# 2014 US General Election Results **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 4, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684 "2014-11-04T23:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/181 "2014-11-05T04:13:07Z")
SOuthern Democrats are dead! Long live northeastern Republicans! ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/182 "2014-11-05T04:14:13Z")
538 has it at 99% for the Republicans. Pop that cork OMG; we’re done. ETA: Nate explains why: [INDENT]The GOP will need just one more seat to clinch a majority in the Senate. Any of the following would work: ``` Louisiana, in the Dec. 6 runoff; North Carolina, where Republican Thom Tillis’s numbers look good; Iowa, where Republican Joni Ernst’s numbers look good; Alaska Virginia ``` Democrats would need to sweep all five states.[/INDENT] ETA Too bad Iowa favors the wackadoodle. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/183 "2014-11-05T04:17:32Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > When people have been literally handed a ballot and can vote without ever having to leave their house, and they don’t, that’s worth poking fun at. There’s no “obstacles” there, they just chose not to vote. That earns derision. Awesome. The Mount Rushmore of gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/184 "2014-11-05T04:17:43Z")
Well, at least pot is legal in the District of Columbia now. I think they will need it. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/185 "2014-11-05T04:20:03Z")
What’s up with Chris Matthews screaming at Cory Booker? His head is exploding! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/186 "2014-11-05T04:20:30Z")
Seems to me that a story of this election is starting to emerge, and the storyline isn’t people just voting against Obama. Republicans managed to put together quite a few good candidates in big races. Sure, there’s a few weak candidates (like Scott Brown, Gillespie and Tillis) who did quite well despite having baggage. But overall, the party put together a slate of candidates that didn’t do stupid stuff like refusing to say who they voted for in 2012, or how women’s bodies can shut that stuff down. Plus, while the candidates have pretty solid conservative credentials, the total clowns like McDaniel in Mississippi got smacked down pretty hard as opposed to being glorified as mavericks or whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/187 "2014-11-05T04:20:31Z")
Well let’s see about Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/188 "2014-11-05T04:22:39Z")
Ernst wins. +6. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/189 "2014-11-05T04:23:00Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > So Ernst wins. Guess that’s that. Now is official. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/190 "2014-11-05T04:23:40Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Well, at least pot is legal in the District of Columbia now. I think they will need it. If anyone needs to get blazed, it’s congress. Though the House will be more agreeable, nothing will get done. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/191 "2014-11-05T04:24:14Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Well let’s see about Alaska. Seems to no longer matter. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/192 "2014-11-05T04:25:51Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Seems to me that a story of this election is starting to emerge, and the storyline isn’t people just voting against Obama. Republicans managed to put together quite a few good candidates in big races. > > Sure, there’s a few weak candidates (like Scott Brown, Gillespie and Tillis) who did quite well despite having baggage. But overall, the party put together a slate of candidates that didn’t do stupid stuff like refusing to say who they voted for in 2012, or how women’s bodies can shut that stuff down. Plus, while the candidates have pretty solid conservative credentials, the total clowns like McDaniel in Mississippi got smacked down pretty hard as opposed to being glorified as mavericks or whatnot. You should get a job working for MSNBC. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/193 "2014-11-05T04:26:13Z")
Ernst in Iowa. GOP in control of the U.S. Senate. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/194 "2014-11-05T04:26:36Z")
Oh, it matters, since Republicans need a cushion for 2016. And it looks like they’ll have a really good one. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/195 "2014-11-05T04:28:06Z")
The hog castration ad pays off. ---
**Author:** ![A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_nice_guy_with_an_opinion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/196 "2014-11-05T04:28:38Z")
Woooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/197 "2014-11-05T04:29:09Z")
North Carolina – Hagan loses to Tillis!! +7 GOP ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/198 "2014-11-05T04:29:09Z")
Fox calls it for Tillis in North Carolina. Wow. Big win! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/199 "2014-11-05T04:29:12Z")
Now Tillis in NC. +7 ---
**Author:** ![A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_nice_guy_with_an_opinion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/200 "2014-11-05T04:29:52Z")
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