# 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:** 8
**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 9, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/141 "2022-11-09T05:15:27Z")
538 is optimistic for Fetterman. > **[How Election Week 2022 Went Down | FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2022-midterm-election/349203/)** > > What’s shaking in Pennsylvania’s marquee Senate race? An extremely tight contest, that’s what. Fetterman leads Oz 49.4 percent to 48.1 percent with 84 percent o… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/142 "2022-11-09T05:15:53Z")
MSNBC reports a 14678 difference. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/143 "2022-11-09T05:17:56Z")
Anyone checked in on Fox ‘News’ to see the mood over there? I removed them from my Youtube TV a while back, and don’t have the energy (or desire) to figure out how to restore it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/144 "2022-11-09T05:22:10Z")
Similarly, does anybody know what TFG is doing? I’m thinking that he’s probably on Truth Social, complaining about loser Republicans. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/145 "2022-11-09T05:22:27Z")
Dem.s have 4 gains on repub., repub. have 5 or 6 gains. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/146 "2022-11-09T05:22:59Z")
Bitching about Bolduc in NH is the only thing I’ve heard. And pimping some big announcement on November 15… whatever could it be??? ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/147 "2022-11-09T05:24:34Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Similarly, does anybody know what TFG is doing? I’m thinking that he’s probably on Truth Social, complaining about loser Republicans. Grabbed from Truth Social [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/uIcs86A.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/uIcs86A) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/148 "2022-11-09T05:28:07Z")
In Oregon it would have easily gone to Tina Kotek if it weren’t for supposed independent Betsy Johnson stealing Democratic votes. I say “supposed” because, while her ads claim that she will work with both parties, she consistently refers to the party _she used to belong to and work with_ as the “Democrat Party”. I wonder what she was promised if she successfully spoiled the race? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/149 "2022-11-09T05:29:07Z")
I don’t know, but ask Phil Knight. He basically funded her campaign. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/150 "2022-11-09T05:29:15Z")
It’s a big disruption. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/151 "2022-11-09T05:29:34Z")
Thanks, **Jas09** and **Ann\_Hedonia**. I’m not sure that I follow his logic, but then, he’s never really been logical to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/152 "2022-11-09T05:30:49Z")
And somehow, the Democrat has prevailed again as Governor in Kansas. I swear in many ways that state is far saner than my home state of MO is now, politically. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/153 "2022-11-09T05:35:49Z")
ABC News is reporting that Prop 3 in Michigan has passed! [Midterm election results updates: Dems keep control of Senate with Nevada win - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/midterm-elections-live-updates/?id=92681028#92946931) (Essentially locking reproductive rights into the state constitution.) ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/154 "2022-11-09T05:36:14Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Similarly, does anybody know what TFG is doing? Without looking, I feel safe in saying that he’s claiming credit for something. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/155 "2022-11-09T05:37:05Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > My bigger question, when the hell will Nevada start reporting?? Apparently state law or policy doesn’t allow ANY results to be released until the last voter in line has voted. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/156 "2022-11-09T05:38:48Z")
> [@Bootb](#): > > > [@Jas09](#): > > > > My bigger question, when the hell will Nevada start reporting?? ⁢ > > Apparently state law or policy doesn’t allow ANY results to be released until the last voter in line has voted. ⁢ And furthermore there was an issue where they couldn’t print ballots for 2 hours, so they may be backed up more than usual. (Polls closed over half an hour ago, but everyone in line gets to vote, of course.) So, when they do come in, they’ll come in pretty fast, I’d expect. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/157 "2022-11-09T05:39:01Z")
Oregon (BBC results): Right now, Kotec (D) has a 19,000 vote lead over Drazen (R) with 63% of the vote counted. That’s a fairly decent lead so I’m optimistic. The unfortunate race is in the 5th Congressional District. The Dem incumbent, who was not very liberal, was primaried from the left. Now Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) is trailing by 11,000 votes with 60% of the votes in. Not a good place to be. If that holds up, Oregon will go from 4D-1R Congresspersons to 4D-2R. The new 6th district is currently going D. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/158 "2022-11-09T05:39:15Z")
One of the weirder political trends over the past year is how “purple” states (including KS of all places) have been rather supportive of reproductive rights while not always extending that to voting for candidates that support reproductive rights. Clearly Americans have rather moderate positions on abortion, at the mean, but are not willing to modify their overall political posture (at least in large numbers) to support that position. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/159 "2022-11-09T05:40:41Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Right now, Kotec (D) has a 19,000 vote lead over Drazen (R) with 63% of the vote counted. That’s a fairly decent lead so I’m optimistic. Oh, you are awesome! What’s the 4th look like, if you don’t mind my asking? Is it Hoyle or Skarlatos? Oregonlive had them at a “dead heat” last I looked. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/160 "2022-11-09T05:43:31Z")
Hoyle looking good per NYT, with 69% of the vote in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=9)