Missouri

[stb12]

10 electoral college votes

[sanders]

Missouri's 2nd is worth watching here. It's trended left in recent years. Democrats winning would be an upset. Still, it's somewhat competitive nowadays.

The Republicans narrowly carried it in the 2022 Senate race. It's a stretch, but Democrats got close to carrying this a couple of years ago. 

[riccimarsh]

I meant to post this last night but instead I posted some gibberish, my apologies… a lesson not to try posting after too many French martinis.

Anyway, I lived in St. Louis in Missouri for six years, and still have many friends there. One of them just posted his voting choices on social media, and he has given me permission to post this here (he’s a Democrat (as are most people in St. Louis (though he lives in the county, not the city)), hence his votes, and it’s not necessarily the most user friendly or informative list). I share it really to highlight something that I find utterly crazy; there are 44 separate elections on the ballot!! His post is below:

“Sample Ballot - St. Louis County - Democrat Ticket

I've finished my research and am posting my choices here in the hope that it might help a few people who don't know or have the time to look all this stuff up for themselves.

For the judges: trying to find their voting record is really hard so I've mostly gone with which Governor appointed them as it's the only clear indication of their political affiliation.

* Harris Walz
* Lucas Kunce
* Wesley Bell
* Crystal Quade
* Richard Brown
* Barbara Phifer
* Mark Osmack
* Elad Jonathan Gross
* Angela Walton Mosley
* Tonya Rush
* Shalonda Webb
* State Amendment 2 - NO (Legalize sports betting)
* State Amendment 3 - YES (Add the right to abortion to the Missouri constitution)
* State Amendment 5 - NO (Extra gambling boat)
* State Amendment 6 - NO (Reintroduce court fees to supplement funding the Sheriff's Retirement Fund)
* State Amendment 7 - NO (Ban Ranked Choice Voting)
* State Proposition A - YES (Minimum wage increase)
* St Louis County - Proposition A - NO
* St Louis County - Proposition C - NO
* St Louis County - Proposition O - NO
* Kelly Broniec - NO - (R 2023 Mike Parson)
* Ginger Gooch - NO - (R 2023 Mike Parson)
* Robert Clayton - YES - (D 2011 Jay Nixon)
* Gary Gaertner, Jr. - YES - (D 2009 Jay Nixon)
* Renee Hardin-Tammons - NO - (R 2017 Mike Parson)
* Cristian M Stevens - NO - (R 2021 Mike Parson)
* Michael S Wright - NO - (R 2023 Mike Parson)
* Brian May - YES - (D 2016 Jay Nixon)
* Heather R Cunningham - NO - (R 2022 Mike Parson)
* Jeffrey P Medler - NO - (R 2022 Mike Parson)
* Nicole S Zellweger - NO - (R 2018 Mike Parson)
* David Lee Vincent - YES - (D 1997 Mel Carnahan)
* Stanley J Wallach - YES - (D 2016 Jay Nixon)
* Bruce F Hilton - NO - (R 2017 Eric Greitens)
* John JB Lasater - NO - (R 2017 Eric Greitens)
* Virginia W Lay - NO - (R 2021 Mike Parson)
* Ellen H Ribaudo - YES - (D 2015 Jay Nixon)
* Megan H Julian - NO - (R 2023 Mike Parson)
* Jason A Denney - NO - (R 2023 Mike Parson)
* Daniel J Kertz - NO - (R 2023 R Mike Parson)
* Natalie P Warner - NO - (R 2023 Mike Parson)
* John F Newsham - NO - (R 2018 Eric Greitens)
* Krista S Peyton - NO - (R 2022 Mike Parson)
* Robert Heggie - YES - (D 2015 Jay Nixon)

Voting today, these choices are now fixed for me.”

44 things to vote for on election day!! Insane.

[stb12]

Yeah the layers of positions to vote for in the US is ridiculous

[riccimarsh]

Sample ballot paper from St. Louis if anyone is interested:

www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/board-election-commissioners/documents/upload/Nov24-All-Races-Sample-Ballot.pdf

If anyone ever wondered why people often have to queue for hours to vote on the day in the US, this is why.

If anyone ever wondered why the use of machines to count votes is so widespread in the US, this is why.

And If anyone ever wondered why early and mail-in voting is considered so important in the US, this is why.