USA mid-term elections 2014 -- VOTE --

[T-Rexx]

Polls in the east are just now closing. Three Senate races have been called so far:

Kentucky: Mitch McConnell (R)

South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

South Carolina: Lindsey Graham (R)

 

[CoolBlue71]

We are going to lose 6-8 Senate seats folks.
Get used to the fact there will be Republican gloating and talks about how the Democratic Party is dead, it will be no different from two years ago when our side was doing the same.

I anticipate Republican pickups from:

1. Alaska (unseating of Mark Begich)
2. Arkansas (unseating of Mark Pryor)
3. Colorado (unseating of Mark Udall; all these damn Marks!)
4. Louisiana (unseating of Mary Landrieu)
5. Montana (open-seat race)
6. South Dakota (open-seat race)
7. West Virginia (open-seat race)

I don't think any Republican-held seats will flip to the Democrats; not even with Kansas (though I do think that state's governorship).


Just as the polls closed in Kentucky @ 07:00 p.m. ET, CNN was one which projected a Republican hold for re-election of Mitch McConnell.

Result from exit-polling numbers have 50/50 male-and-female voting sizes. McConnell has carried males with 58 percent but received 46 percent from females. Alison Lunderan Grimes received 39 percent of the state's male voters. She has won women with 51 percent. If those were to become the final numbers, Mitch McConnell would win re-election by 6 percentage points (say, 52 to 46 percent), essentially the same margin back in 2008, a Democratic wave election.



At 07.30 p.m. ET: North Carolina U.S. Senate is too close to call.

West Virginia has become a Republican pickup for Shelley Moore Cuputo.

 

[Stardreamer]

Don't bet on it. ANOTHER thing that Republicans are keeping under the radar. I would nearly be willing to bet my life savings, or even my life, that they will remove the FINO (Filibuster-in-name-only) immediately so they can just slam everything through by brute force. THEY WILL BE PASSING TONS OF SHIT. And I mean SHIT. Probably even repealing the minimum wage and stuff. Obama is the only firewall (and even SCOTUS isn't helpful nowadays, and that takes years).

MoConnell reaching across the aisle AND restraining Cruz? No way in hell, certainly not the Mitchyguy I've seen the past eight to ten years.

They could but if either of these situations come true then they will fail the ability to legislate test I mention and can say goodbye to holding ground in 2016 or being a majority party again any time soon.

 

[T-Rexx]

West Virginia has been called:

West Virginia: Shelley M. Capito (R)

 

[CoolBlue71]

I forgot to mention the open-seat race in Iowa as one I think will end up a Republican pickup.

So, that would be either 52 or 53 for Republican pickup of majority control of the U.S. Senate.

 

[T-Rexx]

You can follow the Senate race with Lego Senate.

 

[frankfrank]

In South Dakota, Republican Mike Rounds the corner...

 

[cityboy-stl]

You can follow the Senate race with Lego Senate.

Cute!

 

[Vitamin]

And in Texas, Greg Abbott defeated Wendy Davis for Governor.

 

[T-Rexx]

Virginia is about to become a Republican pickup.

E. Gillespie (R) is ahead of incumbent Democrat M. Warner (D) by a margin of 5%, with 79% of the votes counted.

 

[Vitamin]

Virginia is about to get a Republican pickup.

E. Gillespie (R) is ahead of incumbent Democrat M. Warner (D) by a margin of 5%, with 79% of the votes counted.

I think you misread something. Even Fox News isn't claiming Gillespie is ahead by that much.

 

[Vitamin]

Fox just announced: Gillespie 50%, Warner 48% with 79% reporting.

 

[T-Rexx]

^ Politico is reporting Gilllespie 51.4% to Warner 46.1% with 79.5% of the vote counted.

That's an insurmountable lead.

Fox is not a reliable source.

 

[Vitamin]

^ Politico is reporting Gilllespie 51.4% to Warner 46.1% with 79.5% of the vote counted.

That's an insurmountable lead.

Fox is not a reliable source.

And apparently neither is MSNBC to you.

According to MSNBC, with 84% of the vote in Gillespie has 952,907 votes. Warner had 929,018. I don't feel like doing the math, but that doesn't sound like a five point lead to me. If Gillespie actually had that at this point, or even at 79%, everybody would have already called it for him. There is obviously something wrong with Politico's website.

 

[T-Rexx]

^ Well, Politico's site has gone down in flames.

Maybe they were having problems.

 

[T-Rexx]

Republicans have taken control of the Senate.

They have won Colorado, Georgia, South Dakota, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Montana - the six flips they needed to win a majority.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eats-two-states-hope-landslide-Democrats.html


Louisiana is headed for a runoff election.

 

[justdra]

We about to be at another stand still until 2016. Obama may as well get his Veto pen inked up because they about the throw some shit his way lol.

 

[Benvolio]

Fox has now projected that the GOP will control the Senatr. Obama can either cooperate with Republicans to accomplish things or he can go down in history as one of the real loser Presidents.

 

[hotatlboi]

This is a weird election.

Not really, it's actually the same thing we're used to seeing. A lot of the Democratic coalition of young, minorities, etc do not vote in the midterms, so Democrats do poorly even though they can do well in presidential years.

That said, the map was stacked for Republicans this year as there were a lot more red states in play. 2016 is a good Senate map for Democrats with elections in a lot more blue states, so if they can do well again and get Hillary elected, they have a good chance to take back the Senate then too.

 

[hotatlboi]

Fox has now projected that the GOP will control the Senatr. Obama can either cooperate with Republicans to accomplish things or he can go down in history as one of the real loser Presidents.

Get over yourself. Republicans have not been interested in accomplishing things up until this point. If things are to be accomplished, they have to decide to change their own marching orders as well.