StarDoor said:
Oh my God. Do you seriously not realize that only 33 out of 50 states had Senate elections this year? You can't declare victory in the utterly illogical "Senate popular vote" when 17 states and 80 million people in the country are excluded. Republican-leaning states without a Senate election: (Population - 56 million) Democratic-leaning states without a Senate election: (Population - 24 million) Not to mention how California's Senate race was between two Democrats because of the state's weird primary system. Of course Democrats are going to win more votes if the country's largest state doesn't even have a Republican on the ballot. |
You also have to look at how many Republican seats compared to Dems seat out of those 35 up for grabs were in play. The Dems had 26 seats in play out of the 35 while the Republicans had 9. The Dems had to gain 2 seats out of the 9 that were in play for them this term to gain control. Its probably one of the reason why most stats did not have them making any gains since the margin was so small. Either way, no one felt they would gain anything out of the Senate. The Senate may never go blue because its never going to be based on population so I agree arguing about that part is a waste of time.
