Official 2023 General Election Results Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

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Enjoy your election night!

[wbrocks67]

Figured incase anyone missed it in the other thread - CNN apparently will have exit polls, which I assume means Edison (NBC/ABC/CBS etc) will too. Unsure of which races though, based on their press release

https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2023/11/06/cnn-to-broadcast-americas-choice-2023-election-night-special-coverage/

[wbrocks67]

I'm shocked this thread isn't bustling already.

In 2022, this thread was already 20 pages long with dooming about VA turnout lol.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Have today and tomorrow off, gonna go vote soon, have food lined up for this evening, and ready to enjoy another election night with y'all. 

Lezzgo!

[Person Man]

Have today and tomorrow off, gonna go vote soon, have food lined up for this evening, and ready to enjoy another election night with y'all. 

Lezzgo!

I voted early.

[wbrocks67]

Have today and tomorrow off, gonna go vote soon, have food lined up for this evening, and ready to enjoy another election night with y'all. 

Lezzgo!

Who are you voting for Supreme Court? :eyes:

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'm shocked this thread isn't bustling already.

In 2022, this thread was already 20 pages long with dooming about VA turnout lol.

It's only been half an hour since I unlocked it.

[Gass3268]

Falls Church

https://twitter.com/davebjerke/status/1721895426755121553?s=46

[Sestak]

Hearing that democratic turnout is cratering in Prince William and Virginia Beach. Bad sign for the House of Delegates.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Have today and tomorrow off, gonna go vote soon, have food lined up for this evening, and ready to enjoy another election night with y'all.  

Lezzgo!

Who are you voting for Supreme Court? :eyes:

Will keep that close to the chest for now :eyes: BUT voted Republican for everything else.  

Was voter number 70 in my precinct.  

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/kirk_bado/status/1721870639378690073

[Gass3268]

Newport News precinct (37.7% last year)
https://twitter.com/chaznuttycombe/status/1721883041659039808?s=46

[GeorgiaModerate]

Poll closing times in key states:

Kentucky: 6pm local time.  The state is divided between the Eastern and Central time zones.

Ohio: 7:30pm Eastern.

Mississippi: 7pm Central (= 8pm Eastern).

New Jersey: 8pm Eastern.

Pennsylvania: 8pm Eastern.

Virginia: 7pm Eastern.

[BigZuck08]

My first election night with Atlas. (I mean I participated in Ohio Issue 1 and LA threads, but this would be my first time participating in an actual election night).

Anyway, here are my final predictions:

KY GOV: Beshear 2-3
MS GOV: Reeves 5-6
PA Court: McCaffrey 5
OH: Abortion and marijuana bills pass
Houston Mayor: Whitmire winning by low single digits
Philadelphia Mayor: Parker winning handily
NJ: Dems holding on

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/fairfaxvotes/status/1721898708487270739?s=46

Does not include 100,117 early votes

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Already some local Republican voters on Facebook alleging election fraud because a town clerk made voters enter through a building's side door, and a high school had a car with emergency lights flashing in front of it.

Gonna be a fun one!

[Gass3268]

Hearing that democratic turnout is cratering in Prince William and Virginia Beach. Bad sign for the House of Delegates.

Hearing from?

[wbrocks67]

Final NJ poll out today has Ds +16 in assembly and state senate

https://eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rutgers-Eagleton-Poll-NJ-Legislative-2023-Elections-11.7.23-FINAL-PUBLIC-PDF.pdf

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/chaznuttycombe/status/1721906557250908438?s=46
https://twitter.com/chaznuttycombe/status/1721905361266024722?s=46
https://twitter.com/chaznuttycombe/status/1721911150462341238?s=46

Seems solid for Dems in the suburbs and Williamsburg, not so great in the more minority dense areas or VaTech.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Hearing that democratic turnout is cratering in Prince William and Virginia Beach. Bad sign for the House of Delegates.

Hearing from?

The voices in his head.

[Oryxslayer]

I know everyone is focused on the headliner events today. But the majority of the contests today are far more local, city councils and mayors. I don't think there even is an exhaustive list cause of how many 1000 people communities are voting. Some of the more interesting one include:

- Aurora CO, where the incumbent mayor is former congressman Mike Coffman.

- Bridgeport CT, where the mayor just got charged with voter fraud and the primary candidate he committed this against is still on the ballot as an independent.

- Miami  FL, where the council lost a racial gerrymandering suit, but is still using the illegal map thanks to purcell.

- Fort Wayne IN, where Democrat mayor Tom Henry is running for a fifth term against a Republican city councilor in what has historically been unfriendly terrain for Democrats.

- Wichita KS, where the incumbent Democrat came in second during the blanket primary.  His opponent has more money and perhaps a bigger presence thanks to her time as a newscaster, even though she defected from the GOP to the libertarians.

- All city council seats in Boston, MA.

- All city council seats in NYC and Buffalo NY, as well as plenty of county offices in both areas.

- Philadelphia Mayor, city councillors both there and in Pittsburgh, and a bunch of offices in Allegheny.  Notable cause Dems hope the increased attention and local turnout will protect the court seat.

- Houston mayor and city council. The main fight is between Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee and State Senator John Whitmire.  Both are democrats but Whitmire gets the GOP vote. There will be a runoff since there are more than ten other candidates.

- The ever-factionalized Seattle city council is almost entirely up for reelection.

- Cincinnati,  Columbus,  Cleveland,  and Toledo all have local council elections (Columbus under a new system and expanded council) which Dems hope will drive urban referendum turnout.



There are additional statewide ballot innitiatives being voted on today besides the headliners in Ohio.

- Two ballot initiatives in Colorado. One concerns luxury taxes on smoking,  the other to lower property taxes but allows the state to raise further revenue from other sources.

- Two innitiatives in New York, both concerning debts for public infrastructure.

- Eight innitiatives in Maine. The majority of which are housekeeping and just need to go before the voters.  The seemingly most interesting are 1 and 3, which concern state power and electricity politics. 3 would seek to create a state-run power company,  interesting since Maine purchases a significant portion of its electricity from Canada.

- Fourteen ballot innitiatives in Texas. Some are just housekeeping. Some like 3, which would prohibit a wealth tax, are red meat for the GOP voters. The most interesting seemingly are 2 and 4, which concern fund allocation and how property taxes are used for education.

Finally, there are additional state legislative contests besides the ones in the Headliner states. These are:

- Maine HD-50, a safe D small-town coastal seat.

- Kentucky HD-93, what should be a safe D seat in and outside Lexington.

- Massachusetts Senate, Hampshire and Worcester. Potentially competitive district coving the rurals west west of Worcester, but including a bit of the city and a number of suburban towns.

- New Hampshire Hillsborough HD-03: A safe D seat in downtown Nashua.

- Rhode Island SD-01, uber-D majority minority seat in downtown Providence.

- South Carolina SD-42, a uber-D plurality African American district in North Charleston.

- Texas HD-02, A safe R district in East Texas.  But because of the jungle primary special election rules, and that there are 5 republican candidates,  there will probably be a runoff.

[Roll Roons]

Final NJ poll out today has Ds +16 in assembly and state senate

https://eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rutgers-Eagleton-Poll-NJ-Legislative-2023-Elections-11.7.23-FINAL-PUBLIC-PDF.pdf

Those crosstabs seem way too favorable for Democrats. Democrats win men, win seniors by double digits, win exurban voters and win the shore by double digits? Republicans only win white voters by 1-2?

Come on.

[TML]

Figured incase anyone missed it in the other thread - CNN apparently will have exit polls, which I assume means Edison (NBC/ABC/CBS etc) will too. Unsure of which races though, based on their press release

https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2023/11/06/cnn-to-broadcast-americas-choice-2023-election-night-special-coverage/

It appears that there will be exit polls for the two OH ballot measures. I haven’t found any indication of exit polling for the KY & MS gubernatorial races, though.

[2016]

CNN Results Pages
https://edition.cnn.com/election/2023

Dunno how many Exit Polls we get? Right now CNN has only listed the Ohio Ballot Initiatives getting Exit Polling if you click on their Exit Polls Tap.

[wbrocks67]

CNN Results Pages
https://edition.cnn.com/election/2023

Dunno how many Exit Polls we get? Right now CNN has only listed the Ohio Ballot Initiatives getting Exit Polling if you click on their Exit Polls Tap.

This would be so disappointing, the ballot measures seem like the least likely to get exit polls you'd think, while KY and MS would be so much more interesting. I really hope it's not just OH...