# 2018 Election Day Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079 "2018-11-06T15:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/402 "2018-11-07T04:29:00Z")
I dont know why no one is talking about it, but Kendra Horn flipped a district that was called ‘likely GOP’ in Oklahoma. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/403 "2018-11-07T04:29:37Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Looks like Scott will beat Nelson in Florida. Scott is 0.6% up with 100% reporting. 0.5% or less triggers an automatic recount. Shades of 2000. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/404 "2018-11-07T04:30:25Z")
Come on, Evers!!! Win the Wine and Cheese party state!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/405 "2018-11-07T04:33:56Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > If you cannot spot the [MSNBC liberal bias](https://www.businessinsider.com/most-biased-news-outlets-in-america-cnn-fox-nytimes-2018-8#1-fox-news-51-tie-1) I don’t know what else to tell you. You are like a liberal [dittohead](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ditto%20head). You choose Business Insider as a neutral choice? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/406 "2018-11-07T04:34:13Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Has anybody said anything about state legislatures? ie, have any states flipped? Could be very important in re-districting in 2020. Colorado state Senate has flipped. That’s the only one I’ve heard anything about so far. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/407 "2018-11-07T04:36:09Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > I’m playing with interactive maps. It looks like Iowa is slapping all of its House incumbents around tonight, which is kind of entertaining. > > I’d really like Poliquin (R) to go down in Maine. That could happen. Governor and 2 house districts almost certain to flip. The lone Democrat Rep will hold, and it’s looking like King might just hold on, though far closer than any race he’s had before. I guess I get to keep all my old political punching bags from home. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/408 "2018-11-07T04:36:46Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > McCaskill goes down… Meh. She was trying to pretend to support Republican policies there at the end, that one doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/409 "2018-11-07T04:36:57Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > Colorado state Senate has flipped. That’s the only one I’ve heard anything about so far. NY State Senate is finally going Democratic. Only reason the Republicans held it in the first place was a bunch of turncoats. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/410 "2018-11-07T04:37:39Z")
Dems flip NY Senate, NH House as well. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/411 "2018-11-07T04:37:45Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Has anybody said anything about state legislatures? ie, have any states flipped? Could be very important in re-districting in 2020. NYS GOP just conceded control of the state senate. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/412 "2018-11-07T04:38:00Z")
NYT just put the House race at 156 to 155, with 17 seats swapped so far. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/413 "2018-11-07T04:39:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Meh. She was trying to pretend to support Republican policies there at the end, that one doesn’t matter. If it meant control it would be one thing. Given that it doesn’t, yeah good riddance. No big change. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/414 "2018-11-07T04:43:43Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > If it meant control it would be one thing. Given that it doesn’t, yeah good riddance. No big change. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/415 "2018-11-07T04:44:34Z")
High turnout at my polling place (in a nearby church basement) when I voted after work. As busy as I’ve ever seen it in a presidential year. As to not voting: “The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.” - Plato ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/416 "2018-11-07T04:44:42Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Governor and 2 house districts almost certain to flip. The lone Democrat Rep will hold, and it’s looking like King might just hold on, though far closer than any race he’s had before. I guess I get to keep all my old political punching bags from home. I don’t know about that, it looks like they’re on a mission. Hah, Iowa. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/417 "2018-11-07T04:44:44Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > If you cannot see the bias in MSNBC you are a perfect example of a FOX News supporter telling us they are fair and balanced with no sense of embarrassment. > > MSNBC is not as bad as FOX News but they have very distinctly staked out the opposite of FOX News. Not as a righteous stand but rather a cynical attempt to make money figuring if FOX has the conservative side locked they will lock up the liberal side with the same model. Yes there is some bias, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to Fox. And bias isn’t nearly as bad as inaccuracy and dishonesty. Fox is regularly inaccurate and dishonest, MSNBC is not (relative to other media outlets). They’re not comparable. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/418 "2018-11-07T04:49:39Z")
There needs to be a word for the group of subpoenas heading out. Like a “murder of subpoenas”? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/419 "2018-11-07T04:54:30Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > There needs to be a word for the group of subpoenas heading out. Like a “murder of subpoenas”? I like it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/420 "2018-11-07T05:00:24Z")
Fox News calls Florida for Scott. +4 for GOP. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079/421 "2018-11-07T05:03:37Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Fox News calls Florida for Scott. +4 for GOP. I’ll be really disappointed if Rick “Medicare fraud” Scott wins over Nelson… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-election-day-thread/824079.md?page=22)