# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/81 "2018-06-17T07:42:39Z")
Well, if you’re a Senator you’re not going anywhere in national poiltics unless you can establish a national brand. Barack Obama, John McCain, Liz Warren, and now Kristen Gillibrand established brands. Joe Biden too, even though he’s never gone anywhere in primaries. Klobuchar is low profile. In order to be taken seriously as a Presidential candidate she’d either need to do something to differentiate herself from more famous people on issues or style, or become governor of Minnesota and then run on resume, which sometimes works if there’s no one more charismatic or famous in the field. If she’s good at getting stuff done with Republicans, then she can become the Democrats’ maverick? They haven’t had one of those in awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/82 "2018-06-17T07:49:03Z")
No tax increases (like Republicans built into their tax plan). No kowtowing to authoritarian dictators across the world. No shitting on life-long allies. No handouts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations. I like this party of NO. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/83 "2018-06-24T18:01:09Z")
Conservative columnist George Will says people should vote against the GOP in the midterms: [Conservative Columnist George Will: Vote Against GOP In Midterms | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-will-vote-against-gop_us_5b2d95dee4b00295f15c8a75?ncid=APPLENEWS00001) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/84 "2018-06-27T02:35:46Z")
NY04 Dem was just won by a socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who campaigned on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, a Federal jobs guarantee, and universal college, beating the #4 Democrat in the House. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/85 "2018-06-27T07:04:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > NY04 Dem was just won by a socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who campaigned on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, a Federal jobs guarantee, and universal college, beating the #4 Democrat in the House. Note of clarification: this is a primary, but in a district (Bronx borough of NYC) where the (any) Republican is very unlikely to win in November. Interesting, though. Doesn’t say much about Sanders-types in the Heartland, I think. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/86 "2018-06-27T11:38:33Z")
Congrats to Ocasio-Cortez, showing us you can work your butt off and upset a kingpin. This will give the party a needed nudge to the left. The Moron-In-Chief tweeted that Crowley lost because he didn’t show enough respect to his president. Republicans are gloating. Puh-leeze. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/87 "2018-06-27T11:53:00Z")
It also energizes those who intersect with aspects of her profile: younger, Hispanic, female … A new next generation face in front to articulate the progressive positions in that fairly safe district is a wonderful thing. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/88 "2018-06-27T13:11:35Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > NY04 Dem was just won by a socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who campaigned on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, a Federal jobs guarantee, and universal college, beating the #4 Democrat in the House. It’s worth noting (only because I’m already seeing “Abolish ICE? They want open borders!”) that the intent here isn’t to have no immigration agency but rather to return to the days of Immigration & Naturalization Service under the Justice Department rather than the post-9/11 ICE headed by Homeland Security. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/89 "2018-06-27T13:47:34Z")
The left - both moderate left and hard left - is energized, and it’s increasingly looking like they will take the House in 2018. But I see some storm clouds ahead for the Democrats as they try to reconcile their differences before the race in 2020. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/90 "2018-07-10T13:20:48Z")
GOP candidate in a NJ district held by a retiring Republican endorsed a white supremacist article with the following verbiage: > [@](#): > > Black people “are different by almost any measure to all other people. They cannot reason as well. They cannot communicate as well. They cannot control their impulses as well. They are a threat to all who cross their paths, black and non-black alike.” > **[NRCC withdraws support for New Jersey congressional candidate and right-wing...](https://www.mediamatters.org/diversity-discrimination/nrcc-withdraws-support-new-jersey-congressional-candidate-and-right-wing)** ---
**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:** [July 15, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/91 "2018-07-15T19:13:11Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > NY04 Dem was just won by a socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who campaigned on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, a Federal jobs guarantee, and universal college, beating the #4 Democrat in the House. Unfortunately, the #4 Democrat in the House is still on the ballot in the general, since he got the endorsement of one of the multitude of tiny parties in New York. I read something the other day that said that Ocasio-Cortez also won the primary in another district that she didn’t campaign in, with write in votes, but she said she is only interested in serving from the district she was running in. Dianne Feinstein got the most votes in the California open primary last month, with 44%. Former state Senate leader Kevin De Leon got 12%, which was second best and thus propelled him into the general election against Feinstein. But the California Democratic Party executive board voted this weekend to endorse De Leon, 65% for him, 7% for Feinstein, and 28% for “no endorsement”. > **[In rebuke of Dianne Feinstein, Kevin de León wins endorsement of California...](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-feinstein-de-leon-endorsement-20180714-story.html#)** > > California Democratic Party leaders took a step to the left Saturday night, endorsing liberal state lawmaker Kevin de León for Senate in a stinging rebuke of Democratic Sen. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/92 "2018-07-16T12:01:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Unfortunately, the #4 Democrat in the House is still on the ballot in the general, since he got the endorsement of one of the multitude of tiny parties in New York. :eek: > [@](#): > > Crowley did earn the endorsement of the Working Families Party, but here’s the messed up part: immediately following his loss in the primary, the group asked him to vacate the line. And he refused. If the Democratic Party still had a testicle left they’d eject this backstabbing traitor to his Party from all positions of power. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/93 "2018-07-16T12:28:26Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > :eek: > > If the Democratic Party still had a testicle left they’d eject this backstabbing traitor to his Party from all positions of power. Part of the problem is New York’s terribly complicated and arcane election laws. A candidate can only have his/her name removed from a party line by dying, being convicted of a crime, or moving out of the jurisdiction. Ocasio-Cortez has suggested that Crowley declare his official home in Virginia, where he keeps his congressional residence, but Crowley considers himself a New Yorker. The real question is how he got on the Working Family Party’s line to begin with, and whether he saw this as a back-up plan in case he got a serious challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/94 "2018-07-16T12:42:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A poll suggests older, educated white voters are shifting away from Trump’s GOP: [Poll: Older, educated white voters shift away from Trump's Republican party](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/09/poll-older-educated-white-voters-shift-away-from-trumps-republican-party/23406545/) Not buying that one. This poll says millennials are shifting away from Democrats. > **[Reuters Poll: Millennials Shifting Away From Democrats](https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/05/02/marist-poll-millennials-shifting-away-from-dems-n2476120)** > > Shift. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/95 "2018-07-16T12:44:13Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Not buying that one. > > This poll says millennials are shifting away from Democrats. > > [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/05/02/marist-poll-millennials-shifting-away-from-dems-n2476120](https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/05/02/marist-poll-millennials-shifting-away-from-dems-n2476120) Hilarious! I don’t believe that poll because I disagree with it. But this poll that I agree with is certainly accurate. Oh man, you kill me. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/96 "2018-07-16T13:25:43Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Hilarious! > > I don’t believe that poll because I disagree with it. But this poll that I agree with is certainly accurate. > > Oh man, you kill me. You have to love those AOL polls that do not site sources written by lefties. How many people did they poll and where was this poll taken? Such information is not in that article. Hence I’m not buying it. Even Bill Maher is saying white millennials are trending toward Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/97 "2018-07-16T13:28:25Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Not buying that one. Sorry… > [@Winston Churchill](#): > > The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/98 "2018-07-16T15:10:23Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > You have to love those AOL polls that do not site sources written by lefties. How many people did they poll and where was this poll taken? Such information is not in that article. Hence I’m not buying it. > > Even Bill Maher is saying white millennials are trending toward Trump. It says right in the article that it’s a reuters/ipsos poll. It’s literally in the second sentence: > [@](#): > > Now, they are trending toward Democrats in such numbers that their ballots could tip the scales in tight congressional races from New Jersey to California, **a new Reuters/Ipsos poll** and a data analysis of competitive districts shows. Link to Reuters article where they discuss methodology: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-poll/exclusive-as-elections-near-many-older-educated-white-voters-shift-away-from-trumps-party-idUSKBN1HG1I6](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-poll/exclusive-as-elections-near-many-older-educated-white-voters-shift-away-from-trumps-party-idUSKBN1HG1I6) ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/99 "2018-07-16T15:23:29Z")
Back at work, eh, Silver Lining? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/100 "2018-07-16T16:21:03Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Even Bill Maher is saying white millennials are trending toward Trump. Well, if noted pollster Bill Maher says it, who can argue? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125.md?page=6)