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Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by brainbomb » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:50 am

POPPYCOCK

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Octavious » Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:45 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:45 pm
Greg_the_republican wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:12 am
Sometimes I feel like the only conservative on WebDiplomacy.
This site is awash with right wing nutjobs, don't you worry.
It'd be nice if the site was awash with anything...

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Kingdroid » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:59 pm

yeah, republicans got a couple of key upsets to retain control in the senate (coincidentally against blue dog democrats, the worst kind of democrat), but got rocked in the house.

p mixed bag tonight, but that's about what was projected from the polls and the analysts overall.

I personally helped canvass for labor unions in Nevada and it was really fun to see the democrats there start polling better and eventually pull off an upset victory in both the gubernatorial and the senate race there.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:45 pm

Greg_the_republican wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:12 am
Sometimes I feel like the only conservative on WebDiplomacy.
This site is awash with right wing nutjobs, don't you worry.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by TrPrado » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:57 pm

Octavious wrote:
Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:10 pm
My understanding is that this particular crop of senators was skewed in the sense that Democrat opportunities were limited, and that other Senate elections will favour them more. Although regardless of that it must be disappointing for them to finish the campaign worse off.

Am I right in saying that Trump has done rather better than Obama did in the other house? A defeat, but a relatively modest one?

All in all, nothing for anyone to get excited about. I wonder how many of the party faithful who are shouting about what a glorious result it was actually mean it?
Ehh, I do genuinely think both parties have something to cheer about. Republicans expanding their majority in the Senate means they don’t have to worry about relying on Pence to force something through, and the Democrats havoc control of either chamber means that ignoring them and their interests entirely is impossible if anyone wants to pass anything.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Octavious » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:26 pm

In other political news, President Macron of France is experimenting with ever more inventive ways to destroy what remains of his popularity. This week he'll be paying his respects to the memory of arch traitor and Nazi collaborator, Philippe Pétain, who helped Hitler slaughter countless numbers of his fellow Frenchmen.

Nice to know that, as bad as things may look at home, it could be worse :)

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Octavious » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:10 pm

My understanding is that this particular crop of senators was skewed in the sense that Democrat opportunities were limited, and that other Senate elections will favour them more. Although regardless of that it must be disappointing for them to finish the campaign worse off.

Am I right in saying that Trump has done rather better than Obama did in the other house? A defeat, but a relatively modest one?

All in all, nothing for anyone to get excited about. I wonder how many of the party faithful who are shouting about what a glorious result it was actually mean it?

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Tom Bombadil » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:58 pm

Losing multiple seats in the senate is a big blow for democrats. With 6 year terms, it’s harder to flip control of the senate since few seats are up each midterm election - the house is much easier.

Winning back the house was good for Democrats in the short term because it gives a check on trump - but long term republicans have to be happy with locking down the senate.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Octavious » Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:48 am

Well, that was dull. The political equivalent of a nil-nil draw.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by TrPrado » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:57 am

I knew people working both sides of the OK-5 race, and Horn winning is a shock to everybody even in the district.

The weird part being that for only the 10th time in state history have we elected a governor from the same party as the sitting president and Republicans have flipped Democratic state House seats to now officially control 75% of seats in both chambers.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by bo_sox48 » Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:50 am

lolwut

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Greg_the_republican » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:12 am

Sometimes I feel like the only conservative on WebDiplomacy.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Randomizer » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:55 am

Mid term races historically go against the incumbent party and at 39% of voters saying they are voting against Trump, this is higher than other times.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by brainbomb » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:44 am

High voter turnout favors Democrats

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by brainbomb » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:44 am

Midterm elections havent been kind to dems since 2006-2008. The Obama craze brought on an all blue.

I think theres gonna be a historic fail for Republicans on all races.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Octavious » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:45 pm

Well, you have to laugh at the state of politics in the UK. The lunatic wing holding the balance of power on the right, the lunatic wing actually in charge on the left, and in the middle the Lib Dems wondering what the hell would have to happen for people to start voting for them again.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:34 pm

Octavious wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:10 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:35 pm
Having elections every two years is a real pain in the ass, as Mrs May in the UK taught us by having a special joke election for no good reason in 2017, pissing away her parliamentary majority and handing the balance of power to a small group of religious extremists.
Bless. May's master plan has worked perfectly. The balance of power has always been held by a small group of extremists. The only difference is this time the blame falls on the Irish instead of the Tory lunatic wing.
You're funny.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Octavious » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:10 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:35 pm
Having elections every two years is a real pain in the ass, as Mrs May in the UK taught us by having a special joke election for no good reason in 2017, pissing away her parliamentary majority and handing the balance of power to a small group of religious extremists.
Bless. May's master plan has worked perfectly. The balance of power has always been held by a small group of extremists. The only difference is this time the blame falls on the Irish instead of the Tory lunatic wing.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:35 pm

Having elections every two years is a real pain in the ass, as Mrs May in the UK taught us by having a special joke election for no good reason in 2017, pissing away her parliamentary majority and handing the balance of power to a small group of religious extremists.

Re: BLUE WAVE DEMOCRAT VICTORY PARTY

by flash2015 » Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:18 pm

Octavious wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:32 pm
Par score for the night is for the Republicans to hold the Senate, and the Democrats to win a modest majority in the other one, from what I've read. I was amazed looking back over the last century by just how rare it's been for the Republicans to hold both of them.

Just to check my understanding, each State has two Senators who have six year terms, regardless of how big the State is? That's... weird. And does the whole state vote for both of them, or is the State split into two constituencies?

And the other house elects people for just two years? So I'm guessing that means that their time in office is divided up something along the lines of 18 months campaigning for re-election, and 6 months on holiday?

And governors... they must do something...
Unfortunately, most of congresscritters time is spent fundraising. Allegedly both parties have made it a requirement for new members to spend 30 hours a week on the phone raising money:

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... akers-into

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