2018 Election Prediction: I think the Republicans will keep the house and senate

Post by **MagisterXF94** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:08 am

Dome wrote:QUOTE (Dome @ Nov 7 2018, 05:51 AM) Dems got the house. More diversity in congress now.

Impeaching this POS president more likely.

Mueller still doing his investigation.

Not bad.

Even if democrats pass articles of impecheament, the senate will never let that fly.
Also Trump now has the perfect scapegoat for the lack of legislation.
"IT'S THE DUMOCRATS FAULT! SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!"
Better play your hand well, and not give him an advantage come 2020.

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:21 am

Am I the "newstradomus"?

Post by **zombywoof** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:01 am

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Nov 5 2018, 07:31 PM) Dems win the house, Republicans keep the senate, but the seat totals don't change (maybe republicans pick up 1).

Looks like the Republicans picked up 3 senate seats. Whoops.

Post by **Papsmear** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:14 pm

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Nov 7 2018, 06:01 AM) Looks like the Republicans picked up 3 senate seats. Whoops.

I didn't follow this election but I am curious why you Yanks think the Democrats won the House but the Republicans picked up 3 more senate seats?

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:33 pm

Papsmear wrote:QUOTE (Papsmear @ Nov 7 2018, 08:14 AM) I didn't follow this election but I am curious why you Yanks think the Democrats won the House but the Republicans picked up 3 more senate seats?

There were 20 something out of 49 democratic senate seats up for grabs, vs only a handful of republican seats. senate seats are 6 year posts- vs house are every 2 years.

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:39 pm

there are 3 "groups" of senate seats, every 2 years one of the 3 is up for re-election.

Post by **zombywoof** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:20 pm

Papsmear wrote:QUOTE (Papsmear @ Nov 7 2018, 04:14 AM) I didn't follow this election but I am curious why you Yanks think the Democrats won the House but the Republicans picked up 3 more senate seats?

Because it's what happened.

I know, I know, believing in reality is super passe these days and we're supposed to get our information from RT, Fox, and that crazy black-background-neon-green-text-geocities-style webpage about wifi causes cancer, but unfortunately I've been around too much wifi in my life to buy into that bull@#(!.

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:30 pm

Papsmear wrote:QUOTE (Papsmear @ Nov 7 2018, 08:14 AM) I didn't follow this election but I am curious why you Yanks think the Democrats won the House but the Republicans picked up 3 more senate seats?

Also Gerrymandering/what states were up for reelection. The senate vote totals were roughly 50 million for democratic candidates, and 35 million for republican candidates- yet repubs gained 2 or 3 while dems lost those.

Post by **Papsmear** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:42 pm

phoenix1 wrote:QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Nov 7 2018, 03:20 PM) Because it's what happened.

Yes I know it's what happened.

Ryujin wrote:QUOTE (Ryujin @ Nov 7 2018, 03:30 PM) Also Gerrymandering/what states were up for reelection. The senate vote totals were roughly 50 million for democratic candidates, and 35 million for republican candidates- yet repubs gained 2 or 3 while dems lost those.

Both you gentlemen have been following the mid-terms closer than I have.
I was looking for a more inciteful answer.
Perhaps the political histories of the peopel who won/lost their seats or something along this lines?

My new job is actually quite boring so I was hoping for a wall of text from P1/Ryujin/Cashto/maybe even Metz, explaining to me exactly what happened.
I have alot of time to kill on this job and knowing that you are all quite into politics, there would be a little more reading material in this thread post election.

Vortrog · Post by **Vortrog** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:20 pm

command some midweek 1(+1) v 1 (+ 2) s then Paps. That will fill your time in