Reply To: Election Results 2018 — Republicans Do Better Than Expected

yichusdik — Democrats gained on the lowest end of what they were predicted to gain in the House. Republicans netted two Senate seats in a midterm year that historically indicates they should’ve lost seats, not gained any. Same with the gubernatorial races. Republicans won the governorships in the hard fought swing states of Florida, Ohio and Georgia. Democrats only netted what was predicted for a midterm party out of power.

And Republicans did much better at Obama’s first midterm than Democrats did at Trump’s. On all levels — Senate, House, Governors and state legislators and chambers (where Democrats gained 200+ this election compared to 700+ Republicans gained eight years ago, when Republicans flipped far more chambers then than Democrats now.)

In a nutshell, Trump did much better than Obama.