dear WMUR

Submitted by Garfish16 t3_yqdazz in newhampshire

Please add a "BALANCE OF POWER NH HOUSE" section to your election coverage in the future. There are like 500 races, if you don't count them up for me I'm never going to know who won.

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goodwilhuntingseason t1_ivobvjd wrote

100% agree. Balance of power in NH House/Senate/Executive Council has such an impact on the state but it takes a google detective search to figure out who is gaining seats.

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NewPhoenix77 t1_ivr1mik wrote

Agree, even through the national news sites, I had to machete through the jungle to find out who won the races. For the record WCVB is not much better Afro MA politics, and their app/site is basically the same.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_ivoqew6 wrote

The clerk of the NH House recently tweeted that it's possible we'll get a 200-200 split.

That would be ... interesting.

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SomeCalcium t1_ivpjweq wrote

You know, one of my predictions was that NH actually shifted ever so slightly bluer through the pandemic and I might be right here. It's like the opposite of Florida where retires flooded the states en masse, NH gained a small bit of blue work from home voters from greater Boston.

This is unusual since a lot of immigration into the state are red voters from Mass seeking to move to NH as a tax haven. It's one of the reasons why Salem and Derry are such red strongholds relative to swingy cities like Manchester.

I'm fairly convinced that once Sununu retires that the GOP in NH is just going to implode entirely.

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superzipzop t1_ivpww68 wrote

Yup, that's me! No need to pay Boston housing prices if I don't need to head to the office, and now for the same price I get a nice backyard and trees. People I tell keep assuming I moved because of taxes but that's kind of just a cherry on top

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JustGimmeSomeTruth t1_ivppsqf wrote

I think you're right, and I think many people having to utilize the social safety net to get through the pandemic too might have bad something to do with it. I could see that having softened some of the more bootstrappy attitudes out there. And, we've been sending an all blue Congressional delegation to DC for a while now. I think Poo-poo Canoe-nu is probably a bit of an aberration/anachronism at this point, and getting by only on name recognition or whatever.

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RickyDaytonaJr t1_ivo6uib wrote

The official NH House Clerk account just tweeted that a 200-200 House is a possibility.

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TurnoverTall t1_ivog7cx wrote

WMUR sets a very low bar for performance across the board. I have never experienced a more error prone team from bottom to top. The only saving grace is the weather team, they are generally the shining stars.

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Garfish16 OP t1_ivoi26z wrote

But they literally have a balance of power map for US House and Senate, and I can find that info anywhere. All they would have to do would be make a county level map of New Hampshire do the same thing. It seems like such an easy thing to do.

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Dramatic_Mechanic815 t1_ivomvaz wrote

I doubt they have the “programming” capacity to do a balance of power for NH senate and house. Doubtful they have any sort of data scientist or even analyst on their payroll.

But indeed, a huge oversight by them. This reporting on NH House and Senate is useless without context.

I would also like to see a ward-level vote breakdown, but good luck with that when they can’t even do a balance of power visualization.

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valleyman02 t1_ivoyshk wrote

There's no money in state elections. Rich people won again. Rich people's propaganda keeping rich people policies in power.

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Repulsive65 t1_ivo477d wrote

Worst news coverage I've ever seen, b rated news anchors .. coverage of no nonsense news just to fill up there time slot.. can't read off the teleprompter the right way..! Just such a disappointment.

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thread100 t1_ivq63u4 wrote

They hide that information on the internet and the network news channels.

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Garfish16 OP t1_ivravrg wrote

I'm a millennial. I have the attention span of the small lizard. I demand infographics!!!

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starhoppers t1_ivo6yjl wrote

Best political coverage I’ve seen. Appreciate the unbiased positivity of the anchors….very refreshing.

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Garfish16 OP t1_ivoi7hs wrote

I do not have a strong opinion on this I just want an infographic.

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Repulsive65 t1_ivo980h wrote

I grew up on long Island, that was news coverage, this is a joke

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Dramatic_Mechanic815 t1_ivodic0 wrote

WMUR has always been amateur hour. They get the new grads from college before they move on to a bigger station. It’s bloody awful on the weekend when it’s just the kids running the show.

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starhoppers t1_ivo9dbz wrote

I grew up in Baltimore, lived in Anchorage, was in Georgia for 25 years before coming to NH. I appreciate the positivity.

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Had2CryToday t1_ivon13v wrote

That was aimed at the anchors, Tom was always yelling.

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KingBubbaBouy1 t1_ivpl78r wrote

W Dumb U R just repeats whats out there on AP a few hours later

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Garfish16 OP t1_ivq1htf wrote

All the more reason to have a fancy infographic to make people go to WMUR instead of the AP. But also I don't see that the associated press is covering the New Hampshire State Congressional elections. Also also W dumb U R is a massive stretch and took me a while to even get what you meant. try WMURetarted it's just as stupid but it won't take as long to comprehend.

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