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EU person wondering how the elections went. (piefed.social)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by bluemoon@piefed.social to c/AskUSA@discuss.online

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i read that "democrats won everything", but i only understood it as a NYC election where Zohran Mamdani won the post of mayor.

which political elections have happened and which are upcoming?

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Odd-numbered years are relatively quiet in US elections. Very few things are on our ballots, and most of them are state and local issues like judges and city council seats. The Democrats won the few high-profile races: NYC mayor, two state governors, and a referendum in California about redrawing electoral district maps.

The next big election will be in November 2026. Most of the seats in the national legislature will be up for election (all 435 House seats, and 33 of 100 Senate seats). Also 36 state governors, and many seats in the state legislatures.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It wouldn't surprise me if republicans/maga wins again in 2026.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

They're losing the House in most timelines. But the Senate is a bit tough, all but one of the seats up for reelection is in a solid blue or solid red state, Maine is easy to flip, as for the other red seats... it's an uphill battle, 3 seats + Maine is needed. You'd need a massive "blue wave" in order to flip those.

Staggered elections... totally fucking us

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I know about third party trickering in the presidential election, but how probable is it there could be a non dem/republican senator? Are there any in the house?

Diversity is often a good thing for democracy (except when you have stupid winner takes it all elections like you do and we have here in france too).

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

California won a temporary proposition to allow for gerrymandering to increase Democrat House seats.

Georgia energy board (which is somehow partisan, and has huge potential influences) got a Democrat majority.

Pennsylvania supreme court also gained a Democrat majority.

Democrat governors were elected in a few states.

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5599185/2025-election-results-georgia-pennsylvania-democrats-win

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/election-2025-key-takeaways-democrats-score-historic-big/story?id=127196303

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

PA Supreme Court didn't gain a Dem judge, we successfully retained all 3 judges up for their retention vote.

There were 2 lower courts that picked up new Dem judges.

I'm in Bucks County, as mentioned in your first link and elections here went really well, better than I'd hoped. Was really shocked the Sheriff didn't get reelected, so that was a nice surprise, and the school board elections were a bit more even with D and R wins, but Dems still look to have done really well for the most part. After having so many of our districts in the world news for stupid MAGA curriculums and anti-trans agendas, it was great to see most push back hard.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course!

It was weird to see so many signs but supporting judges and advocating their removal, and then I started watching how much was being spent on a judicial campaign by both sides.

Thankfully Dems took it seriously and did what they needed to keep our top courts sane for another few years, but at the same time it really hit home how ridiculous the government is getting, as judicial elections should be largely apolitical.

With PA being such a large swing state, and having supported strong COVID protections and fighting the president on his voting nonsense, we've become a battleground of this stuff now.

We got smacked hard in the 2024 elections with a lot of real jerks winning seats across the state, and it feels the courts are our last safety net, so it was a big relief to see solid wins across the state. Most elections were not even very close here, where the county is purple but definitely red leaning.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

Judges shouldn't really be elected, they should be appointed with a 60% supermajority legislative confirmation. But they should face automatic recall votes every X years with 60% votes required to remove. This makes the judicial branch less politicized.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 weeks ago

Virginia has a new Governor as well, but I'm not sure which other states had elections. Illinois, where I live, did not.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago

To be honest, nothing actually happened. A number of states received Dem governors or got Dem majorities in their state house, but I don't believe there were any national positions up for re-election. Typically, those happen in even years, so a lot of the big races to try and actually wrest control from Trump and the GOP will be in 2026.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

These are very few inbetween elections. House terms are two years and they all are not split up so happen in november of even years. Senate is six and a third of the chamber goes up every two years. So the elections in november of even years are a bigger deal and every other one of those has the presidential election making it a bigger deal and with more turnout. Given one of our parties can't even function the primaries in the spring are becoming more significant.

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

okay, are all primaries local to a state and is there any specific ones to look out for that would tip the scale moreso than others? or is there one primary event held across all of america?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

primaries are pretty local and don't happen at the same time. There is even competition to be the first state to do primaries because of the influence early winds have on the presidency. Thats why you see the iowa caucuses things when it comes to potential canidates. That is another thing as some states choose by ballot and some by caucuse.

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

appreciate all the comments!

keep up the sharing of insights, as US political systems are diffuse to outsiders