Three days later: Hey, Republicans really did get clobbered

[workinclasszero]

By Jennifer Rubin November 9 at 11:30 AM

It turns out the 2018 midterm elections were pretty much a rout. Counting all the votes makes all the difference in the world.

In the House, as of this writing, the Democratic gains are up to 30 with about five more races still to be called — in which Democrats are leading. A gain of 35 seats would be the largest House pickup for Democrats since the first post-Watergate midterm election in 1974.

The Democrats picked up seven governorships, with Stacey Abrams, as of now, still fighting to make it to a runoff in Georgia, and Andrew Gillum trailing by 0.4 percentage points, enough to trigger a recount in Florida.

In the Senate, Democrats may not quite have pulled off an inside straight, but they had two aces — in Nevada and Arizona. With 26 seats to defend, many in red states, it now looks as if their losses will be small. Democrats won in Nevada and are now poised to pick up a seat in Arizona. In the latter, Rep. Krysten Sinema surged into the lead as additional Maricopa County ballots were counted.)

Meanwhile, Democrats have an outside chance to hold on to Florida. There, Republican Gov. Rick Scott leads by only 0.2 percentage points over Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. If Sinema and Nelson win, Republicans, in a year with the most favorable map in recent history, would pick up only a net of one seat (52 to 48); if Sinema wins but Nelson doesn’t, Republicans would only eke out a net gain of two seats (53 to 47). That’s simply remarkable considering they had to defend incumbents in the following in states President Trump won, in some cases by double digits: Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Dakota.

Remember, states also passed ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage, to expand voting access and to legalize marijuana; you have to wonder whether Trump and his ilk realize they are in retreat politically and policy-wise.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/09/three-days-later-hey-republicans-really-did-get-clobbered/

[qazplm135]

1. I admit I succumbed to a little sadness over Florida and Georgia

coming out bad...that's literally the only part that was unexpected and tough...literally everything else was either very good or very expected.

[workinclasszero]

3. We lost our dem senator so that was a killer for me personally but

it was overall a smashing repudiation of Trump's evil regime.

And even in my state we passed a minimum wage increase, medical cannabis and govt reform regarding gifts from lobbyists and gerrymandering.

[CottonBear]

6. We got rid of Karen Handel in Ga & elected a black woman congressman instead!

Lucy McBath won the seat that Jon Ossoff ran for in a previous special election.

Abrams has a real chance to go into a runoff on Dec 4 or win outright if she gets 50%.

[qazplm135]

9. I just don't think she has the numbers

the only recount I think has a shot is Nelson's.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The media narrative kept focussing on the Senate

and not only ignored the House, but really ignored the state level races.

[workinclasszero]

4. Yeah funny how that works huh? 😠

Every time I hear BS about the liberal press I want to vomit. Nothing could be farther from the truth!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Exactly

They especially targeted McCaskill and ignored Heller, despite the fact that Heller had originally been considered the most vulnerable Republican in the past, except this election season when that same media bolstered his case.

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7. Hate to be an "I told you so", but Nancy Pelosi told us so...

and she got plenty of flack for being confident and saying we were going to win.

[workinclasszero]

8. Yes she did and she was right!

Pelosi did what a leader does!

Speak the truth in a hailstorm of criticism from all sides and come out a winner at the end!!!

[BootinUp]

10. K&R

[bdamomma]

11. Our votes counted

or may be I should not be to hasty to say that. Votes are still being counted.

[book_worm]

12. really the days of knowing all the returns the day of the election are long over

especially when turnout is high and mail in ballots, etc. The media should wait to analyze the returns until they are pretty sure the votes are counted.