# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/884 "2026-11-04T20:21:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The first thing I did this morning was turn on the news, to make sure that it just wasn’t a nice dream. > This happen to anyone else? No, but this was the second time in a week where something amazing and awesome and newsworthy happened in the evening, and I stayed up until after 2 a.m., to keep listening to news coverage and scroll Instagram and Threads stories. (The other was the Brewers winning the World Series last week.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/885 "2026-11-04T20:49:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I was wrong! He did lose, which is great for the state and nation. Abbott lost, yes, and my prediction was wrong also there. I did predict Talarico would win. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > schumer is saying the right things. i would like to see a new leader in senate. corey booker would be really good. The Dems aint kicking out their leadership, and Booker would be terrible. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Farmers have had enough!! Tariffs and cracking down on migrant farm workers hurt them. Sure those farmers are against “Illegals” if asked, but in reality they want them working for them. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Meanwhile, Jeffries is on MSNOW saying “The American people don’t want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf.” Just the framing of _get even_ instead of _hold them accountable_ reinforces my doubts about this guy. That is a smart thing for him to say- as the Dems really can not “_hold them accountable_” except to hold hearings. Impeachments would fail, almost always. And there would be scads of Pardons anyway. We will have to wait until there is a Dem President. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Those people who thought previous Trump voters would never change their votes? > > Looks like you were wrong. Yeah, the voters 'won’t be fooled again!" until their memory dims. It usually takes about 4 years or so. > [@Loach](#): > > And it makes me feel assured. Putting bills on Trumps desk that goes towards fixing things will only help for the future even if Trump vetos. Wasting the next couple of years on impeachments that are doomed to fail will lead to the pendulum swinging back very soon. This was a mandate to fix the problems that were brought up in the campaigns. Affordability, war, tariffs… Unfortunately I can help but think what is going to get press are multiple articles of impeachment when they don’t have enough votes to convict. Yeah, unless the Dems think they have the votes in the Senate, just do not bother. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > There are actual committees charged with oversight and justice that can deal with holding people accountable, How? The President has unlimited Pardons, and the Senate will not vote to convict for Impeachment. Yes, we won this election- great. Let us fix things. If we get a Dem President, then more things can be done. Still two Senate races uncalled- AK and MS. Winning both would be very nice indeed. Even winning one would mean 55 Senate votes. Both elections are very very close, with the Dems having a razor thin lead. Of the “Key races” so far the Dems only lost Kansas, which was predicable- running an Indy almost never works. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/886 "2026-11-04T20:52:16Z")
On the local CA side, the big Proposition= #40, the Wealth tax went down in well deserved flames, but a special increase in incomes taxes for the very wealthy was passed. The racist and MAGA back Prop 39, requiring ID to vote, also went down in flames. Good. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/887 "2026-11-04T20:53:44Z")
They won Kansas. I believe you mean Nebraska. You can tell them apart because Dorothy came from the first and the Great and Terrible Oz from the second. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/888 "2026-11-04T20:53:56Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Of the “Key races” so far the Dems only lost Kansas, which was predicable- running an Indy almost never works. Huh? Kansas elected a Democratic Senator and is on the verge of electing a Democratic governor. Oh, you’re probably thinking about Nebraska, which did have an independent on the ballot, and no Democrat. Confusing Kansas and Nebraska is an unforgivable sin. Neither of us likes the other very much. ETA: Ninja’d by @Ulf_the_Unwashed, who knows of what he speaks. ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/889 "2026-11-04T20:54:55Z")
> **What Next is a different thread please and thank you** > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > How? The President has unlimited Pardons, and the Senate will not vote to convict for Impeachment. Yes, we won this election- great. Let us fix things. If we get a Dem President, then more things can be done. > > There’s a thread in Politics & Elections on what next, but why not investigate how a bunch of kids calling themselves DOGE got access to your Social Security records? One of dozens of examples, I never mentioned impeachment of the President. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/890 "2026-11-04T20:56:17Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > They won Kansas. I believe you mean Nebraska. > > You can tell them apart because Dorothy came from the first and the Great and Terrible Oz from the second. > [@Railer13](#): > > Oh, you’re probably thinking about Nebraska, which did have an independent on the ballot, and no Democrat. Yep, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/891 "2026-11-04T21:00:17Z")
**Moderating:** > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > **There’s a thread in Politics & Elections on what next** Please note, the bolding is mine. Next steps are another thread. Let’s please keep this one to candidates and ballot measures that have passed or are still in play. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/892 "2026-11-04T21:15:46Z")
> **Off-topic post which welcomes it's own thread** > > > [@DesertDog](#): > > > > requiring private schools, public schools, and athletic associations to designate every athletic team as male, female, or coed/mixed based on sex and to prevent males from joining female teams. It also prohibits schools and athletic associations from authorizing anyone to use private spaces, like restrooms, not designated for that individual’s sex, defining “sex” as an individual’s biological status as male or female as recorded at birth on an original birth certificate; and authorizing athletes to sue schools and athletic associations that knowingly violate this law. > > I’m curious what others think of this whole topic purely from a cynical realpolitick viewpoint. Unfortunately, it seems pretty clear that that’s what the majority of the country wants. Is it better to just take the loss, deprive the right of a wedge issue, and move forward trusting that attitudes will eventually change? (Granted, all of that is very easy for me to say as a cishet white guy.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/893 "2026-11-04T21:18:01Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Unfortunately, it seems pretty clear that that’s what the majority of the country wants. Something like that passed in Washington, despite a pretty solid blue showing last night. I do think the issue hits a nerve with a lot of people. I don’t get it. But then again, there are many things I don’t get about our electorate and their behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/894 "2026-11-04T21:49:54Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > What happens if after all the recounts the Senate vite in Mississippi is _tied_? Drawing straws. > the election shall be decided between the candidates having an equal number of votes by each candidate individually drawing one (1) of the two (2) sealed containers from an opaque bag, under the direction of the Governor and Secretary of State. The containers shall consist of a straw of conspicuous length, and the candidate drawing the container with the longer of the two (2) straws shall be declared the winner. [https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-23/chapter-15/article-17/subarticle-c/section-23-15-605/](https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-23/chapter-15/article-17/subarticle-c/section-23-15-605/) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/895 "2026-11-04T22:28:36Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > SpaceX and Tesla are both down last I looked. Man, it would be so sweet if the valuations tanked on Musk’s made-up fortune, and the $330+million he spent on this election pushed him into bankruptcy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/896 "2026-11-04T22:35:46Z")
Meanwhile, Ohio’s voter ID amendment also failed by a couple of points, and all of the local issues went the way I voted, too (levees for a couple of county departments, changes in the balance of power between the county executive and council, and some minor administrative things in my suburb). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/897 "2026-11-04T22:48:30Z")
Virginia enshrined marriage equality, reproductive freedom, and suffrage after felony conviction, in our Constitution. > **[Virginia voters sign off on all 3 constitutional amendments - VPM](https://www.vpm.org/elections/2026-11-03/va-constitutional-amendments-results/)** > > Voters approved amendments relating to reproductive rights, marriage equality and voting rights. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/898 "2026-11-04T22:56:37Z")
CA also overturned a Voter ID law ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/899 "2026-11-04T22:59:42Z")
MA voted to keep it’s more permissive marijuana laws in place. Humorously enough, my daughter and all her friends learned all about the 9 ballot initiatives and voted for the first time even though they are in their early 20s. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/900 "2026-11-04T23:36:41Z")
Mississippi votes are trickling in, and Democrat Scott Colom has increased his lead from 65 to 1,138 over incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. 95.8% votes have been tabulated, so still a ways to go. But looking more promising. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/901 "2026-11-04T23:43:00Z")
While not very interesting, New Mexico decided to get rid of the governor’s pocket veto and finally pay the legislature an annual salary instead of just the per diem they pass themselves every year. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/902 "2026-11-04T23:46:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Meanwhile, Ohio’s voter ID amendment also failed by a couple of points . . . Are you sure: > **[Ohio Ballot Measures Midterm Vote 2026: Live Election Results](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/ohio-ballot-measures)** > > Get live results from Ohio’s ballot measures vote. Get live outcomes from the 2026 midterm elections. ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/903 "2026-11-04T23:54:03Z")
That is a promising bump! 327 people in the condo building voted in person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=46)