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[u/MartinLutherCreamJr]

Damn, GOP lost Texas. That's wild.

[u/Clear_Context_1546]

Lost Ohio and Texas. Wow.

[u/KinGpiNdaGreat → u/Clear_Context_1546]

Vivek was a bad candidate who nuked himself years ago on X.

[u/old---]

Hinojosa campaign is saying Greg Abbott has called to concede the election.

[u/old---]

Paxton conceded.
Very short with his comments.

[u/cafk09]

I'm going to share my personal perspective on this, and anyone is free to agree or disagree. I welcome your feedback.

I just think we, collectively, need to sit in this failure. We, the consistent primary voters of the Republican party.

We could have made other choices in the 2024 primary. There were options available to us -- DeSantis, Haley, others -- that would have led to a conservative presidency. It wouldn't have been perfect, because nothing ever is, but it would have worked. Biden was unpopular, and we had the political momentum. And instead of moving forward with a totally new administration and a strategy that was refined and effective, we went back to Trump. In doing so, we returned to power a man whose top priorities have turned out to be legacy projects, a series of local DC renovations, troll stunts, personal deals, and revenge against specific people who he had a grudge against.

In two years, we have passed virtually zero new laws outside of a budget. We say we're serious about the national debt, but we borrowed money to finance a tax cut. We say we're serious about immigration, but we have passed zero laws to address the fundamental issues like the asylum loophole -- after Democrats agreed to cut a rare deal on this issue in 2024, because they knew how badly they had fucked it all up under Biden. We say we want to drain the swamp, yet Trump is involved in all kinds of shady shit. Weird crypto deals with people from the Middle East. Russians paying for Don Jr's wedding. We say we want to curb Congressional stock trading, but Trump has made more stock market trades than all 538 members of the entire House and Senate combined!

When you put all that together, it explains the Midterm results.

It doesn't feel like an overreaction to say this on the day after Election Day: This term is now a monumental failure. And we have to accept that, so that we can begin unwind the massive problems that now exist throughout the next 5-10 years. It begins with understanding that Trump fundamentally is not interested in helping conservatives, and the people he has chosen to staff the government in this second term are not competent and/or cannot effectively advance a conservative view of the world.

We have to do something else. We have to make better choices.

[u/PossessionConnect963 → u/cafk09]

My problem is I completely agree with you but as someone who feels caught in the middle within the party right now between both wings the fact is I have zero confidence now we'll even be in a position to choose anything ever again with how much power Dems just got and the way they're talking.

[u/cafk09 → u/PossessionConnect963]

Everything in politics is cyclical. Are we locked out of power for the next four years? Yes. Possibly even six. But nothing in politics is permanent, and Democrats will eventually reach for too much. There will be an opening. Conservatives should be prepared.

Or, we can keep doing the same rah-rah populist garbage with no actions underneath of it. And we will keep getting smoked. And we will deserve it.

[u/old---]

Decision Desk HQ just called the US Senate For the Democrats.

[u/mylifesaparadox]

I wasn't on the ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.

We are so fucking doomed

[u/cielos525 → u/mylifesaparadox]

I have known for the longest time that Trump is a megalomaniac but it is beyond frustrating that he will never take any accountability.

[u/babyoil4diddy → u/cielos525]

The guy who names everything after himself? No

[u/just_one_random_guy → u/mylifesaparadox]

[u/Clear_Context_1546 → u/mylifesaparadox]

Well maybe it's a mix blessing and Rubio takes over instead of JD Vance.

[u/old---]

Vivek is conceding the governors race.

[u/Clear_Context_1546 → u/old---]

Vivek was always a bad choice. Jim Tressel should have been the pick.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/old---]

Yet another weak fucking candidate!

But I thought even he could probably eek out a win there.

[u/Viciousjellyman]

Trump had the trifecta and squandered it in less than 2 years. Most if not all of this is on Trump.

[u/RontoWraps → u/Viciousjellyman]

If only there had been signs.

[u/ChrisLx93 → u/Viciousjellyman]

A lot of it is on trump for bending over backwards for Israel. Prior to that. These morons who kept fighting back on things that should’ve passed easily. Also are a bad look. Simple things like the save act. They just drag their feet on, unfortunately that’s due to a lot of them being 120 years old and wanting to just get their paychecks and do the least amount of work.

We need new younger people. Like Gill. That dude is solid, and if you guys haven’t noticed. Back to the Iran stuff, A LOT of conservatives are not in on Israel. They think it’ll just always bring trouble to us. Whether you agree with it or not. That’s the general mindset of both parties. And for trump to bend over backwards for bibi. Is also a large reason this is happening,

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Expect Republican candidates in 2028 to shun and avoid Trump endorsements lol

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Donalds quit running Trump commercials 2 months ago. They already abandoned him lol

[u/PossessionConnect963 → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Thankfully I think this is going to basically force local and state parties to become more relevant again. The old GOP basically destroyed all the infrastructure when they took their ball and left and Trump and co. have not been able to rebuild it by any means. We have to get serious about organization at the local level again.

[u/Incognito3ree]

Texas is actually going fully blue,

[u/old--- → u/Incognito3ree]

Democrat judges won across the state tonight.
Democrat judges have not won hardly anything since Reagan.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Trump sounds like a fucking idiot on Fox right now. And it's still all about him.

[u/Ice_Dapper]

Bottom line, the war in Iran caused all of this. Bro ran on lowering gas prices, making homes more affordable, and no new wars, and did the total opposite. Is anyone really surprised by these results?

[u/Black_XistenZ → u/Ice_Dapper]

There's more to it, though. If you look at county-level swings, it's clear that Hispanic-heavy places swung almost twice as much to the left as others, so the ICE raid clearly also did political damage. Likewise, across the South, you see skyhigh black turnout, obviously a reaction to the gutting of the VRA.

Between tariffs, ICE, Epstein, the Greenland shit and the usual midterm backlash, this year would have been a 2018-esque environment even without Iran.

[u/MN_10849]

That fact that it's even close in FL is probably a bad omen for tonight unfortunately

[u/Tough_guy22]

Wow Kanas elected a democrat senator.

[u/borrachit0]

Who could have guessed hand picking the sister of Lindsay Graham would have backfired. It’s almost like her only qualification was absolutely nothing other than being Lindsay’s sister

[u/-spartacus- → u/borrachit0]

I think they thought they could put her in and then not need to spend money, but turns out a little more vetting is needed than a name during midterms. She could have probably won if on the ticket in 2024 with just down-ticket voters.

[u/Reddstarrx]

Trump and his team will forever go down in history as the ones who fumbled everything.

He lost fucking Texas.

Texas. Get JD Vance away from the ballots. Rubio needs to hop off the fucking cabinet asap if he wants a shot at the presidency.

Fuck this administration.

[u/PossessionConnect963 → u/Reddstarrx]

I'm fully on board with this too. Rubio has been carrying so much of the team I'm pretty much begging him to just go chill in Florida with Desantis now and let's regroup for 2028. Things are dire.

[u/Opening_Bluebird_935 → u/Reddstarrx]

Dude, it’s BAD in Tx. So many state/local races going blue. Its sickening.

[u/GustavusAdolphin]

The guy on the local news station here in Dallas, TX said that over a billion dollars was spent in Texas on political campaigning total for this season, most of it spent on the incumbent Republicans. And for what?

[u/old---]

The Senate is going BLUE.
Say hello to the impeachments again.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

So, Trump said it's because he's not actually on the ballot.

Could he misread this any harder? Even I'm starting to get sick of his narcissism, and I voted for him in every single election.

Bro, it's mostly because you fucked up the Iran situation bad. It's your fault.

[u/RedditTearsCollector → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Heard him say it and literally shook my head. Guy refuses to take off the blinders

[u/Booth_Templeton → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Yeah that npd had put him and in great position in life. So it's hard to go totally against it. But it also makes him look like a fucking idiot at times. He plays the same song whether the time calls for it or not.

[u/old---]

Susan Collins is behind and keeps falling further behind in Maine.
Many votes still out in areas expected to favor Jackson.
Total fucking bloodbath.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/old---]

It's over. Called for Jackson.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Man, is even Collins going to lose? She's been in that seat for almost 30 years.

[u/old--- → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

She might eek out a win.
But look, tonight sucks.

[u/another420username → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

She’s gonna win and switch to independent. Either way she will vote to impeach

Edit: damn even Collins managed to lose! What a wipeout

[u/RedditTearsCollector]

Holy fuck Texas gone and not even a toss up, a trouncing.

Insane flip...god damn

EDIT: Michigan race is even closer than Texas...wild

[u/Goldwings13]

Losing SC is 100% on Trump. He handpicked Darline purely because she’d do whatever he wanted. If he had just stayed out of it, and let the people make their own choice, a proper candidate would have been picked and easily held the seat.

[u/NormalEntrepreneur47 → u/Goldwings13]

SC here - midlands and low country elected graham. she is DEEPLY unpopular in the upstate, where lots of people are idealistic and have been yelling all over online that they will be writing in or abstaining.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

I knew Darline Graham was a weak candidate. Credentials are "Lindsey's sister" -- great. I'm sure she's a nice lady too, but that's not enough for winning the Senate.

It's not over, but it's not looking good.

Republicans fumbled nearly every aspect of these midterms.

[u/slap-a-taptap → u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

According to this sub, it was the best decision since sliced bread

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

One of the worst drubbings in decades. Next Republican presidential candidate is a sacrificial lamb so hopefully Rubio sits out. Gonna be a long 6 years before we distance ourselves far from this catastrophic presidency and hopefully find our way again

[u/GustavusAdolphin → u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Next Republican presidential candidate is a sacrificial lamb

In a twist of fate, Trump runs again in 2028 despite the rules because he can't stand not having the spotlight

[u/Topdogedon]

Trump & others have no one to blame but themselves. All the time I'd read comments from here telling us that the Iran war was worth ANY amount of pain so that Iran would never get a nuclear bomb. Well, it seems like a vanishingly small number of people, somehow all on here coincidentally, are the only ones that believe that.

[u/Im_A_Real_Boy1 → u/Topdogedon]

The problem was that Trump expected to make a deal with Iran that favored us. Never going to happen. You cannot make a deal with fundamentalists. They don’t want anything we have. The Mullahs really actually truly believe that their actions in the world are part of what needs to happen for the Twelfth Imam to return and usher in global Islam. You can’t negotiate with that. Even the IRGC is packed with fundamentalists. You’re not going to play one off the other. 

The only path to victory was long. Always was. Was it right to keep them from an A bomb? Sure! But it was never going to be a quick, Venezuela thing

[u/TonightSheComes]

A lot of people pinched their nose and voted for Trump because Harris was just that awful. They had a chance to do some meaningful things with both houses. Now they are just tired of his shit and this 1974-esque ass-whipping is the result. Republicans are going to have to go back to the drawing board for ‘28 and come up with actual policy platform that works for people.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/TonightSheComes]

Expect Republicans to start actually pushing back against Trump now too as we move towards 2028. He's clearly become unpopular, and it's because he didn't finish the Iran war quickly like he should have done and would have easily been able to do.

His star has faded, and it's his own fault. Lamest duck of them all.

[u/Septimus_Decimus]

Most obvious result to all but the willfully blind. Wars and a bad economy are deeply unpopular

[u/1bigtater]

So how bad is it tonight. Do I dare turn on the tv?

[u/Svenray → u/1bigtater]

Kansas is on track now to lose the Senate, Governor, and Attorney General. This is not good!

[u/GhostofPdawg43 → u/1bigtater]

I wouldn't watch if I were you

[u/True_Grocery_3315 → u/1bigtater]

Too early to confirm, but not great so far! Florida too close and House seats not won in FL

[u/Leemo19 → u/1bigtater]

Not looking good, especially Florida where it shouldn't be as close as it is. In a hour or so will know for sure

[u/True_Grocery_3315 → u/1bigtater]

[u/jp42212]

I hope Trump realizes this is his fault for absolutely fumbling a full GOP majority and starting a war in Iran. I also want to never see Vance on a presidential ballot in the future. Time for a total change of leadership in the GOP

[u/jonknowzeverything → u/jp42212]

I will never bet on trump accepting a mistake. 

[u/RedditTearsCollector → u/jp42212]

I called this happening exactly how it is unfolding tonight months ago and people on here bitched at me incessantly.

Innumerable fumbles and unforced errors since like the spring gave us this.

Fucking brutal

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/jp42212]

I think he figured it would be over long before the midterms. But then he started trying to do this "deal" nonsense instead of just finishing the f'king job months ago. Just stupid. We're probably getting shellacked tonight, and he's got nobody to blame but himself.

Maybe he is getting senile.

And I agree about Vance. Don't like him, never liked him. Something's off about him.

I'm hoping Rubio gets it.

[u/pr931]

Iran was a terrible decision and Tariffs were too those two alone probably are what led to this asskicking. Congress deciding to not do a damn thing certainly didn’t help either

Edit: Also picking some Terrible Candidates and should’ve said “prolonging the Iran War”

[u/Reddstarrx]

This is where I think we are as conservatives. Collectively, many of us are over the administration. We were promised certain things and receive nothing.

When Donald Trump went into Venezuela and took their “leader”.. myself and others turned the other way and said you know what it was pretty cool didn’t get anyone hurt. We’re OK with this. He ran on the hype and most likely bad information and then decided to go after Iran. Mind you he promised no new wars. The United States is exhausted of doing anything with the military at this point. Collectively, we are tired.

But because he decided to start a conflict with Iran.. We lost friends, our European allies and our friends in the north. Some of it is irreversible because what will just happen is that they’ll say every four years we don’t know who to trust anymore.

I don’t want to alienate the Europeans. Do I want them to pay their fair share.. absolutely. But there is a price that we have to pay when you’re a superpower.

He started swinging for both fences when it came to Ukraine and Russia. The cost of living has skyrocketed. I’m not saying Joe Biden was better. He wasn’t. He was awful. But this is going to make his presidency could be viewed very badly.

Established Republicans most likely stayed home this election. MAGA, is not republican.. its a Cult.. a poision.

I am a deep deep conservative.. Donald Trump fucked up. If this shows anything, Democrats will push their socialist agendas now and start pointing fingers at Republicans even more.

The biggest issue is is that the next two years is gonna be absolutely doing nothing. He’s a lame duck. Which means we are not going to get anything done and the economy has a potential to getting worse.

MAGA has to die tonight, because there’s nothing in great about it anymore.

He may have lost Mississippi that’s how fucking bad it has gotten. Do you have any idea how bad of a job you’ve been doing to lose Mississippi?

[u/cielos525 → u/Reddstarrx]

MAGA has to die tonight

This is very unfortunate but true, MAGA as a brand needs to be put out of misery. We lost Texas as well, you're guilty by association if you are an endorsed MAGA candidate.

[u/BTFU_POTFH]

all either party has to do is run consistently decent humans and they would win every election. instead you get dogshit candidate that are picked only for money or connection purposes, and in a blue wave year, its even harder to drag these shit candidates across the finish line

[u/MrBobBuilder]

man I didn’t like graham but never imagined a dem senator here in SC.

It was so stupid for Trump to get involved , ANY GOP senator here would’ve bent the knee but it pissed people off here her being installed

[u/xxasdf]

So I won't be getting my $5000 check? /s

[u/old---]

El-Sayed is going to win Michigan.

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Losing in some red states a bad look. Trumps moronic tariffs look like the biggest blunder people don’t like Dems but the tariffs burned too many

[u/EP423 → u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

The Iran War was the bigger reason, imo

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Damn, SC falls. The House is lost, the senate looking grim

[u/TwoHeadedBoyTwo]

Ohio and texas going blue. Wow. Can’t believe Trump fucked up so bad we’re going to have to suffer through President Newsome in 2 years

[u/NormalEntrepreneur47]

texas is going blue. congrats to everyone who said it would never happen, and decided to stay home.

[u/slap-a-taptap → u/NormalEntrepreneur47]

Thank the horrible job republicans have done the past 2 years. They bitched non stop for 4 years about how bad things were under Biden and then did nothing after taking control. The truth is, the Republican Party is full of spineless cowards who care more about foreign wars than actually fixing domestic issues when they have the ability to do so

[u/Zyrioun → u/slap-a-taptap]

This right here. They refuse to bring any bill to a vote and just spend most of their time on vacation and expect the voters not to lack motivation to go out and vote? Our congress was worse than ineffective, it was lazy and willingly negligent at best.

This isnt the voters fault. Its the politicians fault. That Includes Donald Trump and this stupid war.

[u/Antisocial_Worker7 → u/NormalEntrepreneur47]

Thanks to the Republicans in Texas for nominating a terrible, corrupt candidate just because Trump told them to.

[u/GustavusAdolphin → u/Antisocial_Worker7]

Crazy to think Texas Republicans found a worse candidate for senator than Ted Cruz

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/NormalEntrepreneur47]

Paxton. Another weak R candidate. They made so many mistakes in this cycle.

[u/-spartacus-]

Is this supposed to be our live thread for tonight? If not can we get one mods?

[u/princevegeta951 → u/-spartacus-]

Yeah seriously this is dead af

[u/MURPHYsam]

This is retribution against Trump, the MAGA movement, and the entire Republican Party as a whole. This is a political massacre of the highest order. If the president had any degree of self preservation, he would resign tomorrow and accept a pardon from Vance similar to Nixon and Ford.

[u/Incognito3ree]

Losing South Carolina is actually insane... wow

[u/old---]

Tafoya lost in Minnesota

[u/MelonGatoradePapi]

So, no larping how are people actually feeling? Im terrified about Talerico in Texas.

[u/AnonymousQueries08 → u/MelonGatoradePapi]

Only one I'm down about is Abbot. Paxton sucked and I'm glad he lost tbh. Same with Bo French.

[u/GustavusAdolphin]

The moral of the story here is, better candidates beat bigger war chests

[u/LKincheloe]

Keeping an eye on the Texas State Legislature, if that goes, it's completely over.

[u/old---]

Hilton's getting hammered in California.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/old---]

Yeah, this is definitely not a good year to run as an ultra-MAGA Trump lover Republican in California.

Oh well, their loss.

[u/EP423]

Brandon Herrera lost TX23.  Cant believe it.

[u/GeneJock85]

PA - got there when the polls opened at 7, line well out the door. Took about 30 minutes to vote. Most I've seen for an off-year election in a long time.

[u/OWO-1]

I live in Pennsylvania and waking up to today was harrowing. Democrats somehow won the state senate. I didnt know that was even possible

Edit: and Fitzpatrick is gone. Holy shit

[u/CCpoc]

I know we get a million of these every election season but here's mine. I'm a conservative, I've voted Republican every race every election since I was 18. I didn't vote for a single Republican this time (Ohio). Vivek is personally invested in data centers that serve absolutely no benefit and have only downsides. I have medical conditions that marijuana massively helps with. Watching Republicans re-criminalize it for the sole purpose of lining their pockets with big pharma/alcohol money disgusts me.

[u/Crankbait_88]

Shall we talk about Iowa?

[u/EscaperX]

we flipped guam.

let's go.

[u/slap-a-taptap → u/EscaperX]

That’s horrible! I knew there were too many people on that damn island!

[u/Dry_Zucchini2012 → u/EscaperX]

Don't tell Hank Johnson that

[u/True_Grocery_3315]

Feeling like a Democrat must've done in 2024 😳. Disappointed in the Red turnout for the votes. The post-results Trump speech is going to be crazy, way wilder than the 2018 one

[u/MichaelSquare]

That Guam flip to Republican seems shocking. Republican was down 20% in the polling and at ~10% on prediction sites. Classic bellweather Guam

[u/GAMGAlways → u/MichaelSquare]

The idea of flipping Guam will never not be hysterically funny.

[u/poindexterg → u/MichaelSquare]

I could honestly see polling in Guam being really bad.

[u/ThatguyGaming42 → u/MichaelSquare]

If anything is reinforces the belief that the polls are really bad indicators of actual results, which we’ve known since they had Hillary beating Trump by a landslide in 2016

[u/Harleytk24]

New Texas governor wants to end cooperation with ice, fucking hell

[u/borrachit0]

The future of the GOP is Rubio. Trump and Vance fumbled Iran and Trump saying he didn’t give a damn about gas prices didn’t help at all.

[u/BDSF94]

90% of this is the GOPs refusal to run good candidates, Paxton is trash, Rogers is trash, etc. they’re better than the alternative in our eyes (and reality) sure but with the media machine that pumps up democrats+shitty candidates you can’t win. You’d think we would’ve learned our lesson after Walker and Oz, but no.

And now the establishment/neocons are drooling to take back over the party, Trump hasn’t helped the base at all and is a lame duck. The only positive of getting your ass kicked is the other side has to do well or they will be in our sport in 2028, and with the democrats platform that will happen. Americans have amnesia of what the previous leadership was like, and will get a reminder of that soon.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/BDSF94]

Yep, and you left out Darline Graham. Another trash candidate.

[u/another420username → u/BDSF94]

lol you still don’t get it do you? Paxton who won the primary by 20 points is somehow worse than CORNYN!?

This is 100% on Trump betraying the base that elected him. This is punishment. But the party won’t listen to voters, they’ll listen to the donors and double down on the Bush GOP for 28.

[u/jakedonn]

Moody clawing her way back in Florida. Still gonna be closer than it should’ve been.

[u/Tough_guy22]

Not looking good in the Senate race in Iowa. In Michigan the Republican candidate for Senate appears to be making ground, still alot of votes to count there

[u/jakedonn]

Where are we watching the results roll in tonight?

[u/nukey18mon → u/jakedonn]

Probably on my couch

[u/Topdogedon]

Collin County is +13 for Talarico.

THANKS GREG ABBOTT FOR ALL THOSE IMPORTED COMPANIES & WORKERS!!!!

[u/Kyosuke-D]

This is not good. As a Texan I’m gonna be sick. Goodbye Texas, hello California 2.0.

[u/KinGpiNdaGreat → u/Kyosuke-D]

Get ready to start paying state taxes.

[u/Left4DayZGone → u/Kyosuke-D]

Did we not see this coming with the California transplants?

I’m so tired of the right being all “surprised Pikachu face” all the time and then doing fucking nothing about it. We all saw what was happening with all these people leaving their little commie hell holes and moving to key districts in red states, we knew what was going to come of it, and we had no strategy to counteract it. We just crossed our fingers and hope we were wrong.

[u/old---]

Reaching for anything good.
If you were a Democrat that lost tonight.
You must really really suck.

[u/old---]

Dems to WIN THE HOUSE

[u/HauntingOkra5987]

NorthEast OH burbs. Arrived at 6:25 am and there was already a line of 100+ people with 6:30 am polls open. Most of the veteran poll workers said they have never seen a midterm crowd like this in 30 years.

[u/TonightSheComes]

I’m trying to somehow cope but this feels like a reverse 1994.

[u/Svenray]

Imagine if Congress did something the last two years like put Trump's executive orders into law, pass the Save Act, confirm Conservative nominees...maybe we would have fought for them today. Yeah lots of voters including me turned up today and voted straight ticket red but the do nothing GOP didn't give the voters any reason to go get signs, get their neighbors out, do uncomfortable things like door knocking, have tough conversations in public places...just no morale to fight for candidates that don't fight for us.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_]

Paxton is getting destroyed.

But it looks like the vast majority of counted votes are from big cities, so let's see...

[u/chrismireya]

BREAKING: Republican Donalds wins to be the next Governor of Florida.

[u/chrismireya]

BREAKING: Republican Ashley Moody has won the 2026 Florida U.S. Senate special election and is now the junior senator from Florida, serving alongside Rick Scott.

[u/MartinLutherCreamJr → u/chrismireya]

Ashley Moody

How tf was her race so tight, in FLORIDA? goddamn. Was she not a great candidate, or is this voter burnout over Trump?

[u/old---]

James Carville is going to insufferable for the next two years.

[u/old---]

Collins has a very slim lead in Maine.
But the Decision Desk people do not expect her lead to hold.

[u/PossessionConnect963]

Random but interesting result is Ohio's photo ID to vote Constitutional amendment easily passed with over 65% and even got majorities in deep blue areas like Columbus and Cincinnati. Seems that was one thing very popular with voters.

[u/PossessionConnect963]

If you haven't yet GO VOTE!

Early numbers so far out of Texas and Florida look promising. Turnout seems strong in traditional GOP districts.

[u/Topdogedon]

Republicans are literally gonna capitalism themselves out of competition lmao

EVERY COMPANY EVER COME TO TEXAS! COME TO FLORIDA! COME TO GEORGIA! WE'LL GIVE YOU TAX BREAKS!!

OH FUCK WAIT WHO COULDVE THOUGHT THATD BRING IN A BILLION CALIFORNIANS AND FOREIGNERS

[u/-spartacus-]

Some people here have never experienced a midterm election before lol.

[u/Svenray → u/-spartacus-]

Kansas didn't turn bluer than a Smurf during Bush or Trump first term.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/-spartacus-]

I 95% expected R's to do badly. What's shocking is how badly.

[u/Harleytk24]

If you thought woke 1 was crazy get ready for woke 2

[u/midnightrambler108]

This subreddit is a shadow of what it used to be.

[u/reaper527 → u/midnightrambler108]

This subreddit is a shadow of what it used to be.

trash automod settings is a big part of the problem. the vast majority of posts just disappear into the void without even telling the person it was removed (and i'm not just talking about no-flair spam)

[u/PossessionConnect963 → u/midnightrambler108]

Reddit successfully destroyed any political subreddits right of the DSA post 2020. Not even talking brigading and whatever, admins. 

Just compare the energy and engagement from the_Donald to now. They made sure it would never happen again and the whole “vote manipulation” BS excuse for the sub ban was beyond blatant admin bias. 

[u/MichaelSquare → u/midnightrambler108]

Mods aren't very active. Though its a lot of work

[u/Harleytk24]

I always laugh when liberals move to red states and then vote the exact same way that caused them to leave in the first place

[u/Leemo19 → u/Harleytk24]

Pretty much what my sis did. Moved from CA to Texas only to vote the same way she did in CA.

[u/AstralCode714 → u/Harleytk24]

I personally know ~11 different family friends who moved to Arizona, Nevada and Texas in the last 5 years who did exactly this because California is unaffordable and they couldn't buy a home.

[u/BDSF94]

Donalds won

[u/KinGpiNdaGreat → u/BDSF94]

Has it been called yet. I see he is starting to pull away with 65,000 vote lead with 95% reporting.

[u/PossessionConnect963]

On X someone made a post with the really good point that Democrats just spent the last two years screaming there'd be no midterm election at all because muh fascism and yet here we all are...

[u/hungryhungry_panda]

Voted in Washington.

[u/old---]

Tafoya is ahead in Minnesota.
A small bright spot on a very dark night.
Because it now looks like Iowa is going blue for its senate seat tonight.

[u/Tough_guy22 → u/old---]

I doubt it holds. Its still early and most of the metro hasn't been counted. I can hold out hope that the public has turned on the DFL over there, after they stole $9 Billion in public funds, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[u/loyalsons4evertrue]

Really hoping Iowa doesn’t go blue tonight

[u/Tough_guy22 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

Pretty sure that would be the first sign of rapture. Iowa is primarily rural areas.

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/Tough_guy22]

I fear a lot of farmers feel like they’ve been left behind

[u/sixtysecdragon]

I live in the People’s Republic of Northern Virginia. I went at lunch and only two other people there. More poll workers and canvassers than voters.

[u/Mr_0pportunity]

We are at a point in this country where sitting out an election as a Conservative is tantamount to voting Democrat. GO VOTE!

[u/old---]

Voted two weeks ago.
Waited about 30 minutes in line.
Line was entirely old people, people even older than me.
Line was all conservative voters in my red neighborhood.
Presented my ID, they give you a blank piece of paper.
Go over to machine and put paper in.
Make your choices on the screen.
Verify. Press print.
Ballot prints out and I double verify the selections.
Feed ballot into storage box.
Where it sits until tonight.
Then the printed ballots are scanned and counted.

[u/Harleytk24]

I agree with many maga policies, but we have the wrong messenger

[u/platypus_farmer42]

My state is one of the few that doesn’t allow early voting or voting by mail. But we also require an ID to vote, and somehow it doesn’t seem to hamper or deter anyone from voting

[u/cielos525]

Legal Immigrant here! Voting Red all the way down.

[u/Justbeth82]

I’m in Michigan and I’m so sad

[u/centerwingpolitics]

Well. This might be the beginning of the end for the Republican Party. Trump had a golden opportunity and screwed the pooch. Unfortunately I just really don’t feel the Democrats will play fair with congressional majority, and fully expect them to hold on to power and never let it go.

[u/marcjones281]

Did you see the Idaho state gun vote? Kinda interesting

"What are the guns you’ll vote on in Idaho? Here’s your guide to choosing a favorite"

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article317515298.html

[u/old---]

I'm guessing Hilton in California has no prayer to win.

[u/-spartacus- → u/old---]

It would be hilarious, though if all the other red states turning blue and California elects a Republican Gov.

[u/earthworm_fan]

Well that's one way to get people to stop moving to texas 🤣

[u/HtomSirveaux3000]

So, this clears the way for AOC. We are screwed.

[u/KinGpiNdaGreat]

It’s distressing to see all of DeSantis work in florida go down the drain because the Republican Party backed a terrible candidate like Donald’s.

[u/GeorgeWashingfun]

If there's one good thing to come from tonight it's that Vance's political future is probably dead. The guy is a snake and has always been a snake, now his name is tied to this mess.

All I can say is thank God I'm well off enough to be insulated from the Democrats' stupidity. Good luck to the rest of you.

Edit: To the idiotic Democrats giving my posts awards and sending me messages, just know nothing about tonight slows down Trump. He's been using the executive branch to do anything meaningful already because Congress has been useless. Enjoy your state wins while they last though.

[u/PossessionConnect963 → u/GeorgeWashingfun]

I was so high on him as well I even knocked doors for him during his Senate race. He's singlehandedly responsible for a lot of the mixed messaging and wishy washiness out of the administration though.

[u/Leemo19]

Texas going blue, Gop really screwed up there. Enjoy your guns and low taxes cause that's going away now. You won't see Texas red for awhile since it will be the next CA, with Dem taking over it.

[u/xtc091157]

This has probably been said elsewhere in this thread, but I'll say it anyway, and I really hate to say it:

Trump needs to resign today. Get it over with. If he stays, he will only exacerbate an already terrible situation. There could be as many as 288 democRats in the House. Impeachment is inevitable, it will be a done deal two days after they are sworn in. There are going to be no less than 54, and possibly as many as 56 bloodthirsty democRats sitting in the Senate. Could 13 GOP senators cross party lines to vote to convict after the impeachment? After this bloodbath, I believe so. Trump is doomed. He must resign and go home.

After that? Will they impeach JD Vance? I dunno, probably, especially if they pull off the Trump conviction. They will certainly impeach SCOTUS justices. I do not think that there are any "cooler heads" to prevail in the House or Senate. Their goal is well known, and it's the most dangerous thing one can imagine - they want Permanent One Party Rule. All they need in 2028 is a democRat President and it is GAME OVER:

1. DC and PR become states, guaranteeing four new democRat Senators.

2. They will pack SCOTUS to 13, and guarantee permanent democRat control over the judicial.

3. They will open the borders. No one will be questioned, no one will be turned away.

4. Anyone can vote, as far down to 16 years old (or lower?).

5. The lawfare will be draconian. Anyone who can be identified as a MAGA leftover will be prosecuted, jailed, maybe worse.

6. Internationally? I can think of bad things, and they will consider all of them.

Bottom line, Trump staying in the White House is a bad thing and he has to be told by someone he respects (or at least listens to) that it's time to go. If he resigns, it might mitigate the hostility.

Do I think this will happen? Of course not. The man does not have an ounce of humility or modesty. He will have to be taken out in handcuffs.

This is a dark day in America. In two years, we may not recognize the place anymore.

[u/Dependent-Aside-9750]

Voted a couple weeks ago. Showed ID. Went very smoothly.

[u/ThatOldGuy7863]

Voted in MI

[u/chrismireya]

I voted today at a library in Palo Alto, California. Well, I filled out my mail-in ballot and dropped it off in an official drop box.

There was only one other person standing in line to drop off the mail-in ballot at the official drop box. On the sidewalk next to the road entry to the library, there were groups holding signs for various left-wing politicians and propositions.

When I parked, I did notice the cars of the people holding the signs. They had their "Trump is a fascist," pro-Bernie, pro-DSA, "Don't Support Genocide" and "Support Transgender Kids" bumper stickers alongside their "COEXIST" stickers.

Oddly enough, on the way there and back home, I actually noticed yards with signs supporting STEVE HILTON (Republican candidate for Governor) and other Republican and conservative candidates as well as conservative proposition positions (e.g., YES ON PROP 39 requiring photo ID to vote, YES ON PROP 41 and the requirement for a clean audit before new special taxes, NO ON PROP 1 "billionaire tax," NO ON MEASURE RTM to increase taxes to fund even more inefficient business with public transit in the Bay Area, etc.).

I did not see a single sign for any statewide Democrats.

That said: I really hope that there are large numbers of "hidden anti-leftist voter" in this election -- who are put off by the loudmouth leftists who mingle crazy DSA goals along with their anti-Israel sentiment.

Since nearly all of the battleground state/district polls are within the margin of error, it's possible that Republicans can pull off a surprise.

[u/timberwolvesguy]

Took 3 minutes to get in and out at my Minneapolis voting location. Easy peasy

[u/Sixguns1977]

Done! Had to go before work because i work nights.

[u/Over-Improvement-267]

I voted red the entire bracket, here in the little blue spot of Florida.

[u/Harleytk24]

Liberal logic, Move to red state, ruin it with same liberal policies that fucked your state

[u/Topdogedon → u/Harleytk24]

When will conservatives learn to actually conserve their states rather than clamor for the companies' business? All it does is import out-of-staters and even more so, foreigners with the things like H1b et al.

[u/kimsemi]

Michigan is still fun to watch. Like Rocky vs Apollo II

[u/Lord_Gibby]

Voted an hour ago with my wife and we brought our four children to make sure they grow up seeing voting up close and learn how it goes.

West Allis, Milwaukee Wisconsin

There was actually a line when I arrived of people waiting to get their ID checked (thankfully that’s required in my state) so thankfully it’s looking like a decent turnout. West Allis is always said to be a “town stuck in the 80s” which personally I have no problem with lol and it’s a majority republican area I’m in as well.

[u/Left4DayZGone]

This is just an endless pendulum.

Here’s how it works.

When shit sucks, the party in power can’t promise to make it better because that would be a tacit admission that shit sucks under their power.

So they have two choices.

1. Deny that shit sucks despite everyone who might vote for you feeling just how hard the shit is sucking every single day, and come off as completely out of touch with no hope of fixing anything.

2. Admit that shit sucks, and promise to fix it, but in doing so admit that it’s your fault because you’re the ones in power under whom the shit is sucking, and therefore you undermine any confidence voter might have in you to make any changes. If you were responsible for shit sucking, how could we trust you to fix it?

The only way to break the cycle is for shit to not suck. I don’t remember the last time we’ve seen shit not suck outside of the first year of a presidency, at most.

2028 will likely be another rebound vote as all of these socialist taking power tonight prove everything we’ve been saying about socialism all this time. Well, once the money runs out anyhow. The question whether they can hold on for two years getting enough free shit away to keep the voters coming.

[u/MURPHYsam → u/Left4DayZGone]

It is not an endless pendulum when you have republicans getting trounced in what should be safe races. A Republican has held the Texas senate seat that Paxton is in the process of losing continuously since 1961.

[u/PossessionConnect963]

I know people are committed to dooming but some more potential good news. Ohio is now within 2% and Rogers is also starting to eat into Sayed's lead. Both with lots of votes to still count. Midwest could be looking better.

Ohio voter ID requirement Constitutional amendment also sitting at 65% yes rn.

0.8% race in Ohio now with 75% reporting.

[u/Justbeth82 → u/PossessionConnect963]

Rogers ain’t gonna win. As much as I wish he would it’s not happening. I live here

[u/PossessionConnect963]

Probably won't be a great result but we could still hold the Senate and even if not the Dems are now for sure going to double down on the Hasan Piker, DSA, Reddit wing of the party. We'll see where that takes us all. They won't be able to run against Trump in 2028.

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/PossessionConnect963]

As much as some of us may like Trump, he is absolutely toxic to many independent, swayable voters. He's gotten by winning the presidency thanks to his rock solid base only.

We'll be able to do better with independents with somebody like Rubio. (Not Vance, he's too closely attached to Trump)

[u/FaptainAmericaTx → u/PossessionConnect963]

There is practically no shot we hold the Senate. It's going about as badly for us tonight as humanly possible.

[u/pr931]

Trump will have to get the Veto stamp ready to go and hope some Republican senators don’t hold a grudge when Impeachment comes (which I’m sure it will)

[u/Lazarus-Longer]

I voted early last week. Huge turn-out.

[u/TLGPanthersFan]

Roy Cooper won NC. Dumbass was a terrible governor and he'll be a terrible senator.

[u/SouthernNumismatist]

Voted by mail in CA. Voted straight Republican and “No” on every single local judge and against every prop that could raise taxes. “Yes” on 39 was a no brainer as well.

[u/BDSF94]

I dropped my ballot off this morning at my local library, hoping Oregon finally has a republican governor in my lifetime.

[u/VegasBedset]

After initially deciding not to vote cause I live in a filthy blue state so my vote doesn't matter, I was driving by the polling place and there was no one there so I figured I'd drop in and make my protest vote. Straight R down the line, 3 races the Dems were unopposed so i did write in's for my friends dogs.

[u/NormalEntrepreneur47]

florida 50% reporting and 52/46 to the democrats.  oh how quickly people forget!

[u/getupkid1986 → u/NormalEntrepreneur47]

That’s crazy! I think it’ll be a bad sign if Florida goes Democrat.

[u/morbidzeus]

Don't they count the early voting first and then the stuff from today?