Were the 2010 midterms a wave election? Were the 2018 midterms? Compare and contrast

[NebraskaFootball]

@margaretms2

A little follow up, now that Valadao has conceded:

• A net gain of 40 seats.

• Largest Democratic House gain since 1974. It’s a larger gain than Democrats had in the wave elections of both 1982 and 2006.

• The 2018 large turnout allowed House Democrats to win about 10 million more votes than House Republicans (Turnout was about 35 million more people than it was four years ago when Republicans expanded their House majority)

• 8.6 point House popular vote win for the Democrats is the greatest on record for a minority party heading into an election

Wave election.

Undoubtedly a wave election. An American rejection of Trump and Trumpism. Let’s see if it lasts.

[Axxowiz]

It was a good night for the democrats in the house no doubt about it.

[mobiusptc]

@Axxowiz

It was a good night for the democrats in the house no doubt about it.

And governorshipt, and state legislation and and Sherrifs and…

We Chronicle the Country's Fragmented Elections - Bolts

[Axxowiz]

They did good, it was a very big turnout for a midterm.

[mobiusptc]

@margaretms2

A little follow up, now that Valadao has conceded:

• A net gain of 40 seats.

• Largest Democratic House gain since 1974. It’s a larger gain than Democrats had in the wave elections of both 1982 and 2006.

• The 2018 large turnout allowed House Democrats to win about 10 million more votes than House Republicans (Turnout was about 35 million more people than it was four years ago when Republicans expanded their House majority)

• 8.6 point House popular vote win for the Democrats is the greatest on record for a minority party heading into an election

Wave election.

Taniel

[margaretms2]

Nope. It’s a dying, regional, minority party, that’s completely out of touch with Americans in every way.

[Chris]

It recently was a blue wave for the Democrats. But a few individuals have argued that it wasn’t a blue wave mainly because the Democrats lost two Senate seats. However, there were a lot more Senate Democrats than Senate Republicans that were up for reelection. There were ten Senate Democrats up for reelection from States that Trump won while there was just one Republican up for reelection from a State that Hillary won. Four of the those ten Democrats ended up losing their reelection bids while the one Republican lost his reelection bid from the State that Hillary won. The Democrats were able to win an open Senate seat from the purple State Arizona here.