1812

Gaaaaaa! OK, time to watch some mindless entertainment for a while. Maybe some comforting 1990s reruns of Seinfeld, Frasier or Mad About You.

1813

Arizona not going that badly either so far.

NYT Needle back to 50/50 for senate control.

1814

Woohoo!

1815

Too early to tell but it appears that the polling was better this cycle I’m not seeing significant divergences. Polls that were showing races tighter than ticks on a hound are bearing out

1816

Dammit, Walker in GA is showing up on Politico as 0.7% ahead with 68% of the vote in.

1817

Holy shit Lauren Boebert looks to be under performing Trump’s numbers and is trailing Frisch

1818

Dems are over performing, except for Florida. Blame me.

1819

It is worse than that, 0.9% ahead with 73% in, according to nyt.

1820

Turning elections into sports events where we watch the score go up… is bad for democracy.

1821

The most important number is 50%. If Walker is ahead, but can’t clear 50% we go to a runoff election.

1822

I feel like democracy has some bigger issues facing it than what numbers we’re watching.

1823

Not sure about you guys, but I have never followed midterm elections except in 2018 and 2022. Australia is a very small country in a region that could easily be dominated by China in the near future. The military alliance with the US and their engagement with the region is really the only thing holding back a grim future. And that’s to not even get started on climate change. So excuse me for caring how many votes climate denying isolationists get!

Maybe an even worse thing for democracy in a country is when people seem to like voting in people who want to destroy said democracy.

1824

While I loathe both Ron DeSantis is having a better night than DJT

And Abbie Spanberger pulled it out

1825

Exactly.

1826

Being interested in the outcome of elections is bad for democracy. Apparently.

1827

Shared pain is lessened, so I’ll bear the burden with you.

Though shared joy is increased, we seem to be lacking at the moment.

1828

I’ve seen enough, Oz is toast on a crudités tray

1829

Yeah, I feel like Georgia’s going to another runoff. I’m not sure Warnock fares much better next month, but I figure giving Walker more time to implode isn’t a bad thing. The polling averages (which were pretty accurate for Georgia last time if memory serves) tended to have Warnock outperforming Abrams by 7 points, so that could be something to look for in either direction if you want to read tea leaves.

1830

Ryan is fucked in Ohio.

1831

Almost all the remaining votes to be counted in Ohio are in the cities - which will lean heavily towards Ryan. It probably won’t be enough to overtake Vance… but the lead is going to shrink significantly and you never know…