Places where Democrats exceeded expectations

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I think I was the only person here who said the Democrats would keep the Kentucky House. I think the reason they pulled through was that the Republicans - every blasted one of them - kept yelling about that "right-to-work" garbage.

Every. Damn. One.

You don't just come into Kentucky and brag about being against organized labor.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

MN-8, which we were expected to lose.  God, I cringed whenever I saw an ad for Stewart Mills III.  So happy he won't be going to congress.

Everything I saw of Mills, he came across as a grating, annoying, whiny, extremist jerk.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Murphy or Graham will be running for Governor in 2018. Thankfully that is the year we need to win for redistricting and FL, WI, MI, OH will be open seats.

Hopefully Democrats have figured out how to turn out low propensity voters for midterms by then...

Weren't Democrats supposed to run on economic issues this time? I hardly heard a word from them about economic stuff - except in some of the Kentucky races they won.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

That's because "right-to-work" was such a big issue in Michigan.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

That's because "right-to-work" was such a big issue in Michigan.

Why didn't Snyder lose then?

He almost did.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

We got marijuana legalization passed in OR, AK and DC. In the end, that's all that really matters.

We made "right-to-work" a lot less likely in Kentucky. That's what matters the most.