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[Bronx-Man]

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/louisiana-senate

In the state of Louisiana, there is still a run-off election for Senate happening on Dec. 9th. The candidates are John Kennedy of the Republican Party, and Foster Campbell of the Democrat Party. Every little bit counts.

Mod edit: link removed

 

[iavi]

LA GAF!!

I'm donating

 

[Killer Queen]

Americans in the area, please do your part. Trump hasn't even started his presidency yet and look at the morons he's surrounding himself with. You've got one chance to stop this, go vote, convince others to vote if you care about your fellow man. Don't let this angry orange screw over millions over greed and spite.

Edit: nvm op lied

 

[m_shortpants]

This needs to go viral

 

[jmdajr]

hmmm

 

[jett]

This is huge.

People, please make this happen.

 

[Futureman]

isn't it currently 51 R, 48 D? how would this tip things in favor of Democrats?

 

[Glix]

isn't it currently 51 R, 48 D? how would this tip things in favor of Democrats?

Was just about to ask this

 

[RecRoulette]

Wouldn't this make it 51-49 Republican even if the democratic nominee won?

 

[Lonely1]

Why are there multiple democrats splitting the votes?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

dems have 48 seats. this would make 49.

 

[thebloo]

Wouldn't this make it 51-49 Republican even if the democratic nominee won?

Yeah

 

[cruets]

Donated. We gotta win this won. First step to stopping Trump

 

[LegalEagleMike]

Someone forgot to math.

 

[Slime]

isn't it currently 51 R, 48 D? how would this tip things in favor of Democrats?

Bernie Sanders and Angus King caucus with Democrats.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Holy fuck

Donating now

 

[Alienfan]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

 

[Futureman]

Bernie Sanders and Angus King caucus with Democrats.

God I fucking love the Bern.

 

[Prompto]

More democrats in the senate, the better. Even if it doesn't give them a majority.

 

[Ray Wonder]

"NYTimes: The Democrats have one last chance to take back the Senate."

Normally when you put (Media outlet):

it means that's the headline that they chose.

 

[NewFresh]

Donating right now.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

A win would not give Democrats control of the Senate.

Edit - Forgot about Sanders and King!

Edit 2 - Nope, I was right.

 

[Kimawolf]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

You can't vote for people not in your state for senate.

 

[Snarfington]

Am I wrong or is it really unlikely Louisiana would vote in a Democratic party senator regardless of this mess? Always thought they were fairly solid red but being from the UK I've never looked too hard into it.

 

[Ithil]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

You can't vote in another state's elections, you vote in your home state.

 

[collige]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

The fact that they aren't registered to vote in Louisiana. Despite what conservatives say, the US does actually have laws in place to prevent voter fraud.

 

[m_shortpants]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

You can only vote where you live

 

[jstevenson]

Bernie Sanders and Angus King caucus with Democrats.

yeah, they are counted in the 48 democrats already.

If you have 51 of 100, you have a majority.

51 R
46 D
2 I (caucus with D)
1 seat left

 

[ColdPizza]

"NYTimes: The Democrats have one last chance to take back the Senate."

Normally when you put (Media outlet):

it means that's the headline that they chose.

Yeah....

 

[Eusis]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

Can't vote more than twice, need to be a resident, do you know how damn much that'd cost?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

the dems aren't going to win this

 

[smurfx]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

because they have to be registered to vote in that state. you cannot just go and vote anywhere.

 

[SlimySnake]

meh. i have no faith in democrats. if they didnt show up in the GE, they wont show up in a run off.
EDIT: Also this is because the rep vote was split b/w three candidates.


John Kennedy
Republican
482,380 25.0%
Foster Campbell
Democrat
337,682 17.5
Charles Boustany
Republican
297,744 15.4
Caroline Fayard
Democrat
240,748 12.5
John Fleming
Republican
203,959 10.6
Others
369,968 19.1

 

[Zoe]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

Cause you have to be registered to vote in Louisiana?

 

[The Technomancer]

Where do I donate?

 

[aspiegamer]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

You need to be registered to vote. This almost always includes proof of local residency, etc.

 

[drspeedy]

Edit - already answered

 

[Ray Wonder]

OP YOU'RE LITERALLY MISLEADING PEOPLE INTO DONATING MONEY FOR A CAUSE THAT ISN'T REAL

Sorry for caps but this gotta be changed ASAP.

 

[Zoe]

You need to be registered to vote. This almost always includes proof of local residency, etc.

And with the timing you would have already had to have been registered to vote by now.

 

[Chezzymann]

OP YOU'RE LITERALLY MISLEADING PEOPLE INTO DONATING MONEY FOR A CAUSE THAT ISN'T REAL

Sorry for caps but this gotta be changed ASAP.

Yep. It would be 49/51 after this.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Dems aren't going to win this without another sex scandal and it wouldn't give us back the senate anyway.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

this is delusional and there should be more work towards how we go forward and fix this beside pretending trump voters are going to have buyers remorse in a month

 

[The Technomancer]

the dems aren't going to win this

If it's a run off isn't it in reach?

 

[Africanus]

False hope, but I'll still hope either way.
Just like Trump.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

We could spread the word about it nationwide, but only Louisiana residents can vote in that election.

 

[Vlad]

Pretty ignorant when it comes to US politics, but what's stopping liberals from getting on a bus and driving there to vote from around the country?

You can only vote in your designated polling place, and you're registered to vote in the state you live in. For example, my polling place is at an elementary school about five minutes away from where I live. There's another polling place right up the street from that at a local library, but that's for people who live the area next to mine. I couldn't just go to the school, vote, then walk over to the library and vote, since they keep a list of names of the people who are allowed to vote at each place.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate#Current_party_standings

Wikipedia says the Republicans have 54 senators, Democrats have 44, and 2 independents. So even if they caucus it's 54-46? :\

Edit: or is it just the current senate under Obama, and the 51-49 composition is for 2017 onwards?

 

[wildfire]

So what are the specific concerns of Louisiana? What are the pain platforms of the top 2?

 

[Zeeman]

Yeah, it'd be worthwhile to push for it to keep the Senate as close as possible considering how many D seats are up for grabs in 2018, but this won't give the Dems control of the Senate

 

[kmfdmpig]

yeah, they are counted in the 48 democrats already.

If you have 51 of 100, you have a majority.

51 R
46 D
2 I (caucus with D)
1 seat left

And it's worse than that as Pence would be the tie breaker if it was 50-50. .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate#Current_party_standings

Wikipedia says the Republicans have 54 senators, Democrats have 44, and 2 independents. So even if they caucus it's 54-46? :\

Edit: or is it just the current senate under Obama, and the 51-49 composition is for 2017 onwards?

Yes. Your edit is correct. The 54/44/2 was prior to the election. Now it's 51/46/2 with one more to be decided + the VP as the tiebreaker.