Good riddance to this Russian stooge.
It’s official: Rohrabacher has lost re-election for the first time in 2 decades. Republicans declined to make his House Intel testimony public in the weeks leading up to the election. But with Dems in control, that could change by early next year. https://t.co/AovKVfu5vJ
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 11, 2018
Democrats are poised to wipe out Republicans’ North Carolina gerrymander in time for the 2020 election: https://t.co/7lKlPohb8h pic.twitter.com/Q7s9eBYvUL
— Slate (@Slate) November 13, 2018
If you're unclear on how partisan #gerrymandering works (and it does work) see North Carolina circa #Midterms2018 : 52% of voting North Carolinians chose #Democrats. Thus @TheDemocrats won…a mere 25% of contested races. We can do better for our citizens. https://t.co/q8fOwthvLH
— Benjamin Bryant (@bzbenbryant) November 9, 2018
Tuesday’s results in North Carolina show how gerrymandering gives the advantage to the party that drew the maps.
Multi-member districts and independent redistricting commissions would help us finally end this unfair practice. pic.twitter.com/MoKtMlvWK5
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 10, 2018
North Carolina Democrats won 50% of the House votes, but only 23% of the House seats. Why? Extreme gerrymandering. #FairMaps https://t.co/nWJCCcLeRM
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) November 10, 2018
Gerrymandering kept Democrats from winning even more seats Tuesday. Just look at North Carolina, @tomTMwolf Peter Miller write https://t.co/7nrfWgStDA
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) November 9, 2018
Without gerrymandering the Democratic wave on Tuesday would have been larger – all around the country. Look at North Carolina. https://t.co/jxVDntgB37
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) November 9, 2018
Thread by @goodoldcatchy: "GERRYMANDERING IN NORTH CAROLINA – A THREAD It’s often said that congressional voting districts in some states arene such state is North Carolina. Let’s look at the situation there, and how it affects elections and seats wo […]" https://t.co/ZFtUEq6fq2
— Djenski (@Dejenski) November 10, 2018
Trump cries fraud but the Republican candidate and election officials don’t support his lie.
i don’t understand why Cory Gardner would do this. won’t work and makes him look bad. see AZ’s GOP SecState rebutting conspiracy nuts here: https://t.co/TJ4oEIctvk https://t.co/MyZKo6RjtN
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 11, 2018
Sinema now up 1.5 points. Very hard to imagine a McSally comeback at this point.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 11, 2018
AZ SEN update, after new Maricopa Co ballot drop: Sinema 1,045,779, McSally 1,017,091. Margin of 1.46 percent. https://t.co/hOXxUrAekS
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 11, 2018
It’s better than powerball https://t.co/t4upHqdz7j
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 10, 2018
I know we used to take this for granted, but Ducey, McSally, and Reagan all deserve praise as Republicans acting responsibly in response to a close election. https://t.co/1bWKxkuArl
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 10, 2018
John McCain’s closest adviser, for the record https://t.co/6WpYqP7HNy
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 10, 2018
There is no evidence of "electoral corruption" in Arizona, Mr. President. Thousands of dedicated Arizonans work in a non-partisan fashion every election cycle to ensure that every vote is counted. We appreciate their service. https://t.co/Xtd5Vd0gSu
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1061070671466381312
There is no evidence of "electoral corruption" in Arizona, Mr. President. Thousands of dedicated Arizonans work in a non-partisan fashion every election cycle to ensure that every vote is counted. We appreciate their service. https://t.co/Xtd5Vd0gSu
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1061388490343096320
https://twitter.com/alexburnsNYT/status/1061047460729159686
Just to be clear, what's going on in AZ is completely normal. There are lots of ballots in Republican counties and lots of ballots in Democratic counties left to be counted, and in a state where 60%+ of the vote is mail-in, it takes a while to count. https://t.co/2YoDlc4T0o
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) November 9, 2018
This #AZSen seat was last up in 2012. The GOP (@JeffFlake) led by 5.3% morning after the election. Final margin? 3.0%.
No one noticed this shift of a net 2.2% because margin was wide.
AZ is not unusual right now; in fact, the shift this week isn't even as large as 2012's.
— Taniel (@Taniel) November 10, 2018
update 11/11/18
I'd say it's unbelievable, but it's all too believable. From the Fox News party to the Infowars party. https://t.co/d55kWgt9yw
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 11, 2018
AZ Senate might not really be all that close in the end if current trends continue…
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 11, 2018
There is no evidence of election officials "cooking the books" in Arizona. Such careless language undermines confidence in our democratic institutions. https://t.co/cNjYp0yIa1
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 11, 2018
Conspiracymongering via FOI: via @brahmresnik, the Arizona Republican Party has filed a freedom of information request for any interactions between the Maricopa County elections office and…George Soros. https://t.co/d8JQIGqUSc
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 11, 2018
Results since election night have trended to increasing the Democratic win column. It’s great to see how many women and minorities won! The turnout was very high.
On top of that, there are a lot of late ballots in California that are probably going to be really good for Democrats. Maine ranked choice promises to be decent for Democrats. Very easy to imagine ending at D+38/39 in the House at this point
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 10, 2018
Shows how effective the GOP gerrymandering is because they won more seats in 2010 while receiving 7 million fewer votes. https://t.co/0ESDzkoOsq
— Vito Stellino (@vitostellino) November 10, 2018
Here's one last way to look at it.
In the first two years with Obama as party leader, Republicans gained a net of +43 House seats (-21 2008, +1 special elections, +63 2010)
In the first two years with Trump, Dems are on pace for +45 (+6 2016, +1 special elections, +38 2018).
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 10, 2018
Here’s our current characterization of the uncalled Congressional races.
Solid D (>=95%): CA-48, CA-49, NM-2
Likely D (~85%): CA-10, NJ-3, NY-22, UT-4
Lean D (~65%): CA-39, CA-45, ME-2, AZ-Sen
Tossup (~50%):
Lean R: FL-Sen
Likely R: GA-7, NY-27, TX-23, MS-Sen (runoff)
Solid R:— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 10, 2018
For comparison, the House popular vote in things that are widely considered to be wave elections:
2010: R +6.8
2006: D +8.0
1994: R +7.1
So if we wind up at ~D +7.5 or so, we'll be pretty much exactly in line with those years. https://t.co/BMil3Uuw8j— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 10, 2018
One of best stories of 2018: Native American Democrat Ruth Anna Buffalo defeated GOP state rep who sponsored voter ID law designed to disenfranchise Native Americans https://t.co/57xItiAqgc via @fawfulfan
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 10, 2018
Having a competitive statewide election is worth about 4-5 points in turnout. pic.twitter.com/3AI8YiLxvm
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) November 10, 2018
“Why are these people taking so long to count votes??” you ask, implying something nefarious.
Answer: they always take this long to count, you just never GAF b/c it wasn’t a close election.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 9, 2018
These 5 charts explain who voted how in the 2018 midterm election (@b_schaffner) details: https://t.co/bcoIQsAi4J pic.twitter.com/rOrIbTnB8u
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 10, 2018
Voter turnout update: now up to an estimated 115.2 million people voted for a turnout rate of 48.9%. If this holds, 2018 will beat 1966's 48.7% and will be the highest midterm turnout rate since 1914's 50.4%
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 10, 2018
On Tuesday, w/ a few exceptions, America didn't hold elections between two candidates so much as a census of how many Ds & Rs live in given areas.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 10, 2018
The irony: Dem arch-nemeses #CA22 Rep. Devin Nunes (R) & #CA50 Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) will easily survive, while many of the Trump-skeptic House Rs likeliest to collaborate w/ Dems just got kicked out.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 10, 2018
The story developing as the full picture of Tuesday's results comes into focus is significantly more favorable to Dems than the narrative that emerged on Election Night.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 10, 2018
Overlooked: at the moment, Republicans are on track to lose nearly half of their 23 women in the House; there could be just 13 in the next Congress.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 10, 2018
Staggering: if every uncalled race breaks as I expect, House Dems' class of 61 freshmen would include *35* women & just 19 white men. By contrast, Republicans' class of 31 would include 29 white men & just *one* woman.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 10, 2018
Trump claims there is fraud in Arizona but provides no support for his accusation. He just doesn’t want the Democrat to win.
Big settlement in AZ Senate race. It essentially gives voters from everywhere the ability to verify their ballots. That's a good thing. https://t.co/jy8LEfyQAi
— Josh Douglas (@JoshuaADouglas) November 9, 2018
Donald Trump floated the possibility that the race for the U.S. Senate in Arizona might need to be redone because of alleged "electoral corruption" https://t.co/ttPRvaLuqQ
— POLITICO (@politico) November 9, 2018
The president is currently trying to delegitimize elections in three states, two of which Republican candidates are still favoured to win.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2018
The President is entertaining calls for a new election after the Democrat starts to inch ahead in a close Senate race. https://t.co/zqMybmWHNp
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) November 9, 2018
Oh good, Trump is also suggesting that Arizona counting voters’ votes is fraudulent. https://t.co/VlYC34bu8W
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2018
Cindy McCain rips Arizona GOP for suing over ballot count: "I was under the impression my vote was always counted" https://t.co/iA5a3ITtZP pic.twitter.com/gKSvO5vzqp
— The Hill (@thehill) November 9, 2018
In light of Trump's latest tweet, it would be helpful to read this AP report: "There is no evidence of anything unusual going on in the Arizona vote-counting – and no elected Republican officials in the state have cried foul." https://t.co/Ozn4xghd7n
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 9, 2018
AZ SEN update: Kyrsten Sinema now leads Martha McSally by 8,842 votes after new tranche of results coming in. AZ sources say Maricopa's big drop at 5pm MT/7pm ET will be real bad for McSally. Sunday/Monday counts will help her cut into whatever lead Sinema can build.
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 9, 2018
Sitting in a packed courtroom waiting for the hearing to start regarding the counting of Arizona's early ballots. Standing room only…should be interesting. Stay tuned to @KTAR923 @MacandGaydos for my updates pic.twitter.com/PlhPeXa6jb
— Monica Lindstrom (@monicalindstrom) November 9, 2018
We're asking the court to make sure all Arizona counties give voters until next Wednesday to clear up any signature-matching issues on mail-in ballots. Read more: https://t.co/XXLw1BZSvw #voting pic.twitter.com/44bfrxPsz6
— ACLU of Arizona (@ACLUaz) November 9, 2018
Arizona: Tossup –> Lean D. Sinema's ahead now, and the remaining vote doesn't look particularly good for McSally. https://t.co/1bQYu8t1kD
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 9, 2018
Finally, noteworthy the president tweets this on a day in which Republicans are increasingly anxious they're about to lose #AZSen. He didn't seem alarmed yesterday when McSally was ahead and the recorders were following the same vote counting procedures as they are today.
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) November 9, 2018
and there’s this:
Utterly absurd. Racist. Disappointing. We stand with @RaquelTeran. https://t.co/qGeN3BYG5w
— Latino Victory (@latinovictoryus) November 9, 2018
Scott, Rubio and Trump all claimed there was fraud in the Florida vote-counting process. The agency investigating it hasn’t found anything. This is just a Republican effort to undermine the credibility of the election process and prevent Democrats from winning as Republican vote margins shrink.
Something strange has happened in Broward County:https://t.co/IpfDvtshmF pic.twitter.com/IDuFj2yUjJ
— Kevin Quealy (@KevinQ) November 9, 2018
It could take the whole month of November to definitively decide who Florida's next governor and senator will be. https://t.co/EoCKbUAqiE
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 9, 2018
JUST IN: Facing criticism from Pres. Trump, Sen. Rubio, Gov. Scott and other Republicans, Palm Beach Co. supervisor of elections says it's “unfortunate” that they “are trying to disrupt our democracy because they don’t like the demographics of our voters.” https://t.co/XgxNvfogar pic.twitter.com/CKFLNNseOa
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2018
"The president of the United States is declaring the Senate contest over before the vote-counting is done, and declaring that demands for a full count constitute fraud." @ThePlumlineGS https://t.co/cOvvZpMuPj
— Patrick W. Watson (@PatrickW) November 9, 2018
shocker https://t.co/JVhuVB92xP
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 9, 2018
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says it is NOT investigating Broward elections chief Brenda Snipes. FDLE spokeswoman says the Department of State has not received any allegations of voter fraud, and that Gov. Rick Scott did not put his request in writing.
— Steve Bousquet (@stevebousquet) November 9, 2018
Why what's happening in Florida is a "count" not a "recount" | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/tTmeMksATo pic.twitter.com/aZ1YaDn3V6
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 9, 2018
Democrats dig in for Florida recount battle, Trump sends lawyers https://t.co/Xt4ADc6P9I pic.twitter.com/uzzdtJuDmh
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 9, 2018
Andrew Gillum responds to #RickScott accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election. The current Governor of Florida now wants to use state resources by asking the FDLE to investigate Broward & Palm Beach county SOCs. #FloridaElection #FloridaRecount #RickScott https://t.co/rdLAHqlFVD
— Louis Aguirre (@LOUISAGUIRRE) November 9, 2018
Instead of spreading ridiculous conspiracy theories @realDonaldTrump, you might want to take a look at the voter registration numbers:
Democrats: 593,540
Republicans: 252,023
NPA: 328,868
Other: 7,789It's pretty clear why there are more Democratic votes coming from Broward. https://t.co/aQ0FfrdsXG
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) November 9, 2018
Matt, this is not accurate. On Wednesday morning, the Broward turnout site reported a total turnout of 716k, but ballots processed at 685k. Now ballots processed are 712k.
Anyone can look at the date/type of ballots received here: https://t.co/1SmjnT94g7 https://t.co/MLho512Kma
— Steve Schale (@steveschale) November 9, 2018
As of this writing, there is evidence that Broward County's election officials are incompetent — but none to suggest that they are willing to undermine our democracy for partisan gain.
That is more than we can say about the elected leadership of the GOP.https://t.co/1y7dZgaOkz
— Eric Levitz (@EricLevitz) November 9, 2018
Donald Trump doesn't want all of the votes in Florida to be counted https://t.co/Z9ih1WAwxn pic.twitter.com/RJcFMjlCJc
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 9, 2018
Yup. I do understand why Republicans' spidey sense is tingling in this race (much more so than AZ), but the actual evidence of fraud is lacking. Hard truth: Sketchy stuff happens in elections all the time, often due to incompetence, but we only pay attention when it is close. https://t.co/74ma71KjvK
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) November 9, 2018
Told you. The longer counts & recounts go on, the more the right will work itself up into a paranoid lunatic frenzy, led by its hopelessly irresponsible president. In 2000, they literally rioted to stop vote counting. What do you think the 2018 version of the party will do? https://t.co/bDu3axaihG
— David Roberts (@drvox) November 9, 2018
Here's the latest in the key Florida and Georgia elections, where the outcome is still very much in doubt https://t.co/sWLGLpZTgT pic.twitter.com/v3oz5Rsyc0
— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) November 9, 2018
Broward and Palm Beach counties in Florida are once again at the center of a brewing controversy over vote counting as two of the highest-profile races in the state appear to be headed toward a recount. https://t.co/srOEByHAZE pic.twitter.com/XsfoZvjoUQ
— CNN (@CNN) November 9, 2018
President Trump has a history of making claims of voter fraud without providing evidence to back up his claims.
Now, he's doing it again in the Florida Senate race. https://t.co/v9vcDhzJgb
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) November 9, 2018
They're scared about something.
A tweet from the current President @realDonaldTrump and now an hour later one from you. You guys are nervous. Somebody has told you something that has got you and the President tweeting at almost midnight. https://t.co/VuJbpas9h9
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 9, 2018
Again — and it's weird that you don't know this, as you're a senator from Florida — there are almost 2 million people in Broward County, and the polls closed like 48 hours ago. They're also still counting votes in AZ, CA, NY, and a bunch of other places. You're so bad at this! https://t.co/SPw04sOcJ9
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2018
Rick Scott accuses liberals in Broward of “trying to steal this election” from him, and orders FDLE to launch an investigation of Brenda Snipes pic.twitter.com/ckWZRDGT3N
— Steve Bousquet (@stevebousquet) November 9, 2018
Democratic lawyer enters Florida recount fight with string of wins https://t.co/0PBFVdMeRD
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 9, 2018
• Rick Scott sent law enforcement to monitor ballot count in Florida
• Brian Kemp falsely accused Stacey Abrams of trying to steal election after he rigged rules
• Arizona GOP sued to stop mail-in ballots
Republicans are terrified of fair elections https://t.co/LAl473JMZt— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 9, 2018
As I said, I do understand why Republicans' spidey sense is tingling in *FL*. Still think incompetence is the better explanation https://t.co/6JoL89tpAn
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) November 9, 2018
Bill Nelson never conceded https://t.co/OOqIrqucH9
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 9, 2018
"Rick Scott’s allegations of election fraud are inexcusable. Republicans have cause for accusing Broward County of incompetence — but none for accusing 'liberals' of trying to steal an election." https://t.co/vTSIJkM6gZ #CountTheVotes #FLpol
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) November 9, 2018
As more votes are counted, it turns out that the midterms were better for Democrats than it appeared on Tuesday.
Here are all the uncalled House, Senate and governor's races, including the heated races in Florida, Georgia and Arizona. https://t.co/BSj2Ok17m7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 9, 2018
2018 was a WAY better election for Democrats than most people seem to thinkhttps://t.co/Sh5muC9pOa pic.twitter.com/qYC4z8wIl8
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 9, 2018
Final result: closer to 40 than 30. Largest Dem gain since Watergate. https://t.co/DdWzCs4m4M
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 9, 2018
With votes still being counted, an estimated 113 million Americans cast ballots in the first nationwide election of the Trump presidency, according to data compiled by The Associated Press https://t.co/Y3rn0lPEG2
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) November 9, 2018
Despite rampant voter suppression, 2018 was huge year for expanding voting rights. Ballot initiatives to end felon disenfranchisement, pass automatic & Election Day registration & rein in gerrymandering got 60% support or higher in red & blue states https://t.co/d82KKuqfbM
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 8, 2018
If so, would evict the last remaining Republican congressman from the Northeast https://t.co/2yxKIDQzxz
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 9, 2018
Basically Tuesday's results in the House/Senate can be explained by 3 things.
1—It was a very blue political environment
2—Polarization is increasing (ticket-splitting is decreasing)
3—Incumbency no longer protects a candidate all that much— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 9, 2018
"Before Trump's visit, Cruz's internal numbers had him leading by double digits statewide. In the days after, his lead dropped to 5 points."https://t.co/sqhGVkYjk1
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) November 9, 2018
I kept saying this before the election to anyone who wanted to listen. The state of the economy is not a good predictor of congressional outcomes. It affects presidential approval, which is the real predictor of the congressional vote. https://t.co/H2mv1iOw56
— Eric McGhee (@hezaproject) November 9, 2018
Suburban Voters Gave Democrats Their House Majority: Predominantly suburban congressional districts, once closely divided, are now twice as likely to be represented by a Democrat than by a Republican (@DHMONTGOMERY) details: https://t.co/6Apu9SPq7v pic.twitter.com/gdPPxjrtgW
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 8, 2018
Election officials and campaign operatives across Florida are gearing up for massive recounts in large part due to one familiar problem: Broward Countyhttps://t.co/wwtaOf8bOA
— POLITICO (@politico) November 8, 2018
.@clairecmc gets at an important part of rural realignment: nationalizing of media sources.
She said she’d see Fox on TV everywhere she went
“It’s time we all quit dancing around what is now a state-owned news channel”
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 8, 2018
BREAKING: The Florida Senate election has further narrowed. Bill Nelson now trails by only 17,333 or .21%. It is now in HAND recount territory. More ballots still being counted. I expect that margin to narrow further until recount.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 8, 2018
Déjà vu: Florida's two biggest 2018 races could head to a recount soon https://t.co/ldB48jJbCN pic.twitter.com/ajt3ZQPc1u
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 8, 2018
This is so helpful. A rundown of all the races from a Tuesday night that haven’t been called yet.https://t.co/kmTySQvaHq
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 8, 2018
NBC News now Democrats will have won 31 House seats — the same number they won in the 2006 wave.
A dozen races still yet to be called. could push that number closer to 38. https://t.co/fCizcCMX83
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) November 8, 2018
The two Americas just lurched further apart (@RonBrownstein) https://t.co/XeiTH0Dnz2
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 8, 2018
Uh, looking at the Broward County ballot. Who designs this stuff? This is not user-friendly at all. Seems rather easy to miss Senate and House race. https://t.co/KC9KghAGMz
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) November 8, 2018
I think what it suggests is very very poor ballot design. The Senate race was tucked low and left on the ballot. It's a problem similar to the Palm Beach butterfly ballot from 2000. https://t.co/1nAbC7MgAH
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) November 8, 2018
Veteran Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias: “We believe that at the end of this [recount] process, Sen. Nelson is going to be declared the winner"
Rock Scott's campaign: “Let’s be clear: When Elias says ‘win,’ he means ‘steal.'"https://t.co/rEtik7yWIy
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 8, 2018
The midterms gave voters two opportunities to change America’s course on climate change. Voters took one, but only slightly. https://t.co/cLLgavdoFJ pic.twitter.com/S7ppAamrs4
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) November 8, 2018
.@MaddowBlog: GOP House losses in 2018 are higher than the historical average and the worst for a GOP president since the 1974 midterms in the aftermath of Watergate. https://t.co/mwKyAuFNEJ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 8, 2018
Virginia and Maryland results: How the ’burbs won the battle https://t.co/jxkhXeT5YA
— Scott Clement (@sfcpoll) November 8, 2018
To get this off the table since ppl are focusing on it: AZ Sinema clearly has a good chance to win. Going off county results you'd give an edge to McSally, but these ballots are probably more Democratic. Could be very close. FL, who knows what lurks in provisionals, etc. https://t.co/Fd72naCMFH
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) November 8, 2018
Just worth noting when all ballots are in Democrats almost certainly will win the most House seats they've captured in any mid-term since 1974 and the third most in any mid-term since WW II. More than in the 82 or 06 backlash vs. R presidents. They'd prob take more such warnings https://t.co/qGeNw5ARJW
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 8, 2018
“The defining trend of the night—as throughout the Trump presidency—was the substantial gap between white voters with and without a four-year college education.” https://t.co/2gbjHWxDWI
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 7, 2018
Anyone wondering why one-time presumed GOP superstar Scott Walker appears poised to lose should read this definitive piece by @AlecMacGillis: https://t.co/SF4AKLZgwq
— Christopher Orr (@OrrChris) November 7, 2018
The Green Party continues to be a huge help to the Republican Party.
From Arizona: pic.twitter.com/3ci3j9FdFF
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) November 7, 2018
Remarkable that Tester’s best result in MT comes after the president traveled there four times trying to convince voters to oust the senator https://t.co/wQGQgdGHga
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) November 8, 2018
Breathtaking: 43 districts are already at or above 90% of their 2016 total prez votes cast, w/ millions more ballots left to count in tons of districts. https://t.co/0pm7oW1pFE
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2018
There are several unresolved issues in Florida, where Bill Nelson currently trails by 21,888 votes (0.26%). One involves the large drop-off between total ballots cast in Broward County from the Gov to Senate race. It's out of whack with every other county in the state: pic.twitter.com/RyeCEhZfa4
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) November 8, 2018
In an apparent first, a Dreamer, @CatalinaCruzNY, was elected to the New York state Assembly https://t.co/tB2r2uS93Z
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) November 8, 2018
Brian Kemp is acting like he won in Georgia, while Stacey Abrams still sees path toward runoff: https://t.co/9CFou4J7YP pic.twitter.com/Sl2DnrTMpF
— Slate (@Slate) November 8, 2018
NEWS: The Florida Senate race is now in MANUAL recount territory, with Republican Rick Scott ahead of Democrat Bill Nelson by .22%. Threshold is .25%. More: https://t.co/wVcN85QhMQ
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) November 8, 2018
After Karen Handel conceded in GA and Dino Rossi conceded in WA, Dems have picked up 31 seats so far.
House breakdown:
Democrats – 225
Republicans – 199
Undecided – 11— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 8, 2018
NEWS: The Florida governor's race is now in recount territory, with Republican Ron DeSantis .47% ahead of Democrat Andrew Gillum. Recount threshold is .5%. That's still 38,515 votes.
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) November 8, 2018
We are moving Florida from Likely R to Lean R. The vote count keeps tightening and there's a big, weird issue regarding an undervote in Broward County.https://t.co/IPFgyRNPwT
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 8, 2018
FL Update, 11/8, 2 pm
Ag Comm: DEM +575 (+.006%)
Senate: GOP +17,344 (+.22%)
Governor: GOP +38,515 (+.47%)Unknown number of Broward ballots and statewide provisionals uncounted
Margin for machine recount: .5%
Margin for hand recount: .25%— David Beard 🏳️🌈 (@dwbeard) November 8, 2018
A network of suspected Russian social media accounts began propagating stories today about voter fraud in Texas, Florida and Ohio, according to the cyber firm Recorded Future. All are key battleground states where Dems are hoping to notch important gains. https://t.co/u8ka60i5HC
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) November 7, 2018
there’s more:
Take a look: 1.1 million bots are participating in America's social media political discussions. https://t.co/QYwyaBH2i5
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) November 1, 2018
Oy. Last week, bots were driving 60% of the Twitter conversation about the caravan. (And you can now track the bot activity on any news topic at https://t.co/GlXnBuVrS6.) @issielapowsky https://t.co/I9L1uE64pU
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) October 30, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Russian propaganda veterans are pushing Candace Owens' #Blexit campaign. https://t.co/oRuBpGYmmd
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) November 3, 2018
Within moments of @Acosta asking his question at the presser this morning, hundreds of accounts began spamming multiple hashtags accusing him of assault.
Those same accounts are now pushing the narrative he should be arrested.
Here is one example: pic.twitter.com/tW8QpR8X9J
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) November 8, 2018
NEW: The Mueller-indicted Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency is apparently declaring victory in the U.S. election and warning “citizens of the United States of America” that “your intelligence agencies are powerless” https://t.co/Pxf9hQ4tl2
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 8, 2018
New from me: A Russian troll farm set an elaborate social media trap for the midterms — and no one bithttps://t.co/otLa7eOlbR
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 8, 2018
Late on election night, Facebook said it had blocked over 100 accounts on concerns they were linked to Russian efforts to influence U.S. voters https://t.co/1f2eR8UEx0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 7, 2018
My latest ~ the campaigns and companies that spent the most on the 2018 midterms. Gives you a little peak into why elections turned out the way they did. More money doesn't always ensure victory (ex: Beto in Texas) but it makes a big difference.https://t.co/TzDiEbSJBm
— Nihal Krishan (@NihalKrishan) November 7, 2018
We need to get the big money out of both parties by overturning the Citizens United decision.
This is what over $100 million in donations buys you:
"Trump watched US midterm results with top GOP donor Sheldon Adelson"
That must have been a fun night.https://t.co/yrG5tBQHOm
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) November 8, 2018
Sad!