US Elections 2018: Democrats take House, Republicans keep Senate, - Polidicks

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/230750505012297728/509703327425101865/unknown.png Arizona is going to be close

While you were away campaigning, I spent my days complaining online. As you wasted time voting, I was mastering the sardonic tweet. And now, when the GOP is at the gates, you have the audacity to criticise me for not getting involved?

I went on r/the_donald. They are, uh, also... celebrating? https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/110384/83fb3418-5443-4649-8927-381d90ae6424/image.png

Gotta say I saw this coming, I knew unless the Dems took both houses that Trump would just declare it an incredible historic victory. Doesn't help them pass any legislation though

I assume it's the same train of thought as /pol/ atm. A couple of seats in the Senate gained and the democratic margins in the house aren't as high as some past elections.

Just ignoring reality and saying you won seems pretty standard for this administration really.

a kilogramme of steel, or a kilogramme of feathers

This is just more post-truth, alternative facts crap. Trump won't admit to his failure or any Republican loss because if he does his support will waver.

Considering they've shown they aren't afraid of using conspiracy theories to defend themselves the narrative from the white house will either stay as "WE WON EVERYTHING" or "WE WON BUT IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE IT BECAUSE DEEP STATE CLINTONS PLEASE BOMB OBAMA".

well at least he isn't just directly calling the elections illegitimate, for whatever the fuck that's worth in your crazy weirdo country

Really? According from Wikipedia, Trump was on/off Democrat/Republican and rarely Reform Party candidate in 2000 election.

Yet

Hey if Arizona's democrat loses it'll be because of the Green Party

Over in Georgia Abrams has refused to concede yet as not all ballots have been counted, as she's just under 50% of the vote and Kemp just over 50%. If she can get over that 50% margin it'll go to a runoff election in December, and currently the margin that Kemp holds including any potential errors is very conspicuously similar to the amount of people who are still impacted by his blatant voter suppression and intimidation efforts.

That was the most blatant oportunistic smokescreen Trump ever did. He was testing the waters to see which party would lavish him with praise and when everyone else "failed" him he took to the GOP. His views have always aligned with them.

I still loathe how 49 million people still voted for a party that is actively leaning towards facism but whatever.

https://twitter.com/ggooooddddoogg/status/1059535173891620875/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1059535173891620875&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.somethingawful.com%2F

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1060156577599111175

Some more good news from Michigan, Proposal 3 (same day voter registration, any-reason absentee voting, and straight ticket option) passed by the same margin as the anti-gerrymandering proposal. I guess I'm officially living in a democracy now.

Apparently Trump's immigration scare tactics were actually a dumb idea and didn't work It was fashionable to say that Trump’s fear-based, anti-caravan strategy was ugly, but probably effective. And it might have been in Senate races in clearly red territory. But it didn’t seem to do much of anything to save the House, which was the more endangered chamber. Exit polls showed about half of voters regarded Trump’s rhetoric as “too tough.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/07/winners-losers-election-night/?utm_term=.bf9243149eb0

Honestly I'm impressed he had enough restraint to not give the skeleton a Jewish nose.

I will not be surprised if there caravan completely disappears from the Republican radar now that it's no longer relevant.

Sometimes one person's misfortune is the good fortune of everyone else, celebrate that because this is one of those times.

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-district-19 Hell yeah

I'll admit, any time I see a red hat now I automatically assume it's a MAGA hat because of where I live.

The GOP won't control redistricting in Ohio because a new bipartisan redistricting system was approved by voters in May. The worst they can now do, if the new lengthy bipartisan process fails, is pass an interim map which lasts for four years rather than the full ten

Yeah I kinda do the same thing too... although last time I saw one it was actually a Bubba Gump hat.

Hey I voted in that.

Lots of results to be disappointed about, especially here in Florida, but at least my local Rep. Carlos Curbelo ate shit.

Is there an ELI5 of what the investigations can actually end up causing, that house Democrats will be able to launch? Are we talking getting rid of the cheetos, or is it just "you should leave because you look bad"?