2014 US Election Open Thread

  • Thread starter Thread starter Robert_Bay
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
ABC: Perdue (R) wins Ga. Democrats win the Hawaii special election and Ore. The Republican wins Idaho
 
NBC calls Kansas for Roberts. Which puts their count with the Republicans having 50 seats (not a majority when the VP can vote)

Fox News also calls it for Roberts
 
YoungTradCath said:
So basically Republicans have won.
Click to expand...
Looks like they have the leeway of 1 Senate Seat. So it is still a bit of a narrow margine.

If I am correct, they needed 6 Senate seats, estimates now are at today winning 7 so one can see if some projections are wrong, at least they can fall back to the 6 they needed. It looks like they have the majority, enough for Mitch McConnell-Kentucky to be the new Majority Leader.
 
Path_Finder said:
Just the NBC affiliate, maybe they are premature: whotv.com/2014/11/04/joni-ernst-wins-election-first-woman-to-represent-iowa-in-us-senate/

“Joni Ernst Wins Election, First Woman to Represent Iowa in US Senate”

But I hear Scott Brown is in distance in New Hampshire.

So both of these races may have been called a bit prematurely.
Click to expand...
I’ve been watching the Iowa results on the SOS page. It looks like they are right. The counties left to report are mainly rural counties and she is blowing Braley away in those areas. She is less than 10,000 votes down with around 1/3 of precincts reporting.

EDIT: Twitter is reporting that she is up 7000 with 50% in.
 
Dawnia said:
I’ve been watching the Iowa results on the SOS page. It looks like they are right. The counties left to report are mainly rural counties and she is blowing Braley away in those areas. She is less than 10,000 votes down with around 1/3 of precincts reporting.
Click to expand...
I think I heard them say WHO was the station Ronald Reagan worked for a spell. Probably a brief time but I think I remember he went to Iowa for a while. It must have been a radio station then.

whotv.com/2014/11/04/joni-ernst-wins-election-first-woman-to-represent-iowa-in-us-senate/
 
From Five Thirty Eight’s brain trust:

It’s Just … About … Over

Republicans’ chances of winning the Senate are now 99 percent, based on the ABC News projection that Republican David Perdue has won in Georgia without a runoff and Republican Pat Roberts has won in Kansas.

The GOP will need just one more seat to clinch a majority in the Senate. Any of the following would work:

Louisiana, in the Dec. 6 runoff;

North Carolina, where Republican Thom Tillis’s numbers look good;
Iowa, where Republican Joni Ernst’s numbers look good;
Alaska
Virginia

Democrats would need to sweep all five states.
 
I was listening to the radio on-line for awhile while also reading here on the forum, and it was really interesting, listening to some of the commentators talking about what happens during the election periods.

They do keep track of how voters vote. I didn’t think about that too much, I guess. That is why we get the political phone calls. They know if you vote regularly, or just once in awhile, etc.
 
Looks like the Iowa race is too close to call, I think another station in Des Moines called it for the other candidate, Braley.
 
So what did we learn tonight? Well that voters want a higher minimum wage, legal pot, abortion access and GOP representation. 🤷
 
The Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate.

(basically)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top