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Democrats Won The House With The Largest Margin of Victory Ever
- Thread starter BWoog
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No you dont understand losing 2 seats in a historically bad senate map despite winning the popular vote of millions
Daaaamn. It does suck we lost two senate seats though, but, I have to say, if we can keep the House this healthy, it will go a long way in making this country a better place. Especially if we can go on the offensive against gerrymandering soon.
Also, if I'm a Republican, I'm not liking Trump's chances.
Also, if I'm a Republican, I'm not liking Trump's chances.
I remember on election night saying this wasn't a blue wave. Dems won 2/3 of the senate seats that were out for reelection and switched almost 40 house seats.
Senate would be a different story if majority of election seats weren't Democrats but it is what it is
State house and governor races were extremely favorable to dems as well. In all it was a blue wave
Senate would be a different story if majority of election seats weren't Democrats but it is what it is
State house and governor races were extremely favorable to dems as well. In all it was a blue wave
Niiice.
Get out the vote efforts worked. Great job but naturally we need to keep this energy going for 2020.
This is a total referendum on that orange shit stain. Trump is a losing horse. But by all means, Republicans, keep on hitching your wagons to him. Good chance he gets destroyed in 2020.
Well the economy was one of the only "positive" things he had to talk about and that probably won't last for him considering he's doing everything he can to fuck with things. After that all he'll have is constant negativity and fear mongering which I don't think is going to work in the face of a failed 4 years.
The fact were upset we lost in Georgia and Texas shows how far we came this midterm. The only big bummer is Florida, which seems to unfortunately be quite conservative as of late.
The percentage margin really is genuinely quite large, but it was only record breaking in absolute number of votes. Which is partially greater just because the population is higher.
The Senate is just depressing. With the rural states having increasing power over time it's looking like it might be impossible for Democrats to ever control the Senate, even if they get 70% of the people's votes. You could even write the same headline: Democrats win 70% of Senate votes in biggest victory in history in terms of percentage AND raw votes... and they still lose the Senate because all the rural state votes count for 4 or 5 times a higher population state.
The Senate is just depressing. With the rural states having increasing power over time it's looking like it might be impossible for Democrats to ever control the Senate, even if they get 70% of the people's votes. You could even write the same headline: Democrats win 70% of Senate votes in biggest victory in history in terms of percentage AND raw votes... and they still lose the Senate because all the rural state votes count for 4 or 5 times a higher population state.
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This was my favorite stupid talking point from people on the "left".
Sad thing is they will triple down on him. They have nothing else. Run on improving people's lives? That is crazy talk
Almost drunk myself to a pass out point when it dropped down to 30 something %.
You're obviously reading the statistics wrong. This was expected and in fact is Trump simply clearing out all the disloyal and weak Republicans so that he can replace them all with truly loyal Trump patriots in 2 years.
Or some such hogwash
Plus I think even they may realize they can't suddenly walk back their positions on healthcare, climate change, etc. and think people won't blink.
Too bad the right and many on the left were undermining the victory immediately from election night on and that's the story that will stick in most people's heads.
My heart nearly exploded when that shit happened. I was ready for the worst and couldn't feel my arms for like an hour lol.
Even still a black woman deliver one of the closes races in GA history. It sucks she lost but Democrats should be chomping at the bit for GA in 2020
lol this is basically exactly a response on Twitter. "Why is it always anti-Trump people that seem to push these polls? Why don't I ever get contacted for one of these?" etc., etc.
Too bad that margin wasn't reflected in the amount of seats gained, Republicans did much much better in 2010.
Yay, now back to complacency!
Hopefully this will teach people that their vote does count..... but i doubt it.
Hopefully this will teach people that their vote does count..... but i doubt it.
One that was rife with voter intimidation/suppression tactics as well. I absolutely agree about 2020. I doubt it'll go blue in the next election, but the time to start investing in it is now.