# US Midterm Election watch along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619 "2022-11-09T00:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/921 "2022-11-13T04:52:52Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Love kornacki, he is so kinetic. Unfortuantely, I missed the moment when the critical batch of ballots were announced in Nevada, got back just a few seconds before the race was called for the Democrats. I hope I can find the video at some point. Math Kornacki is best Kornacki. Seriously, how does he keep the sleeves rolled up; safety pins? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/922 "2022-11-13T04:56:00Z")
Sleeve garters? > **[Sleeve garter](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve_garter)** > > A sleeve garter is a garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt. It came into wide use, especially in the US, in the latter half of the 19th century when men's ready-made shirts came in a single (extra long) sleeve length. Sleeve garters allow individuals to customize sleeve lengths and keep their cuffs from becoming soiled while working or at the correct length when worn under a jacket. > While a century ago this item of clothing was something a man may have worn regardless of profession (with the poss... [![](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve_garter#/media/File%3ABarbershopQuartet_Disneyworld.jpg) ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve_garter#/media/File%3ABarbershopQuartet_Disneyworld.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/923 "2022-11-13T05:04:01Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > > > Where is the Dem version of the Chamber of Commerce? > > That would be organized labor, and they’re present but hamstrung. Apparently the Culinary Union in Las Vegas came out hard for the Democrats, and it looks like it may have worked. But I agree that in general, unions don’t have the power they used to. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/924 "2022-11-13T07:07:20Z")
Who woulda thought the Republicans would steal from the Democrats the crown title for ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Oh please, the House too, that would be so wonderful. It’s not that I’m a true-Blue Democrat; I’m not, never have been. I just don’t think there should be any more Republicans in office until they fully turn their backs on this win-at-any-costs attitude and philosophy they’ve been espousing. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/925 "2022-11-13T07:12:29Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Seriously, how does he keep the sleeves rolled up; safety pins? I roll up my sleeves during the warmer months often and they just stay up. Am I missing something here? Glad to see the latest election news! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/926 "2022-11-13T07:40:21Z")
Following up: > [@Cervaise](#): > > Local issue that may be of general interest: Seattle voters had an opportunity to implement Ranked Choice Voting in city elections. As of right now, it’s running behind, with No ahead of Yes by a razor thin margin. With continued counting of late-arriving ballots, the Yes vote on RCV in Seattle has narrowly pulled ahead. > **[Seattle voters now leaning in favor of ranked-choice model in latest election...](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-voters-now-leaning-in-favor-of-ranked-choice-model-in-latest-election-results/)** > > The number of "yes" votes on bringing ranked-choice voting to Seattle took the lead Saturday. The ballot measure would change the city's primary voting system. Local, yes, but every small step to demonstrate the value of election reform increases its visibility and gives proponents additional momentum. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/927 "2022-11-13T07:46:13Z")
Wow! Been watching football all day, and just now found out Nevada has shown the Election Deniers the door. Way to go! Almost as good as watching Oregon and UCLA get beat and DTR losing his shit on National TV. And I had steak tacos and beer for dinner. It’s snowing, pretty hard. All in all, not a bad night! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/928 "2022-11-13T09:00:51Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > the Yes vote on RCV in Seattle has narrowly pulled ahead. They approved a drastic change in the Portland city government in the election. I didn’t pay much attention because I live out in the suburbs, but I understand RCV was part of the change. Maybe someone who lives in Portland can confirm. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/929 "2022-11-13T12:05:40Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m taking a pause to silently thank the January 6th Committee for educating the public about what Trumpism really means in terms of threatening democracy, and especially the sacrifices of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. > > Also thanks to Joe Biden, who steered the rudderless ship of the USA with steady, experienced if aged hands. He knows his priorities and he sticks to them. He doesn’t get nearly enough credit. Excellently put. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/930 "2022-11-13T13:43:53Z")
The other important thing about 51 seats is that, if the Democrats also win the House (maybe, but I’m hopeful), it neutralizes both Manchin and Synema. If they try to gum up the works with 51 seats the Democrats only have to appease one of them, with the other getting nothing, which means that instead of the Democratic agenda being hijacked by two jerks they will get to play the Iterated Prisoners’ Dilemma with each other, so their resistance will diminish considerably. Also, fun fact: this is the first time ever that no Republican holds a seat in a district that touches the Pacific Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/931 "2022-11-13T14:07:02Z")
RCV won practically everywhere it was on the ballot. It’s a reform that is flying under the radar but picking up steam nonetheless. Turns out voters _like_ having more choices. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/932 "2022-11-13T14:17:18Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > One of the pundits earlier referred to that race as Democrat heart attack insurance. If my reckoning is correct, the states that will have a Republican Governor and a Democratic Senator/Senators after this election will be Georgia, Montana, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Nevada. Lots of possibilities there for a tragic blimp accident to suddenly flip the majority. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/933 "2022-11-13T14:37:01Z")
Good lord - it is finally hitting me how close we came to having to see more of the turtle for at least the next 2 years! 😃 And I’ve been at the front of the parade of folk underwhelmed by Old Joe. But you gotta give him props. And suddenly, he’s not looking as old as I had thought recently! I wish better younger alternatives start gaining prominence… I just realized - what we really NEED now are a couple of sore losers demanding recounts - which will undoubtedly prove unsuccessful. Put another nail in such vague claims of theft. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/934 "2022-11-13T14:52:31Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > > [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > > > One of the pundits earlier referred to that race as Democrat heart attack insurance. > > If my reckoning is correct, the states that will have a Republican Governor and a Democratic Senator/Senators after this election will be Georgia, Montana, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Nevada. Lots of possibilities there for a tragic blimp accident to suddenly flip the majority. Montana and West Virginia (and Arizona if Lake catches Hobbs) require the governor to choose someone from the same party of the vacating senator. Vermont the governor appoints a temporary replacement, with a special election within six months of vacancy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/935 "2022-11-13T15:14:07Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Vermont the governor appoints a temporary replacement, with a special election within six months of vacancy. In addition, I don’t think Phil Scott would nominate a right wing Republican, which would lower his chances of election in a state that votes Democratic in all statewide national elections. The most I’d expect if I were the GOP would be “malicious compliance” to the party where he’d nominate a never-trumper who would vote GOP in leadership votes but not reliably in anything else. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/936 "2022-11-13T15:15:56Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I just realized - what we really NEED now are a couple of sore losers demanding recounts - which will undoubtedly prove unsuccessful. As a poll worker in a battleground state who does NOT have time to devote to a a recount…I humbly ask to not wish for this. In any case, election fraud lunacy seems to have been the one issue that got near-universal pushback (or at least a decline in support) across the land. Not that we don’t need to see more educating. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/937 "2022-11-13T15:19:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Has anyone followed the attorney general races? I know there were concerns about that, but it hasn’t made the headlines. In Colorado, the Dem incumbent won easily. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/938 "2022-11-13T15:19:47Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > RCV won practically everywhere it was on the ballot. Do you have a list handy? If not, I’ll dig. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/939 "2022-11-13T15:22:34Z")
I still can’t figure out how to link from a Fire and it is really cramping my posting ability. Portland was the biggest jurisdiction iirc. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/940 "2022-11-13T15:33:30Z")
I read somewhere some 120 election deniers were elected to prominent positions. Since 70% of Republicans running claimed to be deniers, this is not surprising. Likely many of these will admit in private that Trump is imperfect. I personally think one face is enough and prefer people who do not need two or more, but hey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=48)