https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-republicans-made-gains-in-the-senate/

«Depending on how things shake out in the remaining races, it’s possible that 30 of 35 Senate races (86 percent) will have voted for the same party that won the state at the presidential level in 2016. Compared to past elections, that rate would be very high for a midterm.
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En route to its gains in the Senate, the GOP defeated three Democratic incumbents: Republican Mike Braun beat Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly by 10 points, Republican Josh Hawley defeated Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill by 6 points, and Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer beat North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp by 10. All three seats were in states that President Trump carried in 2016, and they were going to be tough for Democrats to hold given the states’ partisan lean toward the GOP. Add in Florida, which looks likely to be called against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, and a Republican takedown of that quartet would be historically notable. Four Senate incumbent defeats for the non-presidential party in a midterm would be the highest number since eight Republican incumbents lost in 1934.»

Plus Tester in Montana equals five.

There are tectonic shifts in America happening, and not in a good direction. The urban-rural divide is worse than ever and rural America has doubled down on its worse instincts.

Maybe. There were also some bright spots: Kobach lost in Kansas, Whitmer won in Michigan, looks like Walker’s out in Wisconsin, and all four of the NC statwide judicial candidates endorsed by The Independent won. For North Carolina, that’s huge (for now, anyway).

Also, Florida ex-felons get the right to vote (big implications for presidential elections) and redistricting reform and automatic or same-day voter registration passed in a number of states. (https://www.npr.org/2018/11/07/664993438/voters-approve-major-changes-to-redistricting-and-other-voting-laws).