2018 Mid-Term Elections

[Kath]

No - that's what you guys don't get - there will be no "backlash" - the DNC plantation is bearing fruit....GOP's days are numbered.

What are you talking about? Is this your first mid-term? The House is fickle by design. FFs knew the proles were flighty with short memories. The House was created to respond to that.

The Senate gained R seats.

A mostly normal mid-term, IMO, except that the Ds took back far fewer seats in the House than is usual.

It was a blue dribble; hardly panic time.

[Speaker to Animals]

Hey, if I ever run for president I'll make my records available for you.

The rule of law makes no distinction between a politician and some schmuck living in a van. If we can do this to Trump, we can do this to anybody.

I'm not the one claiming presidential immunity from prosecution so don't talk to me about no distinction.

That's not the claim.

The claim is that the Constitutions guarantees freedom from searches and seizures without probable cause (truth). The demand is that we ignore human rights and the Constitution because the orange man is bad.

[Kath]

With the massive media bias and the nonstop attacks and negative reporting for 2+ years now, it's a miracle the win wasn't bigger. Also considering the massive voter turnout.

The only place I was seeing giant blue wave was in the the brains of the hardcore left. "We aren't Trump," doesn't resonate with the middle.

[Fife]

I'm holding out hope for Fuck the Weather.

[Fife]

Is that an unregistered firearm in your pocket, are are you just happy to see me?

[TheReal_ND]

Not a big fan of Hannity but he does deserve Prima Nocta I guess....

[C-Mag]

With the massive media bias and the nonstop attacks and negative reporting for 2+ years now, it's a miracle the win wasn't bigger. Also considering the massive voter turnout.

Midterm Election, Most House Seats Lost by President's Party in Power

2010 Obama: -63
1994 Clinton: -52
1958: Eisenhower: -48
1974 Ford (Nixon): -48
1966 Johnson: -47
1946 Truman: -45
2006 Bush: -30
1950 Truman: -29
1982 Reagan: -26
2018 Trump: -26

*NY Times data since 1946

Yes, the Dems underperformed. There was no Blue Wave, and people aren't all that upset with Trump.

[Speaker to Animals]

There really was a blue wave, but also a red wave, and they canceled each other out.

That doesn't deflect from the fact that retaining the House was crucial to getting anything done.

[TheReal_ND]

*blocks your path*

[Montegriffo]

How big was the Green wave? I can't find any details about their percentage of the vote.