2014 US Congressional Election Results

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I just realised something  - this is the first election since the rise of the Tea Party to not feature at least one Republican "giveaway" for being too conservative. Was there even a clear example in the House?

That is actually misleading as it narrows the confines of seats being blown to one category. Republicans have been blowing seats every cycle going back as far as 1996 for a variety of stupid reasons.

1996 - Larry Pressler
1998 - Lauch Faircloth
2000 - Bill McCollum, John Ashcroft and Rod Grams
2002 - Tim Hutchinson, Susan Terrell (lost to LAndrieu in runoff)
2004 - Pete Coors
2006 - Allen and Burns
2008 - Stevens and to some extent Dole.
2010 - Angle, Buck and O'Donnell (and I would would say McMahon)
2012 - Akin, Mourdock, Berg, and Rehberg

[SPQR]

Interesting how eventually Gardner won the Jefferson "bellwether" County only by 120 votes (0.1%).

[Tender Branson]

Looks like Gardner may end up winning by just 2.5 points ...

BTW: Did anyone find the AP election results page ?

[Keystone Phil]

How did Owsley County, KY - the poorest county in America - vote?

68.9% McConnell
27.1% Grimes

lol


americain people...

Ah, so wonderfully stereotypical.

stereotypicals are statistically more true than wrong

Oh, I know. I was saying you were the embodiment of a stereotype. 

Looks like Gardner may end up winning by just 2.5 points ...

BTW: Did anyone find the AP election results page ?

What the hell was that about? I tried finding the AP page for an European friend just a half hour before the polls closed in PA (so when KY was already closed!) and there wasn't anything! I just figured they had it extremely difficult to find but did they really not have a page?

[Badger]

I want to apologize to the Forum: I said McConnell would win by 6-8%. He won by 15%.

Accepted, but watch yourself.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

How did Owsley County, KY - the poorest county in America - vote?

68.9% McConnell
27.1% Grimes

lol


americain people...

Ah, so wonderfully stereotypical.

Do you think it would be worth checking how many people in that county rely on the government subsidies they continually vote against?

Of course it wouldn't be worth checking.

I'm sure people there love their government subsidies - that depend to a large extent on them not having jobs. They'd rather have jobs. Democrats have done nothing to convince them they will reverse economic decline in the area.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Owsley county has always voted Republican; that part of Kentucky is very remote and industrial activity was not dense enough for UMWA organisation to be successful. Its also the sort of place where all young people leave (isn't that exactly what the snobs here usually demand of such people?). If the Democrats were ever to seriously appeal to people there (lol) then maybe they would actually have to offer something, or at least successfully demonstrate why voting Republican is an 'error'. You don't get to do nothing and then go 'BWAHAH LOOK AT THOSE STUPID HICKS VOTING AGAINST THEIR INTERESTS LOL' every two years.

[Lief 🗽]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

[Beet]

This is a county Democrats should be winning, or at least doing better than 27% in.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Are we going to see any results about how many write-in votes there were for Senate in Alabama?

[Brittain33]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

An excellent point.

[Smash255]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

An excellent point.

McConnell did run on getting rid of Obamacare would not hurt the exchanges.  Of course it was bs.

[Brittain33]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

An excellent point.

McConnell did run on getting rid of Obamacare would not hurt the exchanges.  Of course it was bs.

Al has often made the point about the Democratic Party not having anything to offer the people of Appalachia, and this seems to be a counterpoint. Certainly it's true that the Democrats can't do anything to bring jobs to many of these communities. 

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

An excellent point.

McConnell did run on getting rid of Obamacare would not hurt the exchanges.  Of course it was bs.

Al has often made the point about the Democratic Party not having anything to offer the people of Appalachia, and this seems to be a counterpoint. Certainly it's true that the Democrats can't do anything to bring jobs to many of these communities. 

That's a good counterpoint, but it's also possible that people may be mad that they're unemployed/scraping by and now must purchase health insurance. Do we know how premiums have changed sine the ACA went into effect? Any cancellations from this county?

Health insurance or Medicaid is good and I'm sure they appreciate it, but that's only something people focus on when the bill comes due. If they're sitting around the house, staring at the walls, and possibly abusing drugs/alcohol because they're unemployed or underemployed and lost their old jobs in coal or any other industry, that's probably something that's foremost in their mind, because that's what they experience every day. What's the unemployment or underemployment rate in the area? Info on drug usage, alcohol abuse, dropout rate, teen pregnancy, etc. might clue us in to what's happening on the ground in those areas, and could be a reason why they still voted for McConnell.

[Keystone Phil]

I want to apologize to the Forum: I said McConnell would win by 6-8%. He won by 15%.

Accepted, but watch yourself.

Don't go away angry, Badgie. Just go away. 

[ElectionsGuy]

Two hilarious county results:

King County, TX

Cornyn - 87 (96.7%)
Paddock - 2 (2.2%)
Alameel - 1 (1.1%)

Harding County, SD

Rounds - 371 (62.0%)
Pressler - 121 (20.2%)
Howie - 60 (10.0%)
Weiland - 46 (7.7%)

[rbt48]

I kept searching for the AP site.  I found that the Tennessee link had test results.  On searching with Google, I found a site where AP bragged about their top drawer election return reporting, but no links to any sites.  It seemed to imply that you could PAY to get access.

I really missed their county-by county result option for all races.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

Yes this is something that could maybe have been worked with, at least as a start (with promises of better to come maybe). I don't think this was the case though, was it? Didn't the Democratic nominee basically allow Mr Turtle to neutralise that point?

In any case the point is never to do something and expect people to be grateful. You need to use what you've done (or promise or whatever) to actively win people over (or keep them depending on the circumstances). I sometimes get the impression that a lot of Democrats these days regard that as uncouth.

[jimrtex]

Looks like Gardner may end up winning by just 2.5 points ...

BTW: Did anyone find the AP election results page ?

I don't think they have one. 

It's probably in their agreements with newspapers that they don't bypass them.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Looks like Gardner may end up winning by just 2.5 points ...

BTW: Did anyone find the AP election results page ?

I don't think they have one. 

It's probably in their agreements with newspapers that they don't bypass them.

But yet they provide the results to Politico, Google, and the TV networks. I know they had pages for the 2013 governor elections.

[Lief 🗽]

Owsley County's uninsured rate dropped from 26% to 13% in the last year because of Obamacare.

Yes this is something that could maybe have been worked with, at least as a start (with promises of better to come maybe). I don't think this was the case though, was it? Didn't the Democratic nominee basically allow Mr Turtle to neutralise that point?

In any case the point is never to do something and expect people to be grateful. You need to use what you've done (or promise or whatever) to actively win people over (or keep them depending on the circumstances). I sometimes get the impression that a lot of Democrats these days regard that as uncouth.

Yes this is true. Grimes was too cowardly to run a positive campaign on how successful Obamacare had been.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Barber is only 363 votes down in AZ-02.

[KCDem]

Barber is only 363 votes down in AZ-02.

Lots of votes to be counted. He'll win along with Dems in all the outstanding house races.

[RI]

[Vosem]

All Democrats just gained some tenths of percentage points in CA. Peters gained a lead against DeMaio -- probably on track for a win here. Shame DeMaio got swiftboated. Ose and Tacherra, for now, are still ahead.