# 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:** 12
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/221 "2014-11-05T04:52:22Z")
Coakley loses the governor’s race in Massachusetts. Look for the Massachusetts legislature to change the law again so governors can’t appoint senators. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/222 "2014-11-05T04:52:48Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Obama proves once again that he just says stuff. His policies will be on the ballot, but he doesn’t feel repudiated. Ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/223 "2014-11-05T04:54:23Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Coakley loses the governor’s race in Massachusetts. > > Look for the Massachusetts legislature to change the law again so governors can’t appoint senators. And a renewed vigor in some people accusing others of reveling in such. ---
**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, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/224 "2014-11-05T05:03:31Z")
Warner leads in Virginia but by less than 1/2%. ---
**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, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/225 "2014-11-05T05:10:38Z")
And the Maryland governor’s mansion looks like it might house a Republican! Unreal! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/226 "2014-11-05T05:13:15Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Is it a wave? Charlie Cook explains: > [INDENT]The first test of the existence of a political wave is whether the benefiting party avoids losing many of its own endangered seats. The second is whether it wins an overwhelming number of the purple, competitive or, in this case, light blue Democratic-tilting but still endangered seats… > The third test of a real wave is the ability of a party to pull off real upsets, knocking off incumbents who were not on the lists of first- or second-tier vulnerable seats. If, for example, someone like **Mark Warner in Virginia** , Al Franken in Minnesota, or Jeff Merkley in Oregon were to lose, that would be a wave in the sense of 1980, 1994, 2006, or 2008. [/INDENT] Emphasis added. So Mark Warner is the canary, as it were. > [http://www.nationaljournal.com/off-to-the-races/how-big-a-night-will-it-be-for-the-gop-20141103](http://www.nationaljournal.com/off-to-the-races/how-big-a-night-will-it-be-for-the-gop-20141103) > > Incidentally, Nate Silver doesn’t buy into the wave framework at all. He thinks that a big win in one election doesn’t necessarily carry into the next. A Republican was just elected Governor of Maryland. Dude, it’s a wave. ---
**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, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/227 "2014-11-05T05:14:02Z")
I’m curious at what point Harry Reid will say he will not run for Minority Leader. ---
**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, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/228 "2014-11-05T05:15:41Z")
“Wave”? Ah, yes, Department of the Navy, privatized, Carnival Cruises. ---
**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, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/229 "2014-11-05T05:16:30Z")
> [@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. Two things; one, Obama. So, yes to your question. Two, the GOP didn’t throw their own candidates under the bus, which goes a long way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/230 "2014-11-05T05:19:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Wave”? Ah, yes, Department of the Navy, privatized, Carnival Cruises. No one responded to the last four formulaic posts you made. Why did you make another one? ---
**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, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/231 "2014-11-05T05:19:50Z")
> [@](#): > > …Two, the GOP didn’t throw their own candidates under the bus, which goes a long way. The GOP doesn’t throw its candidates under buses, it throws them under limos! ---
**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, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/232 "2014-11-05T05:20:50Z")
> [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](#): > > No one responded to the last four formulaic posts you made. Why did you make another one? Felt like it. Don’t have to read any of them, I’ll get over it. ---
**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, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/233 "2014-11-05T05:21:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Two things; one, Obama. So, yes to your question. Two, the GOP didn’t throw their own candidates under the bus, which goes a long way. I have no idea what any of that means – except with the possible interpretation that you think the problem with Todd Akin was that you fault Republicans for not rushing to support his legitimate rape comments, which - if that is what you mean - is just weird. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/234 "2014-11-05T05:21:16Z")
I wonder if there will be some polling showing how many young progressives went to the polls. I’m thinking, a very low percentage. The Dems need to mend some fences in their own party. I voted the straight Democratic ticket in Georgia, but that was only because the Green Party here is in complete disarray. Still, chances that the Dem centrists that created this debacle will lose power in the Democratic Party? Almost nil. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/235 "2014-11-05T05:22:00Z")
> [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](#): > > No one responded to the last four formulaic posts you made. Why did you make another one? Formulaic… ah yes. FDA, privatized, a WalMart greeter with a head-lamp. ---
**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, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/236 "2014-11-05T05:22:30Z")
In other news, the GOP in West Virginia has captured the state House of Delegates for the first time since 1928. It was behind 53-47 before this election. Projections have put it ahead 64-36 after. It has gained a 17-17 tie in the State Senate. Many Democratic Senators will be begging to switch parties. This was truly an historic election. ---
**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, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/237 "2014-11-05T05:23:20Z")
Republicans have a real chance of winning both Alaska and the Louisiana runoff, which would push their gain to 9 seats. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/238 "2014-11-05T05:26:34Z")
Florida elected Rick Scott twice. This is nearly as bad as GWB winning two elections. _sigh_ ---
**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, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/239 "2014-11-05T05:28:46Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I have no idea what any of that means – except with the possible interpretation that you think the problem with Todd Akin was that you fault Republicans for not rushing to support his legitimate rape comments, which - if that is what you mean - is just weird. They pandered to faux outrage. Hell yeah I fault them for that, especially when Democrats will coalesce and defend even the worst of the worst, regardless of what they say or do. It puts you behind the game. ---
**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, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684/240 "2014-11-05T05:32:52Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > They pandered to faux outrage. Hell yeah I fault them for that, especially when Democrats will coalesce and defend even the worst of the worst, regardless of what they say or do. It puts you behind the game. I guess Christine O’Donnell’s “I am not a witch” ad was simply ahead of its time, perhaps like Emily Dickinson’s poetry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-us-general-election-results/703684.md?page=13)