DaveC
Blue Crack Addict
also, a bit lost in the mix of all this tonight, is the first openly gay man to be elected as a state governor in america!
congratulations to jared polis in colorado.
congratulations to jared polis in colorado.
Nate Silver has acknowledged that their probability tracker is a little on the fritz and is being too aggressive. I know they said they were going to try and turn it down a little bit, but I don't know if they did or not.i've been using the live probability tracker at fivethirtyeight to follow along with how the night is going overall.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2018-election-results-coverage/
the odds of the democrats winning the house swung from about 90% around 7:45 to about 65% shortly after 8 and it's been hanging around there ever since.
It stuns me how wrong the polls were in Florida.
They’re not wrong. If a Florida poll says 52-48 and the result is 49-51, the poll was still right.
Well Kim Davis lost - so there's that
Well Kim Davis lost - so there's that
Woah Dems pick up a seat in Staten Island
Maybe in Georgia (where it's not even fair right now anyways) and Florida, but how do you figure in a state like Kansas or Texas right now?It looks like red is getting redder and blue getting bluer.
Which is bad for everyone.
florida should be fine, unless the uncounted votes are drastically more in favour of the republican than the rest of the counties' votes that have been counted so far.
This will be a good dayTexas has got to look terrifying if you're a Republican projecting 2, 4, 6 years forward. Once Texas becomes truly purple and then inevitably blue, nobody will care how Florida votes anymore.
Maybe in Georgia (where it's not even fair right now anyways) and Florida, but how do you figure in a state like Kansas or Texas right now?
Still only 6% of Dallas County in and 16% of Harris (Houston). 13% of San Antonio's county.Beto's losing steam
True enough. The Midwest seems better.