Midterm Election Results 2018: A Blue Wave
This wasn’t just a modest win - the Democrats seriously kicked the GOP’s ass election night with huge wins.
Consequently, what felt to many like a disappointment as of 11 pm Eastern Time on election night now looks more and more like a triumph.
House Democrats scored a bigger win than the 2010 GOP wave
One of Democrats’ basic problems with election night narratives is that in a country that’s fairly closely divided, the Pacific Time Zone has an overwhelming pro-Democratic tilt. But West Coast jurisdictions also tend to have generous vote-by-mail rules that result in slow vote-counting. Consequently, savvy election analysts are aware (but casual observers are not) that Democrats’ vote haul always improves in the days that follow Election Day.