Consolidated VA Elections Thread

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is not interested in giving public schools more money.

Voucher money can go directly to kids already in private schools - just like it did in Indiana.

We don't hate public schools here. We're mad right now. But we don't hate public schools and we don't want to destroy them. We don't want vouchers.

That’s unfortunate since Glenn Youngkin specifically campaigned on school vouchers.

DP and I sure as hell want vouchers. I don’t think they destroy schools and I do think school choice is at least a step in the right direction. I’m a former IB public school teacher and I’d never want my kids going where I used to teach.

Of course they destroy schools. That's the point.

Well they do destroy the school that parents are desperate to get out of, but, good.

If you’ve never sent your kids to or worked in that kind of school, you don’t get it. You are living in your GS10 bubble. But I’ve seen some shit and I would do anything to give those kids a lifeboat out of there.

You think those kids will secure a spot at a private? Most won’t and the schools will continue to decline.

I think anything—ANYTHING—is better than where they are now. A charter that fails halfway through the school year. A 90 minute commute across town to a rich kid school. A parochial school. Anything.

You “liberals” are offering nothing but more money for the same failing staff. No thank you. I want to save the kid, not the school.

+100

So you’re good as long as you can secure a spot in private for your kid? Or maybe you already have one.

What about all of those other kids left at that school? You really DGAF about them?

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Anonymous wrote:Make no mistake about it: This election is all about defeating CRR. Next up is the trans agenda.

Parents have had enough

I agree parents have had enough, but it’s not all about CRR and trans issues. Democrats closed schools for an entire year. People living in Virginia looked around at republican run states and saw their kids in school. With COVID not over and threats of new variants constantly talked about, no way do parents want another Democrat in charge.

Our area schools brought kids back in to the buildings around the same time as many other schools.

5-11 can get vaccinated within days.

Totally irrational decision making.

It was irrational for the Ds to have their head in the sand on how big of an issue this really was.

What? School closures? They happened all over the world. There was a global pandemic.

No, we lagged way behind the rest of the world in getting our kids back to learning.

Nope. When our kids went back in Feb/Mar there were many other schools (~40%) still transitioning back to school at the same time.

Am I misunderstanding what you’re saying or is 60% more than 40%?

It was constantly changing over a period of time. I’d have to look up exact numbers again but roughly:

Jan 2020 - >50% of US kids had only virtual option
Feb 2020 - ~40% only had virtual option (this is when some public schools in our area started sending back younger grades)
Mar 2020 - ~30% only has virtual option (all kids were back)

I assume you mean 2021 but that’s fine. But I think VA voters are saying they wanted to be the ones with an in person option - not what we had.

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Anonymous wrote:Are mail in ballots an outstanding factor here?

I certainly hope so. I’m pretty despondent at the moment, but I’m still hoping they can find a couple hundred thousand more McAuliffe votes that they hadn’t noticed before.

Don’t worry, they will. That’s the Dim playbook and Stacey Abrams has been busy ensuring the pallet of back up ballets is ready to go.

Perfect example of how Youngkin voters believe Trump lies.

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FTR, there are several hundred thousand votes left. If McAuliffe gets 75% of them, he might win. Will he? Probably not, but it's mathematically possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep an eye on my earlier Princess question though as the race continues to narrow.

What was your question? Genuinely asking..this thread has a lot of pages.

PP is wondering whether Princess Blanding’s votes would have won it for McAuliffe ala Ralph Nader.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do Republicans think they’re more than one person? It’s always them saying stupid things like “+100.”

It’s Senate electorate math, PP is from Wyoming

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is not interested in giving public schools more money.

Voucher money can go directly to kids already in private schools - just like it did in Indiana.

We don't hate public schools here. We're mad right now. But we don't hate public schools and we don't want to destroy them. We don't want vouchers.

That’s unfortunate since Glenn Youngkin specifically campaigned on school vouchers.

DP and I sure as hell want vouchers. I don’t think they destroy schools and I do think school choice is at least a step in the right direction. I’m a former IB public school teacher and I’d never want my kids going where I used to teach.

Of course they destroy schools. That's the point.

Well they do destroy the school that parents are desperate to get out of, but, good.

If you’ve never sent your kids to or worked in that kind of school, you don’t get it. You are living in your GS10 bubble. But I’ve seen some shit and I would do anything to give those kids a lifeboat out of there.

You think those kids will secure a spot at a private? Most won’t and the schools will continue to decline.

I think anything—ANYTHING—is better than where they are now. A charter that fails halfway through the school year. A 90 minute commute across town to a rich kid school. A parochial school. Anything.

You “liberals” are offering nothing but more money for the same failing staff. No thank you. I want to save the kid, not the school.

+100

So you’re good as long as you can secure a spot in private for your kid? Or maybe you already have one.

What about all of those other kids left at that school? You really DGAF about them?

Man don’t you get it. Right now they’re all left at that school. I’d rather save 10 kids than 0 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is not interested in giving public schools more money.

Voucher money can go directly to kids already in private schools - just like it did in Indiana.

We don't hate public schools here. We're mad right now. But we don't hate public schools and we don't want to destroy them. We don't want vouchers.

That’s unfortunate since Glenn Youngkin specifically campaigned on school vouchers.

DP and I sure as hell want vouchers. I don’t think they destroy schools and I do think school choice is at least a step in the right direction. I’m a former IB public school teacher and I’d never want my kids going where I used to teach.

Of course they destroy schools. That's the point.

Well they do destroy the school that parents are desperate to get out of, but, good.

If you’ve never sent your kids to or worked in that kind of school, you don’t get it. You are living in your GS10 bubble. But I’ve seen some shit and I would do anything to give those kids a lifeboat out of there.

I’ve seen it and I don’t think vouchers are the answers. They leave the worst of the worst in public school rather than improving for all.

You’re not improving for all now. You’re just sitting in your GS10 bubble failing all the kids except your richie rich kids and your neighbors. It’s gross. You’re gross.

You realize not everyone who wants to go to the charter gets to, right? That it’s a lottery? So you just don’t care about the kids who don’t get in? The state I grew up in now has them and it has absolutely made the already bad public schools worse. And it’s the more resourceful parents that get their kids in. The ones who will be fine either way because their parents care. You aren’t helping the kids whose parents don’t care and they are the ones who need it.

I don’t claim to have all the answers. My mom was a teacher at a Title 1 school who saw a lot of shit too. A lot. But charter schools aren’t helping the school where she taught nor the other bad ones in that public district.

No the PP - doesn’t realize that only kids whose parents have their acts together enough can apply / use these vouchers. I’m also not a Fed either.

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Anonymous wrote:UGH. i get that many dems are underwhelmed by Biden. I'm one of them. But, jesus, REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE A YEAR AGO??? How can you not get out and vote, or worse, choose Youngkin? He's terrible for VA, for democracy and for the country. Thanks, Virginia - whether intentionally or through negelct, you've collectively given a monster a national platform. Sigh.

People calling Youngkin a monster and engaging in hysteria over a republican winning are part of the problem. No one is going to take Democrats seriously if they're constantly screaming about how every single Republican voter or candidate is a traitor or racist or anti-woman.

Now that he's won, can he be straight with people? Can he either accept or reject Trump? Can he put forward his plan for education, taxes, abortion? Or is he going to continue to hide everything?

Lets give him 15 minutes and see.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do Republicans think they’re more than one person? It’s always them saying stupid things like “+100.”

Because they’re the party of fraud. That’s how they stole the election tonight.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is not interested in giving public schools more money.

Voucher money can go directly to kids already in private schools - just like it did in Indiana.

We don't hate public schools here. We're mad right now. But we don't hate public schools and we don't want to destroy them. We don't want vouchers.

That’s unfortunate since Glenn Youngkin specifically campaigned on school vouchers.

DP and I sure as hell want vouchers. I don’t think they destroy schools and I do think school choice is at least a step in the right direction. I’m a former IB public school teacher and I’d never want my kids going where I used to teach.

Of course they destroy schools. That's the point.

Well they do destroy the school that parents are desperate to get out of, but, good.

If you’ve never sent your kids to or worked in that kind of school, you don’t get it. You are living in your GS10 bubble. But I’ve seen some shit and I would do anything to give those kids a lifeboat out of there.

You think those kids will secure a spot at a private? Most won’t and the schools will continue to decline.

I think anything—ANYTHING—is better than where they are now. A charter that fails halfway through the school year. A 90 minute commute across town to a rich kid school. A parochial school. Anything.

You “liberals” are offering nothing but more money for the same failing staff. No thank you. I want to save the kid, not the school.

+100

So you’re good as long as you can secure a spot in private for your kid? Or maybe you already have one.

What about all of those other kids left at that school? You really DGAF about them?

DGAF about people other than yourself is one of the first planks of the Republican platform. They can’t imagine anything else.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is not interested in giving public schools more money.

Voucher money can go directly to kids already in private schools - just like it did in Indiana.

We don't hate public schools here. We're mad right now. But we don't hate public schools and we don't want to destroy them. We don't want vouchers.

That’s unfortunate since Glenn Youngkin specifically campaigned on school vouchers.

DP and I sure as hell want vouchers. I don’t think they destroy schools and I do think school choice is at least a step in the right direction. I’m a former IB public school teacher and I’d never want my kids going where I used to teach.

Of course they destroy schools. That's the point.

Well they do destroy the school that parents are desperate to get out of, but, good.

If you’ve never sent your kids to or worked in that kind of school, you don’t get it. You are living in your GS10 bubble. But I’ve seen some shit and I would do anything to give those kids a lifeboat out of there.

You think those kids will secure a spot at a private? Most won’t and the schools will continue to decline.

I think anything—ANYTHING—is better than where they are now. A charter that fails halfway through the school year. A 90 minute commute across town to a rich kid school. A parochial school. Anything.

You “liberals” are offering nothing but more money for the same failing staff. No thank you. I want to save the kid, not the school.

+100

So you’re good as long as you can secure a spot in private for your kid? Or maybe you already have one.

What about all of those other kids left at that school? You really DGAF about them?

School choice is much more than private schools, you know that right?

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Anonymous wrote:Starting tomorrow I’m going to start hauling my garbage cans across the American Legion Bridge and dumping them out along Georgetown Pike or Chain Bridge Road every week. Odds are some of it will wind up in the yards of the scum that voted for this racist, sexist, evil monster.

If Virginia wants to be trash, then I’m going to help you look the part.

Enjoy my litter.

Oh, please, Rachel. You are not going to leave your mah jongh to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do Republicans think they’re more than one person? It’s always them saying stupid things like “+100.”

Because they’re the party of fraud. That’s how they stole the election tonight.

Now this..this is funny.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is not interested in giving public schools more money.

Voucher money can go directly to kids already in private schools - just like it did in Indiana.

We don't hate public schools here. We're mad right now. But we don't hate public schools and we don't want to destroy them. We don't want vouchers.

That’s unfortunate since Glenn Youngkin specifically campaigned on school vouchers.

DP and I sure as hell want vouchers. I don’t think they destroy schools and I do think school choice is at least a step in the right direction. I’m a former IB public school teacher and I’d never want my kids going where I used to teach.

Of course they destroy schools. That's the point.

Well they do destroy the school that parents are desperate to get out of, but, good.

If you’ve never sent your kids to or worked in that kind of school, you don’t get it. You are living in your GS10 bubble. But I’ve seen some shit and I would do anything to give those kids a lifeboat out of there.

You think those kids will secure a spot at a private? Most won’t and the schools will continue to decline.

I think anything—ANYTHING—is better than where they are now. A charter that fails halfway through the school year. A 90 minute commute across town to a rich kid school. A parochial school. Anything.

You “liberals” are offering nothing but more money for the same failing staff. No thank you. I want to save the kid, not the school.

+100

So you’re good as long as you can secure a spot in private for your kid? Or maybe you already have one.

What about all of those other kids left at that school? You really DGAF about them?

Man don’t you get it. Right now they’re all left at that school. I’d rather save 10 kids than 0 kids.

I don’t think YOU get it. You would be saving 10 kids while making things worse for 100.

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Anonymous wrote:Make no mistake about it: This election is all about defeating CRR. Next up is the trans agenda.

Parents have had enough

I agree parents have had enough, but it’s not all about CRR and trans issues. Democrats closed schools for an entire year. People living in Virginia looked around at republican run states and saw their kids in school. With COVID not over and threats of new variants constantly talked about, no way do parents want another Democrat in charge.

Our area schools brought kids back in to the buildings around the same time as many other schools.

5-11 can get vaccinated within days.

Totally irrational decision making.

It was irrational for the Ds to have their head in the sand on how big of an issue this really was.

What? School closures? They happened all over the world. There was a global pandemic.

No, we lagged way behind the rest of the world in getting our kids back to learning.

Nope. When our kids went back in Feb/Mar there were many other schools (~40%) still transitioning back to school at the same time.

Am I misunderstanding what you’re saying or is 60% more than 40%?

It was constantly changing over a period of time. I’d have to look up exact numbers again but roughly:

Jan 2020 - >50% of US kids had only virtual option
Feb 2020 - ~40% only had virtual option (this is when some public schools in our area started sending back younger grades)
Mar 2020 - ~30% only has virtual option (all kids were back)

I assume you mean 2021 but that’s fine. But I think VA voters are saying they wanted to be the ones with an in person option - not what we had.

Yes, 2021. Way past my bedtime.

Schools in this area had a reasonable response to the pandemic. Perhaps if we had prioritized schools over bars kids could have gotten back in earlier.