{"id":3256,"date":"2010-11-03T00:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2010-11-03T00:39:35","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T07:39:35","slug":"election-results-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/03\/election-results-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Results – 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1vote\"<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached the point where all we can do is count the numbers.\u00a0 Here are the results.
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I will also discuss what happened and why.
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The Senate<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

As of 6:00 PM the Senate consists of 45 Democrats, 33 Republicans, 2 Independents and 22 not yet projected.\u00a0 So far this represents a net gain of two seats for Republicans, as they have taken Indiana and Arkansas.\u00a0 On the InsaniTEA front, Rubio and Paul have won.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

So far Republicans lead 78-35.\u00a0 I\u2019m devastated to report that Alan Grayson has succumbed to the corporate money bomb and lost his race.\u00a0 MSNBC projects that Republicans will take the House by a wide margin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats have held Arkansas, New Hampshire and New York.\u00a0 Republicans have held Texas and picked up state houses in Kansas and Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Update 7:00 PM PDT<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate consists of 45 Democrats, 39 Republicans, 2 Independents and 13 not yet projected.\u00a0 So far this represents a net gain of three seats for Republicans, as they have taken Indiana, Arkansas and North Dakota.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

So far Republicans lead 126-72.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans have picked up the state houses in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma and Kansas.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Update 8:00 PM PDT<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate consists of 46 Democrats, 44 Republicans, 2 Independents and 8 not yet projected.\u00a0 So far this represents a net gain of four seats for Republicans, as they have taken Indiana, Arkansas, North Dakota and Wisconsin.\u00a0 Russ Feingold has lost.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

So far Republicans lead 167-116.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans have picked up the state houses in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Wyoming.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Update 9:00 PM PDT<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate consists of 48 Democrats, 44 Republicans, 2 Independents and 6 not yet projected.\u00a0 So far this represents a net gain of four seats for Republicans, as they have taken Indiana, Arkansas, North Dakota and Wisconsin. <\/span><\/p>\n

The House<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

So far Republicans lead 199-142.\u00a0 Did anyone else notice that Boehner was drunk when he gave his Republican victory speech?<\/span><\/p>\n

Governors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans have picked up the state houses in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Wyoming.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Update 9:00 PM PDT<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate consists of 49 Democrats, 46 Republicans, 2 Independents and 3 not yet projected.\u00a0 So far this represents a net gain of six seats for Republicans, as they have taken Indiana, Arkansas, North Dakota and Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Illinois.\u00a0 The Nevada Leg Hound won, but only because he faced Angle instead of Chicken Lady.\u00a0 Only Colorado, Washington and Alaska remain.\u00a0 The Democrat leads in Washington. The Republican leads in Colorado, but he may have been flipped around 30,000 votes by a clerical error. <\/span><\/p>\n

The House<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

So far Republicans lead 225-152.\u00a0 It\u2019s now official.\u00a0 Republicans control the House.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans have picked up the state houses in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Wyoming.\u00a0 Democrats picked up the state house in California.\u00a0 Governor Moonbeam beat Megabucks Whitman.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Final Update<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Senate consists of 49 Democrats, 46 Republicans, 2 Independents and 3 not yet projected.\u00a0 So far this represents a net gain of six seats for Republicans, as they have taken Indiana, Arkansas, North Dakota and Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Illinois.\u00a0 The Nevada Leg Hound won, but only because he faced Angle instead of Chicken Lady.\u00a0 Only Colorado, Washington and Alaska remain.\u00a0 Washington is a dead heat.\u00a0 The Republican leads in Colorado, but a clerical error may have flipped him about 30,000 of the Democrat\u2019s votes.\u00a0 Alaska looks like an write-in win for Murkowski, but we won\u2019t know until the write-in votes are hand counted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

So far Republicans lead 233-180, with 22 still undecided.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governors<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans have picked up the state houses in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming and Iowa.\u00a0 Democrats picked up the state house in California.\u00a0 Governor Moonbeam beat Megabucks Whitman.<\/span><\/p>\n

No more results are expected tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why it happened<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

We had the votes to win.\u00a0 Yesterday I said it will depend on the turnout, and the turnout was low nationwide, especially among young voters.\u00a0 For example:<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the big assumptions the Democratic Party made this year was that President Obama could turn out the young voters who had voted for him in 2008\u2014and there was no state in which Democrats tried harder to turn out this vote than Ohio. Nationwide, young voters did not turn out this time around. Only 11 percent of those under 30 turned out, below the 18 percent of the 2008 election and the 13 percent who turned out in 2006<\/strong>. In Ohio, the young vote was even more dismal. There, only 8 percent of young voters are voting. In 2006, exit polls showed that 13 percent of young voters turned out in Ohio\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Slate Magazine<\/a>><\/p>\n

Republicans are saying that that Democrats were defeated, because we are too liberal.\u00a0 As always, they lie.\u00a0 Democrats were defeated for three reasons, among others which I shall cover at a later time.\u00a0 Democrats were not progressive enough.\u00a0 If they had accomplished less, but had been seen as fighting for Main Street more, they would have won.\u00a0 Had some young progressives not recognized that some progress is better that Speaker Boehner and motivated their peers instead of whining, we would have won.\u00a0 Most of all, had American voters made the effort to learn the facts surrounding the issues instead of believing deceptive attack ads, secretly funded by criminal corporations, we would have won.<\/span><\/p>\n

TC signing off\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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