Merged 2026 Mid-Term election outcomes: US Congress

[dudalb]

The elections will happen. Fraud will be claimed. Results will be overturned. Losers will be seated, winners won't. Trumpublicans will control 2/3 of house and senate.

Still doing the cassandra act, I see.
I think that is unlikely to happen.
Or if it does, it will spark a second Civil War.
what mad you such a absolute pessimist anyway?
And I find the two thrids highly unlikly to happen.

 

[shemp]

Still doing the cassandra act, I see.
I think that is unlikely to happen.
Or if it does, it will spark a second Civil War.
what mad you such a absolute pessimist anyway?
And I find the two thrids highly unlikly to happen.

That's a terrible limerick. Work on it.

 

[Brainster]

Still doing the cassandra act, I see.
I think that is unlikely to happen.
Or if it does, it will spark a second Civil War.
what mad you such a absolute pessimist anyway?
And I find the two thrids highly unlikly to happen.

It's funny because the straw poll indicates that a large majority of the posters believe that the Democrats will win the House (I agree) and a substantial number believe they will take the Senate (still unlikely but could happen in a real wave election) as well. The gloomy Guses are actually being outvoted around here.

 

[dudalb]

The elections will happen. Fraud will be claimed. Results will be overturned. Losers will be seated, winners won't. Trumpublicans will control 2/3 of house and senate. Democracy will be dead in the USA.

It's funny because the straw poll indicates that a large majority of the posters believe that the Democrats will win the House (I agree) and a substantial number believe they will take the Senate (still unlikely but could happen in a real wave election) as well. The gloomy Guses are actually being outvoted around here.

I keep on telling myself that the super pessimist here are just a small vocal group. but they are loud.
I give you the response to my criticism of Trebucher. Of course the respondent is one of the worst of our resident's nihilists.
And the winning two thrids majority scenario is just plain crazy. I can't see how the hlll anybody could fix an election that much. Worst case a couple of close election get decided in the courts.

 

[Pixel42]

It's funny because the straw poll indicates that a large majority of the posters believe that the Democrats will win the House (I agree) and a substantial number believe they will take the Senate (still unlikely but could happen in a real wave election) as well. The gloomy Guses are actually being outvoted around here.

The gloomy Guses don't seem to be disputing those predictions. They're just seriously wondering whether the eventual makeup of Congress will honestly reflect them.

 

[Darat]

I think I made myself clear. The British Elecotrial system was designed to keep power in the hands of small group..in this case, wealthy landowners, but it evovled.
I just don't get why so many Euros hate the Consitution with such a passion.

But what had that to do with the comment I made?

 

[Darat]

I keep on telling myself that the super pessimist here are just a small vocal group. but they are loud.
I give you the response to my criticism of Trebucher. Of course the respondent is one of the worst of our resident's nihilists.
And the winning two thrids majority scenario is just plain crazy. I can't see how the hlll anybody could fix an election that much. Worst case a couple of close election get decided in the courts.

The only super pesimist around here is yourself, you've been predicting a civil war for years and years. Something bad happens in the USA and it's "civil war", one half expects that a report of bad weather will have you predicting a civil war.

 

[Segnosaur]

It's funny because the straw poll indicates that a large majority of the posters believe that the Democrats will win the House (I agree) and a substantial number believe they will take the Senate (still unlikely but could happen in a real wave election) as well. The gloomy Guses are actually being outvoted around here.

I think when people answered the question, many are assuming that the elections will be (relatively) free and fair.

There was no option in the poll for "the elections are cancelled". or "republicans and supreme court ignore valid election results". Even if you think that democrats will win one or both parts of congress in an election, the question about whether the republicans will reject the results is a different issue.

 

[Mongrel]

I got a feeling a lot of people just want the USA to commit mass sucide and rid the world of it;s presence.

Oh stop being so melodramatic, if you don't want to give a substantial reply then don't but stop with the red herrings

Whether we like it or not America has a huge impact across the world and was never shy broadcasting that.
Now that it's descending into a fascistic kakistocracy despite it's vaunted checks & balances, it's Constitution is regularly ignored, or performatively ignored, to satisfy the whims of petulant manchild, who's losing more of his marbles by the day, and his cronies. The problem is that it's amplifying every Alt-Right nutter across the World because they can point to the USA as justification for the hatred & bigotry

What I wish, I can't speak for others, is that y'all get your ◊◊◊◊ together and live up to your self declared standards rather than whistling past the graveyard as you get dragged further into the cess pit

 

[Lukraak_Sisser]

I think I made myself clear. The British Elecotrial system was designed to keep power in the hands of small group..in this case, wealthy landowners, but it evovled.
I just don't get why so many Euros hate the Consitution with such a passion.

Pointing out your Constitution is an outdated document, which assumed a lot of things without pinning them down and open to abuse by those willing to game the rules is not hating it.
It's just we were not brought up worshiping the US constitution as an infallible document of utter enlightenment which has not seen it's like ever.

Just like Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the US constitution was fair for it's day. But it has clearly failed to stand up to a party willing to ignore it's intent to have checks and balances without specifying how to arrange that.
It also never made any provision for a totally subservient Senate and House just rubber stamping the decrees of a single man.
And that's understandable, how could a few men in the 1790's prepare for things like mass propaganda as we can do now in the early 2000's?
When it was written only a very small percentage of the population was allowed to vote, and those were all educated to a degree. It assumes no politician would support an incompetent clown because he gets good ratings spewing empty promises. It assumes those competing for office will be competent in said office, but at no point demands this. Nor is there any consequence for failing at their jobs. So now you have a situation where your judges, sheriffs, school boards, are elected based on who can make the most catch ads. And those ads are often paid for by a few billionaires.
And that's just scratching the surface. A document written to govern a few, mostly agricultural, relatively poor and unimportant ex-colonies is just not realistic as the basis for the current US.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Just like Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the US constitution was fair for it's day.^{[CITATION NEEDED]}

they are all a product of their time, but "fair" is a description.

 

[W.D.Clinger]

Just like Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the US constitution was fair for it's day.

I think we have to give its authors credit for crafting a living, breathing document that could adapt to changing times.

Case in point: the Second Amendment. (Okay, that wasn't part of the original Constitution, but they were quick to tack it on.) Its authors were clearly able to anticipate that

• the members of a well-regulated militia include everyone everywhere, except for those who exercise their First Amendment rights when they see ICE violating the First, Fourth, or Tenth Amendments
• bearing semi-automatic weapons is necessary to the security of a free state, so long as those bearing the weapons point them at those the free state regards as protesters
• the Supreme Court of the United States would declare (in 2022) that regulations should be evaluated not on the basis of the public good, but in light of the "historical tradition of firearm regulation"
• thereby bringing semiautomatic weapons within the historical tradition of the Second Amendment (ratified in 1791) while forbidding regulations that were common in the 1880s

 

[Brainster]

I think when people answered the question, many are assuming that the elections will be (relatively) free and fair.

There was no option in the poll for "the elections are cancelled". or "republicans and supreme court ignore valid election results". Even if you think that democrats will win one or both parts of congress in an election, the question about whether the republicans will reject the results is a different issue.

I wish that both sides would get over this ridiculous paranoia that the other guys are going to steal the election. It won't happen and would only work if the election was a coin flip to begin with. I'm looking forward to taking a trip down memory lane next January when Hakeem Jeffries takes the speaker's gavel. I expect you all to eat crow pretend that Trump would have stolen the election if people hadn't raised such a fuss about it.

 

[Flo]

I wish that both sides would get over this ridiculous paranoia that the other guys are going to steal the election. It won't happen and would only work if the election was a coin flip to begin with. I'm looking forward to taking a trip down memory lane next January when Hakeem Jeffries takes the speaker's gavel. I expect you all to eat crow pretend that Trump would have stolen the election if people hadn't raised such a fuss about it.

I think we're quite a number worldwide who sincerely hope, and would be really happy to laugh at ourselves should you prove right … just as we were ready to believe those who assured us that we were paranoid and that American voters were lucid enough and would never elect Trump a second time.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

I think we're quite a number worldwide who sincerely hope, and would be really happy to laugh at ourselves should you prove right … just as we were ready to believe those who assured us that we were paranoid and that American voters were lucid enough and would never elect Trump a second time.

IKR. I, like many others, was floored by how many horrible things happened in just one month after he won in 2024. A stolen election? We already had an attempt at that in January 2021. But sure, this time it's just baseless paranoia .

 

[Donal]

I wish that both sides would get over this ridiculous paranoia that the other guys are going to steal the election.

Despite what Republicans are openly saying and preparing? And have already done?

And, don't forget

It won't happen and would only work if the election was a coin flip to begin with.

You mean like pretty much every election these days?

I'm looking forward to taking a trip down memory lane next January when Hakeem Jeffries takes the speaker's gavel.

One can hope, although I'd prefer Jayapal

I expect you all to eat crow pretend that Trump would have stolen the election if people hadn't raised such a fuss about it.

More like if he wasn't so flamingly incompetent. The problem is, he surrounded himself with unhinged sycophants and grifters. He'll probably fail, but it will be far more bloody than the last time.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

Pointing out your Constitution is an outdated document, which assumed a lot of things without pinning them down and open to abuse by those willing to game the rules is not hating it.
It's just we were not brought up worshiping the US constitution as an infallible document of utter enlightenment which has not seen it's like ever.

Just like Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the US constitution was fair for it's day. But it has clearly failed to stand up to a party willing to ignore it's intent to have checks and balances without specifying how to arrange that.
It also never made any provision for a totally subservient Senate and House just rubber stamping the decrees of a single man.
And that's understandable, how could a few men in the 1790's prepare for things like mass propaganda as we can do now in the early 2000's?
When it was written only a very small percentage of the population was allowed to vote, and those were all educated to a degree. It assumes no politician would support an incompetent clown because he gets good ratings spewing empty promises. It assumes those competing for office will be competent in said office, but at no point demands this. Nor is there any consequence for failing at their jobs. So now you have a situation where your judges, sheriffs, school boards, are elected based on who can make the most catch ads. And those ads are often paid for by a few billionaires.
And that's just scratching the surface. A document written to govern a few, mostly agricultural, relatively poor and unimportant ex-colonies is just not realistic as the basis for the current US.

The US constitution should have been scrapped in 1865. A system set up to defend and perpetuate slavery lost all legitimacy once the war was won by abolition.

 

[a_unique_person]

I wish that both sides would get over this ridiculous paranoia that the other guys are going to steal the election. It won't happen and would only work if the election was a coin flip to begin with. I'm looking forward to taking a trip down memory lane next January when Hakeem Jeffries takes the speaker's gavel. I expect you all to eat crow pretend that Trump would have stolen the election if people hadn't raised such a fuss about it.

The only reason 6th January didn't work was Mike Pence. If he hadn't stood up to Trump anything could have happened next. Chaos is hard to predict.

All Trump learnt from that day is to double down when you are cornered.

 

[dirtywick]

it was barely a month ago that jack smith testified that trump attempted to steal the 2020 election. of course, that doesn't get acknowledged. just act like it's ridiculous to think he would attempt something like that or it might work, despite him already having attempted it and it almost working

 

[dirtywick]

The only reason 6th January didn't work was Mike Pence. If he hadn't stood up to Trump anything could have happened next. Chaos is hard to predict.

All Trump learnt from that day is to double down when you are cornered.

like, next time around does jd vance has to refuse to stop the certification? mike johnson going to handle the next failed impeachment