Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

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Oh god are we actually trying to extrapolate from early exits?

Know ye, 'Beware of false exit polls, which come to you in Dave's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.'

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Donnelly by 2.

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Donnelly leading in Vermillion County, with 1/17 precincts in. Lucy Brenton is in second place, with 40%, to 48% for Donnelly and 11% for Braun.

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Donnelly leading in Vermillion County, with 1/17 precincts in. Lucy Brenton is in second place, with 40%, to 48% for Donnelly and 11% for Braun.

There’s no way that’s accurate, right?

I'm guessing the Lib. vote got switched with the Rep vote?

Quite possible. Then again, this is out of ~200 votes, so it could be a bizarre fluke.

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IN-S29 currently 51–49% for the incumbent Republican, Mike Delph, with 10% of the vote in. Delph won reelection 55–45% in 2014; the district voted for Clinton by 12 points in 2016.

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Barr wins KY-6, according to PBS.

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Braun defeats Donnelly, according to PBS.

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LOL, I couldn't care less if Dems "underperform expectations" or not. They won the House. Therefore they won. Enjoy the "optics" circlejerk conservatives, I'll be enjoying killing the Trump/Republican agenda for at least 2 years.

LOL, exactly! The GOP can sit on their hands for the next two years. Their +2 in the Senate or whatever will be real useful when they can't pass a single bill!

Gridlock was expected going into tonight.

Laugh all you want, but it blocks conviction of Impeachment, and it ensures any further justices on SCOTUS, should there be further openings. And it provides building blocks for 2020. The GOP base is right behind Trump. GOP has the last laugh on this.

Impeachment was never going to happen even if the Democrats somehow carried the Senate; the situation re: SCOTUS is concerning, but no different from where we've been since January 2017 —so at the end of the night, flipping the House with only a handful of losses in the Senate is an improvement on the status quo. I'll grant you, the results do demonstrate Trump's 2016 performance was more than a fluke, and Democrats would be foolish to assume 2020 is in the bag.

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Florida-dumber than Kansas.

Seriously though, I think it replaces North Carolina as the biggest democratic cocktease state.

I'm starting to think FL is on track to become the Republican Virginia; i.e. a state that is just close enough to invite hope, but ultimately gone for the opposition party.