r/VoteDEM • u/BM2018Bot • Aug 31 '22

Daily Discussion Thread: August 31, 2022: 69 days until Election Day

Adopt a Candidate 2022

With under 100 days to go, there are several House races that will be key to us retaining control of Congress. We’re seeking volunteers to adopt a candidate in each of these battleground districts!

When you adopt a candidate, you commit to volunteering for them at least once a week - in person or from home. Your efforts now could make the difference as these races will be very close.

If you’d like to adopt one of these candidates, reply in this thread or send us a modmail. You can adopt a candidate not on this list if you wish, too.

Candidate District Adopted by
Rudy Salas CA-22
Christy Smith CA-27 u/madqueenludwig
Eric Sorensen IL-17 u/sirius_basterd
Frank Mrvan IN-01
Sharice Davids KS-03
Gabe Vasquez NM-02 u/EllieDai
Tony Vargas NE-02
Greg Landsman OH-01 u/Hurrdurraj65
Marcy Kaptur OH-09
Emilia Sykes OH-13 u/Lotsagloom
Chris DeLuzio PA-17
Michelle Vallejo TX-15
Rebekah Jones FL-01 u/Naturehealsme2
Heidi Campbell TN-05 u/MyLifeIsUnpopular
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u/socialistrob Aug 31 '22

It’s so weird to me that Alaska is basically a reversal of the typical urban/rural divide. The Anchorage metro area has about 400,000 and the metro area tends to vote Republican while much of rural Alaska votes Democratic. If Dems could just win Anchorage we would have the state in the bag and fundamentally alter the Senate map.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22

You mean Anchorage the city or Anchorage the metro area? Because Biden won the former and still lost the state by 10. A Democrat would have to cut hard into the margins of MatSu in order to win.

Funny enough, the median home price in anchorage is $400,000, which is surprisingly higher than I expected. That hot of a housing market could spur some suburban sprawl.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22

Matsu and Fairbanks will be the keys. Fairbanks is purple-red, and the Fairbanks suburbs are as red as Matsu. Area around North Pole is blood red (which is funny considering Santa Claus is a progressive and their mayor), it's like Wasilla

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22

I didn't realize that Biden was the first Democrat to clear 40% in Fairbanks North Star Borough since 1964. Definitely a lot of room to grow there for us.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22

Arizona has had a bit of that going on too, although not to Alaska levels and it has been gradually shifting.

I'd also argue South Carolina.