2026 Midterm Elections Thread

[Loose]

They should win in purple districts. You know so the party can gain power instead of making the party more unappealing to swing voters

They can do both? Are you mad people are getting primaried im confused lol. If Goldman doesn't win guess whata. Democrat still holds the seay, hooray!

 

[Outlaw]

They can do both? Are you mad people are getting primaried im confused lol

But they don’t?

Cannibalizing safe blue seats does nothing to increase power for the party

 

[Loose]

But they don’t?

Cannibalizing safe blue seats does nothing to increase power for the party

Aitn that what the dscc dncc and dnc for ? Tf u babbling about right now lol.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[eastside313]

Average American already has pain, instead the pain isn't answered for because republicans can hide behind we can't do anything ( see healthcare bill)

Additionally the filibuster stops dems from doing things like national holidays for voting, extension or voting rights, expanding the supreme court etc. Yes I'd like to encourage republicans to have to take their mask off or choose a position

Yes let’s give them the opportunity to expand their level of corruption and cheating and racism. Let em get rid of the civil rights act and voting rights act and everything else that was meant for a level playing field. Surely they won’t impose wild draconian voting rules that would severely impact us ever having free sen fair elections.

 

[Loose]

Yes let’s give them the opportunity to expand their level of corruption and cheating and racism. Let em get rid of the civil rights act and voting rights act and everything else that was meant for a level playing field. Surely they won’t impose wild draconian voting rules that would severely impact us ever having free sen fair elections.

Already exist

 

[MAKAVELI25]

Yes let’s give them the opportunity to expand their level of corruption and cheating and racism. Let em get rid of the civil rights act and voting rights act and everything else that was meant for a level playing field. Surely they won’t impose wild draconian voting rules that would severely impact us ever having free sen fair elections.

Honestly, let them do it. The filibuster has protected Americans for years from having to see just how extreme today’s Republican Party really is. If it goes away and they’re able to pass their full agenda, the mask comes off. People won’t be able to keep pretending the party is “moderate” or reasonable.

For a long time, the filibuster has done two main things:

1.) It’s acted as a brake on the most extreme GOP policies — not because those policies are popular, but because they often wouldn’t survive public scrutiny if they actually became law.

2.) It’s given cover to politicians in both parties. They get to say they support working people while quietly hiding behind procedure to avoid taking tough votes they don’t actually want to be on the record for.

If Republicans really believe their agenda reflects what Americans want, then they shouldn’t need procedural guardrails to soften the impact. Governing should mean owning the consequences.

And honestly, I don’t get why the U.S. treats the filibuster like some sacred institution. Correct me if I'm wrong, but our peer democracies — the UK, Germany, France — function just fine without anything like it. They pass legislation by majority rule and deal with the political fallout like grown-ups. What makes us so special that we supposedly can’t?

At some point, democracy means accountability. Getting rid of the filibuster would force that — for better or worse — and at least voters would finally see clearly who’s responsible for what.

 

[Loose]

Ninety percent of the South has anti–free and fair election laws and race‑based districting. What reality do some of you live in? Mississippi and Louisiana would probably vote Democrat if elections were free and fair

 

[eastside313]

Already exist

They would be able to legally write the rules. The people that are right now saying we need whiteness back in front and in charge of everything. If it aint white it ain’t right. I can only imagine who would be harmed the most if they could legally install their wildest racist dreams.

 

[wire28]

At some point, democracy means accountability. Getting rid of the filibuster would force that — for better or worse — and at least voters would finally see clearly who’s responsible for what.

Black people already know who’s responsible for what. That’s Allowing Trump and his white nationalists to fukk the disenfranchised even more and completely wipe away any chance they have of correcting it at the ballot box. Getting rid of the filibuster is one thing but advocating getting rid of it in the middle of the most harmful and dangerous administration in this country’s history is another.

 

[Outlaw]

Honestly, let them do it. The filibuster has protected Americans for years from having to see just how extreme today’s Republican Party really is. If it goes away and they’re able to pass their full agenda, the mask comes off. People won’t be able to keep pretending the party is “moderate” or reasonable.

For a long time, the filibuster has done two main things:

1.) It’s acted as a brake on the most extreme GOP policies — not because those policies are popular, but because they often wouldn’t survive public scrutiny if they actually became law.

2.) It’s given cover to politicians in both parties. They get to say they support working people while quietly hiding behind procedure to avoid taking tough votes they don’t actually want to be on the record for.

If Republicans really believe their agenda reflects what Americans want, then they shouldn’t need procedural guardrails to soften the impact. Governing should mean owning the consequences.

And honestly, I don’t get why the U.S. treats the filibuster like some sacred institution. Correct me if I'm wrong, but our peer democracies — the UK, Germany, France — function just fine without anything like it. They pass legislation by majority rule and deal with the political fallout like grown-ups. What makes us so special that we supposedly can’t?

At some point, democracy means accountability. Getting rid of the filibuster would force that — for better or worse — and at least voters would finally see clearly who’s responsible for what.

If they get rid of the filibuster then they would codify minoritarian rule. It would make the mask off moment you’re going for irrelevant.

 

[MAKAVELI25]

Black people already know who’s responsible for what. That’s Allowing Trump and his white nationalists to fukk the disenfranchised even more and completely wipe away any chance they have of correcting it at the ballot box. Getting rid of the filibuster is one thing but advocating getting rid of it in the middle of the most harmful and dangerous administration in this country’s history is another.

If black people already know who's responsible for what, why does Trump's vote share among the black population keep going up with each election?

 

[MAKAVELI25]

If they get rid of the filibuster then they would codify minoritarian rule. It would make the mask off moment you’re going for irrelevant.

And what exactly would be different? The nikka is already destroying Departments that were created by Congress, impounding funds authorized by Congress, and firing federal employees who have civil service protections.


We are already in the lawless place you are talking about, so what exactly does the filibuster change?

 

[Outlaw]

And what exactly would be different? The nikka is already destroying Departments that were created by Congress, impounding funds authorized by Congress, and firing federal employees who have civil service protections.


We are already in the lawless place you are talking about, so what exactly does the filibuster change?

All of that can be undone once a democrat gets back in office since most of what he’s doing is through executive order.

Without the filibuster the Republicans can codify everything’s that Trump has done, codify project 2025, pass Christo nationalist laws, repeal the civil rights act, pass voter suppression laws.

if by the grace of God, democrats win the following election to regain power the Republicans as lame ducks can codify the filibuster and weaken the executive branch once democrats win, making it nearly impossible to undo what’s been done.

 

[MAKAVELI25]

All of that can be undone once a democrat gets back in office since most of what he’s doing is through executive order.

Without the filibuster the Republicans can codify everything’s that Trump has done, codify project 2025, pass Christo nationalist laws, repeal the civil rights act, pass voter suppression laws.

if by the grace of God, democrats win the following election to regain power the Republicans as lame ducks can codify the filibuster and weaken the executive branch once democrats win, making it nearly impossible to undo what’s been done.

They literally can do all that you're talking about now. The parliamentarian is a Senate created fiction, if any majority party wants to do something they will do it. See the W Bush tax cuts when they got an answer they didn't like, fired the parliamentarian, and got a new one. They can literally ignore the parliamentarian any time they want, both the Dems and the GOP use the filibuster to block votes they never wanted to take in the first place.

If the GOP agenda is what you say it is, then good, let them vote on it. Let them put their names next to those votes and see how the country reacts.

Let's stop giving these dumb minority voters who think the GOP is inclusive a shield from what the party actually wants to do.

Most of our comparator countries dont have a filibuster and they have done just fine. What makes the US so unique?