Posted on 11/05/2020 5:32:19 PM PST by Kaslin
Joe Biden may become the next president, which makes me want to chug bleach, but down-ticket was a different story. Democrats failed miserably to retake the Senate. At the state level, Democrats failed to retake key state legislatures. For the next decade, the GOP remains in control of a lot of the congressional maps. Yet, NBC News said it’s a foregone conclusion. Democrats will keep the House:
Democrats will maintain control of the House of Representatives, NBC News projects, but their path to taking control of the Senate has narrowed significantly as numerous Republican incumbents fended off strong opposition.Democrats failed to pick up some of the Senate seats they were banking on to capture a majority. Their hopes for a big night were dashed up and down the ballot, as President Donald Trump outperformed his polls against Joe Biden in a race still to be decided.
In Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins was declared by NBC News as the apparent winner.
416 House races appear decided Democrats 212 Republicans 204 (+10)
19 Seats remain, GOP lead in 10
To win 218 (and House majority), GOP would need to win all the districts they are leading in, plus: CA-25 GA-07 PA-17 UT-04 — Adrian Gray (@adrian_gray) November 5, 2020
Rs get the benefit of Trump's insane turnout among marginal cultural conservatives deciding to vote plus some traditional Rs who won't vote for Trump but still vote R downballot. https://t.co/FxjXandg5b — Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) November 5, 2020
House Races Called As Of Now
Dems 212 GOP 205 (+11) — Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) November 5, 2020
In fact, the 2020 House race prediction by these polling experts was that Democrats would gain seats. They’re not. In fact, they’ve lost seats and now it may be too early to say that the House will be firmly in Democratic hands. Right now, the Republicans have gained 10 seats. They are on the cusp of retaking the House. There are 19 House races left. In ten, the Republican is leading. If the GOP wins those races, plus, California 25th, Georgia Seventh, Pennsylvania seventeenth, and Utah’s Fourth congressional races—they take the House. In CA 25, Republican Rep. Mike Garcia is trailing. In Georgia 7th, Republican Rich McCormick is also trailing, but these are razor-thin margins, folks. In PA 17, incumbent Conor Lamb, Democrat, declared victory but Republican Sean Parnell isn’t conceding. And in Utah’s 4th congressional race, Republican Burgess Owens has taken the lead against Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams.
Either way, the Democratic majority has been whittled down big league, which means no mandate for the insane action items the far left wants to be enacted.
Oh, and did I mentioned that GOP women have dominated this cycle?
In fact, the 2020 House race prediction by these polling experts was that Democrats would gain seats. They’re not. In fact, they’ve lost seats and now it may be too early to say that the House will be firmly in Democratic hands. Right now, the Republicans have gained 10 seats. They are on the cusp of retaking the House. There are 19 House races left. In ten, the Republican is leading. If the GOP wins those races, plus, California 25th, Georgia Seventh, Pennsylvania seventeenth, and Utah’s Fourth congressional races—they take the House. In CA 25, Republican Rep. Mike Garcia is trailing. In Georgia 7th, Republican Rich McCormick is also trailing, but these are razor-thin margins, folks. In PA 17, incumbent Conor Lamb, Democrat, declared victory but Republican Sean Parnell isn’t conceding. And in Utah’s 4th congressional race, Republican Burgess Owens has taken the lead against Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams.
Either way, the Democratic majority has been whittled down big league, which means no mandate for the insane action items the far left wants to be enacted.
Oh, and did I mentioned that GOP women have dominated this cycle?
We’ll keep you updated.
I'll part with what Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger said in a caucus call today. She appears to win re-election, albeit barely, noting that the defund the police and socialism antics could have torpedoed her bid for a second term. She also said the party is heading for rocky shoals in 2022 if they continue with their 2020 messaging. In fact, she said they'll "get f**king torn apart."
Spanberger on the Dem caucus call: We lost races we shouldn’t have lost. Defund police almost cost me my race bc of an attack ad. Don’t say socialism ever again. Need to get back to basics. (Is yelling.) — Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020If we run this race again we will get fucking torn apart again in 2022, Spanberger says — Erica Werner (@ericawerner) November 5, 2020
Remember all those Dem incumbents going down to defeat save one had one thing in common, i.e., they voted to impeach Donald J. Trump.
If R lead down-ballot then we should take POTUS.
Just when you thought 2020 could not torture us enough, it did so.
Republicans in the House should all vote for AOC for Speaker. She will make the ‘RATs into even more of a laughing stock!
It’s incredible how everyone filled out their ballots but for the first time ever, the majority chose a democrat president and then All Republicans after that down the ticket :)
If I didn’t know any better, I’d think there was cheating involved.
This is probably one of the many reasons why the establishment is so hell bent on getting DJT out of office. If he’s in office with majority in both chambers, he’ll wreak even more havoc on the status quo then he already has.
It would be fun to have her hysterical, ignorant comments to read every day :)
So we are looking at 221 to 215, very narrow majority. Pelosi may well be gone.
I suspect the Democrat Fraud Squads are starting to hit those House races.
The fraud against Trump was concentrated at strategic locations. Republicans won elsewhere.
Exactly right!
gwinett county overperformed based on the numbers in the nyt site.
It is a bit askew.
Voting a libtard pres but just leave the rest of it blank.
My ass.
“”NBC News said it’s a foregone conclusion. Democrats will keep the House:””
FOX reported THAT BEFORE polls had even closed in the West. No one has bothered to explain it. Much like calling the race in AZ for Biden - NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE. We’re not going to make any headway with making this system work the way it should and USED TO until the dems realize that not all the voters in this country are as stupid as theirs are!!! When they become AFRAID to take these chances, then we’ll see some changes.
It will be fun to watch that and more fun watching Nancy go down in defeat.
Redistricting cost two in NC
Naaah, Democrats would never cheat, would they?
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Let AOC get all her loony lefty legislation introduced. How loony and lefty it is will shock the sheeple to their senses. And it will go nowhere, because Mitch won't even give any of the loony lefty stuff that somehow passes the House the time of day in the Senate.
Except for those pesky big piles of ballots with no down-ballot votes but only a vote for Biden and occasionally a Dem Senate candidate.
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