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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#260726: Nov 7th 2018 at 3:59:03 AM

Not great, but keep in mind that the Libertarian Party generally hurts the GOP more than the Green Party hurts the Democrats.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#260727: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:10:18 AM

AP has uncalled its Will Hurd (R) victory projection in #TX 23. He's now trailing Gina Ortiz Jones (D) by 282 votes with all precincts reporting. [1]

Edited by megaeliz on Nov 7th 2018 at 7:11:59 AM

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#260728: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:17:03 AM

[up]bwahaha.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#260729: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:24:24 AM

This is why Beto is so fucking proud. Turnout he helped spike statewide helped carry districts.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260730: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:30:48 AM

I feel sorry for the Parkland activists. They fought so hard and yet two pro-gun politicians got elected in Florida.

What is wrong with those people!

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#260731: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:31:18 AM

To be blunt? Voter suppression and white supremacy.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260732: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:32:19 AM

Also a dead man won in Nevada? How does this work?

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#260733: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:33:22 AM

Rohrabacher looks like he lost to the the Democratic candidate, Harley Rouda!

He’s the one the NYT labeled as “Putin’s favorite Congressman”, and this election just keeps looking better and better!

Edited by megaeliz on Nov 7th 2018 at 8:00:28 AM

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#260734: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:37:58 AM

I can't tell if this is a real tweet - it's not dated and a quick scan of his Twitter suggests it's not recent if it is - but either way, it is definitely accurate.

It's been fun.
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#260735: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:47:59 AM

This is pretty cool: Ilhan Omar again makes history, becoming 1st Somali-American elected to U.S. House

And THANK GOD the Minnesota governorship stayed blue. Also happy that Jason Lewis (R) is out and Angie Craig (D) is in. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Jason.

Edited by speedyboris on Nov 7th 2018 at 8:04:20 AM

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#260736: Nov 7th 2018 at 4:49:21 AM

[up][up][up] Just saw about Rohrbacher. What a lovely thing to wake up to. grin

The CT governor's race that I was worried about has turned around, the Democrat Ned Lamont is now up 10K votes and from what I hear most votes left to be counted are in urban areas that should favor him. So CT has survived a massive scare/an attempt to blow its own foot off, but there are big, big problems in that state that the Dems need to sort out and get in order pronto, because between massive income inequality/standard of living difference, a massive fiscal problem, and a stark rural/urban divide, the state is quietly a basket case and has been increasingly shifting towards becoming a purple state in state politics rather than blue.

Democrats need to get it sorted out and fast, because they're not going to be able to paper over problems much longer, which has been their approach for a long time.

Edited by TheWanderer on Nov 7th 2018 at 7:49:42 AM

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#260737: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:01:16 AM

This seemed like a good summation of last night.

You lost the house, Texas went 48% for a Dem, progressive policies swept at the state level, more women, lgbtq & POC won state elections & your Russian pal dana rohrabacher went bye-bye. Enjoy your next 2 years, they are going to be pretty shitty

Edited by megaeliz on Nov 7th 2018 at 8:02:02 AM

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#260738: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:03:42 AM

Here’s a longer summary of why last night was a massive success.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#260739: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:19:07 AM

Things like this are why I'm an optimist.

I may not have any expectations that shitty people will stop being shitty, but I do have confidence in the ability of non-shitty people to change things.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260740: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:21:21 AM

This might help, too:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/nov/06/midterm-elections-2018-live-results-latest-winners-and-seats?CMP=results_blog

Having this laid out in a nice little graphic makes the losses hurt less, because once you look at it objectively, the Democrats managed to hold onto what they were expected to hold onto and conquered a lot in areas in which they usually have no business to be. And all this with the deck stacked against them.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#260741: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:23:02 AM

I see that the Democrats more or less held out or flipped in the Rust Belt state wide races. Considering that those states were the ones that pushed Trump over the top, that's huge.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#260742: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:32:23 AM

The democrats have 64 subpoenas lined up. They're going to be looking into the russian interference/connection to the Trump campaign, including, among another things, the allegations that Trump properties were used to launder money by russian oligarchs.

We've already said this but the GOP's legislative agenda is also dead.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260743: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:35:08 AM

If the 23 house races left, how many of them will be called today? I mean Georgia will take some time if they really count every single vote, and I hear that California tends to take its time, but are there any left which should be called soon?

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260744: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:38:13 AM

[up][up]They can also look into family separation and whether Trump violated emoluments

Edited by Swanpride on Nov 7th 2018 at 5:38:29 AM

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#260745: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:39:29 AM

A lot of the California votes are already in; of the 6 "to watch out for seats", democrats seem to have flipped 2, California 25 and California 48.

48 was held by a pro-russia trump suck-up, and apparently it was held by the GOP for three decades.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 7th 2018 at 9:42:47 AM

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#260746: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:51:50 AM

A small but pleasant surprise from Mississippi: the senate election there is heading for a runoff. It's certain to end up in Republican favor, but at least Democrats could push things that far. Also, there were two Republican candidates, one of them being Chris McDaniel, a completely loathsome neo-Confederate and White Supremacist with all the tact and morality of an rabid wolverine. McDaniel will not be the Republican in the runoff, as enough of his party found him too loathsome and/or unhinged to vote for. So that's a tiny victory for human decency.

Another prominent neo-Confederate, Corey Stewart in Virginia, (another Bannon/Breitbart guy, IIRC) was expected to lose to Tim Kaine, but he got a pretty thorough thumping. (Kaine up by over half a million votes, 57 to 41 percent.) Combined with his loss in the Governor's race in 2016, it looks like Virginia has completely turned its back on Stewart, and likely his brand of politics is dead in the state, much to the dismay of a lot of White Supremacists and "The South shall rise again!" types.

And Georgia's 6th district is looking like it may have an upset on its hand, as Democrat Lucy McBath appears ready to just slide by Karen Handel by about 2,000 votes, 50.3% to 49.7%.

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#260747: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:53:57 AM

This is going to sound strange, but I'm actually glad Trump is gloating and treating this as a win for himself. I'd rather have that (since he's wrong anyway) than "The Democrats won more than I think they should have. This can only mean VOTER FRAUD! I am launching a huge investigation into this, at tax payer's expense, of course."

Edited by speedyboris on Nov 7th 2018 at 7:54:32 AM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#260748: Nov 7th 2018 at 5:58:33 AM

I am an idiot...so, using the handy guardian website to figure out what is missing in the house races...and now I am slightly confused...some of those races are apparently at 100% reported, but there is no winner announced yet? I guess because the races are so close?

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#260749: Nov 7th 2018 at 6:00:42 AM

A lot of the California votes are already in; of the 6 "to watch out for seats", democrats seem to have flipped 2, California 25 and California 48.

48 was held by a pro-russia trump suck-up, and apparently it was held by the GOP for three decades.

To remind everyone everyone exactly how bad Rohrabacher was about his blatant pro-Russia BS, even other Republicans despised him for openly being a Putin toady.

A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin Mc Carthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” Mc Carthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia

Also, another Californian Trump suckup and defender, Darrell Issa, decided not to run for reelection. His district looks likely to turn blue for the first time in 20 years, although so far just 2/3 of the votes have been counted.

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wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#260750: Nov 7th 2018 at 6:01:40 AM

Trump is physically incapable of acknowledging failure. He could have been clapped in irons and exiled to Timbuktu today, and he'd have found a way to call that a win.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.

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