{"id":5006,"date":"2018-11-06T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2018-11-07T07:04:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:04:34","slug":"2018-mid-term-election-night-live-blogging-open-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/06\/2018-mid-term-election-night-live-blogging-open-post\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Mid-Term Election Night Live Blogging Open Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be updating the election results throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll start off the action by posting my predictions.\u00a0 Anybody who wants can out theirs in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Senate R54 \/ D46<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans with a majority of 2 seats.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your guess?<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 am update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ever hedging Nate Silver has increased the Dems odds:<\/p>\n<p>SILVER: 88% DEMS TAKE HOUSE&#8230;\u00a0\u00a020% SENATE&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But still says anything can happen.\u00a0 Now there&#8217;s confidence in your numbers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i><b>Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends<\/b><\/i>.&#8221;\u00a0 Emerson, Lake and Palmer<\/p>\n<p>Well here we go again.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been doing the Election Night Vigil religiously every two years since 2000.\u00a0 And only the 2006 and 2008 were so painful that I wish I had skipped them.\u00a0 But I have a good feeling about tonight.\u00a0 Have a great day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1pm Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s still a long time until results come in so I have some fun links to while a way the time<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lrpkxl4DXtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gCG3zENmCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6 pm Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well I voted the straight Republican slate!\u00a0 But this is New England so not a single one of my picks will be elected.\u00a0 But I&#8217;m home and I have all the resources of the internet and the MSM at my disposal, meaning there&#8217;s nothing to say yet.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7pm Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drudge Headline<\/p>\n<p>EXIT POLLS SHOW DEM WAVE BUILDING\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0FEW SENATE RACES CLOSE<\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><center>But &#8230;&#8230;Robby Mook, the former\u00a0campaign manager for\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Hillary Clinton<\/span>&#8216;s 2016 presidential bid, cautioned ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s midterms to treat exit polls &#8220;like online dating profiles.&#8221;<\/center><center>&#8220;Things may not be as they appear. And they may break your heart,&#8221; Mook wrote on Twitter.<\/center><center><\/center>First Election Board of the night<\/p>\n<div class=\"top_result\">\n<div class=\"title\">U.S. SENATE Democrats 25*\u00a0 Republicans\u00a0 42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"top_result\">\n<div class=\"title\">U.S. HOUSE\u00a0 Democrats\u00a0 2(-1)\u00a0 Republicans\u00a0 6(+1)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"top_result\">\n<div class=\"title\">GOVERNORS\u00a0 Democrats 7\u00a0 Republicans 7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>8 pm Update<\/div>\n<div>Drudge<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>HOUSE\u00a0 D85 \/ R 93<\/p>\n<p>FLORIDA GOV<br \/>\nGILLUM 49.6% DESANTIS 49.2%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>9pm Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like we have our first Senate pick-up for the GOP<\/p>\n<p>Indiana\u00a0 D &#8211; Donnelly 42.0\u00a0 \u00a0R &#8211; Braun 53.9 Brenton 4.1\u00a0 \u00a0(50%)\u00a0\u00a0GOP Pickup<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:20 pm Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like we picked up North Dakota and held Texas (Cruz) in a close one in the Senate.\u00a0 The Dems have 11 pick-ups in the House.\u00a0 They need 10 more but the Networks (NBC and Fox) have called it for the Dems already.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll hang in there to see how this goes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>07NOV2018 7am Final Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, the Dems took the House but by just a little more than the minimum necessary.\u00a0 Disappointing but not earth shattering.\u00a0 We picked up our 3 seats in the Senate.\u00a0 The world goes on.\u00a0 Thanks to everyone who participated.\u00a0 It was a fun evening even if there were no meltdowns.<\/p>\n<p>photog<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be updating the election results throughout the night. &nbsp; I&#8217;ll start off the action by posting my predictions.\u00a0 Anybody who wants can out theirs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,818,6],"tags":[1453,1452,1435],"class_list":["post-5006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-ocf","category-trump","tag-2018-election","tag-election-live-blogging","tag-election-night"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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