2014 US Congressional Election Results

[Filuwaúrdjan]

She ran well ahead of Obama in the Nawlins burbs in 2008 fwiw. Personal vote.

[CatoMinor]

Is there a map made yet of the House results by county?

[Miles]

^ Don't know about county results, but I can get you parish results

OurCampaigns actually has pretty good maps:

LA-05

LA-06

[Miles]

Landrieu's result really shows how brutal Pryor's was. Here's what LA would look like, with uniform swing, if Landrieu lost by the same margin as Pryor:



Most notably, Landrieu loses East Baton Rouge Parish (by less than a point).

[smoltchanov]

^ I was kinda shocked when I saw that LA-03 went more Republican than LA-01.

It really shows how Republican rural whites have gotten. LA-01 is actually the most white, but Landrieu's crossover appeal in the New Orleans metro cancelled that out.

10 years ago, it would have never seemed that CD3 would be more R than CD5.

Well Dems are always going to have a higher floor in the 5th due to the black population.

Yep. Still, given the north's history of being more like the rest of the deep south with Acadiana being more liberal, its interesting.

Acadiana is (AFAIK) more populist economically (though most of this populism is in the past), but deeply socially conservative (Catholic belief?), so now, when Democratic party is substantially more liberal socially, then economically (as in FDR time), that makes lot of sense...

[Miles]

Acadiana is (AFAIK) more populist economically (though most of this populism is in the past), but deeply socially conservative (Catholic belief?), so now, when Democratic party is substantially more liberal socially, then economically (as in FDR time), that makes lot of sense...

The problem, IMO, is that you're not really gonna see that liberal populist streak return as long as the region votes Republican. It really disappoints me that LA seems to be losing its 'uniqueness'; that economic populism is part of what makes (made) LA different.

Yes, voters there are very hung up on social issues. Basically, they now vote the Catholic way on social issues, but not the Catholic was on economic issues as they used to.

[CatoMinor]

^ Don't know about county results, but I can get you parish results

OurCampaigns actually has pretty good maps:

LA-05

LA-06

I was referring to a map of the rest of America, that SPEAKS AMERICAN.

[smoltchanov]

Acadiana is (AFAIK) more populist economically (though most of this populism is in the past), but deeply socially conservative (Catholic belief?), so now, when Democratic party is substantially more liberal socially, then economically (as in FDR time), that makes lot of sense...

The problem, IMO, is that you're not really gonna see that liberal populist streak return as long as the region votes Republican. It really disappoints me that LA seems to be losing its 'uniqueness'; that economic populism is part of what makes (made) LA different.

Yes, voters there are very hung up on social issues. Basically, they now vote the Catholic way on social issues, but not the Catholic was on economic issues as they used to.

Exactly what i wanted to say (though the "Anti-Long" faction of Democratic party wasn't especially liberal on economy either). But Acadiana still sends considerable number of Democrats (usually - not especially liberal, and in some cases - simply conservative) to the legislature. It seems to me - there will be less of them after 2015 elections.

[Miles]

Converesly, Pryor losing by Landrieu's margin:

[SNJ1985]

Did anyone notice how, in the Nebraska Senate race; petitioning candidate Jim Jenkins beat the Democrat, Dave Domina, in his home county of Custer County?

[Joe Republic]

Did anyone notice how, in the Nebraska Senate race; petitioning candidate Jim Jenkins beat the Democrat, Dave Domina, in his home county of Custer County?

That's clearly an error.  Well spotted!

[Ebowed]

Did anyone notice how, in the Nebraska Senate race; petitioning candidate Jim Jenkins beat the Democrat, Dave Domina, in his home county of Custer County?

That's clearly an error.  Well spotted!

2012 for comparison.  It doesn't look like an error to me, as Jim Jenkins is from Custer county and garnered more votes than Kerrey did.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Did anyone notice how, in the Nebraska Senate race; petitioning candidate Jim Jenkins beat the Democrat, Dave Domina, in his home county of Custer County?

He did in Blaine Co also.

[Joe Republic]

Did anyone notice how, in the Nebraska Senate race; petitioning candidate Jim Jenkins beat the Democrat, Dave Domina, in his home county of Custer County?

That's clearly an error.  Well spotted!

2012 for comparison.  It doesn't look like an error to me, as Jim Jenkins is from Custer county and garnered more votes than Kerrey did.

My mistake; I misread Thomas' post.

[ElectionsGuy]

When is AZ-2 expected to be finally&officially declared?

December 16th. For all intents and purposes, McSally has won.

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

With AZ-2 now officially going for McSally, all that is left is the Vermont governorship. One would assume that the legislature would choose Shumlin due to him winning the PV and the legislature being democratic, but Milne continues to push the members of the legislature to choose him instead.

[Vega]

With AZ-2 now officially going for McSally, all that is left is the Vermont governorship. One would assume that the legislature would choose Shumlin due to him winning the PV and the legislature being democratic, but Milne continues to push the members of the legislature to choose him instead.

There is no assuming. The Leg' has never chosen a candidate for the Governorship who didn't win the popular vote. It's not an uncommon occurrence, either.

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

With AZ-2 now officially going for McSally, all that is left is the Vermont governorship. One would assume that the legislature would choose Shumlin due to him winning the PV and the legislature being democratic, but Milne continues to push the members of the legislature to choose him instead.

There is no assuming. The Leg' has never chosen a candidate for the Governorship who didn't win the popular vote. It's not an uncommon occurrence, either.

Typically, one candidate or the other concedes (like Dubie did in 2010). In this case, Milne is not conceding. He is instead trying to get the democratic members of the legislature to vote as their state house districts did (Milne carried some of those districts), and that along with unanimous support from republicans is (according to him) enough to win.

[Miles]

Barrow's % improvement over Nunn:

[Ebowed]

With AZ-2 now officially going for McSally, all that is left is the Vermont governorship. One would assume that the legislature would choose Shumlin due to him winning the PV and the legislature being democratic, but Milne continues to push the members of the legislature to choose him instead.

There is no assuming. The Leg' has never chosen a candidate for the Governorship who didn't win the popular vote. It's not an uncommon occurrence, either.

Typically, one candidate or the other concedes (like Dubie did in 2010). In this case, Milne is not conceding. He is instead trying to get the democratic members of the legislature to vote as their state house districts did (Milne carried some of those districts), and that along with unanimous support from republicans is (according to him) enough to win.

That won't happen, the political backlash for Milne would be tremendous.  Democrats didn't do that when Douglas got less than 50% in 2002, either.

[Tender Branson]

BTW: The secret ballot to elect the VT-Gov. will be held on Jan. 7

The new (or old) Gov. then gets sworn in on Jan. 8

The last Governor to be sworn in btw will be MD's on Jan. 21

2 new Governors are already in office: in AK & HI

[Vega]

I never got the point of swearing in an elected official past a week after the election.

[SNJ1985]

Using Paint.NET, I put together this map of how every municipality voted in the 2014 Senate race here in New Jersey. I thank Wikipedia user Mr. Matté for creating the blank map I used to make this.

Enjoy! Also, please let me know if you spot any mistakes.



Red = Cory Booker (Democratic)
Blue = Jeff Bell (Republican)

[homelycooking]

The Department of Elections' results show Booker winning Lakewood Township in Ocean County.

[nclib]

Is that the one that is half Orthodox Jewish?

What are the two blue towns surrounded by red in NE Jersey like?