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ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
1. Same
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:28 PM
Oct 21

I refused to vote for the unopposed candidates. I skipped it cause I figured they were R and voted straight D for everything else

mobeau69

(11,591 posts)
3. That's the way to do it. I took my Dem voting guide right into the booth and double checked it before hitting print.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:42 PM
Oct 21

Go Blue!

Gaytano70

(1,207 posts)
4. My sister lives in Mountain Home, and she strongly supports Harris-Walz.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:46 PM
Oct 21

So at least one other 🔵, if only one house! 💙

Arkansas Granny

(31,828 posts)
6. I have friends and family who will vote blue. We talk politics among ourselves, but
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 05:18 PM
Oct 21

not in public. You never know how some people might react.

RazorbackExpat

(174 posts)
10. And to think that in the 1980s we had Senators Bumpers and Pryor,
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 06:22 AM
Nov 4

Last edited Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:05 PM - Edit history (2)

Governor Clinton, and 3 of the Congressional districts were Democratic. Pulaski County Sheriff Tommy Robinson of Little Rock was elected to Congress as a Democrat but switched parties and was defeated in the next election. Those were the days *sigh*

Arkansas Granny

(31,828 posts)
11. I remind people that Arkansas used to be a blue state.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 06:58 AM
Nov 4

These years of Republican majority have not been good for our state.

RazorbackExpat

(174 posts)
12. i think some of this has to do with the 2008 assassination
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:18 AM
Nov 4

of Bill Gwatney. who was the then-chair of the Arkansas Democratic Party. He was a fellow Boys' Stater who was devoted to his party, and then some asshole murdered him and then the perp was killed during the manhunt. And the Arkansas Democratic Party hasn't been the same since










party

RazorbackExpat

(174 posts)
13. I met both Senators Bumpers and (David) Pryor in the 1980s
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:42 PM
Nov 4

I was really impressed with both of them, and was really proud to have them representing my state

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