So the votes are still being recounted in some areas, and it seems like Democrats have a good shot at winning the Arizona senate race and possibly the Florida senate race. Statistically, there's little denying that this was a blue wave election. Democrats haven't won this many seats in a single election since Nixon. They were expected to pick up 27 in congress on the high end, and they got 31.
It's not funny at all. It means some jackass was initially trying to hide mail-in and provisional ballots to keep them from being counted. In several states they also found locked buildings full of unused voting machines that were meant to be available on election day. This shit is to be expected in every election from now on to some degree, at least until the voting rights act is fully restored.Funny how it's always Democrats who 'find' uncounted ballots in Democrat-heavy districts after the election is over, and only where the race was close enough to merit a recount.
Yeah, the dems weren't expected to take the senate as the vast majority of seats up for election were Democrat incumbents. With the house win they do have a big opportunity to take all three branches in 2020, but only if voter turnout is as high or higher than the midterm.Arizona went to democrats. Countin still going on in Florida.
At the time I wrote the poll I hadn't realised that it were multiple races. The republicans won the senate, as was predicted. How close it was is up for debate (it's all in perception, I guess? ).
I hadn't polled on the house of representative, but as it turns out that was a landslide victory for democrats (it's been 40 years since they won more seats).
Democrats are the party of the majority. When they turn out, they win, simple as that. This is why for decades Republicans have done whatever they can to keep voter turnout low. Gerrymandering, voter roll purges, poll closures, claims of voter fraud that never pan out, voter ID, and so forth. To be so repulsive that Republicans still get voted out despite all these advantages being stacked in their favor, and despite the electoral map being favorable to them, is quite the accomplishment.Do you want to know why the Democrats are the party of immigration and minorities? Because they need the vote. More immigrants means more Democratic voters. Absolutely disgusting practice.