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Did the results of Tuesday's election surprise you?

Did the results of Tuesday's election surprise you?

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No

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Steve Baumann
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Steve Baumann

I expected more of a vote for change, as the city is struggling. Most of us are witnessing this decline and are astonished at how blind to it so many are. Buffered or head in the sand, I do not know. The troubles are real and I see no solutions from any of those elected.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

The University of Missouri alumni are what’s causing all of this. They take their taxpayer funded state pensions and move to CoMo wanting to become permanent spectators at UM sports events. We need to put a stop to these people. These are the UM engineering school computer nerd graduates FYI

Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

The Looney Left college vote bought this election. Look forward to more late evening crime downtown, more crime everywhere, all over town, at all times. The courts will give record probations, and Columbia will become known as Little Chicago.

No

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C Zakary
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C Zakary

The losers couldn't string two sentences together on the debate. Anyone who actually paid attention knew exactly where this was headed. Everyone else is talking through their feelings.

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Al Cox
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Al Cox

Because there are folks here that believe in common sense & dont harbor hate in their hearts. And FYI, if u wanna leave so bad, go. Your putridness has no place here. Boop.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

We need to write our state congressmen and demand a law to ban personalized MU license plates for state employees and retirees

Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

Estimates are anecdotal, but have been reported. Its believed that more people work in Columbia than live there.

Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

I did leave. You have no clue how bad Columbia smells until you leave and come back after a month. It smells like sour milk.

Eric Smith
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Eric Smith

Columbia is a lost cause. I'm leaving.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

If I gave you name and number of a MoDOT engineer who has publicly proclaimed that he is going to retire and take his taxpayer funded pension and move to CoMo so he can “watch MU sports in retirement” would you help file a series of complaints against this state bureaucrat?

Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

I've been telling everyone for years to leave. I left. The grass is greener and milk and honey flow outside of Columbia.

Mike Lenin
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Mike Lenin

The stupidity of Columbia shows no bounds. Why Re-elect the person destroying the city and not caring for the city or its people.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

MU engineering school graduates are the real problem. They get state jobs doing technical computer stuff that no one understands. And on top of that they are a bunch of socially awkward nerds.

Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. Columbia offers despair, and rejects hope.

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

I'm optimistic

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I'm pessimistic

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I'm optimistic

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I'm pessimistic

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Denzel McVeigh
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Denzel McVeigh

Trump and his goons in every state in every department are running it into the ground acting like it's the best thing ever and it's not. People are suffering now more then his first term or even during Biden term

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Max
Max

Then, you prefer the 9% inflation for 4 straight years, instead of 2.9%. Where did you get your economics degree?

Fred
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Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

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Fred
Fred

Compare November 2025 to November 2026 ... roughly same and 2026 figure was held down by the government shutdown. Let's check back at this time next year and you try to explain away the recession.

Max
Max

Inflation is less than 1/3rd of when Biden was in office. Fix your calculator.

Max
Max

Biden tactics were destroying the world's economies.

Max
Max

The U.S. dollar dominates the world economy due to its role as the primary reserve currency, backed by the massive U.S. economy, unmatched financial market liquidity, and historical inertia since the 1944 Bretton Woods system. It facilitates 88% of global exchange transactions, 54% of trade

Jamie Kochert
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Jamie Kochert

On a fixed income and everything is more expensive.

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Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

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Max
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Max

Incidentally, our previous president has not acquired enough money to build his presidential library, not even enough money for a presidential magazine stand.

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No

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Lynne
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Lynne

I have no desire to watch him spew lies and pat himself on the back. He's a sorry excuse of a human being.

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Max
Max

Thee truth is hard for some to swallow. Maybe you could find a Biden or Obama clip to watch?

Steve Baumann
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Steve Baumann

I didn't but have total support for the vast majority of what he has accomplished and is trying to accomplish. The country was harmed greatly by the Democrats, they plundered our wealth, Republicans also played a hand. No more.

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Fred
Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

Fred
Fred

Do a little research on how our national debt has grown under republican presidents compared to democrats. Also see how Reagan and "trickle down economics" is what put us on the path to financial ruin while creating the tremendous wealth inequality we see today.

Brenda Freeman
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Brenda Freeman

No i don't like listening to the lies that comes out of his mouth

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Fred
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Fred

I don't enjoy being lied to ...

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Max
Max

Going back nearly fifty years, when I was in the military, and Carter was the president, the military was starving. As an E-6 with a wife and two children, legally, I qualified for food stamps. Instead, I got a part-time job. Carter, was a far better president than Obama, and Biden. Facts are tough.

Max
Max

You got tired of that with 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Biden. That's over, now.

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