I Blame The Boomers

i think people truly underestimate how much worse the republican party is going to get as its young staffer class takes over. https://t.co/zRKpjrfn8u

— Michael Realman (@trichesfaucons) July 23, 2023

Because, well…everybody does.

2/ The age isn’t new at all. But you see the gop coming into existence, one dominated by mass shooting adjacent young guys who think of political advocacy in terms of memelording, trolling culture. That’s where that video comes from. It’s no one off.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 24, 2023

This will clearly be a problem for Democrats. Because memelording trolling culture will last as long as…this:

Early votes cast in Ohio August election are blowing expectations out of the waterhttps://t.co/51joh5omwQ

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 24, 2023

Early voting figures for the Ohio Aug. 8 special election are surpassing even the most optimistic expectations. Through seven days of early voting more than 116,000 Ohioans have shown up at their local board to cast a ballot. Another 38,000 have absentee ballots have made their way in as well. 

As Secretary of State Frank LaRose noted in a press release, it represents a “five-fold increase” in compared to last year’s August election. 

For additional context, the sum total of early in-person votes cast in last year’s May primary election — which included a hotly contested GOP U.S. Senate primary — was only about 138,000. The current trajectory of early in-person votes is on track with or even surpassing the 2022 general election. Through nine days of early voting, roughly 136,000 voters cast a ballot for last November’s election. That’s only about 20,000 more than the votes compiled so far in seven days. On average, another 16,000 ballots are cast each day polls are open. 

The constitutional amendment, Issue 1, has apparently struck a chord with Ohio voters. The proposal would raise the threshold to pass any future amendment from a simple majority to 60%. In addition, it would require initiative backers meet signature requirements in all 88 counties rather than the current 44-county standard. Also, organizers would only get one shot, as the amendment eliminates the period for making up any shortfall in signatures. 

Critics blasted Republican lawmakers for advancing their constitutional amendment, Issue 1, during a traditionally low turn-out, odd-year special election. They further criticized lawmakers for reversing course on a law passed just months earlier abandoning August elections.

I’m at least sure this is bad news for Biden….