As of Midnight Wednesday morning, the Democrats appeared certain to regain control of the U.S. House. They will perhaps command as many as 250 seats, leaving the Republicans with 185 seats. The leftists also took the Senate, flipping seats in at least seven states — Iowa, Kansas, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas. There, the margin was running 53 Democrats to 40 Republicans, with 7 seats yet to be called.
What cost the Republicans so many seats? Affordability issues mattered as well as blowback from the Iranian War. President Donald Trump barnstormed the states pressing for Republican support, but he could not stem the tide. Unease over AI contributed to the malaise.
The only remaining question: Was this a true election result or did the Democrats cheat? Did the Democrats introduce phony mail-in ballots or allow illegals — even dead voters — to cast ballots? Those are questions we could and should ask, but probably will not get an honest answer anytime soon.
Meanwhile, in the gubernatorial races, the Democrats flipped four states so far — Georgia — where Keisha Lance Bottoms won, as well as Iowa, Ohio and Texas.. Republicans clung to narrow leads in South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Vermont, New Hampshire and Nebraska.
In the Senate, the Michigan race remains too close to call. Republicans did not flip any Senate races, although they threatened to do so in Minnesota. The blowback from Ilhan Omar’s shenanigans and Gov. Tim Walz’s welfare fraud issues obviously cost Democrats in the frozen North,
In addition to Republicans, pollsters also took it on the chin, as so many of their forecasts appeared to be flawed or phony. One likely reason: The New York Times, for instance, saw Democratic voters being 30 percent more likely to answer poll questions than Republicans. Here’s more from Next News Network.
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