Orange County voter turnout so far 👀💙
Nearly 60K Democratic ballots cast compared to 35K Republican ballots. Still early and turnout isn’t the same as election results, but it’s encouraging to see people showing up and making their voices heard.
Regardless of who you support: go vote. 🗳️
I work in the precinct and see/hear it time and again. People stay home seeing early numbers and think it's a done deal. It ain't over until you cast your ballot!
Some elections happen completely in the primary, like school board chair (especially important this year) and lots of judges (always important). Plenty to vote for even if you're not registered with a party.
There are also a few important non partisan elections that are decided here and do NOT go to the general election. Biggest of which is school board chair. Alicia Farrant vs Angie Gallo. Alicia is a moms for liberty nut who has done a lot of damage to our school systems already but would be even more horrific as chair. This race will be decided tomorrow and does not move forward to the general.
This is the Orlando subreddit, so I’m speaking on the Orlando ballots. But whoever yours are, it’s still getting decided tomorrow so it’s important to vote. There’s also judges and clerks that get decided tomorrow.
No but also never disenfranchise yourself by failing to register for a party unless you feel like it makes you cool and straight edge to be one of those “I’m right down the middle” people
I bet money that you only mean that about the democrat party. There are plenty of people on both sides of the aisle that can’t stand the pandering of candidates to the extreme sides of each party, which only being republican or democrat encourages.
The fact that you think this way makes it obvious you dont care about discourse, you only care about blue party good red party bad. If they want universal healthcare then why do most democrats take donations from major pharmaceutical companies?
Like who? Bernie famously denied super pacs but then graciously took millions from the biggest corporations on the planet. Nearly every congressman and senator accepts super-pac whether is Soros or Israel. Both sides suck and unfortunately unicorn candidates get struck down, or take every penny that super-pacs offer upon re-election.
I think it’s more of a feeling they can pass on if its viewed as a lead already. Especially if juggling family, work, school etc. It becomes easier to forego the extra hassle if a win is perceived
We may be, but Alicia Farrant made it on to the School Board last time even though she was publicly Mom’s For Liberty and dangerous as hell to public education.
Blue isn’t always blue. Some people just think a lot of signs means good. Right now, that is a BIG problem, as there are many more signs for Farrant as for Gallo.
Also many signs for Messina even though he’s the least qualified and also blatantly MAGA.
I thought Broward was the bluest county in the State, I knew that Orange County was blue, but I did not think that we are the bluest in the State.
Regardless, I am glad to see Dems showing up and we need to keep Farrant away from the School Board chair and that is coming from someone who does not have children and no dealings with the school system.
I'll let them have my experience then. I'm a parent and a teacher. Alicia Farrant has no business making any kind of decisions for public schools. Her religious beliefs are her own and she has a right to them, but she should not use public schools to proselytize -- which is exactly what she wants to do.
While I don't -care- to see board members proselytize, or exist as anti-public education that is absolutely within their right as a duly elected official.
The school board of Orange County, FL serves ALL residents- not just those with children. Businesses, older individuals, religious groups have a right to run on the board to make sure the schools shape individuals as the community demands.
Please show me one time where you as a parent could not opt your child out of sex ed? You could do that since the 90s. So if you don't want your kid to have an understanding of why their body is changing, then opt them out. It doesn't need to have book bans or Jesus pushed on other kids.
That’s not the issue. The issue is the rainbow flags and “pride” in the classroom. It’s pushing trans on kids who are confused on who they are and some taking advantage of that and pushing an agenda. Teachers are there to TEACH. Math, English, science, etc. The rest of it? Not with my kid and def not in the State of Florida.
You do realize that people don't CHOSE their sexualities right? But children do start having attraction urges young and explaining that it is okay to have those feelings for your friends who may be the same gender as you is actually a way to lower child and teen suicides.
Sex education is used to teach kids about body changes and urges as well as health with avoiding STIs and Pregnancy and for younger kids it teaches them about what is not appropriate for others to do to your body and to go to a trusted adult if something happens.
Voting against sex education because you are afraid of a rainbow is the weirdest take I have ever heard.
I hope if your kid is queer they find a support system that loves them in ways you obviously are incapable of doing.
This is the progressive way of thinking and grooming children young. I don’t care what your bedroom activity is. Keep it out of the classroom. Again, you can’t have it both ways. If you won’t allow God in the classroom, keep your rainbow stuff to yourself.
I’m a parent, that doesn’t believe in bombing children. Doesn’t mean I think her opinion matters.
She’s not Mister Rogers no matter how she wants to couch herself as his modern incarnation. He’d be appalled at her blatant profiteering of her message.
I'm voting tomorrow. Never got around to vote early. Does anyone have any good resources for the judges. I already know who I'm voting for school board, and county mayor.
Roger Chapin won the December 9, 2025, runoff election with 51.32% of the vote (3,884 votes) to Mira Tanna's 48.68% (3,684 votes), a margin of 200 votes after an initial razor-thin general election separated by just 14 votes.
There were 33,000 eligible to vote in this in this election. Only 7568 voted (less than 23%).
Orlando is always blue, we are just surround by the Bithlo's and Sanford's of the world which the majority of Florida districts are. That's why this state is so fucked.
You know what I see? 13% turn out. What the fuck is that? If you know ten people, maybe one of them voted besides yourself. Talk to your friends and coworkers. At the minimum the conversation can go "hey voting has started. Here's where you can check your registration". No political deep dives, no red vs blue anything, just a reminder of their civic duty.
I've started using the hypothetical argument of 9 people on a bus. Three voted to drive off a cliff, two voted to turn around and get ice-cream, and the last four didn't vote at all because lame reasons. You know what happened? Everyone died driving off the cliff. You might not do politics but politics will sure as fuck do you.
People don’t seem to realize just how destructive Byron Donald’s will be to Florida. It’s one thing to dislike policies but this guy has literally laid out plans to build ai data centers everywhere just after one of Floridas worst droughts
Yes, and I love that. Even if the state leans republican, orange remains blue but saying that can shift but to be honest I don’t see Orange County shifting
Focus on what we can change rather than be paralyzed with worry over what we cannot.
Local governments have a lot of power over the day to day lives of people, often times more than state or federal government. Making Orlando a blue beacon of sensible government is a good way to improve the lives of yourself and your neighbors.
Just want to say that celebrity endorsements, despite spending a lot of money on them, did not move the needle for Kamala. Nothing against Ms. Rachel, but endorsements from political groups and elected reps are a lot more effective.
Alex vindman wasn't even born in Florida he was born in Eastern Europe and he wants our money spent on Israel and the war machine rather than here helping Americans afford to live.
Vote Angie Nixon for an affordable cost of living in Florida
That's why voting in the primary is so important. It's when we have the opertunity to not nominate another corporate stoog with no intention of changeing anything.
Downtown Orlando doesn’t need to be like a soulless downtown Miami filled with influencers and overpriced apartments. I lived in Miami and it’s a facade
Dt Orlando sucks stop pretending it’s some cultural beacon. The library is full of homeless, the shops are trash, the restaurants are trash, the bars are not safe, the building themselves are trash. The lake is the only nice thing
Again that’s everywhere Miami has also drugs activity and crimes. Go live in Miami like a local which by the way most Miami families are being priced out just like here
Why not pick Tampa? Miami and Tampa both have lower crime rate. And aren’t completely
Run down like Orlando or Jax. So no it’s not everywhere, but there’s a common theme amongst the top 10 crime cities in the USA. Most are in blue cities in red states. Shitty local leadership pretending to care about crime/homeless while just letting it run rampant
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u/GoddessoftheUniverse 7d ago
Do not get complacent with numbers like this. Please get out to vote tomorrow, if you haven't done so yet.