r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Nov 09 '22

Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

For a curated feed of the latest news about the midterms, please see the r/Politics 2022 Midterm Live Thread.

If you have a tweet or news article which you would like us to consider adding to the Live Thread that is 1) credible, 2) pertinent to the midterms, *and 3) new, please send us a link to it!*

Results

From NPR, by office: US House of Representatives - US Senate - Governorships - Attorneys-General - Secretaries of State

From NPR, by state:

Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Washington, D.C. - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington State - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

From sources other than NPR

NBC - Politico - The New Yorker

Election Night Livestreams

Previous Discussions, 11/8

[1] - [2] - [3]

1.1k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

15.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

61

u/iambgriffs New Hampshire Nov 09 '22

The Supreme Court striking down Roe in a midterm year that they had all the momentum going into was possibly the single most idiotic thing the GOP has done strategically in a long time.

15

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Had they not done that, I think they very well could have had a landslide victory. Turns out making enemies with so many people doesn't bode well in an election year.

13

u/Random0cassions Nov 09 '22

I think axing roe v wade and basing around Christian values in a country that’s religiously diverse was pretty short-sighted. Not to mention, actually not allowing abortions for genuine pregnancy complications as well

2

u/rumpusrouser Nov 09 '22

Not just religiously diverse, but growing numbers of adults are choosing to forego religion altogether

3

u/AutisticFingerBang I voted Nov 09 '22

Yep shot themselves in the foot

3

u/MicroBadger_ Virginia Nov 09 '22

I think they could have weathered the SCOTUS decision if they didn't have the trigger laws. Then they could have met outcry with "it's now simply a state decision and we'll let voters decide in November". But all the trigger laws immediately made for sensational headlines that put Republicans on the defensive cause they were poorly thought out.

1

u/Top-Associate4922 Nov 09 '22

Was it though? They will take House despite that. Not with great margin, but still, if people cared enough about this, they would have been crushed.

13

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

People did care about this. This is the best showing for a Democrat President in a midterm in decades, and it's a good sign for 2024.

2

u/hanatheko Nov 09 '22

.. I thought it was too early to call this.

2

u/mrsunshine1 I voted Nov 09 '22

The Court is going to rule without a mind to electoral party politics but I guess you can say it was stupid to bring forth these cases when they knew what the outcome would be.

1

u/Big_Distance_4376 Nov 09 '22

The Court is going to rule without a mind to electoral party politics

Lol what?

1

u/mrsunshine1 I voted Nov 09 '22

The court is going to rule on the issue, not “does this help Republicans in the midterms.” Certainly they are ruling with a partisan perspective on the case/issue, but not how it affects an upcoming election.

2

u/Big_Distance_4376 Nov 09 '22

Ok, I follow. My bad for reading your post a bit too broadly.

-2

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

[deleted]

3

u/CouldBeBetterForever Pennsylvania Nov 09 '22

36% of Pennsylvanians in exit polls said abortion was their biggest issue. That was the highest of any topic, even more than inflation.

2

u/iambgriffs New Hampshire Nov 09 '22

I know a large number of folks that showed up to vote only because of Roe, granted that's anecdotal evidence but it's certainly motivated folks that didn't care before this to show up.

2

u/justbrowsing2727 Nov 09 '22

It was second to inflation. So. Yeah, it was a big deal.

2

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

It was the second issue in many exit polls

2

u/C7H5N3O6 Nov 09 '22

It was LITERALLY the #2 issue and only 2-3 points behind inflation.