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I am going into Tuesday night with the expectation that the dems will win the house

Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:49 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69366 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:49 pm
A few things to consider

1) over the last 100 years, the average seat loss by the party in power has been 30. Some even “great” presidents such as FDR saw 70(!) seats gone.

2) Hillary Clinton, as bad as she face planted on election night 2016, won A TON of Romney districts. These voters aren’t magically changing

3) I still think too many trump voters are not taking it as seriously as key dem groups
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
39575 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:49 pm to
K.
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9839 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:51 pm to
quote:

Hillary Clinton, as bad as she face planted on election night 2016, won A TON of Romney districts. These voters aren’t magically changing


You mean the way you just described them magically changing in the previous sentence?
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
17747 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:51 pm to
That all but ensures an easy Trump victory in 2020.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
61362 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:52 pm to
Same. Not getting my hopes up.
Posted by Magician2
Member since Oct 2015
14553 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:56 pm to
I’m not worried about the house as much as the gubernatorial races. I think it’s really interesting and disturbing that essentially avowed socialist could win in big races. I’m interested to see where the independents break in the Florida and Georgia races specifically.
Posted by StrangeBrew
Salvation Army-Thanks Obama
Member since May 2009
18184 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:57 pm to
Thanks for the feels alert.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
78972 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:14 pm to
quote:

over the last 100 years, the average seat loss by the party in power has been 30. Some even “great” presidents such as FDR saw 70(!) seats gone.


What happens to those numbers when you remove the WAVE elections? What do those numbers drop to when there is an economic boom election?

Because as a guy who follows this stuff way more than I should, when you move behind the chattering class clichés and factor in a booming economy, you realize that those numbers decrease SIGNIFICANTLY when Americans are prospering. When the job market is this good and wages are increasing that 30 seat average goes out the door. Since 1950 we have been in this spot four times and in each case the party in power held on by a comfortable margin.

In short, the economy is booming and the Democrats will be bitterly disappointed on Tuesday night.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18821 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:15 pm to
I’m gonna start drinking at 5:30 and turn on the news. That worked for me in 2016 and I woke up feeling better than ever the next morning. I watched something historical that I didn’t believe could happen because I bought into the polls.
Posted by SmackoverHawg
Member since Oct 2011
27381 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:26 pm to
quote:

A few things to consider 1) over the last 100 years, the average seat loss by the party in power has been 30. Some even “great” presidents such as FDR saw 70(!) seats gone. 2) Hillary Clinton, as bad as she face planted on election night 2016, won A TON of Romney districts. These voters aren’t magically changing 3) I still think too many trump voters are not taking it as seriously as key dem groups

1. Wrong

2. Wrong

3. Wrong

4. Grow a pair. 'Murica. Trust Trump.
Trust Q. Trust the plan.
Posted by BeefDawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
4747 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:29 pm to
I’m puting together a couple spreadsheets detailing every toss-up race with statistics and some commentary on each one. I’m almost done and will make a thread and post them some time tomorrow.

You’re going to be surprised by what it shows.

Dems are not taking the House.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82233 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:57 pm to
Of course you are bc you are the closest thing we have to GOPe on this board, mate
This post was edited on 11/4/18 at 9:58 pm
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20471 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:58 pm to
You underestimate the power of MAGA.

The last two-three years have no precedent in U.S. political history. None of the old norms apply anymore.
This post was edited on 11/4/18 at 10:00 pm
Posted by berrycajun
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
6907 posts
Posted on 11/4/18 at 10:01 pm to
You are wrong on number 2 and number 3

#2:
SO many have walked away from the dem party. No it wasn’t magic. It was their astonishment at how far off the rails the Dems have gone on multiple levels- those in power, those in the media, and the brainwashed psychotic antifa types

#3:
We will show up in droves. We are taking it seriously and we WANT to vote. Threat or no threat, we WANT to show our support for justice, freedom, and what’s right.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
19856 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 5:50 am to
I more interested in Florida’s governors race
Posted by Four Leaf Tayback
Member since Aug 2017
1621 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:34 am to
Unfortunately I think Dems end up taking a 5-7 seat majority in the house but Rs gain at least 2 in Senate. Hope I’m wrong about the house.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:37 am to
quote:

I am going into Tuesday night with the expectation that the dems will win the house

#notme
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 8:12 am to
I expect the same.

The only thing making me unsure the Dems take the house is I was pretty fricking in Nov 2016 Trump was going to lose also.
Posted by EastBankTiger
A little west of Hoover Dam
Member since Dec 2003
21351 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 8:13 am to
I spent a lot of Election Night 2016 watching MAC football on ESPN.

It worked once, why not try it again?
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
39737 posts
Posted on 11/5/18 at 8:14 am to
Only being saying all of that since the night of the election.

Going to be a mess for the next two years with Russian hearings and impeachment.
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