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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat are the chances the Senate will end up 51-49, with no change?
Isnt that a distinct possibility at this point?
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2018, 09:49 PM - Edit history (1)
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But anything less than control means the GOP will approve any Judge that Trump names.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)If the Rs end up with 53, then, yeah, nothing can help...unless McConnell tells tRump that he has to nominate more-centrist candidates.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)In my view, McConnell is just as bad as Trump. He is slightly and superficially more polite.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)... is as gullible as she pretends to be.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But her voters might be just gullible enough to support her.
FreeRunning
(24 posts)so many different jurisidictions.
David__77
(23,372 posts)I think 47-53 is most likely. Thats better than the 45-55 I thought would happen on election night.
Hav
(5,969 posts)Getting to 49 would not only require a win in Florida but also winning the runoff (I think there will be one) in MS.
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)That would make it 48-52, right?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)A net loss of 1 seat for Dems with Dems having a brutal map to contend with.
Nelson is .22 behind Scott. There is a report of major uncounted votes in Broward County, a strong Dem stronghold. My guess is with Broward being corrected and statewide mailins being counted, Nelson over take Scott. Gillum may even pass DeSantis too, given that he is down by around .35 and gaining ground every hour literally.
I think that Sinema has Arizona, uncounted votes should lean heavily toward her by >4%.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)How do you think we have a legit shit in Mississippi where 2 republicans combined for 57% of the vote?
I would be delighted with 52-48 at this point.
krawhitham
(4,644 posts)The have flipped 3 (ND, MO, IN)
We might will flip 2 (NV & AZ)
Maybe pull out FL
But unless the Mississippi GOP if running a Pedophile we are not taking it
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)That is how fucked the white Christians in that state are.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)This was with Donnelly gone, Nelson behind, Bredesen already a disaster, and Beto losing ground at every update.
I was in hysterics. Rachel is always dependable to absolutely butcher something on election night. She was going on and on with this preposterous theme that a Mississippi runoff might decide the senate. Meanwhile the odds were literally less than 2% at that point.
Chris Matthews was much too polite in butting in and saying...Rachel, I don't think things are looking promising for that side in the senate.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)the senate map was for us. It would also put us in good position to take the senate in 2020.
BluegrassDem
(1,693 posts)Can you imagine the bloodshed in the Senate if Hillary were president?
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)Only a blue wave could attain 48-52 with the headwind Dems faced in the Senate.
2018 . . . stop the offensive at Stalingrad . . . 2020 advance.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I am feeling that Sinema will win in Arizona. That should make it 53-48, a net loss of 1 seat for us.
In It to Win It
(8,248 posts)Assuming that the GOP is up 2 more seats just means Susan Collins lost her swing vote power. She didn't really know how to use it anyway. She had all this power and got nothing for her constituents in return. CRAZY!