# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1181 "2022-12-01T18:14:52Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But wouldn’t that violate long held political norms! 😄1990 is on the phone and they’d like their intellectual property returned please. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1182 "2022-12-01T19:37:16Z")
yes, herding cats is easier than dealing with the many fractions of the republican party. they don’t have many choices to get a majority vote. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1183 "2022-12-01T19:49:13Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > the many **fractions** of the republican party Yeah, those half-wits have no common denominator, except that they all like quarter-pounders. (I’ll show myself out.) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1184 "2022-12-02T18:04:23Z")
cochise county has certified. no seat flipping in arizona. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1185 "2022-12-02T18:37:44Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > no seat flipping in arizona. That’s too bad. I was hoping the Rs would lose a supposed safe seat over this. It’s not so much the gain in the seat count, since the Rs still would control the House, but rather the recriminations and finger pointing among Republicans would make an entertaining show. And maybe, … just maybe… it would put an end to this Stop the Steal nonsense. OK, probably not, but hope springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1186 "2022-12-03T03:27:12Z")
Layers for Lake and Finchem are sanctioned: > **['Furthering false narratives': Lake, Finchem lawsuit draws sanction order...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/furthering-false-narratives-lake-finchem-030507472.html)** > > A federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1187 "2022-12-03T05:17:14Z")
And it appears Alan Dershowitz is one of the lawyers being sanctioned. Absolutely delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1188 "2022-12-04T04:02:57Z")
He’ll somehow blame his neighbors on Martha’s Vineyard. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1189 "2022-12-04T04:29:21Z")
The federal judge was an Obama appointee, true, but the special master investigating the voting machines is a former Republican congressman. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1190 "2022-12-05T00:15:00Z")
This really needs to get posted on the schadenfreude thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1191 "2022-12-07T00:48:44Z")
Bumping so we can actually post results from the Georgia runoff just to keep it all in one place. 35% in but mostly early vote. Warnock looks to be over performing for now but too early to know for sure. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1192 "2022-12-07T00:59:14Z")
I think Warnock has got it. But more votes need to come in before I’m absolutely sure. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1193 "2022-12-07T01:04:27Z")
I’m inclined to agree but we aren’t seeing much same day vote yet. In rural GOP counties Walker is doing slightly better than in November. He isn’t hitting the numbers Kemp was getting. Warnock looks much stronger in the Atlanta metro area than he did in November so that is a hopeful indicator. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1194 "2022-12-07T01:08:27Z")
Fulton county estimate full vote by midnight. Early and absentee by 10 pm. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1195 "2022-12-07T01:20:34Z")
51% of the vote in and Walker is closing on Warnock - 52.9% Warnock to 47.1% Walker. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1196 "2022-12-07T01:28:25Z")
Warnock still holding at around 100k votes ahead. Most of the smaller counties are at 99%. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1197 "2022-12-07T01:28:53Z")
NYT Needle says 79% Warnock to win at this moment. It’s continually updated as the numbers come in. > **[Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff Election Results](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/06/us/elections/results-georgia-us-senate-runoff.html#forecast)** > > See full results and maps from the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff election between Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1198 "2022-12-07T01:35:38Z")
It has now dropped to 66%. Not great news. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1199 "2022-12-07T01:35:51Z")
Uff da, that just tightened up. Warnock just jumped over 1 million votes. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1200 "2022-12-07T01:36:58Z")
Yep, Warnock’s lead is down to 22,000 votes. Basically 1% difference now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=61)