2022 Midterm Elections: NO RED WAVE! - GOP Takes U.S. House; Dems Keep U.S. Senate

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Good thing for Biden and the Democrats is that all signs point to an economy that will be at full steam by the end of 2021.

Tamping down COVID while providing a fairly quick economy recovery could do wonders for the party's chances. Making predictions this far out might be a little premature.

Ehhhh it’s still going to take years to undo the damage and losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. The worst hasn’t even happened yet. The next stimulus isn’t going to be enough to help out since the blue wave never happened and even the markets know that now.
 

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It’s not as Trump isn’t running so you won’t have loads of people running to the polls just to vote him out. They won’t be able to use Trump as an excuse to excite people into voting. You literally had people against Trump, but still go Republican on the rest of the ballot. People just wanted him out by any means.

They actually need to have a plan and they can’t do shyt as long as Mitch controls the Senate. That’s why election cycle was their best opportunity to get him out of the paint.
i am talking only about the actual map...

if you look at this map

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republicans are more vulnerable. they have to defend seats in at least five states where they could likely lose. the only one where democrats might be vulnerable is arizona

nobody would rather be a republican than a democrat going into this map
 

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i am talking only about the actual map...

if you look at this map

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republicans are more vulnerable. they have to defend seats in at least five states where they could likely lose. the only one where democrats might be vulnerable is arizona

nobody would rather be a republican than a democrat going into this map

That doesn’t necessarily mean anything as Republicans were just as vulnerable this year and still mainly kept their seats. They were expected to win the Senate and had everything going in their favor and still lost. The momentum just won’t be there 2 years from especially considering that they won’t have Trump to inspire people to vote.

That’s why they will need to come up with an actual plan as they won’t have Trump as a talking point anymore.
 

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With Moscow Mitch obstructing for the next years, the best thing Biden can do to pacify the left and energize Dems for 2022 is eliminate the student loan debt. That's the party's only get out of jail card.
Plus it's probably the only way he will be able to boost the economy. Senate Republicans have no incentive to pass a stimulus package.
 

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Why don’t the Democrats ever demonize anyone? Republicans hate Nancy Pelosi because she a woman from San Francisco.

If Dems want to excite the base—since they won’t do it with polices—make Turtle a villain and make every ad about Turtle.
 

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Plus it's probably the only way he will be able to boost the economy. Senate Republicans have no incentive to pass a stimulus package.

Their long term plan was to fukk over the Democrats by not passing the stimulus bill and causing the economy to bottom out. That would take longer than 2 years and tjet could use that as leverage to win back the Senate.

Fortunately or unfortunately them, they actually won which they didn’t expect to do. Even Mitch would tell you that. So now their plan is....... lol
 

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i am talking only about the actual map...

if you look at this map

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republicans are more vulnerable. they have to defend seats in at least five states where they could likely lose. the only one where democrats might be vulnerable is arizona

nobody would rather be a republican than a democrat going into this map

Ron Johnson needs to be voted out in 2022 in Wisconsin. Ben Wikler can get that job done.

Pat Toomey is retiring, so the PA seat could definitely flip. Probably most favorable Senate race for Ds.

Burr isn't running in NC? @Pressure @42 Monks you MFs better find a candidate who can campaign and not cheat on their spouse
 

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That doesn’t necessarily mean anything as Republicans were just as vulnerable this year and still mainly kept their seats. They were expected to win the Senate and had everything going in their favor and still lost. The momentum just won’t be there 2 years from especially considering that they won’t have Trump to inspire people to vote.

That’s why they will need to come up with an actual plan as they won’t have Trump as a talking point anymore.
no they werent as vulnerable this year as they will be in 2022. democrats had a race they were going to easily lose in alabama. so they had to pick up four total seats instead of just two like they do in 2022. 2022 is obviously a better map for them...

Ron Johnson needs to be voted out in 2022 in Wisconsin. Ben Wikler can get that job done.

Pat Toomey is retiring, so the PA seat could definitely flip. Probably most favorable Senate race for Ds.

Burr isn't running in NC? @Pressure @42 Monks you MFs better find a candidate who can campaign and not cheat on their spouse
exactly...if they win two seats in states biden just won and defend all their seats, they have the senate
 

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Ron Johnson needs to be voted out in 2022 in Wisconsin. Ben Wikler can get that job done.

Pat Toomey is retiring, so the PA seat could definitely flip. Probably most favorable Senate race for Ds.

Burr isn't running in NC? @Pressure @42 Monks you MFs better find a candidate who can campaign and not cheat on their spouse

The one thing I wonder about with some of those candidates running is what happens next time they run when seats are up for grabs. A lot of money got poured into a lot of elections for some to end up losing by a pretty decent margin.

It makes a difference when time has passed and the momentum isn’t as high. That’s what happened here in MS. Two years ago, the Senate race here went to a runoff after racist rhetoric came from one of the candidates. This past election cycle, the same candidate won by a larger margin.
 
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