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Election winners and loser - first take
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| November 4, 2026
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Posted on 11/04/2026 7:23:34 AM PST by HonorInPa
Initial thoughts of the election - winners and losers
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: election; jihadists; politics; tds
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Losers: - Trump. His message and style have grown stale. Tariff costs and oil prices / War in Iran were big factors. - JD Vance. The stain of Trump fatigue will spread to him and his 2028 primary chances. - Republican Party. Stop running weak candidates with questionable backgrounds - e.g. Ramiswamy, Paxton. - Constitution/Supreme Court. The dems now have enough votes to override the filibuster in the Senate. They will push to stack the Court with atleast three more justices and any conservate retirees will be replaced with liberals. - Capitalism/Entrepeneurs. The Socialists wave will come up with ways to penalize success and increase risk to those willing to invest in the economy. - Trump staffers. Lawsuits, hearings, and impeachment efforts coming.
Winners: - Democrats/Socialists. Class envy won as well as a mandate to more social spending. - Iran. They just have to stall until January when the Democrats vote to cut off funding for any more military action. - Lawyers. Trump staffers will face bankruptcy from legal fees defending themselves in front of Congress. - New Media. There will be hearings and possibly another impeachment to cover from wall-to-wall.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:23:34 AM PST
by
HonorInPa
To: HonorInPa

Just remember this when those who claimed "no difference" and urging people to "stay home" show up again.
To: HonorInPa
The Jihadists and Anti-Semites got themselves a big win too.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:31:03 AM PST
by
fruser1
To: HonorInPa
I think that is so spot on. However, I’m afraid you may be in for some negative attacks I am hoping people finally woke up on here, but, seeing some of the comments on the other threads, I don’t think they have.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:31:31 AM PST
by
napscoordinator
(DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
To: HonorInPa
All those high-minded lefties who fled Trump’s totalitarian U.S. for greener pastures? This is just the excuse they need to come running back.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:32:03 AM PST
by
Blurb2350
(posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
To: HonorInPa
The biggest loser is Trump, and I hate to say this because I only registered as a Republican to ensure I could vote for him in the 2024 primary.
The other big losers were the insufferable @ssholes who turned the GOP from a MAGA party to the Likud Party. There are plenty of them to go around.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:32:35 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
To: Republican Wildcat
Well, at least the Dems won’t have to expand SCOTUS if they can just replace Thomas and Alito with Justice Shaniqua Washington and Justice Obygumba Oblimarziplantipan.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:34:02 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: Alberta's Child
Don’t forget the $5k we were promised.
To: Republican Wildcat
There’s two months for them to retire and be replaced. Question is what are their priorities.
To: Republican Wildcat
DeSantis is absolutely right. Losing this many Senate seat screws us for longer than just this election cycle.
To: MomentsofSanity
There’s two months for them to retire and be replaced. Question is what are their priorities. Yup, ram them through. Do you have names? I wish there were a few of the like of Janice Rogers Brown in the wings.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:40:29 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: fruser1
But muh gas!
OK - that’s dismissive. But anyone who sat on their hands and didn’t vote while this happened - or worse voted to “send a message” - get ready - you’re going to get what you voted for (spit).
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:41:35 AM PST
by
Merrick
(It's a car - that runs on water, man.)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Did you vote for Republicans? If so, you did the necessary work - but not enough of your fellow voters did. Trump was clear - give me Republican majorities and I’ll give you all $5000. I don’t know about you, but I know how promises work.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:43:17 AM PST
by
Merrick
(It's a car - that runs on water, man.)
To: Republican Wildcat
The biggest winner is whoever the GOP nominates for president in 2028. That person's chances of winning increased exponentially last night. If the GOP had held Congress and been do-nothing for another two years, the chance of winning the presidency in 2028 would have been nil.
Now, the nation will get a two year refresher course on what happens when the Left is in charge.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:46:05 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(Confusion and disorder to the Left.)
To: Alberta's Child
Likud party? Seriously troll?
The problem is democrat and Carlson Hamas party.
That is the reality. No one is “Likud” here, except for troll huntists
To: HonorInPa
The stain of Trump fatigue will spread to him and his 2028 primary chances. - Republican Party. Not sure about that - never underestimate Democrats screwing themselves and their own party up. They have enough time to show their true colors.
Hopefully, by the time 2028 rolls around, the American people will be fed up with their the Democrat senators, representatives and governors they voted in in 2026
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:46:53 AM PST
by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: Merrick
Those who think voting democrat would solve gas problem are in for a rude awakening
To: All
Congress usually votes in the President’s pick for Supreme Court even if it’s a different party.
Of course the modern Dems are just seething anti American weirdos so who knows with the new batch.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:48:07 AM PST
by
escapefromboston
(Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
To: Carry_Okie
Ram them through? You think Tillis, Murkowski, Cornyn and Cassidy are going to vote for any Trump nominees?
Fetterman talks a good game but votes hard left when it counts so there’s no way they even get to 50 and have Vance break the tie.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:48:11 AM PST
by
pburiak
(You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
To: HonorInPa
The biggest loser in this election is The USA.
We have Uni-party with evil and stupid wings.
The Jihadist/Communist alliance will begin impeachment proceedings in January.
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posted on
11/04/2026 7:51:28 AM PST
by
rllngrk33
(The soap box and ballot box have failed, it's really close to time for the bullet box.)
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