In Person Early Voting Begins 9/27 in Iowa, 10/4 in Arizona & Indiana
Tonight's sampling:
[MA-Sen] AWESOME PPP POLLS...Obama VA 51-46, Warren MA 48-46 (UPDATED) by cdub24 - Post of tweets from PPP, plus a few bonus republican tweets aimed at PPP.
[WI-01] WI-01 House Race: Paul Ryan still ahead but Rob Zerban gaining! by pipsorcle - It appears that while Paul Ryan is still leading by a comfortable margin in the Congressional Race for Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, Rob Zerban is gaining on him.
[NY-StSen-49] Making the NYS Senate Blue - Madelyn Thorne by jmcaldaro - Introduction to Madelyn Thorne (D), challenging 80-year old Hugh Farley (R) for the 49th district's State Senate seat. With the crazy redistricting, representation is changing for many people.
Today's EDR covers rescued down-ticket election diaries published between noon on September 16th till noon on September 17th.
This edition of Election Diary Rescue includes the following gems dug up by our miners, for a total of (15) diaries:
Senate: (8) posts, (2) states plus various
House: (1) post
State: (1) post
General: (5)
More diaries and information about this project beneath the
Orange Squiggle of Down-Ticket Power
EDR compiles, describes and links election related diaries for down-ticket races through the closing months of election seasons. Down-ticket means any non-Presidential race.
This group was formed by the producers of a front page diary series that rescued election related diaries in 2006, 2008 and 2010. 2012 marks the first election since Daily Kos was born that there is blog devoted to election coverage - Daily Kos Elections.
Election Diary Rescue is proud to be a part of this project.
EDR chronicles the passion, power and effectiveness of political engagement and shines a light on candidates and issues that might be missed during an action-packed election cycle. It gives quick access to races, hopefully inspires people to write about contests that interest them, and has become an archive for thousands of election related diaries over the years.
The Diary List for this project, founded by sidinny, links all the rescued diaries since 2006.
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Senate
[MA-Sen] AWESOME PPP POLLS...Obama VA 51-46, Warren MA 48-46 (UPDATED) by cdub24 - Post of tweets from PPP, plus a few bonus republican tweets aimed at PPP.
[MA-Sen] MA-Sen: Local Poll Has Elizabeth Warren (D) With A 6 Point Lead Over Scott Brown (R)! by poopdogcomedy - A new poll by the Western New England University Polling Institute has Warren leading in this race, with 50% to Brown's 44%.
[MA-Sen] MA-Sen: The Warren Rebound by poopdogcomedy - PPP has confirmed that Elizabeth Warren's (D) breathtaking speech at the DNC has resulted in a significant rebounding in the polls. Warren now leads Scott Brown (R) 48-46.
[MA-Sen] PPP poll to show Warren lead by firenze - Public Policy Polling tweets that Elizabeth Warren leads in their latest MA-Sen poll. Last month she was down by 5 pts.
[MA-Sen] Scott Brown is not a moderate - his first vote would be for Majority Leader McConnell by Vote4Obamain2012 - Diarist links to reports of incumbent Scott Brown's (R) voting record. Link to stand Democrat Elizabeth Warren included.
[WI-Sen] WI-Sen: Set Your Calendar for the Baldwin(D) Vs Thompson (R) Debates by poopdogcomedy - Wisconsin voters will get their chance to hear for themselves why Tommy Thompson (R) is so bad at answering questions. His first debate with Tammy Baldwin (D) is set for September 28. Plus full schedule of future debates in this race.
[WI-Sen] WI-Sen: Tammy Baldwin's (D) Internal Polling Gives Her a 5 Point Lead Over Tommy Thompson (R)! by poopdogcomedy - The Baldwin (D) campaign has released an internal poll showing that she has a five point lead over her opponent, former Governor Tommy Thompson (R) - 50% to 44%.
[Sen-Var] Intrading the Senate, Week 5 by Buckland - Another installment in the diarist's Senate race standings and predictions.
House
[WI-01] WI-01 House Race: Paul Ryan still ahead but Rob Zerban gaining! by pipsorcle - It appears that while Paul Ryan is still leading by a comfortable margin in the Congressional Race for Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, Rob Zerban is gaining on him.
State
[NY-StSen-49] Making the NYS Senate Blue - Madelyn Thorne by jmcaldaro - Introduction to Madelyn Thorne (D), challenging 80-year old Hugh Farley (R) for the 49th district's State Senate seat. With the crazy redistricting, representation is changing for many people.
General
Moving the needle from right to left by David Jarman - September 30th, the last FEC-required campaign quarterly financial disclosure day before the election, is fast approaching. These figures help determine where the third-party groups and inside the Beltway types throw their support. David Jarman has some statistics which may help decide where donations would be well-spent.
Knocking on doors in outstate Missouri by MoDem - Diarist teaches at a regional university in a small town in Missouri on the edge of the Kansas City media market, and has been knocking on doors since 1972 trying to elect independentDemocrats against the Daley machine.
MN Republicans Panic as County Clerks Compare Notes on Cost of 'Voter ID' Amendment by Phoenix Woman - Word is starting to get around in Minnesota, both from outside and inside the state, of the horrific costs and problems faced by local governments whose states enact the various ALEC-inspired “Voter ID” photo ID legislative disasters.
Vote Like a Republican by tadamsmar - Diarist offers a strategy for early voting. Dems seem to like in-person, Republicans usually predominate in the by-mail absentee vote. With link to check status of your state for no excuse absentee by mail.
Worst pollster in the world by notblind - Diarist exposes a supposed "Democratic" pollster as a Republican. Which helps explain why Baydoun/Foster always manages to be an outlier that gets tossed, thereby messing with the average.
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