Democrats Rout GOP

gcanyon

I went with the title NYTimes gave it on their home page rather than the wordy header on the page itself. That's "Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Seize Control of Congress as Voters Rebuke Trump"

jimt1234

I don't think we're gonna get our $5000 checks. LOL

abrookewood

As an Australian, I can say we are all very relieved.

nine_k

Non-paywall: https://archive.is/laAzx

fabian2k

The Mississippi senate race is essentially tied, which is kind of an insane result. As well as the Democrats winning practically everything in Texas.

uni_baconcat

All I can say is: GOOD.

Y-bar

Democracy still has a fighting chance in USA, and that’s good news. Best wishes from Europe!

georgemcbay

Great outcome, though still a little disappointing that so many people had to feel the negative impact of Trump's incompetence on a personal level to get them to wake up, but better late than never. Shame that the Democrats flubbed it in Florida (at the senate/governor level, they did get some nice House pickups due to the Republican dummymander). Angie Nixon ran an incredible campaign and probably could have won if she got any significant support from the DNC.

nine_k

Maybe Trump, a long-term Democrat who turned quasi-Republican, and mutated the GOP from inside, wanted to further the might of the Democratic Party all along? Imagine this: a secret agent pretends to be all he despises, gets to the very top of the enemy ranks, rots them from the inside, and, hated both by his erstwhile party fellows and his disillusioned rabid supporters, thrusts victory after victory into the hands of its formal (and proclaimed) enemy. In a couple of years he steps down, ridiculed, but keeps his true allegiance secret, like a real hero. What a movie that could be.

cocacola1

It’s a bloodbath for Republicans. Even the guy in charge of leading GOP efforts to win the House lost.

Sol-

Seems bad for data centers and AI, though the benefit of keeping the deranged president in check likely outweighs lost progress following from anti-tech populism.

Incipient

I feel quite sorry for the US voters having to pick from two fairly extreme ends of politics. Granted GOP appears significantly worse, however liberals funding things like free pet food etc feels equally non-vote-worthy.

boplicity

So screwed up that this was flagged. It seems all the election related posts were flagged. You have to wonder why the HN overlords aren't allowing such a major event to reach the front page.

rawgabbit

Democrats got their act together, rejected identity politics, talked about pocketbook issues, the nonsensical war, & the administration’s naked corruption. Democrats also benefited by the fact many of the GOP’s strong candidates were sidelined by Trump who favors toadies. All in all, good news for the Democrats and for the US. My fear is that the Democrats will lose focus and become distracted and lose sight of what led to victory. The Economy and Trump’s naked corruption and degenerate abuse of government institutions for personal gain.