# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1261 "2022-12-07T03:38:34Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > So if the Republicans had just nominated someone basically sane and of normal intelligence, it seems like they would have won easily. And, since I am not afraid to say it- white. 😱 Getting those hood old boys 😜excited about voting for a black man was tough, I bet. CNN called it for Warnock, 🥳 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1262 "2022-12-07T03:38:49Z")
Herschel’s son has no problem blaming Trump: > ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1263 "2022-12-07T03:43:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > So if the Republicans had just nominated someone basically sane and of normal intelligence, it seems like they would have won easily. I was just about to post this exact thing. Just a basic candidate. Just normal. They would have won. But the Republicans can’t even do normal anymore ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1264 "2022-12-07T03:47:22Z")
I feel like this headline alone is yet another reason to smile: [**Warnock’s win in Georgia gives Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema far less power over Biden’s agenda**](https://news.yahoo.com/warnocks-win-georgia-gives-joe-025552857.html) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1265 "2022-12-07T03:48:08Z")
BREAKING: Herschel to be traded to the State of Texas for 4 mayors, a US House Rep, cash, and a State Senator to be named later. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1266 "2022-12-07T03:51:08Z")
I can’t wait to watch Walker give his acceptance speech 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1267 "2022-12-07T03:52:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > BREAKING: Herschel to be traded to the State of Texas for 4 mayors, a US House Rep, cash, and a State Senator to be named later. Jerry Jones, is that you? There’s no take backs for that trade back in '89 😜. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1268 "2022-12-07T03:56:16Z")
Well it didn’t work in the runoff in 2021. Warnock won that against a normal (for GA) white candidate. Regardless of which of us is correct the good thing is this gives Warnock 6 years to establish himself as a person who will represent and help the people of GA, all while more people from blue states relocate to the Atlanta area and make it easier for Democrats to win state-wide elections. Ossoff’s reelection race in 2026 will tell us a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1269 "2022-12-07T07:14:34Z")
So it looks like the final tally is going to be something in the neighborhood of +90,000 votes for Warnock and 2.5%. Does anyone know how recounts work in GA? I have to imagine thats outside of the threshold to trigger any kind of automatic recount. Can someone request and pay for one? Do we need to look for a certain group of dumbass ninjas to swoop down on Fulton county? Hopefully republicans will be smart enough to cut their losses and move on but I’ve learned not to expect that. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1270 "2022-12-07T07:30:54Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Does anyone know how recounts work in GA? There’s no automatic recounts and it needs to be within 0.5% to request one. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1271 "2022-12-07T08:08:25Z")
Good. Thank you for the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1272 "2022-12-07T10:27:57Z")
At least Walker has conceded. I’ll give him just that one thing. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1273 "2022-12-07T10:39:56Z")
The vampire vote came through in the end! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1274 "2022-12-07T11:58:09Z")
I cannot think of a case where a party more thoroughly shot themselves in the foot than Republicans this year. Maybe the Whigs? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1275 "2022-12-07T11:59:00Z")
Prediction: Wait until 2024, especially if Trump is the nominee. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52548929140_9aa1a964fa_b.jpg "20221207\_060514") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52548929140/) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1276 "2022-12-07T12:50:22Z")
Okay, someone **explain like I’m five** : a 51-member majority is a Good Thing, not questioning that. But its ultimate Good-ness depends on Dems voting together when it counts, right? What if a couple of Dems decide they’ve got their colleagues by the short & curlies and bend the Senate to their will? (Who could I be thinking of?) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1277 "2022-12-07T12:54:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Who could I be thinking of? [Joe Leiberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-lieberman-emperor-of-the-senate/379555) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1278 "2022-12-07T13:05:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > voting together when it counts With a Republican house, votes where it counts seem unlikely. Outside of judicial confirmations and I guess the occasional reconciliation, I don’t expect either the House or the Senate to accomplish much of anything over the next two years. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1279 "2022-12-07T13:06:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Okay, someone **explain like I’m five** : a 51-member majority is a Good Thing, not questioning that. But its ultimate Good-ness depends on Dems voting together when it counts, right? What if a couple of Dems decide they’ve got their colleagues by the short & curlies and bend the Senate to their will? (Who could I be thinking of?) I think they had success getting 48 votes quite often. This will secure 49 now, which means they only have to get that Manchin guy or Sinema instead of needing both. 55 Dems would have been a lot nicer…and now the House isn’t Dem either. It will be tough. However, 2024 just got 1 seat easier for the Dems. Warnock is in for a nice 6-year term this time. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1280 "2022-12-07T13:11:27Z")
> **Hid hijack material {WE?}** > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > This will secure 49 now, which means they only have to get that Manchin guy or Sinema instead of needing both. > > This also means that Manchin and Sinema get something of a prisoner’s dilemma. > > If neither cooperates, they only get the approval of their conservative constituents. > If both cooperate, they get whatever compromise they can eke out of the Democratic leadership. > **But if only one cooperates** , then whoever cooperates gets a big concession, and whoever doesn’t cooperate gets nothing. > > If leadership is savvy, they can play Manchin and Sinema against one another. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=65)