Doc Brown
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2 minutes ago, Ol Dirty B said:
I have aborted on posting here for awhile. I'm watching Don Lemon right now claim that the 27th district is gerrymandered, lol. That ass didn't say ***** about the 25th for years. In my opinion I think the districts look the best in my lifetime in terms of boundaries. I voted Maxwell and he lost. He would have never had a chance against Louise in that ***** before 2013. Atleast it accurately reflects monroe county.
The Republicans are getting killed by a reaction to trump. The president's party usually loses seats in the midterms. Obama was crushed in 2010.
I saw my polling station and I thought, this looks way too busy and didn't like Maxwell's chances. Traditionally, when voter turn out is high, the Democrats do better.
Trump managed to piss off enough people to motivate the democratic base and offend the independents who voted for him in my opinion. 2020 will be interesting.
I have to agree that Trump's crassness and over the top rhetoric cost Republicans the House (but helped the Republicans in the Senate). I say that because historically when the economy is this good the president' party's house losses are at a minimum or they even win some during the midterms. Dems won House seats in the '98 midterms and Republicans won in the '02 midterms during Bush Jr's first term. Meanwhile, we were at the height of the recession during the 2010 midterms. It also looks like the three Senate and Governor seats in the "blue wall" that Trump broke in 2016 all went to the Democrats.
However, it looks like five incumbents Democratic Senators that went for Trump (I'm assuming Arizona and Montana Republican Senator challengers will win) went down tonight as Trump's extremely popular in those states. He knows this and that's why he held rallies there. It's going to be an interesting two years.
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29 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
That's because there pry is going to be a recount. It's the danger of calling a race early.
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Republicans carried the national House popular vote by 1 percentage point in 2016, and based on The Upshot model, they look likely to lose by about 7 percentage points in 2018. That 8-point shift would be nearly as large as the 9-point shift toward Republicans that happened in 2010 and the largest shift toward the Democrats since 1948.
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1 minute ago, Golden Goat said:
Manchin secured 22% less of the vote this time around. The two are related.
You think?
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3 minutes ago, Golden Goat said:
Did Manchin seriously only win by 3%? That's not a sure Dem vote by any stretch, moving forward.
Trump won the state by 42 points. Manchin is breathing a sigh of relief right now.
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Yeah. The problem may have been Hillary Clinton there Ben.
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Being reported that Trump called Pelosi to congratulate her.
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Just now, Golden Goat said:
Their bark was a distraction that the Republicans didn't want or need.
Cue Mitt Romney
He'll be the same.
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1 minute ago, Golden Goat said:
This is huge. Add +2 to the final GOP gains now that Flake and Corker are replaced by Trump allies.
They were all bark and no bite. They voted the Republican line the whole time he was in office.
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Just now, LABillzFan said:
Nothing better for the GOP than to have Pelosi as SOH. Dems are too freaking stupid to dump her.
If they pick up over 30 seats that's pretty significant with how good the economy is. She in essence did a better job than Schumer.
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Just now, KD in CA said:
Bimbo on CNN talking about how 'historic' it will be to have Pelosi because SoH.....again.
They need to vote her out.
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ABC projects Dems take House. Get ready for endless Trump investigations.
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1 minute ago, Tiberius said:
Global warming will beat the debt problem. There won't be a debt problem, actually. There will be a climate problem though.
I've read this three times and still have no clue what you're talking about.
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Just now, whatdrought said:
Heitkamp lost based solely on her own stupid pandering during Kav.
She was screwed no matter what. Mine as well go with your conscience. Am I too naive?
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Looks like O'Rourke helped some House races for Dems in Texas.
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Just now, BillsEnthusiast said:
NY is never getting rid of Andy is it?
He's quite the cutthroat politician. I respect that.
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This is a nail biter.
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He's probably my least favorite Buffalo Bill. I see why Carolina cut him loose.
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9 minutes ago, Koko78 said:
The GOP was never really in danger of losing the Senate.
When the GOP only has nine Senators up for reelection and the Dems have 26, it would be bad if the GOP didn't gain at least a few seats as I'm sure the maps in 2020 and 2022 aren't as favorable.
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I know this board isn't fond of liberal celebrities, but I found this amusing....
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Pry less than one in a million chance, but my dream scenario is a Chris Collins upset loss costing Republicans the House and a Bob Menendez upset loss costing Democrats the Senate.
Midterm Election Gameday Thread
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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There are urban areas in Montana?