MID-TERM ELECTIONS

[Fry Guy]

The midterm vote counts are almost all finalized and certified now.  I did not expect the Dems to take the Senate.  The map was against them; elections were largely in Trump country.  

Trump's campaign endorsements and rhetoric were effective in helping the Republicans keep the Senate by a very small margin.  The President deserves credit for that, in my opinion.  And, maintaining control of the Senate is a big deal, primarily when it comes to pushing religious/conservative judges into long-term and lifetime positions.  

But, Trump had the exact opposite effect, on a much broader scale, when it comes to the House.  The Dems wiped the floor with Republicans.  

Democrats picked up large numbers of women, Independents, millenials, and suburban voters as compared to 2016.; they way exceeded my expectations.   

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9,000,000 more citizens voted for Democrats over Republicans in the 2018 midterms. That's historically huge, a record.

By comparison.........Hillary Clinton beat Trump in the 2016 popular vote by only ¹⁄₃ that amount and 35 states in the union have populations less than 9,000,000.

It's a much bigger vote lead than the Republicans enjoyed when the Tea Party protests helped the Republicans take control back in 2010.

I really don't care how biased people choose to label or position the results, "blue wave", "blue puddle", "split verdict".......whatever. Facts are facts and numbers aren't subjective. The Dems needed 23 seats to take control of the House. They will have taken between 38 and 40 when all is said and done, plus they picked up 7 governorships and flipped two senate seats.

Anyway, as an Independent who's currently way more aligned with Democratic priorities and values than with Republicans (it's been the other way around in the past), I think it's a very good thing for the country and I'm looking forward to more balance and significant corrections in 2019 and 2020.

The (Trump) Republicans lost me altogether when they cut government revenue tremendously by offering tax cuts to corporations and certain individuals while simultaneously increasing government spending significantly, thus driving the national deficit through the roof -- short-term and politically/personally self-serving idiocy that only leads to mid and long-term economic pain.

It is historically true that in midterms the incoming President's party loses both the house and Senate
However, in this term, the President had 40+ retirements which would make things incredibly harder still.
A "blue wave" was EXPECTED.
None of this has a thing to do with Trumpism and it would be stupid to infer otherwise.
But those historically it was PROBABLE that the Republicans would lose both house and Senate to a blue wave. It DIDN'T happen. The house was lost and Senate kept to a mixed results.
There are investigations occurring to voting impropriety in Arizona, Florida and Michigan.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p.../95363314/

More votes than voters? In Democrat urban Michigan? Colour me aghast. Lots more Democrat votes you say? I think there is every chance we can find another car load of ballots around Broward County. They of course were NOT blank ballots that were filled in POST-election. There was nothing untoward....quick shut down the airport!

Year President Party House Senate Total
1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt D -71 -6 -77
1946 Harry S. Truman D -45 -12 -57
1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower R -48 -13 -61
1962 John F. Kennedy D -4 +3 -1
1966 Lyndon B. Johnson D -47 -4 -51
1970 Richard Nixon D -12 +2 -10
1974 Gerald R. Ford D -48 -5 -63
1978 Jimmy Carter D -15 -3 -18
1982 Ronald Reagan R -26 +1 -25
1990 George Bush R -8 -1 -9
1994 William J. Clinton D -52 -8 -60
2002 George W. Bush R +8 +2 +10
2010 Barack Obama D -63 -6 -69