# 2018 US midterm elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125 "2017-11-09T17:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/242 "2018-11-05T15:31:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Now this _could_ be just a terribly bad decision on allocation of resources. But certainly the people who can’t drive themselves to the polls are more likely to pull the ‘D’ lever. I don’t have enough of a sense of the BoC to know if they’d pull a shenanigan like this as a means of vote suppression. So I’m not happy about this, but whatever the effects of this move, I can’t speak to the intent. Apparently this has been the policy on Election Day for some years now. But they got a bunch of calls this morning, and reconsidered. The buses will run tomorrow. But even aside from the fact that it’s Election Day, it sure was a shit-for-brains set of priorities. Here you have a day that isn’t even a Federal or state holiday, that’s a regular work day for almost everyone, and they shut down the bus system while keeping the golf course open. _Srsly?!_ ---
**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 5, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/243 "2018-11-05T17:44:00Z")
It is a puzzlement. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/244 "2018-11-05T19:32:44Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > 1. There were more early votes cast in NV and TX this year than in the entire 2014 election. In Texas, 6.8M early votes in 2018, 5.7M total votes in 2014. Arizona has joined the list of states with more early votes in 2018 than total votes in 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/245 "2018-11-05T23:17:26Z")
Whoever wins, that’s a great result for democracy. ---
**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 5, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/246 "2018-11-05T23:25:12Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Whoever wins, that’s a great result for democracy. Voting in the side actively trying to suppress democracy would not be “a great result for democracy”. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/247 "2018-11-05T23:35:29Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Whoever wins, that’s a great result for democracy. Nope. Republicans want to make it more difficult to cast a ballot and rig the voting system against people that vote for Democrats. That’s terrible for democracy. ---
**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 6, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/248 "2018-11-06T01:07:33Z")
There’s a good chance that Kemp will steal a governor’s race in Georgia. What do people do when it’s obvious that an election has been rigged to disqualify them from voting, especially along ethnic lines? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/249 "2018-11-06T01:54:43Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > There’s a good chance that Kemp will steal a governor’s race in Georgia. What do people do when it’s obvious that an election has been rigged to disqualify them from voting, especially along ethnic lines? Whoever wins, it’s a great result for democracy! ---
**Author:** ![Melcalc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melcalc/32/468_2.png) [@Melcalc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melcalc)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/250 "2018-11-06T03:05:18Z")
The political prognosticators have indicated we have a slight majority in the House, but we might lose a few seats in the senate. I’m cautiously optimistic. ---
**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 6, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/251 "2018-11-06T06:04:05Z")
Here’s Chuck Lorre’s heartfelt, and funny, prayer for Election Day: [http://www.chucklorre.com/index-bbt.php?p=598&fbclid=IwAR3EWEYg2JY\_MCADQsHHkwqeez6S1krSOkRloRGclXFBvsvkIgm9mIVeyHU](http://www.chucklorre.com/index-bbt.php?p=598&fbclid=IwAR3EWEYg2JY_MCADQsHHkwqeez6S1krSOkRloRGclXFBvsvkIgm9mIVeyHU) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/252 "2018-11-06T09:24:54Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Voting in the side actively trying to suppress democracy would not be “a great result for democracy”. And those attempts at suppression have been shown to have failed. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/253 "2018-11-06T09:59:26Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And those attempts at suppression have been shown to have failed. …which particular effort are you talking about? And what metric did you use to determine that the suppression attempt failed? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/254 "2018-11-06T10:25:04Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And those attempts at suppression have been shown to have failed. They really haven’t, though. You can have really high turnout and still see elections decided by suppression efforts. If Brian Kemp wins by a margin less than, say, 30 times the margin of the last Georgia governor’s race (because that’s how many voters he struck from the voter rolls which we _know_ still live in Georgia), then the result is suspect. ---
**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 6, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/255 "2018-11-06T10:32:30Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And those attempts at suppression have been shown to have failed. We don’t know that, but even if it was true, voting in the side that was trying to do that would be worse for democracy than the side that wants to make it easy for everyone to vote. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/256 "2018-11-06T13:00:45Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Whoever wins, that’s a great result for democracy. Nobody asked for your opinion, Saruman! ---
**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 6, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/257 "2018-11-06T20:14:29Z")
Resolving to respond to the election results with civility, come what may: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/11/02/dont-be-insufferable-nov-no-matter-outcome-here-are-questions-help-you/?noredirect=on&utm\_term=.c372f6c38146](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/11/02/dont-be-insufferable-nov-no-matter-outcome-here-are-questions-help-you/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c372f6c38146) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125.md?page=12)