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ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#260576: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:56:21 PM

Unreal: Maine district 2 is 44% reporting, and the R and D are 8 votes total apart right now.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#260577: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:57:51 PM

NPR is currently showing a net Dem gain of 21 seats. What did we need for the majority? 21 or 23?

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#260578: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:58:38 PM

Honestly? I don't mean to disparage or downplay how truly odious and inhumane the GOP and Trump are, but compared to the situation where I live, these midterms feel like the ending to Return of the Jedi. In contrast, Brazil is going to be ruled by a crook who is just as bad as Donald, and probably turn into the Russia of the tropics for like 2 decades. I don't see an end in sight.

But you all still have the chance to turn things around. I sympathize with the anxieties and anyone who still feel things look bleak, but I hope that you are channeling that into something productive.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:59:25 PM

Cris_Meyers reluctant author, willing misanthrope from Chicagoland (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
reluctant author, willing misanthrope
#260579: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:58:42 PM

[up][up]23

Edited by Cris_Meyers on Nov 6th 2018 at 10:59:01 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#260580: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:58:59 PM

23, but the Republicans did manage to flip a seat, so make that 24.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#260581: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:59:06 PM

[up]x4 23. Though I'm pretty sure we already flipped all the ones we need.

Edited by kkhohoho on Nov 6th 2018 at 10:59:32 AM

MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
The Shadow
#260582: Nov 6th 2018 at 8:59:07 PM

So all these sites calling the House for the Dems were premature?

Are we celebrating too soon?

The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.
Cris_Meyers reluctant author, willing misanthrope from Chicagoland (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
reluctant author, willing misanthrope
#260583: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:00:42 PM

So all these sites calling the House for the Dems were premature?

Are we celebrating too soon?

A lot of things would have to start going right for the Republicans at this point for it to switch now. Anything's possible, sure, but at this point it's overwhelmingly likely the Democrats will seize the House.

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#260584: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:00:48 PM

Not really. The projection is still +35.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260585: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:01:06 PM

[up][up][up] Nah. There are still 100 races left to be called and the trend is pretty clear.

Edited by Swanpride on Nov 6th 2018 at 9:01:21 AM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#260586: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:01:40 PM

And nevermind that the NPR's net gain just jumped to 22 in only a minute.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#260587: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:01:52 PM

So even if things don't go exactly as planned, the Republicans would still need to flip about a dozen seats they didn't already have, and it seems like all the flipping is near-universally R to D, minus that one mentioned above.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#260588: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:02:28 PM

Democrat Gavin Newsom will become the next governor of California.

Cris_Meyers reluctant author, willing misanthrope from Chicagoland (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
reluctant author, willing misanthrope
#260589: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:03:28 PM

So even if things don't go exactly as planned, the Republicans would still need to flip about a dozen seats they didn't already have, and it seems like all the flipping is near-universally R to D, minus that one mentioned above.

And plus the 2 that the Democrats flipped.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260590: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:03:35 PM

Two at least. Democrat Mc Caskill lost in Missouri.

Edited by Swanpride on Nov 6th 2018 at 9:03:52 AM

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#260591: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:05:18 PM

She’s a senator, not a congresswoman.

Also, looking at Texas, Georgia, and Florida; remember how much voter suppression and outright, brazen cheating was involved.

Edited by wisewillow on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:06:58 PM

Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#260592: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:06:48 PM

Nooooo, Steve King is winning again. If I have to lose Claire I at least want King's screaming madness shoved back into the desecrated crypt where it belongs!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260593: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:06:55 PM

[up][up] Ooops...sorry.

Edited by Swanpride on Nov 6th 2018 at 9:07:10 AM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260594: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:08:20 PM

So far the Democrats got three trifecta tonight, right?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#260596: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:08:53 PM

And here’s a thread reminding everyone how hard all the democrat volunteers worked in red states. The work matters.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#260597: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:09:37 PM

NPR currently has the Dems at the 24 seats they need. Provided the GOP doesn't get some kind of miracle, the House is won.

[nja][nja]

Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 6th 2018 at 1:09:53 PM

Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#260598: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:09:39 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up][up]Do all three of those states really have unusually high amounts of voter suppression/ outright cheating compared to other states? It would be interesting to find out, but in the case of outright cheating we probably will never know without a Federal investigation or something.

Edited by Mio on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:10:18 PM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260599: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:10:23 PM

Yep, The democrats have currently the majority, and it is unlikely that this will change.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#260600: Nov 6th 2018 at 9:10:43 PM

[up][up]Hooooo boy. Not really? Kemp has been BRAZEN. Federal judges have been slapping him down all month/last month. He purged 320,000 voters RIGHT BEFORE the election! Predominantly black voters!

Minnesota flip is huge; wonderful news.

Edited by wisewillow on Nov 6th 2018 at 12:11:27 PM


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