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Originally Posted by Muta
That's because of the gerrymandering going on down there, isn't it?
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As the article suggests, it's the fact that the seats up for election were heavily Democrat to begin with with the only Republican ones up for grabs primarily being Republican dominated territories. A best likely scenario for the Democrats would have been holding the house as is. You'd have to get into a "blue tsunami" situation for them to have taken the Senate.
The Democrats had 26 seats up for election contrast Republican's 9. With the Republicans having mostly safe bets, it's hard to find spaces where the Democrats could really make headway. Outvoting 44 million to 33 million doesn't help a great deal when you have to win 75% just to break even and you're trying to steal seats in states like Texas.
The surprises in Indiana and Florida seem to be the only things which are tipping the results from the projected results heading into the night (+1 Republican seat gain).