There were apparently no broken water pipes, no 3 AM ballot drops, no other shenanigans so widespread and outlandish that they were able to undo what amounts to a small red wave.
Donald Trump has finally won a Presidential election beyond the margin of fraud. Final polls had Trump winning in all the swing states, and it looks like he won all seven: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada. Sometimes Minnesota was included in the list of swing states, but Harris did manage to hold onto that (so I guess the Walz pick did accomplish something). It even looks like Trump will handily win the symbolic popular vote, the first Republican to do so since George W. Bush in 2004.
Republicans have retaken control of the Senate, knocking off Democratic incumbents in Ohio and Montana, picking up West Virginia from the retiring Joe Manchin, will likely pick up Pennsylvania, and currently hold a razor-thin edge in Nevada. Unlike 2016 and 2020, this year Trump had some modest coattails.
House control is still too close to call. Republicans have thus far flipped four House seats, while Democrats have flipped three.
In Texas election news, Ted Cruz was handily reelected over Democrat Colin Allred, Republicans gained one state senate seat and two state house seats. Republicans also swept Texas Court of Appeals races.
This was a very solid win for Trump, but not a GOP landslide on the order of 1984 or 1994. But it does show signs of being a realigning election, with Trump continuing to increase his shares of black and Hispanic voters, as well as working class voters of all stripes.
I should be ecstatic. Actually, I’m more tired and relieved, since it seems like I’ve been running flat out the last two weeks, so I’ll make this short.
Tomorrow we’ll examine whether Democrats have learned anything from this defeat, or if they’re even capable of learning…
Tags: 2024 Election, 2024 Presidential Race, Arizona, Colin Allred, Donald Trump, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ted Cruz, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin
While I have no faith in the left’s ability to learn from their mistakes, good sportsmanship dictates they should get a few weeks to come to their senses before we recognize out loud what we already know quietly.
Will the seventeen states and the District of Columbia who have adopted the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) now honor it?
Will the ‘Yes On National Popular Vote’ organization implode?