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Sure sounds like Marcus meant plus
marcus saysGoran_K saysThat is pretty accurate. But I think the fifth senate seat is coming.
Why is 538 still saying +3.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2018-election-results-coverage/?ex_cid=extra_banner
I have to assume they are more on top of this than you or I.
Perhaps west coast ?
Uh because they’re wrong?
marcus saysYou two need to stop being so meanBut also he was joking about me owing him $1000. I think.
Actually if we had made that bet, I might still be winning it. But we didn't. The bet that I did offer, I almost surely wouldn't lose (they would have to be net up 5 for me to lose the bet I offered, which he did not accept).
It’s odd that people will talk shit for months when it doesn’t mean anything, then when it’s time to get some skin in the game, the cower in the corner hoping mommee will save them. Maybe that’s why they always support Republicans and chide ‘liberals’. They’re happy to lose their freedoms to avoid having any skin in the game.
For posterity:
And as I tried to tell McGee--Republicans have lost suburban soccer Moms for a long time. Dems consistently won all types of suburban districts.
Typically, the party out of power wins in the midterms because the other party doesn't show up to vote. in 2018, Trump got his base out and they voted. But he has alienated so many former Republicans that they still lost. So there's no reason to think he'll do any better in 2020.
OK-had to come back to gloat. Happy out.
The big news is that the wealthy voted Democrat.
It sure looks like the deciding factor in the Senate was the Kavanaugh vote, which mitigates the Suburban White Woman theory.
But, it's really no biggie, the House was on par with a typical midterm election
Also, the strategy was to pump the Senate Races, but not so much the House races. Looks like this was misguided.
And, the Democrats outspent the Republicans again. They were able to do so, despite being almost bust after 2016, because the Wealthy lavished them with donations.
They won because of soccer Moms throughout suburbia--donating and voting for Democrats.Not according to Vogue
HappyGilmore saysThey won because of soccer Moms throughout suburbia--donating and voting for Democrats.Not according to Vogue
https://www.vogue.com/article/white-women-voters-conservative-trump-gop-problem
suburbia hasn't been immune to the growing epidemic of lone childless post-wall cat-lady harpies who have ridden the cock carousel just one too many times and now need to express their bitterness by denying happily married women and white men their pursuit of happiness
Yes we earn more than those village folks because we worked hard and smart and are more educated.
False. Educated voted Democrat. There wasn't much correlation between income and voting Dem or Rep.
False again. The issue was the Dem senators were running in extremely Republican states. They overperformed, but Trump was successful in getting out the base in Indiana, Missouri, N. Dakota, etc.
That's funny, Pew just released a report whether you went to an SJW indoctrination Camp did matter, especially if your Gulag major was a non-STEM, SJW-bullshit infused Social Science/Lib Arts program that Women have in greater proportion to males:
Scott is in an excessively Red State?
False yet again. Typically midterms help the party out of power because they are the only voters that turn out. In this case, Trump got his base out. Like I said, the problem was unique to this year in that he alienated so many former Republicans that he lost anyway. And if Dems +7.5 isn't a wave, then what is a wave?
And false again. Dems had a very strong strategy for the House. They recruited good candidates everywhere. They supported them everywhere. They ran on healthcare. It worked.
So you're agreeing that I'm correct again. Level of education matters. Income doesn't.
Are you assuming Scott won? Even if he does eke out a win, it's only because the Broward ballot design was so idiotic.
It was a typical midterm election -- In the House. The opposition picked up 30ish seats.
They spent a fortune. Your GA-06 flip probably is nearing $100M in costs.
Number of seats won is actually a pretty poor measure. It depends so highly on how many seats the party had before the election. Better measure is vote %. And by that measure, it's right in line with the "wave" elections of the past.
Make up your mind. I thought they were focused on the Senate??
Nope. It's not a wave. It's simply an off year election. 30ish votes being typical. 60 is a wave election, like the Republicans in 2010.
And the pickups in the Senate confirm that.
Yes, Trump was focused on the Senate. .Figured the House would be dragged along. Didn't work - and nobody really knows why we had two opposite results.
Dems weren't, they were looking for the House. So I stand by the approaching $100M for GA-06, and the win was paper thin and will be easily overturned in 2020.
The only reason Reps got 60 was because they had so few to begin with.
Trump was focused on the Senate because none of the House members wanted him to come. He was toxic. The Senate seats were all in deep red states that Republicans should be winning all day every day. The fact that they lost Nevada, are going to lose AZ, almost lost TX, lost WV, Montana, is more of an indictment than a success.
Maybe those House Members made a mistake.
Again, Florida isn't a Deep Red State
And Scott should have lost.
He should have win, and will win. Just because it isn't deep Red doesn't mean it can't flip a Dem Senator.
Get ready for 2020. Please run Kamala Harris if possible.
Scott may win, but only because of 20,000+ undervotes in Broward county. With a properly designed ballot, he loses.
Get ready for Betomania--that's going to be Trump's opponent in 2020.
Sorry, nationally anyone that goes by Beto is going to get thrashed. I know it's not his actual name, but Beto cannot come close to getting elected on a national level
Dems really need to shift out of the fringe issues
PrivilegedtobeWhite saysHere's a secret...alphas do what they want, not what's expected of them...betas do that.they'll vote for Alpha Trump.
http://patrick.net/post/1320166/2018-11-11-dotard-donney-ditches-dead-twitter-trump-tamed-by-thunder
Dems really need to shift out of the fringe issues and start getting a candidate groomed that wants to help a majority of people instead of these fraction of a percentage of the population issues.
Looks like Montana went blue, so potential pickup of 4 depending on Arizona.
TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce saysFor posterity:
So, let's recap. As I tried to tell all of you, Nate was almost perfect. Dems are expected to win 38 seats when all is said and done and votes are done counting in CA.
The RCP polling average is going to be pretty damn close as well with Dems +7 or +7.5
My favorite--GA6 went to Dems this go around. Just needed a better candidate than Ossoff.
And as I tried to tell McGee--Republicans have lost suburban soccer Moms for a long time. Dems consistently won all types of suburban districts.
Typically, the party out of power wins in the midterms because the other party doesn't show up to vote. in 2018, Trump got his base out and they voted. But he has alienated so many ...
Dems have now gained 40 seats, more than almost anyone predicted. Dem House candidates will end up with almost as many votes in a mid-term election as Trump received in a Presidential year. And ended up +8. It was a complete rout.
So, while I'm certain Goran's mind wasn't changed, there is no doubt it was a blue wave.
White Men
Trump is going to be re-elected in 2020, and the House will swing back like it did in 2010. IF the Republican State legislatures crack down on Fraud and Illegal Voting. If not, we will be swamped by an Elitist-Third World alliance that will destroy the American Dream forever, and blame it all on White Men.
Long term I think Trump will be great for the Democratic party, but short term it really hurts the country.God save us. I'm embarrassed for humanity when people truly believe socialistic ideals are the way to go. We're slowly killing the human race.
roads private, close public schools, close the post office, disband fire, police and the military all socialistic idealsThese aren't socialism, they're called infrastructure and public services, funded through taxation, common to every municipality. The only exception is public schools, a perfect microcosm of what the Soviet Union would have created and funded. And yes, in virtually every instance with the schools, private outperforms public.
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Yesterday former Bill Clinton advisor Dick Morris told radio host on New York's AM 970 that he believes the "blue wave" that Democrats are expecting to give them back the Senate and House will not materialize, and polling has backed him up.
Last week, CNN's mid term poll showed that Democrats only had a 3 point advantage, well within the margin of error, and considering that CNN is known for "oversampling" Democrats in its own polls, this is troubling for the DNC.
Additionally, a recent poll from Reuters (left leaning) has shown that Millennials are leaving the Democrat party in droves. Democrat membership in the 18-34 demographic (the bread and butter of the DNC) dropped 9% over the past 2 years, most of them becoming "independents".
"I think that [Democrats] see fool’s gold in these scandals," Morris said. "They’re putting everything behind the Stormy Daniels scandal and Michael Cohen … and the country doesn’t give a damn."
That's when Morris dropped his prediction.
"There is no blue wave coming," Morris exclaimed. "There is a red wave. And what makes it red is the blood of the Democratic Party."
Here's my official take. I believe the GOP will LOSE seats in the house but will not give it up to the DNC. I believe the GOP will GAIN seats in the senate, keeping their majority. This will mean that Trump will have both houses of congress for his entire term.