# 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:** 11
**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, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/201 "2014-11-05T04:30:32Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > You should get a job working for MSNBC. So you think that if Republicans ran Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell for the Senate in 2014 that they would have won because people don’t like Obama? Of course not, because they were truly terrible candidates. The R’s ran mostly good candidates this year, and good candidates tend to win elections. ---
**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, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/202 "2014-11-05T04:30:44Z")
Tillis wins! Damn skewed polls! ---
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/203 "2014-11-05T04:31:54Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > North Carolina – Hagan loses to Tillis!! +7 GOP I did not see that one coming. I call that a genuine upset. ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/204 "2014-11-05T04:32:06Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > So you think that if Republicans ran Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell for the Senate in 2014 that they would have won because people don’t like Obama? Of course not, because they were truly terrible candidates. The R’s ran mostly good candidates this year, and good candidates tend to win elections. I’m a little curious when you noticed they were good. I agree with your analysis, but it seems to me that this observation could have been made earlier. ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/205 "2014-11-05T04:32:31Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > So you think that if Republicans ran Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell for the Senate in 2014 that they would have won because people don’t like Obama? Of course not, because they were truly terrible candidates. The R’s ran mostly good candidates this year, and good candidates tend to win elections. I thought your analysis was quite sound, actually. ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/206 "2014-11-05T04:34:33Z")
Center for Disease Control, privatized, Halliburton. ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/207 "2014-11-05T04:34:46Z")
Quinn loses Illinois governor’s seat to Rauner!! ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/208 "2014-11-05T04:35:42Z")
Republicans are leading in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland governors’ races. And in NY, the GOP picked up quite a few House seats. ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/209 "2014-11-05T04:37:30Z")
Oh snap! Gillespie just went ahead again by 12,000! ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/210 "2014-11-05T04:37:44Z")
Department of Education, privatized, Phoenix University. ---
**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, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/211 "2014-11-05T04:39:12Z")
Department of Labor, privatized, Goodwill Industries. ---
**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, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/212 "2014-11-05T04:40:46Z")
Now Warner’s back ahead. I’m getting palpitations. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/213 "2014-11-05T04:41:58Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Quinn loses Illinois governor’s seat to Rauner!! By a healthy margin as well. I haven’t checked the closing map but last I looked he was losing every county except Cook. ---
**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, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/214 "2014-11-05T04:44:17Z")
Braley not only lost in Iowa, but his House seat flipped to the GOP. ---
**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, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/215 "2014-11-05T04:45:12Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I’m a little curious when you noticed they were good. I agree with your analysis, but it seems to me that this observation could have been made earlier. I didn’t follow all the races equally closely, but a few thoughts: Ernst seems to struggle early with her weird pig testicle ad, and then seemed to get traction over the last two months. Purdue emerged from a very tough primary and beat Kingston, who was a pretty strong candidate himself, which says something. Rauner seemed to have momentum for a while now. On the other hand, I have a hard time believing how well Brown and Gillespie have done. Brown’s an outright carpetbagger, and the NC legislature seems to be even more disliked than Congress. So, I think they overperformed, so my thesis may not be totally correct. I will say, I just heard Ernst give part of her victory speech, and holy cow - her voice is grating. So maybe she won by smartly relying on print ads and not giving many speeches! ---
**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, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/216 "2014-11-05T04:46:41Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Now Warner’s back ahead. I’m getting palpitations. Palpitations? Dept. of Health. CVS Minute Clinic. ---
**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, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/217 "2014-11-05T04:47:22Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I’m a little curious when you noticed they were good. I agree with your analysis, but it seems to me that this observation could have been made earlier. By the way, I predicted in some thread this morning that the GOP would hold 53 seats, so there’s that, too. It isn’t like I came up with my opinion just 15 minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/218 "2014-11-05T04:48:06Z")
CBS had this headline in its scroll > [@](#): > > Projection: Republican Gov. Scott Walker will win re-election in Mich. Now that would be a total Republican wave. Win in a state you didn’t even run in. ---
**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, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/219 "2014-11-05T04:49:15Z")
Obama proves once again that he just says stuff. His policies will be on the ballot, but he doesn’t feel repudiated. ---
**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, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/220 "2014-11-05T04:51:44Z")
The GOP wave even hits the northeast: LePage and Baker win. GOP also poised to take Maryland and Connecticut. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684.md?page=12)