What Happened in the Midterm Elections

If the dems run a moderate for 2020 they will loose by a landslide. I think the right candidate has not yet risen up who can be a true progressive and still appeal to moderate voters.

When I listen to NPR, which I almost never do except when I'm driving, this sort of slow start is ok. But not when I'm listening to the New York Times. I want the who, what, where, when, and why, most important news first, then supporting detail. I'm a first time listener, very first time, so this might change over time. It's also possible I'll enever try this again. Was drawn in by whatever I saw, then disappointed by what I heard. Sorry.

Any discussion of the effects of all the voter suppression efforts by the Republicans would be appreciated. I'm concerned about the legitimacy of these elections.

I listen with interest to “The Daily.” I’m writing with a comment about your November 7 episode, which offered an analysis of the meaning of the midterm election results. Your commentator concluded that they represent an urban-rural divede. I believe that this analysis is overly simplistic and misleading, because it does not take into account the systematic disenfranchisement of Democratic voters, many of whom are rural. I can give as one example my own state of North Carolina, which is severely gerrymandered, as you know. We are a purple electorate, yet 10 out of 13 Congressional districts are held ny Republicans. I just did a quick tally of votes cast for congressional candidates in this election, using data from the NC Board of elections. There were 1,829,923 cast for Republican Congressional candidates, 1,748,159 for Democratic candidates, and 45,320 for candidates of other parties. I live in Congressional District 10, just having moved here from 45 miles away in District 11. Both are rural districts, with bizarre shapes successfully designed to invalidate Democratic votes. Frank voter suppression has occurred this year in Georgia, and the voting disenfranchisement of former felons disproportionately affects citizens of color in Florida. I’m sure this is true in many red states. Please do a story examining the effects of these issues on midterm outcomes. Thank you.

He will choose to confront.

This was one of the more useless "Daily" podcasts in awhile, not telling me anything I didn't already know. I normally like the podcast, but this one was actually kind of a frustrating experience. Also, what's the point of purposefully having reporters tell Michael they're too busy to appear on the podcast? We get it, a newsroom is a busy place, especially on election nights. You can edit that stuff out.

All I can say, is that as a citizen of the world I am really relieved at yesterday's election results. Until this moment, I felt like I was in a rickety bus driving down a very narrow winding road with a sheer drop on one side, with a manic at the wheel driving in a crazy, unhinged erratic manner and everybody in the bus seemed to be cheering him on. Last night that changed.

Geez....what a boring format! Sound clips of election day is of no use to me. Five minutes in and I'm giving up.

I would like to understand a statement made on this podcast about the Senate favoring rural communities. Is that because each state has only 2 senators?