Election 2026 V.2

mypeez :

Trumps newest voting eligibility rule. You are ineligible to vote unless you vote for Trump.

The current White House administration says it has no plans to post ICE agents near polling places. Such an act is against federal law, but when has this administration followed any laws?
apnews.com/article/m idterm-elections-imm igration-officers-ic e-voting-e43c17But the possibility of ICE showing up on Election Day is concerning to the Latino voting population:My opinion and mine alone.

DennisinPeoria : No need.

Who'd you vote for again? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, WTF is wrong with you?A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
www.yahoo.com/news/u s/articles/gut-punch -ohio-nearly-1-04030 1412.html?gucco

Sipping tea from beer mugs with his coworkers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing.

 

Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

 

The layoffs - occurring just three days before Donald Trump's rally on Saturday at a nearby high school - were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

 

Asked how many times he voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he's done with the president.

 

"Something has to change politically in this country," said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist.
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"Something has to change politically in this country."
YES,.... we need less stupidity when it comes to voting on election day!

mypeez :
From the article:
On the Monday before the layoffs, Morgan Hughes and JoJo Burkhard were knocking on doors in Kettering, a Dayton suburb. They were trying to convince union members and retirees to vote for Democrats.
The Navistar job had helped Hughes, 35, buy a house at age 21 and work alongside her father. Burkhard said inflation had made it easier to swing voters to their side."It isn't a hard pitch at all," she said. "And even if they don't want to stay Democratic long term, they'll at least give the candidates a chance this election, which could be a turning point for us."Sounds like some former GOP and/or MAGAs have finally seen the light?
Especially when this administration refuses to give the public (obviously not the media) documentation or evidence of all these "trillions of dollars" in investments coming?
Other than what's happening near the Air Force Base?

mypeez :
This is why all states, all polling places need to use paper ballots with markers. They are scanned into computers not hooked to the Internet.Then data is uploaded from there using a different process.I lived in Tazewell County all my life. They've always used paper ballots. Peoria County switched from electronic machines to paper ballots a few years ago.One time. Peoria County Election Commission gave a tour to media to explain the process of how votes are protected from being hacked. And how ballots are recounted if there's a recount needed for a close vote. Another issue is the need for election judges for election day. County administrations have no problem recruiting Democrats. It's Republicans they have a problem filling spots. There must be an equal number from both parties at each polling place. One Republican judge I talked to some time ago said he was suspicious after 2020 was based on accusations of rigging. So he volunteered to be a judge. And his eyes were opened as to how fair, secure, and accurate the elections are held.

Mid-term Elections is 31 days from now. I encourage all to get out and vote. Vote early. Vote in person Nov. 3; Vote by mail if you have to. Encourage others to vote. Every vote matters.
Don't go by the polls that indicate one candidate is polling better than another. Look what happened in 2016 when Clinton was polling better than Trump. Look what happened in 2024, when millions didn't bother to vote at all.

Meanwhile, in Kansas, things aren't looking good for Republicans. Or farmers who supported and voted GOP:
robertreich.substack .com/p/sunday-though t-whats-the-matter-w ith
(From Robert Reich, so bias is there obviously. But he's telling the truth)
Article excerpt: "In Kansas, for example, Trump's tariffs have caused China, Canada, and Mexico to retaliate by sharply cutting demand for wheat, sorghum, and soybeans. As a result, Kansas grain silos are so swollen that grain brokers have been forced to reroute human-grade grain into dog food.At the same time, tariffs on foreign-produced aluminum and steel have driven up the prices of farm machinery and replacement parts. Trump's decision to lift certain foreign beef import restrictions has hurt the beef sales of local cattle ranchers.Trump's war in Iran has choked off shipping of sulfur and phosphate in the Persian Gulf, causing nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer prices to surge by over 100 percent. The blockage has also caused diesel prices to soar, making farmers pay $200 per acre just to fuel their tractors.These higher costs and lower crop sales have resulted in the closure of roughly 700 Kansas farms over the past year. Many remaining farmers are barely holding on.The last time Kansas elected a Democrat to the Senate was 1932. Yet on Friday, Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton received his second endorsement from a Republican former Kansas governor in less than a month, in his race against Republican incumbent Senator Roger Marshall.The top Senate Republican super PAC is so concerned that Marshall could lose the race that it's diverting funds to Kansas from North Carolina, where it's canceled its remaining ads against Democrat Roy Cooper - basically conceding North Carolina (by the way, a Democrat hasn't won statewide federal office in North Carolina in nearly two decades).To say it's not looking good for Republicans is an understatement."My opinion and mine alone and not my employer's

Nice.Republicans pull funding of Trump-backed Senate candidate in critical North Carolina race
www.theguardian.com/ us-news/2026/oct/02/ republican-pac-fundi ng-north-caroli
A major Republican political action committee pulled the plug on financial support for its Senate candidate in North Carolina, Michael Whatley, according to multiple reports, as the party begins to triage resources amid increasingly dire midterm polling.

 

The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the campaign arm of the Senate majority leader, John Thune, has withdrawn its ad spending in North Carolina to redirect support to other candidates, Semafor reported on Friday. The New York Times, CNN and other publications have confirmed the report with sources close to the fund.

 

The retirement of Thom Tillis from the US Senate opened the door for Democrats to flip the seat. Former governor Roy Cooper, a venerable presence in the state's politics, easily won the Democratic nomination. Whatley, a former chair of the Republican National Committee, was handpicked by Donald Trump and viewed as a more mainstream candidate than other Republican contenders in the closely contested state.

 

The SLF had pledged $71m to hold North Carolina's US Senate seat, and started targeting Cooper before he even won the nomination. The fund ran ads last year trying to link Cooper with the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, in an unprovoked attack onboard a light-rail train in Charlotte. Cooper was not in office at the time of the attack.

 

The Pac's advertising in North Carolina has consistently focused on crime and public safety, featuring a series of interviews with crime victims. Ronald Hayes, whose son Shemar was murdered in 2024, appeared in one such ad. Hayes later said he had been "swindled" by the SLF, believing he was going to appear in an advertisement against gun violence and not a political campaign ad.

 

The SLF had planned to spend $30m more supporting Whatley. But polling data presents an increasingly difficult political map for Republicans trying to hold control of the Senate. Republicans have a 53-47 majority today. With the vice-president, JD Vance, as a tiebreaker, Republicans can afford to lose no more than three seats to keep control.

 

The Cook Political Report rates the North Carolina Senate race as "leans Democratic". Seven other races are toss-ups; five are currently held by Republicans, including seats in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Ohio and Texas. Roger Marshall, the senator from Kansas, is facing a stiff challenge from Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor. Cook rates the race as "leans Republican".

 

The SLF reportedly will redirect its North Carolina spending to support Marshall.

 

Cooper has persistently maintained a polling lead over Whatley despite the deluge of political ads. An AARP poll released on Monday gave Cooper an 11-point lead, consistent with other recent polls. Cooper has never had less than a four-point lead on Whatley in any poll this year.

 

In-person early voting starts on 15 October in North Carolina.

Meanwhile in Illinois.New Chicago News Weekly Poll Finds Pritzker Up 20 Points, Democratic Candidates Leading Statewide Races
citizennewspapergrou p.com/news/2026/oct/ 05/new-chicago-news- weekly-poll-fin
CHICAGO, Oct. 5, 2026 - Chicago News Weekly released the results of a new statewide election poll conducted by Public Policy Polling showing Gov. JB Pritzker with a 20-point advantage over Republican Darren Bailey and Democratic candidates leading each of the five statewide contests surveyed.
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