Gay Marriage on the Ballot - A Brief History

With same-sex marriage in the news recently, it's worth looking back on the when the issue was put directly in front of voters.

In the 🧵 below, I include a map of every time there's been a gay/same-sex marriage ballot measure. This thread mirrors articles I posted on Substack & Medium, with the former also containing the sources for each election's result in the footnotes.

Substack: gavinsample.substack.com/p/history-gay-…

Medium: medium.com/@gavinsample/h…

A Brief History of the Death Penalty on the Ballot

The death penalty is controversial, but is it popular with voters? Spoiler: Yes.

In the thread below, I include a map of every time there's been a death penalty ballot measure, the result & which side (pro DP/anti DP) won.

🧵 This thread mirrors an article I posted on Substack, which also features the source for each election's result in the footnotes.

Link to the article:
gavinsample.substack.com/p/history-deat…

What issues are on the ballot in 2024?

On November 5th (just 38 days away), 40+ states will vote on 150+ ballot measures. In the thread below, I'll go through only the most important & interesting ballot items in each state. Each post will have 5 states grouped together.

🧵👇 (1-5) Alabama - California

Alabama
-Nothing important/interesting (1 very minor measure).

Alaska
-Increase the minimum wage to $15/hr by July 2027 + requires paid sick leave (Ballot Measure 1).
-Repeal ranked-choice voting that was adopted in 2020 (Ballot Measure 2).

Arizona
-Require partisan primary elections + prohibit jungle/top-two, top-four and top-five primaries (Prop 133).
-Change signatures requirements for citizen-initiated ballot measures (Prop 134).
-Any emergency powers granted to the governor automatically terminate 30 days after the state of emergency is proclaimed and enables the legislature to terminate or alter such powers (Prop 135).
-Permit challenges to initiative measures or constitutional amendments after the filing of the measure with the secretary of state (Prop 136).
-Eliminate terms limits for state supreme court justices (Prop 137).
-Allow for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage under certain circumstances (Prop 138).
-Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability (Prop 139).
-Replace partisan primaries with top-two or top-four primaries, require general election candidates receive a majority of votes and require ranked-choice voting in general election when three or more candidates advance from the primaries (Prop 140).
-Impose a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for anyone convicted of child sex trafficking (Prop 313).
-Authorize police to arrest noncitizens who cross the border unlawfully, allow for state judges to order deportations, require E-Verify before someone receives financial aid or public welfare and makes the sale of fentanyl a Class 2 felony if the person knowingly sells fentanyl and it results in the death of another person (Prop 314).

Arkansas
-Nothing important/interesting (2 very minor measures).

California
-Repeal Prop 8 (2008) which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman and declares the right to marry as a fundamental right (Prop 3).
-Prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime (Prop 6).
-Increase the minimum wage to $18/hr by 2026 (Prop 32).
-Prohibit the state from limiting a local government to enact rent control (Prop 33).
-Require large health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care (Prop 34).
-Classified certain drug offenses as treatment-mandated felonies and increases the penalties for certain drug and theft crimes (Prop 36).
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Here's a thread🧵of an Endorsement Track Record for 2024 Missouri Primary

This thread breaks down how successful each big politician & orgs that endorsed candidates was in seeing their preferred candidates elected in competitive primaries (noncompetitive primaries NOT included). This thread includes info found in this article:
gavinsample.medium.com/endorsement-tr…

A thread 🧵 of the 2024 Missouri Primaries by Endorsements.

This thread breaks down each race by who endorsed each candidate in each competitive primary race. Only major races will be covered for brevity.

This thread includes info found in this article:
gavinsample.medium.com/2024-missouri-… Governor Primary (R) (1/3)

Jay Ashcroft (@JayAshcroftMO), incumbent SoS, boasts a mix of state-level and national figures supporting him. He also has the exclusive endorsement of @MORightToLife.

Nikki Haley's running for President? Here's a list of a few reasons no one should vote for her:

1. Nikki Haley fell for the Bubba Wallace Hate Hoax.

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1275181490809319424

THREAD 🧵(1/12) 1.5. Only *ONE DAY* after her tweet, the FBI (far from an anti-woke bastion) said there was no hate crime & the garage pull “noose” had been there for about 9 months. (1.5/12)

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Here's a thread of links to short threads on all of 2016 Republican presidential primary elections in each state, 7 years ago as they happened. This will be updated as more states' threads are posted.

First up, Iowa (Feb. 1, 2016). 🧵

https://x.com/GavinSampleMO/status/1623369530129977379?s=20&t=e4w24sBa4bm-2s_GmhxVVQ

New Hampshire (Feb. 9, 2016).

https://x.com/GavinSampleMO/status/1623731252535730177?s=20&t=e4w24sBa4bm-2s_GmhxVVQ