# The flipped elections omnibus thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713 "2018-02-28T01:23:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/1 "2018-02-28T01:23:30Z")
I didn’t want to start a new thread to discuss each flip separately (mostly because I hope there’ll be so many of them), so this is now our Omnibus Flip thread.
[There’s a good spreadsheet for keeping track of these elections maintained by Daily Kos](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C2MVeM2K7WgqmJw5RCQbWyTo2u73CX1pI8zw_G-7BJo/edit#gid=2144047916).
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### Author:  [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/2 "2018-02-28T01:24:31Z")
And today’s flip is in [New Hampshire](https://www.vox.com/2018/2/27/17060358/new-hampshire-special-election-results). This is a 19-point shift toward the Democrats.
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### Author:  [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/3 "2018-02-28T01:54:21Z")
And [one in CT](http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/375876-dems-flip-gop-held-connecticut-seat), though this was actually a decrease in D % vote from 2016.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/4 "2018-02-28T02:44:01Z")
What the heck happened in the Kentucky HD-49 race to cause a freaking 86% shift to D? Am I reading that spreadsheet incorrectly?
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### Author:  [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/5 "2018-02-28T03:00:09Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> What the heck happened in the Kentucky HD-49 race to cause a freaking 86% shift to D? Am I reading that spreadsheet incorrectly?
It’s [that Rebecca Johnson race](http://kmuw.org/post/kentucky-democrat-wins-special-election-reclaim-seat-after-lawmakers-suicide) - she ran to get her husband’s seat after he committed suicide over allegations of sexual assault.
Not really indicative of the overall swing, I think.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/6 "2018-02-28T03:07:18Z")
:smack: Of course; thanks **galen**.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/7 "2018-03-06T01:46:48Z")
Here’s AOL News on the Blue Wave so far: [Democrats are sweeping statehouse seats, and it's making the GOP nervous](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/03/05/democrats-are-sweeping-statehouse-seats-and-its-making-the-gop-nervous/23377784/)
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### Author:  [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/8 "2018-06-06T02:57:38Z")
"[Democrats on Tuesday](http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/390910-dems-flip-gop-held-legislative-seat-in-missouri) added to their list of special election wins in Republican districts since President Trump took office, picking up a Missouri state Senate district in suburban Kansas City.
State Rep. Lauren Arthur (D) bested state Rep. Kevin Corlew (R) in Missouri’s 17th district, which covers parts of Clay County north of Kansas City."
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### Author:  [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flipped-elections-omnibus-thread/809713/9 "2018-06-06T03:30:14Z")
[Daily Kos is running a Google spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C2MVeM2K7WgqmJw5RCQbWyTo2u73CX1pI8zw_G-7BJo/edit#gid=2144047916) here, keeping track of all of these elections.