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Nate Silver points out what we've all known for a while: we're in in uncharted territory here.
Two weeks ago nearly 61 million people turned out to vote for Democratic House candidates. That's getting pretty close to Trump's vote total two years ago. Granted, he's a popular vote loser of course. But still. There's no precedent for this in a midterm election.
(When the GOP had their impressive 63-seat pickup in 2010, their candidates got about 45 million votes--nowhere near the ~70 million Obama had received two years earlier and nowhere near what the Dems just got.)
Two weeks ago nearly 61 million people turned out to vote for Democratic House candidates. That's getting pretty close to Trump's vote total two years ago. Granted, he's a popular vote loser of course. But still. There's no precedent for this in a midterm election.
(When the GOP had their impressive 63-seat pickup in 2010, their candidates got about 45 million votes--nowhere near the ~70 million Obama had received two years earlier and nowhere near what the Dems just got.)