54,543 Voters: That is the Extent of the "Blue Wave" on November 2018

[volsrock]

Less than 2 hundredths of one percent of the U.S. population.

That's the extent of the "blue wave" which occurred on November 6th.

True, that isn't what you've heard on MSNBC, who crowed that 8,805,130 more voters voted for Democratic House candidates than voted for Republicans -- a record.

That figure isn't wrong. Just irrelevant.

The 8,800,000 wasted votes in places like California, New York, and Boston that piled up massive "blue" supermajorities in "super-blue" urban districts and states isn't a good thing for the Democrats; it's their central problem.

The fact is that control of the House was determined in 17 congressional districts. And in those 17 districts, Republicans would still control the House if they had been able to flip a total of 54,543 votes.

Remember the polls showing that Americans favored Democratic control of Congress by a margin of 10%? As a result of those polls, 40 Republican House incumbents fled from office. But, like the 8,805,130 figure, those polls were weighted down by "super-blue" districts. And it turned out that the 40 GOP departures gratuitously threw control of the House into the air because they believed numbers which, if not fraudulent, were fraudulently used.

https://townhall.com/columnists/mich...oters-n2536737

[Bourbon]

Still Stings

[archives]

Less than 2 hundredths of one percent of the U.S. population.

That's the extent of the "blue wave" which occurred on November 6th.

True, that isn't what you've heard on MSNBC, who crowed that 8,805,130 more voters voted for Democratic House candidates than voted for Republicans -- a record.

That figure isn't wrong. Just irrelevant.

The 8,800,000 wasted votes in places like California, New York, and Boston that piled up massive "blue" supermajorities in "super-blue" urban districts and states isn't a good thing for the Democrats; it's their central problem.

The fact is that control of the House was determined in 17 congressional districts. And in those 17 districts, Republicans would still control the House if they had been able to flip a total of 54,543 votes.

Remember the polls showing that Americans favored Democratic control of Congress by a margin of 10%? As a result of those polls, 40 Republican House incumbents fled from office. But, like the 8,805,130 figure, those polls were weighted down by "super-blue" districts. And it turned out that the 40 GOP departures gratuitously threw control of the House into the air because they believed numbers which, if not fraudulent, were fraudulently used.

https://townhall.com/columnists/mich...oters-n2536737

Wait a minute, "wasted votes?" So people in California and New York are less American than the guy from Wyoming?

How does 435 races get narrowed down to seemingly the author's hand picked seventeen districts?

And I know it isn't you, but, Boston isn't a State

[blackascoal]

Democrats smash Watergate record for House popular vote in midterms

Democrats won the House with the largest margin of victory in a midterms election for either party, according to NBC News election data.

While votes are still being tallied, Democratic House candidates currently hold an 8,805,130 vote lead over Republicans as of Monday morning. The Democrats' national margin of victory in House contests smashes the previous midterms record of 8.7 million votes in 1974, won just months after President Richard Nixon resigned from office in disgrace amid the Watergate scandal.

Of the more than 111 million votes cast in House races nationwide, Democrats took 53.1 percent — retaking control of the House of Representatives by flipping nearly 40 seats — while Republicans received 45.2 percent of the vote.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...dterms-n940116

MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS SAW REPUBLICANS SUFFER WORST HOUSE DEFEAT IN U.S. HISTORY BASED ON POPULAR VOTE
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans...t-ever-1226441

CHART: Democratic Votes Cast in 2018 Midterm Elections Exceeded 8.8 Million, the Most Since 1974 After Watergate
https://secondnexus.com/news/chart-d...erm-elections/

TJ Cox beats Republican Rep. David Valadao to give Democrats gain of 40 House seats, seven in California
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...128-story.html