This was the ballot preview I received in the mail. Where are the congressional candidates?Submitted by sup3rdup3s t3_yjkind in newjersey
TheRacoonist t1_iuo9oec wrote
Literally the first line
sup3rdup3s OP t1_iuoa9w2 wrote
I'm in the 5th congressional district so Palotta and Gottheimer should be here.
prayersforrain t1_iuob3yr wrote
You sure? Because seems like Franklin Lakes was redistricted.
EDITING TO ADD:
Yeah, you're not in the 5th anymore
sup3rdup3s OP t1_iuobaom wrote
That may be it thanks
JRansomBioDermKiller t1_iurgfj9 wrote
Lol it definitely is it.
TheRacoonist t1_iuobdzr wrote
Did you get re-districted?
Tazno209 t1_iup1dvt wrote
Jersey districts were redrawn. I lost my wonderful congressman Andy Kim & am now stuck with Chris Smith.
JustSomeGuy_56 t1_iup6mh3 wrote
I feel your pain. We in the 7th will probably lose Tom Malinowski and get stuck with Tom Kean. First time I can remember a major party candidate who held 0 public meetings, and issued 0 statements on the issues. His website doesn't even have a phone number or eMail address where voters can ask questions, But there is a button to donate to his campaign.
GoodLt t1_iurqt6h wrote
Maybe Democrats should take notes, streamline their operations, and start doing media and comms instead of constant policy pushing - just put the policies on the website and spend the rest of the time sabotaging and destroying the GOP candidate
UCSISgoaway t1_iusr5fh wrote
This is kinda the AOC strategy, isn’t it?
GoodLt t1_iuss7gk wrote
Democrats have not more widely adopted her approach - direct comms to voters w social media, bypassing interviews and press conferences to go directly to people, not waiting for Republicans to do something before going after them as a party and as individuals, calling out BS and doing it loudly and forcefully - she's well known around the world despite being just a little old house member from Brooklyn. The fact that the Democrats have not gone to her and her team to figure out how to modernize their overall pitch to America's upcoming gen is a failure of the party writ large. It's a strategic failure, an aesthetic failure, and as a result, we have lost ground despite having millions more voters on our side than the fascists do. She's not the only one that does it well, but she's perhaps the most well-known.
Dems are too old, too slow, and too quiet. Too willing to make nice. Too willing to give away the store to avoid conflict. Too willing to compromise without extracting concessions.
GOP is strong and wrong.
Democrats are weak and right.
They have not been able to flip the script on their presentation, and part of this is because AOC and those like her are viewed by party leadership as too young and impulsive, instead of what is needed to adapt to the Internet Age.
Sorry, the slow/doddering/quiet/thinks-its-the-80s Democratic leadership being too unresponsive and slow to join in the fray is a personal pet peeve of mine.
UCSISgoaway t1_iusr1gq wrote
There’s also a hidden section where he can share more conservative positions!
https:/tomkean.com/kean-conservative
yesmydog t1_iupbwqh wrote
I had the exact opposite, lost Smith and got Kim 😁
GoodLt t1_iurqn9l wrote
Gerrymandering handed you an upgrade!
HCIBSW t1_iurbfok wrote
Help me vote Smith out. I have been trying for 30 years.
Tazno209 t1_iurbs3p wrote
Oh don’t worry I won’t be voting for Smith
VaMoInNj t1_iuobj37 wrote
Are you still in the 5th? New boundaries for this election. The sample ballot you have is for the 9th district, and looking at the maps, it looks like the 5th and the 9th border and may have had some areas move from one to the other.
If unsure, Wikipedia has the old and new maps for the 5th in the top right of their page on the district.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_5th_congressional_district
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Snurfturd28 t1_iuobllk wrote
Either you are mistaken or you were mailed the wrong ballot. You should check your address on file with your county clerk. Paterson is CD 9, so if you are in Paterson, this sample ballot is correct.
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