This is the best showing for D gub. candidates in the first year of a D presidency since 1977

[Crumpets]

2021 (as of now): Virginia R+2, New Jersey EVEN
2009: Virginia R+17, New Jersey R+4
1993: Virginia R+17, New Jersey R+1
1977: Virginia R+12, New Jersey D+14

So ha!

[iceman]

stop trying to sugarcoat things for Ds lol

[Matty]

lmfao

[Pericles]

Damn it looks like VA will be really close, McAuliffe really deserves to be punished.

[It’s so Joever]

THG levels of hackery.

[Sir Mohamed]

LOL, this is like saying "at least HRC won th NPV in 2016",

[OSR stands with Israel]

I mean given how bad 1994/2010 were , I don’t think they are great barometers to use for democrats lol

[EastwoodS]

Stfu and touch grass

[Xing]

I get the point more than most of the replies here, but consider that partisanship is higher than usual, and it's not hard to see how these results are extremely dire for Democrats.

[Progressive Pessimist]

This is actually a bit of a feat, especially with Murphy being the first Democrat since 1977 to be re-elected, but it's mostly copium still. At best it establishes that maybe 2022 won't be as bad as 2010, maybe polarization is benefitting Democrats...but not as much as they need these days. But a 2022 that isn't 2010 could still be a 2014 or worse.

[Crumpets]

Just to be clear, I didn't post this to say actually yesterday was great for Democrats or anything. More just in a "well that stat was unexpected when I looked it up" way that I thought a few people might appreciate.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Blue wave incoming

[Person Man]

It would be interesting to see how far they shifted each time but these elections seem to indicate a 2014 is on the horizon than 2010. Things can always get worse, though.

[David Hume]

2021 (as of now): Virginia R+2, New Jersey EVEN
2009: Virginia R+17, New Jersey R+4
1993: Virginia R+17, New Jersey R+1
1977: Virginia R+12, New Jersey D+14

So ha!

This is purely a result of realignment. Next time with a unpopular incumbent president, D may well held both states.

[Mr. Smith]

Does this mean we can expect Richard Burr's successor to falter ala Bill Nelson, all while Wisconsin, Pennsylvania play the Indiana/Missouri/North Dakota trio and stay on board?

Or mayhaps a blue wave in the gubernatorials instead?

Y'know like how 2018 was a Republican midterm except for The House? [hence why Hubbell and Abrams couldn't win, which...even though Trump won those states by less than Biden for these two states]

Otherwise, who cares?

[KaiserDave]

Does this mean we can expect Richard Burr's successor to falter ala Bill Nelson, all while Wisconsin, Pennsylvania play the Indiana/Missouri/North Dakota trio and stay on board?

Or mayhaps a blue wave in the gubernatorials instead?

Y'know like how 2018 was a Republican midterm except for The House? [hence why Hubbell and Abrams couldn't win, which...even though Trump won those states by less than Biden for these two states]

Otherwise, who cares?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Leave it to Atlas to over-extrapolate from elections that have just happened, onto future ones.  Lol.

[LAB-LIB]

Just to be clear, I didn't post this to say actually yesterday was great for Democrats or anything. More just in a "well that stat was unexpected when I looked it up" way that I thought a few people might appreciate.

Yeah that's how I interpreted it. Everybody stop piling on Crumpets.

[Crumpets]

Lol this is exactly how Maddow is framing the election results in her show tonight. I don't get the impression she's being tongue-in-cheek about it either.

[Bootes Void]

Woke

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

In 1990, it looks like Democrats won a majority of the Trump state governorships while Republicans won a majority of the Biden state governorships. Clearly partisanship was different then.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Mustn't it suck to receive a higher percentage than the last time you won and still lose? That must be bitter for T-Mac...

[Southern Reactionary Dem]

Don't overdose on copium, friend. Things are much more partisan now than in those days.