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Twentytwo said:
I was meaning to respond to @Nee Lewman respons about land having a lot of power in elections. I guess I still haven't woken up, my apologies.
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Yeah, this is especially true in the senate race.

While I haven't seen any projections today yet for senate seats, every prediction I have seen based on polling suggests that the GOP will absolutely have control of the senate after the election, and there is a chance the Dems could win back the house.

This no good news by any means. It essentially means that any meaningful legislation will be blocked by the senate, and we have already heard they plan to block any and all nominations by the Dem's to fill vacancies in the courts. The Mitch McConnell 101 game book learnings.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Yeah, this is especially true in the senate race.

While I haven't seen any projections today yet for senate seats, every prediction I have seen based on polling suggests that the GOP will absolutely have control of the senate after the election, and there is a chance the Dems could win back the house.

This no good news by any means. It essentially means that any meaningful legislation will be blocked by the senate, and we have already heard they plan to block any and all nominations by the Dem's to fill vacancies in the courts. The Mitch McConnell 101 game book learnings.
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If the polls are wrong about the presidential race, they are probably wrong about the senate race too.
 
Nee Lewman said:
If the polls are wrong about the presidential race, they are probably wrong about the senate race too.
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Only issue is that never trump republicans who will be voting for Harris will probably split their ticket and vote republican down the line. Not sure how much that will matter but in close races (like here in PA) that can be bad for Senate races
 
Fleetwood-Matt said:
Only issue is that never trump republicans who will be voting for Harris will probably split their ticket and vote republican down the line. Not sure how much that will matter but in close races (like here in PA) that can be bad for Senate races
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Exactly.

In addition, I remember reading an opinion piece by the Wall Street Journal not to long about that was titled "Voters are saying yes to abortion access but no to Democrats".

When it comes to Governor and Senate/Congress seats, for voters that Abortion is the number one concern, they are still resoundingly saying no to Democrats. They are voting against their interest because they feel giving Democrats unchecked power would somehow be worse.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Yeah, this is especially true in the senate race.

While I haven't seen any projections today yet for senate seats, every prediction I have seen based on polling suggests that the GOP will absolutely have control of the senate after the election, and there is a chance the Dems could win back the house.

This no good news by any means. It essentially means that any meaningful legislation will be blocked by the senate, and we have already heard they plan to block any and all nominations by the Dem's to fill vacancies in the courts. The Mitch McConnell 101 game book learnings.
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The best chance the Democrats have to pick up a seat is Texas which isn't much of a chance at all. They will most certainly lose West Virginia and Montana tonight.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Yeah, this is especially true in the senate race.

While I haven't seen any projections today yet for senate seats, every prediction I have seen based on polling suggests that the GOP will absolutely have control of the senate after the election, and there is a chance the Dems could win back the house.

This no good news by any means. It essentially means that any meaningful legislation will be blocked by the senate, and we have already heard they plan to block any and all nominations by the Dem's to fill vacancies in the courts. The Mitch McConnell 101 game book learnings.
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As long as the filibuster exists, a party would need a 10+ majority to actually pass anything meaningful. If Harris wins control mostly matters in the sense that a GOP senate could hold up cabinet, diplomatic, and judicial appointments.

If Trump were to win, they could push through many things especially federal judges.
 
Twentytwo said:
The best chance the Democrats have to pick up a seat is Texas which isn't much of a chance at all. They will most certainly lose West Virginia and Montana tonight.
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I still hold out hope for Montana. John Tester has been counted out before and still managed to squeak by. He is certainly not the favorite but I wouldn’t be shocked if he manages to pull it out again.
 
Fleetwood-Matt said:
Only issue is that never trump republicans who will be voting for Harris will probably split their ticket and vote republican down the line. Not sure how much that will matter but in close races (like here in PA) that can be bad for Senate races
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Hey, don’t shit on my dreams! I’m hoping the never trumpers also start to reject all MAGA assholes as well as their more traditional Republican enablers.
 
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