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On Tuesday, the Riverfront Times reported that Republican Missouri Senate candidate Eric Schmitt defied the refusal of a local restauranteur in Kirkwood to allow him to use his business in a political ad — and even went out of his way to pose a staffer in a shirt with the restaurant's logo to look like an employee.
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/eric-schmitt-filmed-ad-at-kirkwood-restaurant-without-permission-38175822

^I'm still pissed about the reversed skyline photo. 

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is reportedly penning a book about masculinity. ‘Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America 
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3578211-hawley-book-manhood-set-for-release-next-year/

Is it about him masculinely running away from the riot he encouraged?
(I know this isn't news, I just wanted to get in on mocking him)

To ask an actual question, is this branding really working for him? Do his supporters even look at him as the defender of manhood or masculinity or whatever rather than just a guy who votes the way they want?

Probably completely unrelated 

WASHINGTON — Gun-makers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity,

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/11142116 ... of-manhood

KMOV had a poll at 6pm news

https://www.kmov.com/2022/07/28/exclusi ... tor-blunt/

Nothing like the former president endorsing ERIC in an apparent act of trolling. Naturally, both Erics are jumping at it and some others are poking fun at the situation. Meanwhile, all I see from the two Erics is ass-kidding deluxe on another level.

There was no one voting at my voting place today when I went to vote. Poll workers said that some voters have come in confused because our normal voting place is closed due to construction and the mailer St. Louis County sent around in our area didn't specify where to go and vote. I had to use the County website to find where to go vote but they did say you could vote at any precinct now, which I thought was cool. Most older people don't know those things though. And if you're driving around looking for a voting precinct, it might be hard since the yard sign game is minimal this time. 

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Aug 02, 2022

There was no one voting at my voting place today when I went to vote. Poll workers said that some voters have come in confused because our normal voting place is closed due to construction and the mailer St. Louis County sent around in our area didn't specify where to go and vote. I had to use the County website to find where to go vote but they did say you could vote at any precinct now, which I thought was cool. Most older people don't know those things though. And if you're driving around looking for a voting precinct, it might be hard since the yard sign game is minimal this time. 

Would be terrible to not get the vote of those that don't know how to use a website.

My polling place seemed fairly busy when I voted this morning, and lots of cars on the lot when I drove by in the early evening. This is even though the building had been closed all week due to flooding.

Eric Schmitt wins GOP primary for US Senate; Valentine topping Kunce

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Jul 13, 2022

Stephens will lose by 20 points

Steve Butz	Democratic	2,623	60.243%
Bill Stephens	Democratic	1,731	39.757%

Damn, 20.5%. Sad to see Stephens lose but impressed with db's accurate prediction. 

Somewhere in my tweets I had Page 68-32. It was 64-36 I think

I had Bush over Roberts 65-35 , final was 69-30

I would say the biggest comparable to Johnson County in St. Louis is probably West County and portions of Mid-County. 

Are West County/Mid-County voting trends changing at all? 

^It's difficult to isolate voting results for west/mid county but overall STL County went from giving Obama a 14 point margin in 2012 (56-42) to giving Biden a 24 point one in 2020 (61-37). 

If I had to guess I'd say Johnson County is trending blue quicker than most suburban areas but the vast majority are trending the same direction to some degree. 

Another facet of the stunning Kansas outcome is that rural counties that went 85-12 for Trump were only voting 60-40 for the anti-choice measure. 

Baltimore Jack wrote: ↑

Aug 03, 2022

Another facet of the stunning Kansas outcome is that rural counties that went 85-12 for Trump were only voting 60-40 for the anti-choice measure. 

I wonder what the cause is? Are Trump voters not strictly ideological along party lines, or did turnout increase for a chance at direct action?

^ A little of both IMO. The rural shift to GOP candidates in recent years was always more about personality and party ID than any ideological attachment. 

Big share of Trump voters are Obama voters from 2008-2012, they were always right leaning on economics and immigration but couldn’t stand the GOP on social issues, than Trump came along with this big business man persona who will make Mexico pay for the wall and he banged pornstars and didn’t care about social issues. Biden won because he got some of the back as over 4 years trump started pickup right wing social issue talking points.

The average voter of this kinda m is about 56 year old white male with high school education

Besides the Kansas vote Mark McCloskey struggling to get 3% in the primary was a key highlight from Tuesday. 

See ya loser!

Baltimore Jack wrote: ↑

Aug 04, 2022

Besides the Kansas vote Mark McCloskey struggling to get 3% in the primary was a key highlight from Tuesday. 

See ya loser!

He definitely seems like the type of person who will just slink away quietly.

Old lawyers never die; they just slink away quietly.

Let’s hope he slinks sway. I am wondering how his ambulance chasing business is doing after all this.


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