I think @algarkirk said it best earlier, this doesn’t feel like one of those shock results. No HS2, no changes to the planning laws, voted Brexit. FYI, this is the local newspaper site. It doesn’t re… (View Post)

Just on topic, it is stating the obvious and I am sure the comment has been made downstream, but both parties come out of that looking badly. It is no surprise the views about BJ / the Conservatives … (View Post)

Democrats now ahead in NJ by about 1400 votes but last batch of votes slightly swung back to the GOP. Will be extremely tight. (View Post)

If you looked in the weeds at NJ, the signs were there. While Murphy had fairly substantial leads, undecideds were mainly breaking to the GOP. Which, as you said, is not great for the Dems for next y… (View Post)

I think the lesson from the VA (and possibly NJ) races is that the Republicans now have a strategy for harnessing Trump's ability to fire up the base whilst not pushing a counter-reaction, namely sel… (View Post)