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Tonight proves that Democratic candidates can win when Dem voters turn out en masse. The New York Times estimates that Northam will outperform the predictions in the end. With 1 million+ votes left, they estimate that Northam's margin will be 10 pts up.
And CNN just called it. Northam wins!!!! Murphy wins!!!
Go Blue.
Lobo27
(753 posts)Change happens, never forget that.
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)That's what it's all about. By the time all the votes are counted NYT estimates Northam in a 7 pt margin territory. Those outstanding northern votes were crushing for Gillespie; he was behind by 20 pts.
We can do this. Tonight proves it.
A lot of people were sweating but our candidates, volunteers and party pulled it off. The enthusiasm was there, even though the news outlets kept throwing shade.
We won. Now on to next!
Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)mcar
(42,206 posts)imanamerican63
(13,668 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)But wait, it gets even better:
Trump tweeted on Nov. 6, 2012: "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.
(The only time I've seen eye-to-eye with that asshole, albeit after-the-fact.)
Trump tweeted on Nov. 6, 2012: "The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!"
Trump said on Fox News, 12/11/16: "We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College."
Per Politifact, 12/14/16: "Since the end of World War II, Trumps percentage of the Electoral College vote is lower than 12 previous results (1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2008 and 2012). By contrast, Trumps electoral vote haul was bigger than only five elections in the post-World War II era (1960, 1968, 1976, 2000 and 2004). So Trump ranks in the bottom one-third by this metric."
DavidDvorkin
(19,404 posts)still_one
(91,937 posts)peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Between Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd, we should have all hanged ourselves this afternoon.
This is a huge morale boost. Happy night. I'm going to celebrate with a glass of wine!
still_one
(91,937 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)telling us how the Democratic party sucks, and "has to change"......blah...blah...blah. I hope they go somewhere and sit down, and quit trying to tear down the Democratic party institutions.
On to the 2018 midterms.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Support the locals in the background. Let the locals fight their race their way.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)particularly sweet victory. "All politics is local" seems to have won the day.
TomSlick
(11,032 posts)GO TEAM!
adigal
(7,581 posts)And we are coming at you!!!!
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mvd
(65,148 posts)Not just moderates. Moderates have won some and lost some. Northum won because he was the alternative to Trumpism. Next year may have some moderates win, but more progressives also, and that will be good for the party.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,404 posts)Squinch
(50,773 posts)Democrats stand for.
SandyZ
(186 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)oh the Perez must go crowd...blah blah blah...we won. Time to move on to our next victory...coming for Trump and his not so merry band of thieves also known as Republicans in 18 and beyond.
R B Garr
(16,919 posts)And even with recent bumps presented from our own side, again. We won big. Democrats have a strong message.
Stronger together!
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Because it does. Anyone who thought that was over-the-top last year, knows better now. Vote as if your life depended on it and the lives of your kids and grand babies.
That's what is at stake: our lives, our future, our country.
Time to put the baggage down and race forward. Which is the only direction that matters.
R B Garr
(16,919 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)No more tolerance for the dividers and nay-sayers on this board. We need to be positive and hopeful and keep working and fighting for more victories in 2018!