Omaha swings from R+30 to D+13 mayoral election

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

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Oh yeah, this means nothing, and neither do those constituent protests at deep red town halls.

Why is the GOP telling Republicans not to hold town halls anymore, again?

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

Squeeze those fingers deeper in your ears and scream louder. Republicans keep losing supporters in every kind election and poll, local to national.

I'm not a Republican. Do you really not see how crazy it is to declare that anyone who thinks critically or analyzes a cautionary angle must be a Trump shill? Partisanship has driven so many in this nation to madness.

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

There many excellent analyses of why Democrats lost the last election. Google them.

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

There many excellent analyses of why Democrats lost the last election. Google them.

Oh, there's a lot of bloviating by the right wing, sure, but what else is new?

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Omaha swings from R+30 (2021) to D+13 (2025) in mayoral election, rejecting incumbent.

In Omaha Dems have 40-33 edge in party affiliation (54%-45% if you ignore independents), but this time independents in Omaha split 60-40 in favor of the Democrat John Ewing Jr.

Middle class people in middle America with moderate political views are sick of modern MAGA and MAGA-enabling Republicanism.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Omaha_mayoral_election

Funny interview from last year here:
https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/50615174/stothert-running-again-ready-to-vote-for-trump

Omaha is kind of conservative, but they are sane and educated. I happy about this but not totally shocked.

Omaha is interesting because there's a big flock of people from high COL states moving to the big cities and outskirts of big cities in lower COL states. I have several friends who have moved to Omaha recently from DC and NYC. There was even a thread on the Off Topic board asking why so many people were moving on Omaha.

I just visited my good friend's who moved to Omaha, and honestly? It's not a bad area at all. I was shocked. It's a big city and gives off big city vibes. Plus, the house they bought would easily be over $1mil in our area and they closed $30k under asking at $385k. They moved from a condo in Reston that was $440k and that is all they could afford in this area.

Do your part to keep Omaha nice by f--king off back to wherever the hell you live.

Nah, dawg. I'm gonna take my wads of liberal cash and buy up all kinds of property in your crappy, BFE towns and then only rent the properties out to liberals fleeing high COL areas. The blue spread is coming for ya! And buy up a bunch of failing farms for pennies and sell to some data center. The Midwest is the new hot location for data centers.

I'm part of a few liberal groups and we've learned a thing or two from studying red states. The population of most red states like Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, etc. is so sparse that if we densely pack the big cities with lots of libs, we can flip the states. Take Virginia, for example, the state is red until the NOVA counties roll in during elections. Where does most of the population of VA live? NOVA.

What's that saying you guys like to use? "YoU'rE pLaYiNg ChEcKeRs AnD wE'rE pLaYiNg ChEsS."

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

There many excellent analyses of why Democrats lost the last election. Google them.

Yes, I found all the reasons- Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, & Joe Biden. Dems got rid of their elderly unfit POTUS at least four years ahead of the GOP getting rid of Trump. This spells a big time advantage for Dems in 2026 & 2028!

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

There many excellent analyses of why Democrats lost the last election. Google them.

Oh I am aware of how they lost by a very narrow margin. Drowned out by Elon Musk and Donald Trump‘s right wing propaganda. How much did Elon spend on the 2024 election again??

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

There many excellent analyses of why Democrats lost the last election. Google them.

Yes, I found all the reasons- Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, & Joe Biden. Dems got rid of their elderly unfit POTUS at least four years ahead of the GOP getting rid of Trump. This spells a big time advantage for Dems in 2026 & 2028!

Ever ask yourself why there are so many people in this country that support or don’t care that there is access to automatic weapons with the intent to kill as many people as possible in a very short period of time? Children have been slaughtered in their classrooms. And yet people go on about their day, months year, etc like it’s no big deal, and the cycle continues. That is just one example.

Perhaps it’s the people in this country that’s the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:It's more than a bit disconcerting that people here don't understand that there's a difference between local politics and presidential elections. That local politicians can win on local issues does not mean voters across multiple swing states will get behind Democrats' unpopular national agenda.

What is unpopular about their agenda? Affordable healthcare? Common sense gun laws? Addressing climate change? Protecting women’s reproductive rights?

There many excellent analyses of why Democrats lost the last election. Google them.

Oh I am aware of how they lost by a very narrow margin. Drowned out by Elon Musk and Donald Trump‘s right wing propaganda. How much did Elon spend on the 2024 election again??

Exactly. Trump was going up against the last minute replacement candidate who replaced a very unpopular incumbent who backed out of the race just 3 months ahead of Election Day and Trump still couldn't secure at least 50% of the popular vote. Oh, and that last minute replacement candidate was also the VP of the sitting POTUS with a 40% approval rating!! If the GOP had a legitimate nominee, they would have won over 500 electoral votes and 70% of the popular vote in 2024.