OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS - CONGRESS | GOP takes Senate | GOP retains House majority

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It was never likely, at all, that the Dems would take the House if Kamala lost. It was even less likely with that margin of victory. We aren't going to get the House.
 
superrific said:
It was never likely, at all, that the Dems would take the House if Kamala lost. It was even less likely with that margin of victory. We aren't going to get the House.
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Frankly, it may be better for Trump to have all three levers of power (four if you count the court) for the first two years. If past is prologue, then 2026 could be a repeat of 2018.
 
The remaining open seats (though I think it was just called for Kaptur in Ohio9):

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nycfan said:
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Whew. We're not out of the woods yet there, but damn that makes me feel a lot better about that race. When it's all said and done, it looks like we will only lose the seats we expected and maybe Casey. That race isn't done yet, although I'd much rather be them than us.
 
nycfan said:
Rosen squeaks out a win.
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I've been watching election returns a long time. This is ALWAYS how Nevada goes. I feel like I've seen these exact same margins many times. 80% of the vote, Pub leads by a few thousand, and then the Dem takes it as the last votes are counted. It's like every election there.
 
nycfan said:
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No surprise, I've never thought that the Democrats would win the House majority. And I'm actually glad they won't. Don't give Republicans a target to blame if things go south with their agenda. It's clear that voters this cycle preferred Trump and far-right Republicans, so give it to them with both barrels. Let the GOP control all branches of the government, enact their agenda, and then see what happens. Having said that, it would be nice if the Democrats come within just a handful of seats of controlling the House, as it will make it easier for them to win a majority in 2026.
 
HeelingAg said:
I agree with your sentiment, in principle. However, with at least one branch of gov held by blue I think democracy is the patient on a respirator with faint potentials detected on EEG - in that case, there's hope, if ever so scant. With red taking on authoritarian hegemony the same patient has zero EEG activity, and is effectively a mechanically sustained bag of cells and fluids, with no chance of recovery.

The only silver lining I see is the coming destruction allows a completely different, and more progressive, country(s) to form in 3-4 decades. In the interregnum, I think violence, rapid expansion of mass detainment, gross human rights abuses, and corruption will define the US.
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Oh goodie...a better society...when we are all dead.
 
I hope the Democrats come within a few seats of flipping the House but that it ultimately remains in Republican control. We need for the entire government apparatus to be controlled by the Republicans. Got to give the voters what they want. Maybe we need to go through government shutdowns every few months or default on our debt.
 
HeelingAg said:
I think default is viewed favorably by thiel and musk.
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Yep. That’s exactly what they want. And exactly what they said they’d hope would happen. Elon Musk quite literally and quite explicitly said just last week that we’d need to experience some economic pain and hardship in the “short term” and millions upon millions of people who have whined and cried the loudest about the price of everything ran right to the polls and voted for it. Got to give the voters what they want.
 
HeelingAg said:
I hear you.

Also, if default happens, we're talking great(er) depression suffering. My point and opinion (from an obvious cynic), I think the sentiment that a fully red government will serve as an excellent means of teaching often comes from folks with a sanguine perspective on the severity of the impending impacts.

I'm constantly attempting to check myself with respect to accepting, even inviting, the inevitable hardships to come vs. extrapolating out the humanitarian disaster(s) I think evidence points to, and realizing "I don't want that for anyone". It's why I can't get behind the overall FAFO attitude, as I think it underestimates what's to come.
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Oh yeah I hear you and both respect and appreciate your perspective. I don’t mean to seem sanguine or careless about it. I just mean that I just try not to worry about the things outside of my control. Not saying that’s right or wrong, just that it’s what’s best for me personally to maintain the happiness, joy, and optimism with which I generally try to conduct my life.
 
Looking ahead - NC appears key to Dems having a chance to retake Senate by 2028:



 
It ain’t over yet, but GOP in a third’s seat for control of House


“… The current balance of power in the House is 214 Republicans and 203 Democrats, with 19 races remaining uncalled by the AP. Republicans need to win four of them to secure a majority; Democrats need to win 15. …

Though Republicans are inching closer to keeping their majority for a second term, it is probably with a narrower margin.

… House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), who is expected to be reelected speaker in leadership elections this week, will have an ally in Trump to ensure House Republicans fall in line on policies certain wings of the conference could find controversial.

… It’s still possible that Democrats flip the House majority to become a major check on Republican power. But their pathway is incredibly narrow and barely leaves room for error.

If Peltola [Alaska] loses, Democrats believe that they can only afford to lose one more district and then flip seven of the remaining eight competitive districts between California and Arizona to clinch the majority.

Democrats have successfully flipped three seats from Republicans in New York and appear poised to regain one in Oregon — all districts in liberal states that helped Republicans gain the House majority during the 2022 midterms.

Republicans surprisingly held on to seats in Iowaand Nebraska that appeared in play weeks before Election Day and will keep a district in Washington where GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse appears to be fending off a Republican challenge from Jerrod Sessler. The AP has yet to call the race.

Meanwhile, Trump’s voter turnout prowess helped Republicans unseat two Democrats in Pennsylvania and flip an open seat in Michiganthat Democrats held since 2018. …”
 
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