It was a Blue Ripple. Senate could go +5 in fact.
Dems outspent GOP 1.26 Billion to 890 million in their own campaign funds (31% more), with Dem PAC contributions on top of this dwarfing Republican by at least 2 to 1 (Mostly from the contributions of a handful of billionare Dems which is important to note since if this came from individual voters, it would have much greater voter implications wrt enthusiasm).
Also of note.
Polls used by the MSM were yet again fairly significantly off. One has to be highly suspicious that such polls are really being used a tools to gin up voter excitement or more importantly to dampen down spirits on the other side. There were some polls that were pretty close, but these were not what the MSM was emphasizing.
Link: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/midterms-spending-overview-total-cost-expected-reach-52/story?id=58996037
The GOP struggled in suburbs everywhere, but especially in PA, WI, MI and IA. Popular vote in all four of those states was deep blue. If Democrats can pick off those four, they will win back the White House in 2020.
Ohio looks to be getting redder all the time, though, and Florida still tilts toward the GOP.
It's the upper midwest that must be worrying Trump's campaign people this morning.
Florida's Amendment 4 passed.
If Florida trends blue over time, it would be more due to the number of old white people who die between now and 2020 and are replaced by young, new voters. The former group votes hard GOP, and the latter hard Dem.
Felons are not going to make much difference.
has a massive influx of Puerta Ricans with heavy socialist leanings. It's shocking that FLA has remained red up until now. The southerly migrating Qtips from the midwest seem be keeping pace, but this new amendment will definitley tip the scales unless former felons don't vote Dem in general, but i would point out that the preponderance are AA who as a demographic group vote Dem over 91% of the time.