JamesHackerMP Posted December 30, 2017 Report Posted December 30, 2017 The "midterm" elections in the United States are on November 6, 2018, for 33 Senate seats and 435 House of Representatives seats. Predictions? Thoughts? Keep in mind, Roy Moore lost in the by-election in Alabama; and the GOP "success" of its Great Tax Reform just passed may both affect it. Moore's defeat by a Democrat in Alabama of all places is an indication that the GOP isn't quite as solid as it wants to be; but when a party gets a bit of legislation passed that it wanted that's always an increase in political capital. But of course anything can happen in 10 months. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
JamesHackerMP Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) Also, 36 governors are up for election. Here are the details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2018 A lot of the gubernatorial elections are in red states, but the Senate elections are for seats mostly in blue states. Edited December 30, 2017 by JamesHackerMP Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
bush_cheney2004 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Posted December 30, 2017 The president's party typically lose seats from mid-term elections. This will also be true for the Republicans, who had a very good run when Democrat president Barack Obama was in office (about 1,000 federal and state offices changed hands). Many Democratic candidates who bet on hatred of Trump as a campaign strategy got clobbered in 2016. It will be very difficult for the Democrats to win back the Senate as mentioned above, but the House could be in play. State politics will continue to be dominated by Republicans, and Trump will keep loading the federal courts with conservative judges. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
JamesHackerMP Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Posted December 30, 2017 Also, the Senate seats up for grabs are mostly in the blue states as I said. How pissed off are people in those states with Donald Trump or the GOP in general? Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
bush_cheney2004 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, JamesHackerMP said: Also, the Senate seats up for grabs are mostly in the blue states as I said. How pissed off are people in those states with Donald Trump or the GOP in general? They are still "pissed off" at Hillary Clinton losing the election, so the voter turnout effort will be strong for them. One of my senators (Democrat Al Franken) will resign in disgrace on Tuesday, so the GOP will target that seat with lots of money. Many incumbent House and Senate members are not running for office again, choosing to leave the beltway circus: https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_are_not_running_for_re-election_in_2018 Edited December 30, 2017 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
JamesHackerMP Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Posted December 30, 2017 So you're expecting a House majority of Democrats, but the GOP still tenuously holding on to the Senate. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
August1991 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) On 12/30/2017 at 7:04 AM, JamesHackerMP said: The "midterm" elections in the United States are on November 6, 2018, for 33 Senate seats and 435 House of Representatives seats. Predictions? Thoughts? Turn this OP into a voting thread: -Trump style politicians -Old style Republicans (Bush, Romney) -Democrats (Clinton, Pelosi, Hollywood etc) Edited January 1, 2018 by August1991 Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Posted January 1, 2018 On 12/30/2017 at 11:34 AM, JamesHackerMP said: So you're expecting a House majority of Democrats, but the GOP still tenuously holding on to the Senate. Yes...based on what we know today, I expect a slim Democrat & GOP majority in the House and Senate, respectively. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Boges Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 If Steve Bannon decides to "Primary" establishment Republicans like he did in Alabama, you could have many people running under the GOP similar to the likes of Roy Moore. Quote
Argus Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 I predict a landslide Republican victory, courtesy of easily hacked electronic voting systems which have no paper trails. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
taxme Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 On 12/30/2017 at 4:04 AM, JamesHackerMP said: The "midterm" elections in the United States are on November 6, 2018, for 33 Senate seats and 435 House of Representatives seats. Predictions? Thoughts? Keep in mind, Roy Moore lost in the by-election in Alabama; and the GOP "success" of its Great Tax Reform just passed may both affect it. Moore's defeat by a Democrat in Alabama of all places is an indication that the GOP isn't quite as solid as it wants to be; but when a party gets a bit of legislation passed that it wanted that's always an increase in political capital. But of course anything can happen in 10 months. Whether true or not there has been reports put out on the internet that the election in Alabama would have gone to Moore if the Moore supporters had turned out to vote. They thought Moore would be in like flint and so they stayed home. if that were ever a lesson for the Republican supporters to learn it is that when the elections does roll around they had better get out to vote or the democrats could sneak in there and take a lot of seats in the election. Hey, you never know. Republican supporters should never take anything for granted, especially in the next election. Americans need Trump, not another Obama or Hillary. The republicans dodged a bullet by getting Trump elected. They need to make sure that they dodge another bullet aimed at them from the democrats in the next election or else. Quote
taxme Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 56 minutes ago, Argus said: I predict a landslide Republican victory, courtesy of easily hacked electronic voting systems which have no paper trails. And the Republicans have to be very careful and watch out for the democrats trying to hack and try to steal the election. The democrats have shown that they cannot play the election game fair. The crybaby democrats have been sore losers ever since they lost the election, and are still trying to find something on Trump to get him impeached. This past election is still going on as far as the dumbocrats are concerned, and will probably never end until they get their man/woman elected as President of the USA.. They cannot seem to get it that the election is over, and Trump won the election. I am predicting a landslide for Trump and Trump will be able to do and finish his two terms as president of the USA. Just curious? Why is this election appear to be of interest to you? Are you an American or Canadian? Just asking. Quote
JamesHackerMP Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Posted January 6, 2018 American. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
Argus Posted January 6, 2018 Report Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 4:58 PM, taxme said: Just curious? Why is this election appear to be of interest to you? Are you an American or Canadian? Just asking. Are you Canadian or Russian? I'd like to know that. You seem to despise Canada and the US and love Russia. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
JamesHackerMP Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Posted January 6, 2018 Not all states have electronic voting. In fact, my state just did away with it, thankfully. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
Argus Posted January 6, 2018 Report Posted January 6, 2018 1 minute ago, JamesHackerMP said: Not all states have electronic voting. In fact, my state just did away with it, thankfully. All states have computer tallies somewhere. Even if ordinary people are counting ballots someone is then entering that data into a computer, which transmits it to a central location. You can back check this stuff to validate, but I don't think that's routinely done. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
JamesHackerMP Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Posted January 6, 2018 Of course there are computer tallies, but there's a paper trail. They're called ballots. I'm sorry Argus, I don't think you're 100% informed on this one. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
taxme Posted January 6, 2018 Report Posted January 6, 2018 8 hours ago, Argus said: Are you Canadian or Russian? I'd like to know that. You seem to despise Canada and the US and love Russia. I am one of those illegal terrorist refugees that has entered your country. I have come to Canada to bomb a place near you. Chuckle-chuckle. Quote
Argus Posted January 6, 2018 Report Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, JamesHackerMP said: Of course there are computer tallies, but there's a paper trail. They're called ballots. I'm sorry Argus, I don't think you're 100% informed on this one. But not all voting systems have ballots or paper trails. And Russia doesn't need to hack all 50 states. Only have a dozen or less are swing states. And in addition, how often do states do a full recount after an election? Virtually never. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/electronic-voting-machines-hack-russia_us_5967e1c2e4b03389bb162c96 Edited January 6, 2018 by Argus Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
JamesHackerMP Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Posted February 10, 2018 You do a full recount if state law requires it. Like, if it's so close, within a few votes. And do you know how the computer systems work? Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
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