Wisc, Mich, Penn electoral votes total 46.

[realmirage]

If Hillary had won those three states as we usually do, she would be president. The fact that we did well there last night, that is very good news for us in 2020. One term Trump? Yes please.

The main goal here wasn’t to win a governorship in Georgia or a senate race in Texas. Are you kidding me? Those are republican states. The main goal was winning back some power in Congress to stop the republican agenda and the goal moving forward has always been making trump a one term president.

Mission accomplished on the first, very good sign for the second. Lots to be hopeful about after last night. Good job rust belt.

The nightmare of total gop control with a maniac as Pres is over! You hear me? IT IS OVER. Let that sink in.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. And, we are SOOO close to flipping AZ, FLA, GA, and even TX.

[Demsrule86]

3. That is absolutely true... which means the GOP elected will have to be looking over their shoulders.

[calimary]

5. Evidently the board in the Senate looks a lot harder for the GOP in 2020.

They’ll be the ones who will have more ground to defend - and the ground isn’t as stable now as it was (all those reliably red states last time). They’ll be in the same position then - that we were in this time.

[Demsrule86]

2. We did it...the GOP does not control it all and with their ass kissing of Trump we probably saved

the country maybe the world.

[realmirage]

7. THAT is the real story from last night

[Demsrule86]

13. It really is...we dodge a bullet by taking the house. Those races were close...but we won.

I shudder to think what would have happened had the GOP won the house.

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Texas Is Slowly Turning Purple

True, the Good Guys lost by single digits in the Lone Star State last night, But they lost by single digits, NOT double digits. Depending on who we run in 2020 and how badly Donnie screws up in the next couple of years, there’s a chance, perhaps not a “Yuge” one, that we could win Texas, too.

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Texas Dems should start reaching out to Latinos in a big way starting now.

[Vogon_Glory]

10. We've been doing that

A LOT of our elected Democrats are Latinos. OTOH, Donnie’s been kicking Latinos, at least the darker-complexioned ones, in the teeth.

I suspect that Donnie et al threatening their healthcare and encouraging goonish behavior by ICE and others might encourage some to vote Democratic instead of being hassled for going around being brown.

[Funtatlaguy]

11. Heard CNN pundits saying some Latinos are afraid to vote

That needs to change.

[Va Lefty]

6. Yes, winning the House was goal #1, but losing Governors races in Fla. Ga. and Ohio hurt

At a minimum, they would have given us veto power when new districts are drawn for US House and State legislatures after 2020 census, making it harder to elect Democrats in those states for the next decade.

[In It to Win It]

9. I can't get over the fact that...

We have two Trumps to deal with. Even if Trump is ousted in 2020, I still have to deal with a Trumpian Governor.

Wow! MIND... BLOWN!

I’m dumbfounded.

My brain is like a glitching computer at the moment.

[Demsrule86]

14. Ohio voted to end partisan redistricting in 16 . And we won more governors than we lost...I am

pleased even though Cordray whom I worked very hard to elect lost.

[Va Lefty]

15. Thanks for the info on Ohio. Did not know that.

[Demsrule86]

20. You must be very proud...Virginia did well last night...did you guys pick up any legislature seats?

[Va Lefty]

22. State Senate and House of Delegates were not on ballot this year

But yes, Congressional delegation went from 6-5 R to 7-4 D!

[Demsrule86]

23. Awesome! I was unaware how it worked with the house of delegates...bet it flips two years (right)

from now.

[Va Lefty]

24. Correct

[Blue_true]

12. With the nation divided, they hold the key to the presidency, just them.

I hope that in 2020, we put more resources into them and less into Florida and Georgia.

[StevieM]

16. HRC put more resources into them than Obama did in 2012. The claim that she ignored them is

pure fiction.

[NewJeffCT]

19. additionally

both Georgia and Texas are trending towards pink

Texas was just about the same spread as Ohio in 2016, and I know they put a ton of money, time and effort into Ohio (8.13% in Ohio and 8.99% in Texas). TX in 2012 was +15.78% for Romney - so, Clinton cut that almost in half.

Arizona was also closer at the presidential level than it has been in a while it was 3.55% in 2016 and 9.06% in 2012 (it was +10.76% for Bush in 2004. Can't use 2008 as a comparison since that was McCain)

[SaschaHM]

17. Not to mention NV is gradually becoming Blue.

I'm going to wait until Ralston calls it Blue to make that distinction myself, but the rural surge wasn't enough to combat what the Dems did statewide in Washoe and Clark. Dems banked up a 48k Firewall in early voting and it looks like Rosen won with about a 50k vote lead.

[llmart]

18. I still maintain that the votes were rigged in those three states.

I will go to my grave believing that Hillary won Michigan.

[Demsrule86]

21. Enough votes were spoiled in Detroit to have put her over the top.