21. History and PIR graduate. GB/US Election numbers nerd. officially diagnosed asparagus disorder. mediocre Mario speed runner. 1/2 English 1/2 Cornish boi. ✝️
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Final Result in B&D Council
Lab- 38/51 (-13), 37.83% (-42.19%)
Ref- 9/51 (+9), 26.88% (new)
Grn- 4/51 (+4), 20.58% (+19.30%)
Con- 0, 11.26% (-5.87%)
Labour hold the council (and more seats thanks to Green shenanigans)
but there is an opposition, and their vote halved from 22
For all the Nikki Haley glazers out there
Alan Wilson just won the South Carolina governorship by 4.5%- which everyone agrees is a terrible result, but understandable given the national conditions
in *2010* Nikki Haley won by the same 4.5% margin.
R+7 or D+14 and SC is R+4.5
If i'm not mistaken, Republicans are 1 special election from giving democrats a trifecta in both North Carolina and Georgia
It remains that the only statewide Republican to win without Trump on the ballot since 2016 in either Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania is Ron Johnson in 2022
He won by only 1%
Last Midterm Statewide Republican victory in:
Arizona- 2018, Ducey
Georgia- 2022, Kemp
Michigan- 2014, Snyder
Nevada- 2022, Lombardo
North Carolina- 2022, Budd
Pennsylvania- 2010, Corbett
Wisconsin- 2022, Johnson
I refuse to believe that the blue wave has come from people in a midterm election, that didnt vote in the Presidential
that would surely be completely unprecedented, unless there has been a massive influx in foreign voters, or voters who have just turned 18 which there hasnt
There were 148 million ballots cast for the house in 2024
Just looked on wiki and it says ~125 million have been cast this cycle
the Dems are estimated to have won 70 million
so 22 million Republican voters (Trump got 77 mill, not 75) from 2024 didnt show up to vote
A 'Missing memory card'
Why is it so hard to use paper ballots
BREAKING: A missing memory card discovered in southwest Georgia could cost Democrats a seat in the state House and narrow their newly won majority before they even take power.
Once the votes were uploaded, Republican state Rep. Gerald Greene went from trailing Democrat Harry James by 58 votes to leading by 262. bit.ly/4kBT1NF
Democrats in 2014 held 46 Senate seats after a wipeout
They held only 188 seats in the House
They held 18 Governors, and only 7 state trifectas
That was a wipeout event for them too, yet they rebuilt and won again- they even thought they would win a trifecta just 2 years later
Thank god Cornyn is gone
Salty loser.
This =>>
How Trump lost the midterms—and brought on one of the most decisive repudiations of a president in modern history. wsj.com/politics/policy/how-… via @WSJ
James Trethewey retweeted
Susan Collins won Maine’s 2nd congressional district by 12 points.
Paul LePage won it by 2 points.
of the last Senate incumbents to be primaried
2026
Paxton- Lost
Letlow- won Barely
2012
Mourdock- Lost
2010
Miller- lost to Murkowski in a write-in
Lee- won
Sestak- lost
2 of these years were wave elections, but maybe primarying senators should be done very selectively
one thing i did laugh about on Wednesday morning is that Beto and Stacy Abrams must be screaming after seeing the results
Of the 7 swing states from 2024
All now have Democrat governors
Between them, there are 11 democrat senators and only 3 republicans
5/7 have Democrat trifectas, and democrats are 1 state senate seat in North Carolina away from 6, and they still could win it
The elections was a rejection of Republicans
Not conservatism.
In many places, they embraced conservative policies with open arms
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