- 01:31:49 Retweeted @mattyglesias 01:27:08 We were clearly promised not just one but several needles.
- 01:31:57 Retweeted @carlzimmer 01:25:58 Withholding that needle. https://t.co/3ASFhM0556
- 01:47:15 Retweeted @JessicaValenti 01:24:19 The 538 forecast sidebar is the new NYT needle
- 01:56:19 Still favors the D’s for the house, but by a lot less than before. Lots of nervous D’s reliving 2016. https://t.co/SUYKy36c15
- 02:41:25 Retweeted @marcambinder 02:26:59 And yeah, Trump’s caravan racism worked to flush out his voters to save the Senate and temper the size of the the Dem House majority.
- 02:41:55 Retweeted @EricFehrn 02:29:30 Seems to me like there’s still a hidden Trump vote that only reveals itself on Election Day. RCP averages had Donne… https://t.co/8BuLUwrhzg
- 02:42:14 Retweeted @BlairReeves 02:32:58 Upset alert: in North Carolina, Democrats are almost certain to break the Republican supermajority in the state Hou… https://t.co/rXSCqRdVdn
- 02:42:21 Retweeted @chrislhayes 02:37:09 Basically all the trends we saw in 2016 are holding and deepening so far…in both directions
- 02:45:15 Fox?? https://t.co/K00MyVTuOf
- 02:48:10 Retweeted @BenjaminEPark 01:43:55 I swear Florida could be voting between ice cream and a kick to the head and the results would be 50.5%-49.5%.
- 02:49:23 Retweeted @DLind 02:47:13 The Needle launches with a 95%+ chance for Dems. Was this JUST to spite my needle take from earlier today? Too soon… https://t.co/Ay8EM3NM8t
- 02:50:41 Retweeted @chrislhayes 02:47:20 One of the most under-examined stories of the election is the snapback that’s happened in industrial Midwest: WI, O… https://t.co/m4lZZt7eQI
- 02:51:32 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 02:45:02 The needle finally works: Democrats are on track to win control the U.S. House of Representatives, according to our… https://t.co/U0d3cjzRCf
- 03:14:50 Retweeted @HilaryMatfess 03:07:44 THIS IS THE ELECTION CONTENT I AM HERE FOR, MORE PLEASE https://t.co/7tX8LEPQkj
- 03:16:34 Looks like everything is going to come out just as expected. D’s take House by OK margin but not blowout, R’s gain… https://t.co/9b05Y78lcQ
- 03:25:08 Retweeted @JVLast 03:12:36 In a weird way tonight is the inverse of 2016: Early on lots of good R numbers, GOP felt chesty. But numbers lookin… https://t.co/BphdkpxuF1
- 03:29:27 The D’s take the House, but it seems remarkably anti-climactic. Not feeling super excited here even though that was… https://t.co/EQlHVwm7K1
- 03:39:27 Retweeted @studentactivism 03:30:54 Brian Kemp up ten points on Stacey Abrams with 53% of the vote counted. Voter suppression is a hell of a thing. in reply to studentactivism
- 03:41:27 Retweeted @AmandaBecker 03:36:47 Likely very true for a white man living in the USA in 2018. https://t.co/RTVrTwAyXX
- 03:43:03 Retweeted @CharlesPPierce 03:38:51 The House is going to be younger and very female.
- 03:52:11 Retweeted @scontorno 03:41:31 Perhaps one reason Gillum and Nelson have not conceded. https://t.co/1SxMfe9qE6
- 03:54:46 Retweeted @FireinFreetown 03:33:48 WHITE WOMEN, GODDAMN IT!!! https://t.co/NfiQYnj52x
- 04:05:08 Retweeted @matthewfederman 04:00:26 On the day this happens Rachel Maddow will deliver the mother of all openers lasting for an entire episode and half… https://t.co/gZKoWzfhfd
- 04:06:23 Retweeted @KimberlyNFoster 03:59:01 Florida elected the man racists think is racist. I hate y’all.
- 04:08:55 Retweeted @Redistrict 03:44:56 Projection: today is the first day in history Americans have elected more than 100 women to the U.S. House of representatives.
- 04:23:46 The expectations game is so funny. Tonight is a clear win for the D’s in quite a few dimensions. But because they… https://t.co/MYmZxfBsTw
- 05:13:51 Retweeted @samswey 02:08:38 40% of all black men in the state of Florida just became eligible to vote *today.* Think about that.
- 05:14:21 Retweeted @Taniel 04:46:55 Trifecta alert: Democrats will now govern Colorado. They’ve flipped the Senate, alongside defending the governorshi… https://t.co/0jqgrD42UM
- 05:17:17 Retweeted @ddayen 05:04:29 Another big upset. A very random night. https://t.co/IdxUGVnaYd
- 05:21:46 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 02:19:04 Tonight seems like a battle between fundamentals (Great economy, High turnout enthusiasm for BOTH parties) VS Unpop… https://t.co/VHgOx5L68j
- 05:25:03 Retweeted @AsteadWesley 04:47:28 Man. The Dem Twitter mourning over Beto, Gillum, and Abrams — people who always running in difficult, uphill races… https://t.co/cUp1cYVeOF
- 05:28:02 Retweeted @evanchill 05:10:44 Democrats have a 12-point lead in the overall popular vote for the Senate and have lost three seats.
- 05:34:25 Retweeted @amyewalter 04:54:30 It is the “choose your own narrative” election.
D’s win House (by looks like a pretty big margin)
R’s on track to… https://t.co/9as7W7u2Mo - 05:36:33 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 05:20:28 And again, SHOWING UP actually changes things https://t.co/kJkTzrt2w6
- 05:37:45 Retweeted @Popehat 05:20:47 Some of the racist garbage still won. But some didn’t. And those who did had a harder time. Next time more of them… https://t.co/URO6mMwyS5
- 05:38:52 Retweeted @jeneps 05:00:00 It’s midnight, so there are only 727 days until Election Day 2020.
- 05:49:12 Retweeted @nytdavidbrooks 05:43:27 Worst possible result for those hoping to deTrumpify the GOP. He won enough to avoid humiliation. 2 years of fight… https://t.co/DZUDa0R1l5
- 05:52:14 Fascinating to watch Trumpites claiming tonight as a victory because the Dems won, but not enough.
- 05:53:46 Retweeted @adamcbest 04:46:53 Claire McCaskill and Heidi Heitkamp deserve huge props even in defeat. They both voted against Brett Kavanaugh know… https://t.co/h3o2QtyRea
- 05:54:04 Retweeted @owillis 05:10:30 i dont think people get the kind of power the house gives you to investigate. but they’ll see soon.
- 05:56:48 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 05:45:29 Our current turnout estimate is 114 million votes cast in the House, breaking even our high expectations (we starte… https://t.co/1ScCfI0m2c
- 05:57:03 Retweeted @TheLeadCNN 05:15:31 “This is not a good night for President Trump,” says @JakeTapper in response to the President’s victory tweet. “The… https://t.co/EedhSNL4i9
- 06:00:34 Retweeted @NateSilver538 04:56:52 Hot take: This is the hardest election ever about which to write hot takes. https://t.co/ednJUwn8Kt
- 06:02:17 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 05:04:51 Current margin between Kemp (R) and Abrams (D): 217,000 votes.Number of challenged and purged registrations: near… https://t.co/j1uUaTXCpK
- 06:03:39 Retweeted @Taniel 05:46:03 Democrats have gained a trifecta in Maine. They picked-up the governorship, AND flipped the state Senate; they alre… https://t.co/GunMhxCJ90
- 06:06:48 Retweeted @maggieNYT 04:13:57 The White House is spinning the night as better-than-expected, and to the extent that both chambers didn’t flip and… https://t.co/bEAw0lRIPe in reply to maggieNYT
- 06:11:03 Retweeted @leahmcelrath 04:10:08 LISTEN:No matter what final results are, Democrats in “red” states like Texas, Florida, Georgia, and others SHOWE… https://t.co/zwEwSGdZ0H
- 06:11:39 Retweeted @lpolgreen 05:48:33 Turns out people like Obamacare minus Obama. https://t.co/UUWeYlEmQJ
- 06:12:24 Retweeted @dorothy_edwards 05:50:46 Dr. Kim Schrier celebrates with the crowd as she maintains the lead against Dino Rossi for Washington’s 8th Congres… https://t.co/OMwTFSh4sO
- 06:15:41 Retweeted @nytgraphics 06:04:44 Here’s the list at 1 a.m. https://t.co/FOVWk1LxJ2 in reply to nytgraphics
- 06:17:34 Retweeted @jess_mc 05:48:48 There are more of us then there are of them. But our systems — from the electoral college, to all manner of voter s… https://t.co/XV8PCKWAgQ
- 06:17:55 Retweeted @jaredleopold 05:42:55 BY THE NUMBERS: Big night for Democratic governors
5 — Races flipped, all towards Dems
6 — Democratic women elect… https://t.co/S3RHhVKdn6 - 06:18:37 Retweeted @zbyronwolf 06:01:48 Texas is a majority minority state, but 57% of its voters Tuesday were white. https://t.co/52WHKcnHhu
- 06:35:05 I guess now that the election is over we can go back to talking about Mueller?
- 06:45:00 Retweeted @wsbtv 06:20:53 #BREAKING – @staceyabrams campaign manager on why she isn’t conceding: “There are tens of thousands of absentee bal… https://t.co/Z8OMlrf7PH
- 06:48:30 Retweeted @RalstonReports 06:09:43 The dead pimp is going to win, FYI.
- 06:50:03 Retweeted @marcambinder 06:49:27 I thought Abrams’s speech was better, more authentic, and more interesting than Beto’s. Just curious: if Beto can… https://t.co/0kiTbs9Al9
- 06:53:05 Retweeted @ZackBornstein 06:13:58 I’m as excited as anyone we won the House, but I’ll never stopped being bummed that 30 million+ Americans saw child… https://t.co/p7pSG7Bf8c
- 06:56:22 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 03:04:56 The NYT currently projects a national popular-vote margin of D+9.2%. For comparison, the last five largest margins,… https://t.co/QupcG9kXPe
- 07:00:13 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 06:53:00 Democrats did well in the House. Republicans did well in the Senate. Pollsters and forecasters, though — they did well everywhere. Cheers! in reply to gelliottmorris
- 07:06:01 Retweeted @laura_nelson 06:55:45 With 52% of precincts reporting, Dana Rohrabacher leads Harley Rouda by 27 (!) votes. https://t.co/VFvXslIIyB https://t.co/uw74R1yh0J in reply to laura_nelson
- 14:09:22 Retweeted @sbg1 13:07:05 So it’s barely 8 am and Trump is threatening a House vs Senate war. Guess he’s not pivoting to the center, huh? https://t.co/g6ktLuV0Kt
- 14:21:53 Retweeted @tlrd 01:00:17 DEFEATED: Kim Davis, Who Refused to Issue Marriage Licenses to Gay Couples, Has Lost Her County Clerk Seat… https://t.co/t6ZPWaH4u0
- 14:25:12 Retweeted @jkbibliophile 03:35:35 STOP with the “Florida, Texas, etc, you continue to disappoint” tweets. A hell of a lot of good people worked thems… https://t.co/O1t3KmIcnI
- 14:26:11 Retweeted @Taniel 04:05:03 Okay, big news! 2 AL counties (Cullman & Morgan) vote via local referendums to bar their sheriffs from personally p… https://t.co/9GYBHDC9Cc
- 14:26:57 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 12:31:07 Democrats lost around a net 900 seats in state legislatures over the Obama presidency. With special elections and l… https://t.co/akud6kynjK
- 14:30:44 Retweeted @benchmarkpol 14:07:28 When Republicans did this in 2010, nobody realized how big a deal it was until the effects were felt in redistricti… https://t.co/MyKfl06rZf
- 14:33:43 Retweeted @TheLoveBel0w 01:45:37 These elections always come down to convincing white voters that other people matter too, and this bit is getting real fucking stale.
- 15:12:32 Retweeted @dbrauer 14:25:21 Minnesota is now the ONLY state in the nation with divided legislative control. Wow. #mnleg https://t.co/J7wWkRmtaW
- 17:07:51 Retweeted @saladinahmed 07:40:04 I like Beto a lot but it’s wild to me that all these women of color won tonight and people go right to talking abou… https://t.co/ZfGM63bLVf
- 17:14:23 Hahaha https://t.co/CAu3SV2dCO
- 19:47:31 Boom. Sessions out. https://t.co/D0fWxJ8cBs
- 20:18:46 More likely to state prosecutors as a backup, if they haven’t already been looped in. https://t.co/CkSTyuqu1E
- 21:00:14 Retweeted @sbg1 20:36:17 Prediction: We will look back on the pre-election as that nice quiet time before things got really crazy
- 22:01:14 Hahahahaha! He can’t be serious, right? https://t.co/QfO9GlEtg4
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