US Election Results 2018 - A blue wave in a sea of piss - Polidicks

NYT is guessing 231 and has been for a while

I have no clue what you just said. Is it looking good for America or not?

In order for Democrats to really get be able to get a majority again, Puerto Rico and DC need to be made states.

I’m getting Pennsylvania flashbacks

Fox is calling Cruz as winner

tbh I'm just not in favor of a system that allows big empty tracts of land to hold a lot of political sway in general

Scott Walker is also losing, that peice of shit, I can't believe hes stayed so long after the teachers strike fiasco.

Wait, in what way? Do you mean RCV voting is bad? Memphis voted against anti-RCV voting measures -- so they're anti-anti-RCV.

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET HIM LOOSE

Just got back from voting, and it was my first time too so I'm proud. Unfortunately I'm in Utah where Mittens is sure to win. Whats crazy is I almost didn't vote until I found out that Utah has day of voting registration so I literally had no reason not too. And turnout was crazy too, its super close to closing but when I left the line was still growing. So even if I don't really make that much of a difference I'm still feeling pretty good.

He is a man seen as devoid of ethics or morals from men who are, themselves, bankrupt of ethics or morals. He is that guy the villains of the story look at and go 'phew, well, at least I'm not that much of an asshole'. He doesn't like anyone. He has zero spine. He hardly does anyone any favors (reportedly). He treats his staff poorly (reportedly). He will adopt any position that allows him to win and do whatever he can to get what he wants. Nobody wants to work with him because he wants to work exclusively for himself. He's not a great orator but will speak for extended periods of time. He has all the charisma of a stained and dusty coffee cup and all the charm of a dog squirting its crap all over the cremated remains of your loved ones with a shit-eating grin. Nobody likes him in the Senate - and he doesn't care that nobody likes him.

I wonder how many confused people outside the US went to their closed polling station, because of the constant social media hype to vote

This really was the expected result I'm happy with it, dems were never expected to take the senate... I'm down on desantis if he loses though seems like a great guy. beto/densantis 2020

CNN just called the Senate.

Is Romney going to suck Trump's dick or is he going to make good on Utah's dislike of Trump.

Instant Runoff Voting kills the spoiler effect and allows third parties into the system. Both major parties must have dumped enough bad info about it to get the no result.

and Beto lost

Good, not great. If Dems take the House they can basically block any toxic legislation and investigate and subpeona Trump and his cronies unimpeded. However, Trump's judicial nominations can still be confirmed by the Senate.

I hope the house wins the house

So, looking like we win the House but Republicans maintain control of the Senate. Where does that leave us? Is it at least enough to stem the bleeding for now, or did we really need the Senate here?

The 'no' result was against bills that repealed ranked-choice voting. So this is effectively a 'yes' result.

You didn't read it right, because all them are getting rejecting because their corrupted city council members refused being placed by their locals.

judiciary approvals aren't great but house investigatory powers are pretty okay

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/251786/dd13086f-d8f3-467a-bc3f-f683457514bd/image.png its over yall

Oh, then its all fine then. The headline sucks though. Whoever wrote it needs to be fired.

Let me just put it this way: People started a meme saying Ted Cruz was the Zodiac Killer (an infamous unsolved American serial killer if you didn't know) Ted's started leaning into it a little bit because a masked knife maniac is more appealing than his actual personality.

Damn. Beto came close, though. Gotta give him credit for that, we almost finally had Texas flip... purple?

Mine is used by old people for bingo on Tuesday nights. Exit polls are looking promising for G

Indictments are unlikely (at this time). (Indictment is when you charge someone in the Federal government with some sort of charge with the intent to remove or punish them with more than just a verbal thrashing) Investigations (and impeachments) are nearly inevitable. It's not the Worst Case Scenario for the Republican Party -- but it's a pretty shit one which could implode their whole party depending on how those investigations go. With a Senate under their control, the Democrats can restart all the investigations that were stopped, subpoena witnesses, drag people before Congress and put them under oath. If Trump wants to run in 2020, the Democrats controlling the House is going to be an entire forest in his side rather than just the thorn they'd been reduced to.

I'm wondering if he's positioning for a run against Trump for president at some point. Hell I'll take Romney if the alternative is Trump.