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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yeah a part of me is still holding out for a miracle there, also Nelson seems to be unwilling to concede in Florida yet, which means it isn’t getting called by the AP. Nut sure if he’s being stubborn, thinks it’s possible for him to win or has just gone to bed.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWell, time to call it a night. I'm going to get in about 5 hours sleep, get up, and run off some frustrations at the gym before I have to go into work. I doubt it'll do any good staying up, a lot of these races that are still left won't be called until sometime tomorrow anyway. Might as well get the news all at once instead of piecemeal.
Tonight was a decent night on the whole, especially here in NY where state government is firmly in Democratic hands for the first time in forever, (I think I've read that the State Senate has only left Republican control twice since the end of WWII... and both times it only lasted a year or so) and a bunch of GOP congress people got the boot and several of the ones who didn't got the fight of their lives and barely made it through. I'm glad Democrats are drastically improving their game at the state level. I just wish the Senate hadn't thrown quite as much ashes over everything else. All I can do is hope that Rosen and Sinema can come through and moderate that out a bit.
Good night everyone, remember to take a breath tomorrow and then keep fighting, however we can.
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |The dems won Nevada 3, and Nevada 4 is looking like it'll be a democrat win with steven horsford having a 9 point lead at 75% of votes counted.
EDIT: From 538:
Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 6th 2018 at 3:34:12 PM
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
Anyone catch Trump's latest tweets?
“There’s only been 5 times in the last 105 years that an incumbent President has won seats in the Senate in the off year election. Mr. Trump has magic about him. This guy has magic coming out of his ears. He is an astonishing vote getter & campaigner. The Republicans are dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot unbelievably lucky to have him and I’m just awed at how well they’ve done. It’s all the Trump magic - Trump is the magic man. Incredible, he’s got the entire media against him, attacking him every day, and he pulls out these enormous wins.” Ben Stein, “The Capitalist Code”
He does realize they are losing doesn't he?
Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than YoursDemocrats take the house, Republicans hold the senate. The Red State Democratic Senators took more of a beating than anticipated, and Florida also went badly, but the Dems have a good chance of flipping Arizona and Nevada to partially make up for that.
Edited by Gilphon on Nov 7th 2018 at 3:01:42 PM
Did kind of shitty in the Senate, but we were already in a bad position there in the first place. Also it was more or less expected.
So far have done pretty well in House races, governor seats, and state legislature elections.
So overall, not too shabby. It's no miracle that saves us from Trump, but it's given us some breathing room and more leverage to keep Trump and the GOP from completely ruining everything.
Disgusted, but not surprised

If Montana also holds alongside Arizona and Nevada both flipping yeah we’d have a 53-47 Senate, Montana will as always be close though.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran