2014 US Congressional Election Results

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Shaheen 2142-1857 from Ward 1 of Manchester, NH.

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must be a software error at the Huffington Post, per the Indianapolis Star:

http://interactives.indystar.com/elections/2014/general/results/index.php

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Quick question, if a race is "called earlier than thought," with 0%, does that just mean exit polls were more lopsided than thought, they see actual returns we don't see, or are they basing their projection on poll averages over the last week, and therefore it isn't surprising?

Normally it's based on exit polling in certain locations and they base it off the past election results. For example, if a candidate won an election 2 years ago 60-40 and you're in precincts that was split 50-50 then, if 2 years later you see the same candidate won the same precincts 55-45, and you now extrapolate that to a statewide basis, you can see who won.

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I'm really liking CNN's election coverage tonight.

Looking at the North Carolina county map on CNN, Hagan will win that race.

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What is going on with Hagan?

Wake is 90% in; Mecklanburg is 24% in; Buncombe is 100% in.

maybe Mecklenburg election officials are looking for votes

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Suppose a few eggs gotta break to make that omelet.  Colorado/Virginia are very disappointing, but Republicans are mostly winning in their own strongholds.  Disgusting to see all those Democratic candidates running from Obama's record like the cowards they are.  The Blue Dog coalition is finally gone, and maybe we can finally see the Democrats begin their transformation into a true leftist party.  

Sounds good, then the Blue Dogs can break away from the Democrats and begin their own party in the middle.

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Suppose a few eggs gotta break to make that omelet.  Colorado/Virginia are very disappointing, but Republicans are mostly winning in their own strongholds.  Disgusting to see all those Democratic candidates running from Obama's record like the cowards they are.  The Blue Dog coalition is finally gone, and maybe we can finally see the Democrats begin their transformation into a true leftist party.  

Sounds good, then the Blue Dogs can break away from the Democrats and begin their own party in the middle.

America's political infrastructure pushes us towards a two-party system.  People tend to drift towards one side or the other (to say the least).  As the relevant coalitions in the Democratic Party skew more and more to the left, moderates will become more and more open to leftist ideals.  Look how fast the business crowd got comfy with the Christian Right when the GOP realized that's who they had to appeal to in the 80's.  Same thing will happen with blue collar workers and suburbanites who lean left even if the overall message of the Democrats becomes more liberal.

You're right. A left party though in a lot of the country is not a part of the two-party system for the same reason that a right party in a lot of the country is not a part of the two-party system. I voted in northeastern Indiana and when you got down to the State House level and below, there was no such thing as a Democratic Party candidate today, and this is the 2nd-largest city in the state: Fort Wayne. So what you want to have happen just creates a de facto single party system, which explains a lot of the extremism for both the Republicans and Democrats in the House. Only one party can win most House districts because they're drawn that way.

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It's always darkest before the dawn. Our best days are still ahead of us.

The same Hillary all the Democrats on this board hated with a passion six years ago?

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Hagan is down 2% with mostly blue counties left.

http://enr.ncsbe.gov/electionresults/

Tillis up 50000 with 117 precincts left.

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This means the GOP becomes the (heavy) favorites in 2016 if they don't do something stupid... like impeaching Obama.

Hillary really needs to rethink running for President now.

are you kidding? Democratic presidential nominee would love to run with a Republican Senate and House

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This is Obama's version of the 2006 election for Bush, which resulted in Rumsfeld getting told to resign.