Detroit MLK Jr. High School: voters arrived shortly after polls opened, but precinct had no voting machines. Some voters were turned away while others were unable to vote for 1.5 hours… https://t.co/eDCfEtAaTH https://t.co/gE0Stf4Jon
— Josh Levs (@JoshLevs) November 6, 2018
We answer PolitiFact readers questions about #Midterm2018 https://t.co/QhjPsxsPJw pic.twitter.com/DJMi2R53kt
— Angie Drobnic Holan (@AngieHolan) November 6, 2018
This is really shameful. And of course the problems especially afflict minority voters — it's a mix of incompetence and sheer electoral theft https://t.co/wr0aEcJJ7g
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 6, 2018
Whoa Gallup actually published a likely voter generic ballot poll (D +11). https://t.co/w5Z6YzJ2IT
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 6, 2018
"In my 25 years of election coverage at CNN, we have never seen interest in a midterm election in the way we are seeing it this year" —@SamFeistCNN https://t.co/bJUHkSvsyV
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 6, 2018
U.S. voters targeted with limited 'misinformation': security official https://t.co/oPgwrAI6Kg
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 6, 2018
Two years later, Trump isn't different. We are. https://t.co/4tylQy07Bd
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) November 6, 2018
Okay so it's like 2ish eastern so I'm gonna re-up this one more time.
House: 228 Ds, w/R hold, D landslide still on table
Senate: 52 Rs, 85% chance Rs keep chamber, wide range
Govs: 7ish net seat gain for Ds. maybe more, maybe lessFull explanation here: https://t.co/laT9HI6eu6
— David Byler (@databyler) November 6, 2018
I’m at Annistown Elementary School in Snellville, GA, where hundreds of voters have waited 4.5 hours to vote today because electronic voting machines weren’t working pic.twitter.com/4BJLYVtiEL
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 6, 2018
Those long lines to vote in NY are a disgrace and a testament to some of the worst voting laws in the nation. My @NewYorker column.
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) November 6, 2018
We've also frozen our generic ballot average, and our running our final model run now!
The generic ballot average wound up at D +8.7. That's *not* a good number for Republicans. The D lead ticked up from 8-ish to 9-ish on the last set of polls to come in. https://t.co/nSPeKmmioC pic.twitter.com/OSzxievNok
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 6, 2018
An Arlington, Texas voting location didn't have enough paper ballots: A voter tells CNN that the electronic voting machines were not working and she was told they did not have any ballots. "Once that info was shared, most of the people in line decided to leave."
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) November 6, 2018
Something Sen. Stebanow just told me: Though Dem ticket in Michigan is overwhelmingly women, it was a conscious choice to not do a collective, all-women event. They wanted each to be seen as an individual uniquely suited for their position, not just one of a national "pink wave."
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 6, 2018
Election monitors in Georgia reporting that voters are having to wait up to 3 hours to cast their ballots, per @CommonCause.
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) November 6, 2018
Hey election watchers – here's @edokeefe's excellent an hour-by-hour look at the races that could flip control of the House, or reinforce GOP control of the chamber https://t.co/UT8EOVBmlp
— Ellen Uchimiya (@EllenUchimiya) November 6, 2018
Beyond all the problems with measurement (which are serious), exit polls simply can't tell you *why* people voted the way they did – my @UpshotNYT explainer https://t.co/qWxqpap1UJ
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 6, 2018
The AP reports that people have been waiting in line for hours in certain counties due to problems with voting machines. #ElectionDay https://t.co/FJlwIBVO5t pic.twitter.com/U2qVHzaj0A
— Slate (@Slate) November 6, 2018
Brad Schlozman — a former Bush appointee at DOJ, who was found to have lied to congress about purging and politicizing DOJ's civil rights division — rides again. https://t.co/xKC0FJsoVz https://t.co/PtOW92BlXE
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) November 6, 2018
Very hard to evaluate reports of long lines/logistical problems on the fly but we know from past elections that pattern is real and systematic – access to voting is systematically worse in poor/minority areas https://t.co/WXi8OdMNge Unsconscionable – should offend every American.
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 6, 2018
The Senate forecast is almost the polar opposite. Republicans are 5 in 6 favorites, per our Deluxe forecast, and 4 in 5 favorites according to our Lite and Classic versions. The 80 percent range of most likely outcomes runs from D's gaining 2 seats, to R's gaining 3-4. pic.twitter.com/wmFtxlVs92
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 6, 2018
My best guess at what's going to happen in House, Senate, Gov elections plus *how much* uncertainty to bake into things: https://t.co/laT9HI6eu6 pic.twitter.com/3QtB7SmCvp
— David Byler (@databyler) November 6, 2018
The Latest: Long lines and technical problems in Georgiahttps://t.co/LZg1Tbcnak
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 6, 2018
Looks like Texas voting line issues are widespread. https://t.co/MvFajkCsb5
— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) November 6, 2018
That is, the distribution is asymmetrical… There's a better chance of a BIG miss in which the Dems benefits than a BIG miss in which the GOP benefits. (Most of the GOP misses are ones in which they do a little better than thought.)
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 6, 2018
Could Democrats take the Senate? Read @elainaplott on their narrow path to victory: https://t.co/k8qgdStHnb
— Olivia Paschal (@oliviacpaschal) November 6, 2018
Ratify or reject? The midterm elections offer a referendum on the Trump presidency https://t.co/f9fYROGqVK Analysis via @rickklein pic.twitter.com/68FgfV4qCU
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 6, 2018
Dispatch from my mom in Connecticut who says the lines at her polling place were longer than even in 2016. So many people that she had to find parking elsewhere.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 6, 2018
6 key, early races that will foretell Democrats' 2018 election fate tonighthttps://t.co/B7o4VZZ0W9 pic.twitter.com/ElxJFu3USQ
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 6, 2018
Is voting too inconvenient for you? Tell that to civil rights leader @repjohnlewis, who was arrested and beaten for the right to vote. pic.twitter.com/Oyaprr7PLv
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 5, 2018
No one could have predicted humidity in North Carolina. https://t.co/e8g8OHzSv3
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 6, 2018
The third graph here, particularly in the context of last night, is critical to understanding politics in 2018. https://t.co/cPJCV7541W
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 6, 2018
Early personal #ElectionDay2018 anecdote: Biggest lines I’ve ever seen, by far, including presidential elections, at my polling station in the swing NJ-11 district
— David W. Chen (@davidwchen) November 6, 2018
Hour-plus wait to vote in Windsor Terrace BK less about robust turnout than the fact that 3 of the 4 scanners are broken. Poll worker slapping the side of one machine like she’s the Fonz.
— Michael Wilson (@MWilsonNYT) November 6, 2018
Numerous national security officials I’ve talked to in recent days said they were going to polls today with one purpose – to counter Trump. Current and former. Worked for Republicans and identified as Rs. To them, Never Trump now a ballot wide mandate.
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) November 6, 2018
Looking for first signs of a blue wave? Here are five early races that should tell the story https://t.co/7RAu7y51Tr
— Salon (@Salon) November 6, 2018
Texas election judge resigns after a video emerged of her threatening to call the cops on a black voter https://t.co/wXYfb2g5BV
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 6, 2018
"I voted because I'm a voter. I vote in every election, because that's how my parents raised me to be." -StatisticalAstronaut https://t.co/kFPPj7AgPZ #ElectionDay
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 6, 2018
If you're a politics nerd, or an aspiring one, this glorious Google doc tracking all results is your election night bible https://t.co/DAkgAjS7Da pic.twitter.com/4VdW1sZOLG
— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) November 6, 2018
ELECTION DAY WEATHER: Severe storms knock out power to some polling stations, as others are plagued by humidity. https://t.co/lc46chLCoe pic.twitter.com/Cj7IfaNwQx
— ABC News (@ABC) November 6, 2018
Brian Kemp’s office quietly patched security holes in Georgia’s elections system they denied existed https://t.co/PWC8AMaTnN
— Salon (@Salon) November 6, 2018
Mysterious anti-Ted Cruz super PAC spends $2.3 million in final stretch — via @anu_narayan & me: https://t.co/KBfIEoFHnf
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) November 6, 2018
#ElectionDay THREAD:
We’re breaking down the criminal justice measures on today’s ballot.
Here’s an explainer for everyone hitting the polls today. 1/ https://t.co/TfvJWyMKXN
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) November 6, 2018
NBC News has confirmed that the issue at Anderson Livsey Elementary in Snellville, GA was indeed a lack of power cords. Gwinnett County Director of Communications Joe Sorenson tells @NBCNews “the machine was not supplied power and was running on battery & the battery ran out” 🤔 https://t.co/YFa45nihXs
— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) November 6, 2018
Sad! 