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[–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a relief, I was expecting to go down swinging on that one, the Yes On Issue 1 people were spending stupid amounts of money and having all sorts of rallies about it, proud in the sun. I saw big banners in my town about it, you could feel the money.

Meanwhile, I'll never forget going, "psst, hey, did you hear about the special election?" to the one and only woman at my work who I was 90% certain wasn't a Trumper, getting her number, so I could email her some stuff about it, and it felt like a fucking drug deal. At one point, one of the other employees walked by, and I just stopped talking to her about it until they were out of earshot. That's how the fuck we do around here, if we vote Blue. I'm still not sure about her, either. I might have exposed myself like a fool, though it shouldn't matter much.

So yeah, I was not expecting the result, honestly. I guess the cities came through. When the whole state has to vote on it, you can't run your little gerrymander games like you want to.

Next is November, I hope they got their signatures.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

I live and work in a very Red part of Washington State. It is hard to express an opinion that is not popular. Good on you for sticking it out. I really respect you for that.

Me? Fuck them, I am that angry liberal/progressive that they try to trigger and I spend endless hours telling them how they should look at the subject because they are always getting screwed by their politics.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

a whole voting cycle for one fucking issue... AND THEY LOST

FUCK YEAH!

This is a good sign

[–] RedditRefugeeTom@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm very surprised. I guess when living in a heavily conservative area, it can persuade you to think the entire state would go their way. Apparently not and damn I'm happy to see this.

[–] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too! A few weeks ago, I was confident this would be shut down. But then today I was hearing the vast majority of my co-workers saying they were voting yes. Its very easy to put yourself in a bubble and believe you know which way the herd is heading. I'm happy sanity pulled through on this one.

[–] RedditRefugeeTom@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's projected the No's will prevail. But I think I'm still going to have some caution until I wake up tomorrow morning. I'm happy the guys with the pointless signs that said "Vote YES, Protect the 2nd Ammendment" are looking to fail miserably in their endeavor.

[–] Bob@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

So, uh, I like the second amendment, but issue 1 is completely unrelated....

Of course the logic used for vote no campaigns was equally stupid, so I guess this one had dumb messaging all around.

The real intent and purpose of issue 1 was obvious from the very beginning, and I can only assume most people understood what it was really about.

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I live in the opposite kind of area in the state, but from what I’ve seen/heard/read, it didn’t seem like as many people we’re energized about voting yes. But also in general for people that might have been more on the fence, people tend to shy against change and for the status quo… which may have contributed to some of the no vote as well.

[–] drewsipher@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I live in Cuyahoga falls which is considered mostly moderate Republicans. They’ll vote Trump but they aren’t the types you’d see on Jan 6th. They know he is bad but felt lesser of two evils about Hillary and they would mask up when in grocery stores type. Just old white people basically. I saw TONS of no signs and like 2 yes signs so few that me and my girl joked about taking them

[–] wildchandelure@midwest.social 21 points 1 year ago

Very happy to see my eastern border state told the GOP they cannot have that power. This is awesome.

Proud of you, Ohio.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Very refreshing to see, well done Ohio. What an absolute joke Republicans tried to pull this off.

[–] root_beer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I saw that Clark County leaned No by a single vote. Wild. Some counties, like Medina and Lake, surprised me, and driving through Wood and Ottawa Counties last week, I had assumed they’d have loudly voted Yes, but I am pleasantly surprised with them too.

[–] the_itsb@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I was hopeful, since I've only seen one single yard sign supporting it and there was a steady trickle of early voters when I went mid-morning on a weekday a couple weeks ago, but this is still a big relief!

[–] Mrderisant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not over yet. I'm scared the gop might make a comeback.

[–] DaSaw@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not, I see the GOP going the way of the Federalists in the near future. My fear is that they won't go down without a long, destructive, and bloody fight.

Indeed, my hope is that the Republican Party collapses. When that happened to the Whigs, the focus issue for the party that replaced them was the abolition of slavery. Here's hoping the moral wing of the next right-wing party comes out swinging similarly strong for labor rights: not just speaking in favor and milking votes the way the Democrats do, but actually dealing with the problem and moving on.

[–] kbyanyname@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's a great result! Now we just have to keep this energy level up through November as well. Definitely a huge boost, though, and important to celebrate a win!