villakram Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 8 hours ago, nick76 said: I don’t think they’ll be slaughtered, they’ll lose the house as usual probably a swing of 40 seats but I think they might keep the Senate based on everything I’ve seen. We likely won't know until Jan given GA is likely to go to a run off... unless there is a true wave type election. This is unlikely with some 40m votes already cast, significantly damping the momentum of any last minute surges. MI will be an interesting bellwether, with Whitmer somehow in a close race. I say this, as although she is self branded as a prog stalwart, she has on the whole governed from a fairly centrist position. Her national profile etc., may be her undoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Quote What’s not normal is that roughly half the Republican candidates at state and federal levels have cast doubt on the election system itself. BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Sounds like the Democrats are doing better than expected? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Sounds like the Democrats are doing better than expected? Sounds like young voters have bailed them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 Nevada looking to be key to Democrats holding the Senate via Harris' tiebreaking vote. The Dem has a 5-point lead with 1/2 the votes counted. It all depends on which counties have yet to report. If the Republican wins it will come down to a runoff in Georgia. The candidate who kept the Dem and Republican from getting 50% there is a Libertarian, and you'd think his voters would lean Republican. But they may have voted for him because the couldn't stomach Walker and thus would not vote at all in the runoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted November 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2022 Sky news reporting that its not a great night for Trump. That's quite reassuring if true. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted November 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 17/08/2022 at 05:47, il_serpente said: I guess I'm saying I'm a tad more optimistic than you. But then you live a couple of counties away from knuckle draggers who elected Lauren Boebert, so it's easy to understand why you might not hold out much hope for the future. Hang in there! *crosses fingers* 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 9, 2022 16 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Sky news reporting that its not a great night for Trump. That's quite reassuring if true. Yeah I've had CNN on whi;st drifting in and out of sleep but they keep saying that mTrump type candidates are doing badly for the republicans and moderates (lol) are doing beter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, bickster said: Yeah I've had CNN on whi;st drifting in and out of sleep but they keep saying that mTrump type candidates are doing badly for the republicans and moderates (lol) are doing beter It would be amusing if this encourages some republicans to now push back on Trump more. Although I do quite like the idea of Desantis and Trump splitting the party apart over the next 2 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, bickster said: Yeah I've had CNN on whi;st drifting in and out of sleep but they keep saying that mTrump type candidates are doing badly for the republicans and moderates (lol) are doing beter That’s probably good news for the Ukrainians. The traditional Republicans are usually even more hawkish than the Democrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 26 minutes ago, DCJonah said: It would be amusing if this encourages some republicans to now push back on Trump more. Although I do quite like the idea of Desantis and Trump splitting the party apart over the next 2 years. Trump has had a poor night and the backlash in right wing commentators is very interesting. This article in the below tweet picks up some of those commentators. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Shame! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 The democrats got Pennsylvania. That is why I think Biden will run again even if he is doddery. He delivers the rust belt to the Democrats which a younger more progressive candidate probably couldn't. Demographically that will probably become republican in time but Georgia and other southern states could become blue if the population keeps on getting more diverse and younger. There is a lot of population change in the states. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HKP90 Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2022 I guess as an outsider I'm still quite baffled by the fact that anyone, much less nearly half the population of the States would vote for a party whose head literally tried to destroy democracy during the last election. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 But I don't understand. Literally every news outlet has been saying that Trump backed nominations had a torrid night. But he addressed a rally saying how he's got them all through and it had been a great night. I just don't understand this, what do all these media outlets think they are doing? If I didn't know better I would say someone is telling porkies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 22 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I guess as an outsider I'm still quite baffled by the fact that anyone, much less nearly half the population of the States would vote for a party whose head literally tried to destroy democracy during the last election. Even though it all seems to be going a bit better than predicted, it's still quite alarming how many of the results that are coming through basically seem to be stuff like Adolf Putin (R) 48.9% - 51.1% Wendy Normal (D) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 24 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I guess as an outsider I'm still quite baffled by the fact that anyone, much less nearly half the population of the States would vote for a party whose head literally tried to destroy democracy during the last election. It's insane. Actively using your democratic vote......to try and destroy democracy. And women's rights. In 2022 we're talking about the nation who leads The West taking away women's rights........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, nick76 said: Shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 39 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I guess as an outsider I'm still quite baffled by the fact that anyone, much less nearly half the population of the States would vote for a party whose head literally tried to destroy democracy during the last election. Because they get all of their news from right wing poisonous echo chambers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Am I right (see what I did there) in thinking that Disantis is a bit more of a moderate than Trump? Would a Disantis Presidency be much better than a Trump one? Asking those who live in the states or know what they are talking about. He opposed Muller, but looking superficially at his history he does seem slightly less of a whack-job. Edited November 9, 2022 by HKP90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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