every age <45, with the biggest advantage among 21 and 22 year olds (+10% Dem turnout).

There you have it. With Davidson County reporting every precinct now, TN7 turnout is at 179,634, just barely short of the 181,822 turnout in the 2022 general election. I wouldn't be surprised if it exceeds it when all votes are counted.

Just in the last few mins more votes have come in, and total turnout in this special stands at 96% of the 2022 November election. With more votes coming in Nashville, it could EXCEED 2022. The GOP can't explain this double digit swing away with their old excuses of low turnout.

The Dem (Behn) will fall short in the TN7 special, but what happened was a double digit margin swing from last year. GOPs try to explain these special elections away by saying they are just low turnout and their voters will come out next November. That's not true here...

Davidson County dropped 21 of 58 precincts eday vote. An incredibly strong performance for Behn, but just not enough of an overperformance in terms of swing or turnout to overcome the +22 GOP baseline in the district.

It looks like Perry County is the first TN7 County to fully report (or very close to it). Trump carried it by 69 pts, Van Epps won it by 55. So a massive 14 pt margin swing to Dems, but not the 22pts necessary districtwide. This is one small county, but Behn will need more.

Davidson County (Nashville) early/abs vote is in, and it is solid for Behn. 85% - a strong performance for the Dem candidate. So... now we have to see how long it will take to report Election Day vote, but kudos to the election officials in TN for getting a quick release of EVAV.

Here's an interesting one - Trump won the early/abs vote in Montgomery County, TN by about 21 pts last year. Behn (the Dem) won the EVAV this year by about 3 pts. That 24 pt swing would be enough for Behn to win... the issue is...

One reason I'm looking forward to a competitive Dem presidential primary in '28: it's good for the party and will boost Dem registration. These stats are for NY statewide, in the 5 weeks around this year's primary. Dem reg was 3x what it was in the same period 4 years ago.

And now to pivot away from politics in advance of the Thanksgiving break... any of my folks here into astrophotography, and willing to answer annoying questions from an extreme novice from time to time?

Evidence that the massive swing among young voters back to Dems that we saw in NY, VA, and NJ earlier this month is not limited to those states. Take PA: from Eday '24 to Jan 20th, young new regisrants were +5R. In the last month of this year's election they were +24D.

Looking at the new voter registrations in PA over the past year+ shows some very interesting trends. Let's start with the 3 months leading up to last year's election. New registrants were +5R over that period.

This is actually a really interesting conversation with @tbonier.bsky.social about one of the biggest issues plaguing Democrats right now, which is poor voter registration numbers. But there are also a lot of fun, nerdy data discussions here, too. youtu.be/adtKie3Rqjo?...

In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder, I saw a fair amount of speculation as to whether or not we would see a "Charlie Kirk Effect" in new voter registrations. It's still too early to fully answer this question, but there's not much evidence of it, as of now.

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I'll be on with Edwin shortly!

In case you missed here, here's the recording of my session with @simonwdc.bsky.social yesterday. It's a bit of a good news/bad news presentation, but the bottom line is, there are great opportunities in front of us. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/dems-need-...

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Trump is the biggest fuck up in American history.

Over on The Hellsite, JD Vance has now functionally called for an end to due process for migrants. His argument is riddled with deceptions, bad faith, and embarrassingly awful logic. I think it needs a real response, so here's what I put up over there. First, his 20 million number is fiction. 1/

I've been direct in recent weeks, noting that Dem deficiencies in voter registration have persisted in the few states where files have been updated since Jan 20th, though also noting those updates covered only a few weeks of the Trump admin. Now we have a VA file through Feb.

Trump is busy destroying the country, so naturally leading Dems are fighting back by attacking trans women.

Great to see two Americans winning in Paris-Nice today, @magnussheffield.bsky.social taking the stage and @matteojorgenson.bsky.social winning the overall (and conducting his podium interview in what appears to be flawless French). It's nice to have positive representatives of our country overseas.

Deregulation: so people can die for cheaper eggs

We should figure out who is in charge of this company that keeps failing at space and make sure they are never put in charge of anything to do with our government.

BREAKING — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced the closure of major regional offices in Philly, LA and Chicago, per email shared with me. “5 alarm fire,” SEC employee tells me. Full email text:

Here's the thing: when you fire a lot of people at Twitter and something breaks (ie, you make a mistake), the consequences are minimal. I can't believe that this needs to be said, but Twitter ≠ the federal government. Mistakes can cost lives.

I'm late to sharing this, but I'm so disappointed in MSNBC's decision regarding @joyannreid.bsky.social. Joy was unafraid to call out those in power, which certainly made her some enemies, but IMO also made her indispensable. And beyond that, she is a good human. We need more of all of this.

The wealthiest man in the world spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put Trump in power, and one of the first things he did was to starve children. You decide if that was a feature or a bug.

The only message we can take from the Chiefs getting shut out in the first half is clearly that God is angry at Harrison Butker.

Yes we Ken!!!

So the tower was understaffed, yet our President, VP, SecDef, and Sec of Transportation faced the press and universally blamed DEI. Perhaps because they are in the midst of actively understaffing every single federal department. nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

We currently do not have an FAA Administrator, because the previous one was forced out by the billionaire who got Trump elected and was given unchecked authority in return. He was forced out because he tried to fine the billionaire's space company for operating unsafely.

One of the most depressing/maddening developments of the past year or two is the cycle of a tragedy happening, Republicans immediately theorizing that under-qualified people of color may be to blame, and everyone just accepts this blatant racism as a fact of life with no consequence for the racists.

A restaurant up the street from me (in an area Trump won) posted this several hundred word, detailed explanation of why the cost of eggs is soaring, and therefore why they have increased their prices. It’s accurate/understandable. Yet a few months ago it would have just been pinned on Biden.

How bad have things gotten for Dems in FL? In 2020, new registrants there were +4 GOP. In 2024? +20 GOP.

In case anyone is wondering how the Trump presidency is going for the Republican party, in a special election for a state Senate seat in IA, the Dem candidate won Clinton County by almost 4 pts. Trump carried that county by 19.

We should not be shocked that when you pardon someone who was convicted of beating a police officer, they might get into more altercations with law enforcement. Thank God the officer was not harmed in this instance.

MAGA Logic: Pardon those who assaulted police officers in support of Donald Trump, fire those who did their job and followed the law in prosecuting Trump.

It's funny that the GOP have convinced themselves that DEI equates to hiring unqualified people, while they are elevating the qualification of MAGA loyalty over any actual skill or experience.

Let's also keep in mind that turnout was generally down among Democrats AND Republicans, relative to 2020.

The exit polls show Biden winning 69% of Hispanic voters in PA in 2020, and Harris at 59%, a 10 pt drop. If you look at the turnout data, in 2020 67% of Hispanics who voted there were registered Dems. That dropped to 58% in '24, a 9 pt drop.

We have the PA turnout data. Dems lost this election on voter registration over the 4 year cycle, and turnout. And for the first presidential election in what is likely a very long time, the total turnout from registered GOPs exceeded that of Dems.

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Free speech something something

Where I work, DEI programs have made our companies more successful, and better places to work. That work will continue. Trump dismantling DEI in the federal government is a massive mistake, and will make our government less effective. And the companies that are following suit will suffer as well.

Working Americans, winning with Trump already!!! So much winning!

I thought about calling out the CEOs who attended and funded the inauguration, asking if they support pardoning violent police assailants and seditionists, but it's not like this was a surprise. They're supporting Trump because they've done the math and believe this is the more lucrative path.

For the people who violently assaulted police officers in an attempt to overthrow our democracy