'18 Midterms: Dems win House by largest midterm raw vote margin ever

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[hashmander]

i can see why some black people have no faith in voting and politics in general. considering the events leading up to the midterm...magabomber, racist supermarket shooter, synagogue killer, caravan fear mongering nationalist claiming potus...it seems like there is no way the gop should have picked up anything in the senate, should have lost the house by a larger margin, and some of these gov races should have flipped blue. that didn't happen though.

what this says to me is that most white people are either racist to some extent or are apathetic to racism in general. the rhetoric is pushing any sense of decency to the bushes.

i don't see it getting better brehs. the younger generation of white people aren't progressive at all. the older and younger generation want to hold on to something they know they are losing their grip on aka the majority. but they see they can still hold on to institutional majority which is the next best thing to them.

i'm not giving up on voting, but i can see it being a struggle to keep black people involved when it seems like people have all the reasons necessary to purge this administration and it turns out like this. disappointed brehs.

i dunno, maybe it's just me but when all that shyt happens and these white folks still vote that way it makes me want to vote even more. i have to nullify one of those racist fukkers ballots.

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

I wish I can say the same about me helping with the gillum campaign

To be honest, the Gillum lost easily the hardest pill to swallow for me. Yeah we got the House, plenty of sistahs elected, Rethugs recoiling, but this Desantis shyt man. fukk.



Maybe a hand recount by some miracle can actually happen, but I feel your pain. You actually put the battery in my back to man up and go canvassing and volunteering in the first place, so again,

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

we tried man...we tried. its gonna sting with me for a long time.

It’s ok bro just keep that same energy because the only way to change the situation is to keep grinding Atleast we got the Nelson recount going for us. I may get to the campaign office tomorrow after work to do some calls to get these provisional ballots goin

To be honest, the Gillum lost easily the hardest pill to swallow for me. Yeah we got the House, plenty of sistahs elected, Rethugs recoiling, but this Desantis shyt man. fukk.



Maybe a hand recount by some miracle can actually happen, but I feel your pain. You actually put the battery in my back to man up and go canvassing and volunteering in the first place, so again,

No problem breh we need more people going out there making a difference.

 

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Democrat Steve Sisolak won the Nevada gubernatorial election, marking the first time since 1994 that a Democrat has been voted into the governor's mansion.


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Sisolak becomes first Dem to win Nevada governor race in decades

 

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Nevada voted to make voter registration automatic when a person applies for an identification card or a driver's license.


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Nevada voters approve automatic voter registration
"Automatic voter registration is one of the best things a state can do to improve election security, increase voter participation and reduce costs."

 

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GOP Rep. Steve Knight conceded to Democrat Katie Hill, handing Democrats a huge pick-up and adding to their House majority.


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Dem knocks out sitting GOP lawmaker in huge pickup for Dems
"The voters have spoken, and they want a new congressman — or a congresswoman, for this district."

 

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Democrat Elissa Slotkin defeated GOP Rep. Mike Bishop, after she decided to run out of anger over Bishop's vote to repeal ObamaCare.


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Dem flips GOP-held House seat after deciding to run due to GOP attempt to repeal ObamaCare
Slotkin, a former CIA and official, said she decided to challenge Bishop because of his vote to repeal ObamaCare.

 

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Idaho voters approved a measure expanding Medicaid coverage to thousands of low-income adults in the state after years of failing to get expansion through the Republican-controlled state legislature.


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Idaho voters approve Medicaid expansion for thousands of low-income adults
The measure would expand coverage to 62,000 low-income adults making 138 percent or less of the federal poverty level

 

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Democrat Haley Stevens, a first-time candidate, defeated Republican Lena Epstein to win a House seat in Michigan.


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Democratic first-time female candidate flips GOP-held seat
Stevens, a former Obama official, was endorsed by Hillary Clinton.

 

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Rep. Steve Stivers is stepping down as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee after the GOP suffered a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, losing control of the House.


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House GOP campaign leader steps down after massive defeat
Democrats picked up more than 30 seats en route to winning control of the House.

 

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Safiya Wazir is believed to be the first former refugee to win a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.


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Afghan woman who fled Taliban wins election in New Hampshire
Wazir escaped persecution from the Taliban.

 

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Colorado voted in favor of an amendment to the state's Constitution that would completely abolish slavery, two years after a similar amendment failed.


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Colorado votes to abolish slavery
The measure strikes language that allows slavery or involuntary servitude in the case that it is "a punishment for crime."

 

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BREAKING: Democrat Mike Levin has flipped the House seat occupied for years by GOP Rep. Darrell Issa.


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Democrat takes Darrell Issa seat in House
Mike Levin, who won the seat, supports Medicare-for-All, a $15 minimum wage and a ban on assault rifles.

 

[Jhoon]

I work in Delaware County. Hella Trump supporters out there but I have noticed some Dem signs and stickers in the area too. Hopefully this is a lasting change.

That’s funny. I work in deep Bucks County, used to live in Philadelphia, but now rep Pennsauken.