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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RickyDaytonaJr t1_ivo6uib wrote
The official NH House Clerk account just tweeted that a 200-200 House is a possibility.
starhoppers t1_ivo6yjl wrote
Best political coverage I’ve seen. Appreciate the unbiased positivity of the anchors….very refreshing.
pinkpuppetfred t1_ivo8umh wrote
That's what happens when you lose Tom Griffith 🤷♀️
Repulsive65 t1_ivo980h wrote
I grew up on long Island, that was news coverage, this is a joke
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.
Repulsive65 t1_ivo9l3s wrote
I agree with you..
Repulsive65 t1_ivo9p5r wrote
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.
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.
Repulsive65 t1_ivodlj5 wrote
Makes sense
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.
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.
Garfish16 OP t1_ivoi7hs wrote
I do not have a strong opinion on this I just want an infographic.
Had2CryToday t1_ivokvn3 wrote
STOP YELLING!
Repulsive65 t1_ivom3xg wrote
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.
Had2CryToday t1_ivon13v wrote
That was aimed at the anchors, Tom was always yelling.
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.
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.
TheLegendarySheep t1_ivpeuwv wrote
I’m meteorologist Kevin Skorupa
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.
KingBubbaBouy1 t1_ivpl78r wrote
W Dumb U R just repeats whats out there on AP a few hours later
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.
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
SpellStrawberyBanke t1_ivq0xha wrote
You could hire a BA for a 3 month contract for $25k just for elections once every two years
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.
Garfish16 OP t1_ivq43yj wrote
Exactly, I'll do it for 25k!
Garfish16 OP t1_ivq47qx wrote
Dramatic_Mechanic815 t1_ivqy0gx wrote
Congrats! You’re a better planner for elections than WMUR!
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.
Garfish16 OP t1_ivravrg wrote
I'm a millennial. I have the attention span of the small lizard. I demand infographics!!!
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.