It was worse than doing nothing, not that worse is bad in this case. Once the intended effect of gerrymandering was overwhelmed, it created more Democratic districts than it destroyed.
Gerrymandering doesn't directly impact Senate races because they are state-wide (everyone in the whole state votes for their senators, it isn't district by district), but the Republican gerrymandering in general either backfired or had no real impact more than it helped them this cycle.
A lot of the Republican gerrymandered House districts assumed Latinos who voted for Trump quite a bit in 2024 would continue to do so, but seemingly they did not.
Big collective sigh of relief here in Europe too, I imagine. Our economies have been hurting in no small part because of the unchecked whims of the MAGA inner circle.
So screwed up that this was flagged. It seems all the election related posts were flagged. You have to wonder why the HN overlords aren't allowing such a major event to reach the front page.
Thou shall not speak ill of the techno fascists, accelerationists, EAs, spac scammers, etc. No matter how much they have curdled the image of the tech industry in the eyes of normies.
I went with the title NYTimes gave it on their home page rather than the wordy header on the page itself. That's "Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Seize Control of Congress as Voters Rebuke Trump"
I feel quite sorry for the US voters having to pick from two fairly extreme ends of politics. Granted GOP appears significantly worse, however liberals funding things like free pet food etc feels equally non-vote-worthy.
Where in the world do you live with an overton window smaller than the USA's? I think the general stance would be to feel sorry for US citizens having to pick between hardline corrupt right or neo-liberal establishment right, hardly a large gap between them. Even by US standards the current democrats are more right than when someone like Sanders was still in the running.
Maybe Trump, a long-term Democrat who turned quasi-Republican, and mutated the GOP from inside, wanted to further the might of the Democratic Party all along? Imagine this: a secret agent pretends to be all he despises, gets to the very top of the enemy ranks, rots them from the inside, and, hated both by his erstwhile party fellows and his disillusioned rabid supporters, thrusts victory after victory into the hands of its formal (and proclaimed) enemy. In a couple of years he steps down, ridiculed, but keeps his true allegiance secret, like a real hero.
Great outcome, though still a little disappointing that so many people had to feel the negative impact of Trump's incompetence on a personal level to get them to wake up, but better late than never.
Shame that the Democrats flubbed it in Florida (at the senate/governor level, they did get some nice House pickups due to the Republican dummymander).
Angie Nixon ran an incredible campaign and probably could have won if she got any significant support from the DNC.
It seems a little peevish to suggest that Democrats didn't have a daring enough approach to assigning campaign resources. It could've been the political equivalent of early optimization.
Seems bad for data centers and AI, though the benefit of keeping the deranged president in check likely outweighs lost progress following from anti-tech populism.
That's a bit like saying it's regrettable that not enough people were able to take out subprime mortgages. Neo clouds and crypto pivots are the difference between a correction and a crash.
> Seems bad for data centers and AI, though the benefit of keeping the deranged president in check
The data centers got rejected on their own basis [0]. While the Texas senator race was more about corruption and a picking a candidate that embodies Texas far more than his Trump hand picked opponent -- the Texas governor race is a clear message vote for data center restriction.
The Mississippi senate race is essentially tied, which is kind of an insane result. As well as the Democrats winning practically everything in Texas.
Dems are currently up 0.2% there, and markets put it at 84% likely a Dem win now. 6 hours ago it was 94% against.
In the senate race there 2 years ago, GOP won by a 26% margin. Different candidates now obviously, but that’s a huge swing. https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/2026-11-03/mississipp...
did all that last minute gerrymandering do nothing or did even make this possible?
It was worse than doing nothing, not that worse is bad in this case. Once the intended effect of gerrymandering was overwhelmed, it created more Democratic districts than it destroyed.
Gerrymandering does not affect whole-state races like the Senate. Nobody is re-drawing state borders for every election.
And in some areas gerrymandering did backfire as far as I read, though I didn't look at the specifics.
Gerrymandering doesn't directly impact Senate races because they are state-wide (everyone in the whole state votes for their senators, it isn't district by district), but the Republican gerrymandering in general either backfired or had no real impact more than it helped them this cycle.
A lot of the Republican gerrymandered House districts assumed Latinos who voted for Trump quite a bit in 2024 would continue to do so, but seemingly they did not.
As an Australian, I can say we are all very relieved.
I'm afraid the US Constitution, as interpreted by the sitting Supreme Court, gives the executive a lot of power.
Big collective sigh of relief here in Europe too, I imagine. Our economies have been hurting in no small part because of the unchecked whims of the MAGA inner circle.
Yeah me too as a Brit. The whole Trump buddying up with Putin to try to save his invasion was a bit of a worry.
Democracy still has a fighting chance in USA, and that’s good news.
Best wishes from Europe!
So screwed up that this was flagged. It seems all the election related posts were flagged. You have to wonder why the HN overlords aren't allowing such a major event to reach the front page.
Thou shall not speak ill of the techno fascists, accelerationists, EAs, spac scammers, etc. No matter how much they have curdled the image of the tech industry in the eyes of normies.
It’s a bloodbath for Republicans. Even the guy in charge of leading GOP efforts to win the House lost.
It is hard to be 'anti-establishment' when you are the establishment. That's one of the reasons why Trump won, lost, won the election.
Non-paywall: https://archive.is/laAzx
All I can say is: GOOD.
I went with the title NYTimes gave it on their home page rather than the wordy header on the page itself. That's "Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Seize Control of Congress as Voters Rebuke Trump"
I feel quite sorry for the US voters having to pick from two fairly extreme ends of politics. Granted GOP appears significantly worse, however liberals funding things like free pet food etc feels equally non-vote-worthy.
One party is pushing for ranked-choice voting, whereas the other party is against it and even banning it by law everywhere they can.
I don't know who's proposing tax paid pet food but is it that surprising more people would rather spend money on that than on wars in the middle east?
Did… did you just say that “ICE murdering civilians” and “free pet food” are… equally extreme?
What if those pets are lions and their preferred food is people? Ever think of that???
Where do you live that a center-right party winning over a highly corrupt Putin aligned extreme right wing party is choosing between two extremes?
Where in the world do you live with an overton window smaller than the USA's? I think the general stance would be to feel sorry for US citizens having to pick between hardline corrupt right or neo-liberal establishment right, hardly a large gap between them. Even by US standards the current democrats are more right than when someone like Sanders was still in the running.
Extremes? Are you joking? The US "Left wing" is most other countries right-wing.
I think the point is more that there's no middle ground to distribute opinions more evenly.
Primary voters seem to disagree.
Maybe Trump, a long-term Democrat who turned quasi-Republican, and mutated the GOP from inside, wanted to further the might of the Democratic Party all along? Imagine this: a secret agent pretends to be all he despises, gets to the very top of the enemy ranks, rots them from the inside, and, hated both by his erstwhile party fellows and his disillusioned rabid supporters, thrusts victory after victory into the hands of its formal (and proclaimed) enemy. In a couple of years he steps down, ridiculed, but keeps his true allegiance secret, like a real hero.
What a movie that could be.
I don't think we're gonna get our $5000 checks. LOL
Still holding out hope for the tariff dividend though!
Great outcome, though still a little disappointing that so many people had to feel the negative impact of Trump's incompetence on a personal level to get them to wake up, but better late than never.
Shame that the Democrats flubbed it in Florida (at the senate/governor level, they did get some nice House pickups due to the Republican dummymander).
Angie Nixon ran an incredible campaign and probably could have won if she got any significant support from the DNC.
It seems a little peevish to suggest that Democrats didn't have a daring enough approach to assigning campaign resources. It could've been the political equivalent of early optimization.
Seems bad for data centers and AI, though the benefit of keeping the deranged president in check likely outweighs lost progress following from anti-tech populism.
That's a bit like saying it's regrettable that not enough people were able to take out subprime mortgages. Neo clouds and crypto pivots are the difference between a correction and a crash.
> Seems bad for data centers and AI, though the benefit of keeping the deranged president in check
The data centers got rejected on their own basis [0]. While the Texas senator race was more about corruption and a picking a candidate that embodies Texas far more than his Trump hand picked opponent -- the Texas governor race is a clear message vote for data center restriction.
[0] https://datacentersontheballot.com