Election Results: 2014 Midterm

[andy7171]

Maryland elected a republican. Jesus! I guess Brown should have campaigned outside of Baltimore City and Metro DC. At least once.

The shocker of the night.

Even more shocking, my US representative, the honorable Elijah Cummings, only mustered 70%! I was somewhat excited to see a name to vote for yesterday instead of seeing him unopposed.

[Bronco]

If BHO was smart he would sign the Repub legislation that will hit his desk...especially the energy legislation

When this happened to Clinton he fought and then finally signed legislation and when it was successful he took credit for it
But BHO isn't smart

[Baldy]

Yahoo News, headline: Who won the 2014 Election…

Let’s start with the map. Sure, the GOP won a remarkable number of races last night. But take another look. How many purple states did Republicans actually pick up? There was Cory Gardner’s victory in Colorado — more on that later. There was Joni Ernst’s victory in Iowa. And there was Thom Tillis’s victory in North Carolina. The rest of the GOP’s Senate flips (Montana, South Dakota, Arkansas, West Virginia) and gubernatorial flips (Arkansas, Maryland, Illinois, Massachusetts) were in states that won’t really be contested in 2016. The Democrats flipped the governorship of Pennsylvania as well.

The GOP’s relative underperformance in swing states is a problem going forward because the 2016 landscape is a lot less favorable for Republicans than the 2014 landscape was. Sixteen of this year’s 20 contested Senate seats were held by Democrats heading into the election — and six of those Democrats were from states that Obama lost in 2012. This gave Republicans a huge advantage. The map was already red.

But that map will be upended in 2016, when 23 of the 33 seats at stake will be held by Republicans. Six of them will be in states that Obama won in 2008 and 2012 (Illinois, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Wisconsin). Two will be in states Obama won in 2008 (Indiana, North Carolina). Two are held by senators who may be retiring (John McCain in Arizona, Chuck Grassley in Iowa). And two are held by senators who may be running for president, which means they can’t run for re-election (Marco Rubio in Florida, Rand Paul in Kentucky).

In other words, for every Senate seat that Republicans flipped in 2014, there’s one — or more — that’s likely to flip back to the Democrats in 2016. The chances that the GOP will still control the upper chamber of Congress after 2016 are slim.

How does this help Clinton? By giving her an added boost on an electoral playing field that already favors a Democratic presidential nominee. In the last six elections, 18 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have voted for the Democratic candidate every single time.

This means that Clinton, assuming she’s the nominee, will start out with 242 electoral votes in 2016; she’ll need only 28 of the remaining 183 tossups to win the election. To defeat her, the Republican candidate will basically have to run the table in the purple states — “not a game plan with a high probability of success,” according to Republican pollsters Glen Bolger and Neil Newhouse. Making matters worse is the fact that Republican senators will already be playing defense in several of these states, attracting additional Democratic attention and resources that will ultimately bolster the candidate at the top of the ticket as well.

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[AZGrizFan]

MSNBC's lead story?

Gun Control Wins in Washington State.

[Ibanez]

If BHO was smart he would sign the Repub legislation that will hit his desk...especially the energy legislation

When this happened to Clinton he fought and then finally signed legislation and when it was successful he took credit for it
But BHO isn't smart

Manchurian Candidate: that's what he and Bush are (were).

[Ivytalk]

Heartwarming to see that Georgia voters rejected the devil grand-spawn of Jimmy Carter.

[Bronco]

Heartwarming to see that Georgia voters rejected the devil grand-spawn of Jimmy Carter.

And Sandra Fluke might have to get a job now

Tough night for Harry
Did the Koch Brothers do that?

[CitadelGrad]

Obama still has his veto pen. The last "veto-proof Congress" was way back in the LBJ era. Yesterday's result, however, does likely save SCOTUS from going Donk if Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg croaks in the next two years.

If she croaked during a Dem senate majority, she would just be replaced with another Donk. No net change. It would be a real problem if one of the Conks croaked during a Dem senate majority.

[CitadelGrad]

Suck it Doosh1back, Dooshbackjon, CaptCunt, Jizzalltheway, KYJelly, DenseDawg, and all the rest of you liberal donks. Absolute bloodbath. Watershed election. Conk gain of up to 9 Senate seats & 18 House seats, making it likely the largest conk majority in the House since WWII, and gain of 4 governor seats to make it 30 some conk governors. Complete and utter repudiation of your boy Obama and his policies

Letter man is right, if there was ever anything that needed repudiatin' its gas under $3/gallon, unemployment under 6%, and weekly record highs at the stock market.

I see you are trying take KYJelly's title from him.

[Grizalltheway]

I'm just amazed the Repubs were able to overcome all that rampant Donk voter fraud and win all these races! Any thoughts, Tman?

[CitadelGrad]

I'm just amazed the Repubs were able to overcome all that rampant Donk voter fraud and win all these races! Any thoughts, Tman?

What makes you think there was no fraud? Perhaps it was fraud that kept the GOP victory from being more resounding. The Virginia senate and Colorado gubernatorial races were pretty damn close.

[CitadelGrad]

Yahoo News, headline: Who won the 2014 Election…

Let’s start with the map. Sure, the GOP won a remarkable number of races last night. But take another look. How many purple states did Republicans actually pick up? There was Cory Gardner’s victory in Colorado — more on that later. There was Joni Ernst’s victory in Iowa. And there was Thom Tillis’s victory in North Carolina. The rest of the GOP’s Senate flips (Montana, South Dakota, Arkansas, West Virginia) and gubernatorial flips (Arkansas, Maryland, Illinois, Massachusetts) were in states that won’t really be contested in 2016. The Democrats flipped the governorship of Pennsylvania as well.

The GOP’s relative underperformance in swing states is a problem going forward because the 2016 landscape is a lot less favorable for Republicans than the 2014 landscape was. Sixteen of this year’s 20 contested Senate seats were held by Democrats heading into the election — and six of those Democrats were from states that Obama lost in 2012. This gave Republicans a huge advantage. The map was already red.

But that map will be upended in 2016, when 23 of the 33 seats at stake will be held by Republicans. Six of them will be in states that Obama won in 2008 and 2012 (Illinois, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Wisconsin). Two will be in states Obama won in 2008 (Indiana, North Carolina). Two are held by senators who may be retiring (John McCain in Arizona, Chuck Grassley in Iowa). And two are held by senators who may be running for president, which means they can’t run for re-election (Marco Rubio in Florida, Rand Paul in Kentucky).

In other words, for every Senate seat that Republicans flipped in 2014, there’s one — or more — that’s likely to flip back to the Democrats in 2016. The chances that the GOP will still control the upper chamber of Congress after 2016 are slim.

How does this help Clinton? By giving her an added boost on an electoral playing field that already favors a Democratic presidential nominee. In the last six elections, 18 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have voted for the Democratic candidate every single time.

This means that Clinton, assuming she’s the nominee, will start out with 242 electoral votes in 2016; she’ll need only 28 of the remaining 183 tossups to win the election. To defeat her, the Republican candidate will basically have to run the table in the purple states — “not a game plan with a high probability of success,” according to Republican pollsters Glen Bolger and Neil Newhouse. Making matters worse is the fact that Republican senators will already be playing defense in several of these states, attracting additional Democratic attention and resources that will ultimately bolster the candidate at the top of the ticket as well.

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I always rely on the profound and prescient Yahoo political analysis.

[BDKJMU]

Didn't watch much election news last night. WTF happened in VA? I saw that Warner was up 20 something in the polls last month. He only wins by 1% over Gillespie NO-ONE in the last month was talking about this being one of the contested races. Warner must have done something really stupid..

[89Hen]

In other words, for every Senate seat that Republicans flipped in 2014, there’s one — or more — that’s likely to flip back to the Democrats in 2016. The chances that the GOP will still control the upper chamber of Congress after 2016 are slim.

Could happen, but to state that as almost fact?

[89Hen]

Didn't watch much election news last night. WTF happened in VA? I saw that Warner was up 20 something in the polls last month. He only wins by 1% over Gillespie NO-ONE in the last month was talking about this being one of the contested races. Warner must have done something really stupid..

Gillespie ran an ad supporting the Redskins name during the MNF Skins/Cowboys game. Worth 5 points alone.

[travelinman67]

I'm just amazed the Repubs were able to overcome all that rampant Donk voter fraud and win all these races! Any thoughts, Tman?

What makes you think there was no fraud? Perhaps it was fraud that kept the GOP victory from being more resounding. The Virginia senate and Colorado gubernatorial races were pretty damn close.

This. They're still counting those fraudulent mail in ballots.

[Ivytalk]

Alaska hasn't been called yet. Still waiting for the Pt. Barrow Eskimo vote to come in.

[CitadelGrad]

Didn't watch much election news last night. WTF happened in VA? I saw that Warner was up 20 something in the polls last month. He only wins by 1% over Gillespie NO-ONE in the last month was talking about this being one of the contested races. Warner must have done something really stupid..

Gillespie apparently did far better in the Virgina Beach region than any Republican has done in a long time. He also did better in Fairfax County than expected, but still lost there.

[ASUG8]

Suck it Doosh1back, Dooshbackjon, CaptCunt, Jizzalltheway, KYJelly, DenseDawg, and all the rest of you liberal donks. Absolute bloodbath. Watershed election. Conk gain of up to 9 Senate seats & 18 House seats, making it likely the largest conk majority in the House since WWII, and gain of 4 governor seats to make it 30 some conk governors. Complete and utter repudiation of your boy Obama and his policies

Letter man is right, if there was ever anything that needed repudiatin' its gas under $3/gallon, unemployment under 6%, and weekly record highs at the stock market.

Wow, where to begin on this comment.....

I had no idea that presidents could move oil and equity markets. Meanwhile, 6% unemployment is a tough figure to defend when folks abandoned the job market or took jobs below what they lost when the recession came on. But after all, this administration has never been about taking any personal accountability for things that went poorly, only taking credit when something happened to go right.

[BDKJMU]

Didn't watch much election news last night. WTF happened in VA? I saw that Warner was up 20 something in the polls last month. He only wins by 1% over Gillespie NO-ONE in the last month was talking about this being one of the contested races. Warner must have done something really stupid..

Gillespie ran an ad supporting the Redskins name during the MNF Skins/Cowboys game. Worth 5 points alone.

But didn't Warner support it too?

[89Hen]

Gillespie ran an ad supporting the Redskins name during the MNF Skins/Cowboys game. Worth 5 points alone.

But didn't Warner support it too?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkLgU2A8vQ[/youtube]

[BDKJMU]

But didn't Warner support it too?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkLgU2A8vQ[/youtube]

Why wouldn't Warner simply say he opposes it too? To not to in VA would be very dumb...

[89Hen]

Why wouldn't Warner simply say he opposes it too? To not to in VA would be very dumb...

Because all the other Dems supported it (except the mysoginist pussy Kaine)

[SDHornet]

I'm just amazed the Repubs were able to overcome all that rampant Donk voter fraud and win all these races! Any thoughts, Tman?

What makes you think there was no fraud? Perhaps it was fraud that kept the GOP victory from being more resounding. The Virginia senate and Colorado gubernatorial races were pretty damn close.

Other side of the argument is they still lost even with voter fraud.

[BDKJMU]

Why wouldn't Warner simply say he opposes it too? To not to in VA would be very dumb...

Because all the other Dems supported it (except the mysoginist pussy Kaine)

But I bet lots of the donk redskin fans in VA didn't, plus most of the independent redskin fans. Was stupid of him.