Harry Truman was the last president to deliver a major "first mid-term" election victory.  His Democrat party picked up 75 house seats and 9 in the senate.  Since then, George W. Bush was the only president to make net gains in both chambers of Congress (7 in the House and 2 in the Senate) in … Continue reading Historical Perspective – President Trumps Republican Party is Strong After Mid-Term Battle

Republicans hold a slight edge over Democrat voters in Pinellas County Florida, the distance between the two parties is slowly widening Republicans get home from work:

In 2016, by the time 37K Republicans turned out to vote in Hernando County Florida Democrats had turned out 26,645 voters of their own.  This year, as Republicans hit the 37,000 mark, Democrats are down more than two thousand, coming in at only 24,200:

Over the past two hours  Duval County Florida Democrats have held a slight edge over Republicans in voter turnout, but the lead is consistently being closed, from 3.89 points down to 3.07.  Hopefully this trend continues:

Here are the numbers for Pasco County Florida:

In 2016 Donald Trump won Collier County Florida 61% to 35%.  GOP voters turnout out at roughly 2.3 voters to every Democrat that voted in the county. In 2018, with turnout reaching 85% of the 2016 general election numbers (and climbing), Republicans have increased their edge over Democrats at a rate of 2.4 to 1:

I just voted in Jamestown Township Michigan.  When I arrived the parking lot was full.  I was voter number 562 and cast my ballot a little before 2 pm.  A person working the polls said turnout was steady all day, which was confirmed also by a man in line who drove by the polling place … Continue reading Huge Voter Turnout in Pro John James 85% Republican Rural Michigan Precinct

Male vs Female:  Women votes are roughly down 1.5% vs 2016 and men are voting at around 1.5% more.  In 2016 it was a gap of 12.18 points, this year it is 9.68%.  Still a large space, but this shows the women of Virginia are not as "fired up" as we are led to believe... … Continue reading Female Vote Down in Virginia Mail-In-Votes Compared to 2016

Early voting is over in Nevada and Florida (for the most part) and the final numbers show massive turnout for a mid-term election, numbers for both parties are almost tied with 2016 early voting turnout.  In both Florida and Nevada, Democrats had a higher turnout, but the difference between parties is less than what it … Continue reading Democrats Win Early Turnout in Florida and Nevada – Republicans Make Gains Over 2016

There are two "up-for-grabs" Virginia congressional districts according to realclearpolitics.com, congressional district 5 and district 7.  Although Hillary won the state of Virginia 49.8% to 44.4%, both Republicans won their congressional re-election bids handily in 2016. In the 5th district, the Republican won by over 15% and 50K votes.  Note, this year, Tom Garrett is … Continue reading 2018 Mid-Term Election – Virginia 5th and 7th Districts Will Show Which Way the Votes Are Going