# USA Election Watch 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377 "2026-11-03T18:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/261 "2026-11-04T02:43:35Z")
Might we be seeing a live demonstration that even the most inflammatory culture war distractions from actual issues, especially economic, have their limits? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/262 "2026-11-04T02:43:37Z")
(hand creeps toward remote) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/263 "2026-11-04T02:43:41Z")
In Tennessee, Green (D) is ahead of Blackburn (R) 47% to 42% with 48% of the vote in! That’s amazing! I want to believe. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/264 "2026-11-04T02:44:16Z")
Nikki Haley talking over Rahm Emmanuel, that’s two pluses in her box in three minutes, what the hell is happening. ---
**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 4, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/265 "2026-11-04T02:44:57Z")
Rahm and Nikki together on nbc. Talk about strange bedfellows. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/266 "2026-11-04T02:45:17Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It looks the the R’s are _slightly_ ahead in NC D5, which is a shame - I really want that miserable Confederate hag Virginia Foxx to lose her job. Yes, that old fossil needs to go. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > and it’s not a Trump aligned message…he loves spending your tax dollars. … on himself. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/267 "2026-11-04T02:45:44Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > > > If this holds, Democrats will finish with 55 Senate seats. > > I would have preferred 60 D’s in the Senate but I’ll take 55 for sure. Last _week_ I was thinking 53 was a dream. 60 would be nice. 55 is a pretty good poke in the eye. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/268 "2026-11-04T02:46:38Z")
Does this mean I am not going to get my $5000.00? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/269 "2026-11-04T02:46:39Z")
I would’ve preferred 99, myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/270 "2026-11-04T02:46:40Z")
52 was the number in my head, so I’m a happy boy if this all holds. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/271 "2026-11-04T02:46:40Z")
Tom Kean Jr., who disappeared for three months earlier this year, has lost to his Democratic opponent. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/272 "2026-11-04T02:46:59Z")
The House stands 104-50, +4 Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/273 "2026-11-04T02:47:01Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > In Tennessee, Green (D) is ahead of Blackburn (R) 47% to 42% with 48% of the vote in! That’s amazing! I want to believe. Yeah that floors me. Following that one closely. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/274 "2026-11-04T02:47:35Z")
I laughed ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/275 "2026-11-04T02:48:45Z")
If only Charlie Kirk were alive to see this 😢 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/276 "2026-11-04T02:49:00Z")
You can still get it through basically the same process, only cut out the middleman: write yourself a check for $5000 and cash it. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/277 "2026-11-04T02:50:22Z")
There’s a Kornacki Cam NBC livestream on Youtube where whenever he’s off the main cam Kornacki just keeps wandering around maps comparing vote counts to Harris/Trump, if you’re into that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/278 "2026-11-04T02:50:24Z")
Elon Musk has not tweeted in five hours. He may be on a plane to Moscow as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/279 "2026-11-04T02:50:42Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > He may be on a plane to Moscow as we speak. Nah. Argentina, with his buddy Thiel. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/280 "2026-11-04T02:50:43Z")
It feels like results so far indicate that in the public eye, Trump owns the results of his policies, for good or ill, with a strength that feels unusually high for presidents in my memory. Am I imagining this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=15)