What Went Down On Election Night 2017

Quick geographic observation: Northam has led Democrats to a sweep tonight, including possibly picking up the House of Delegates. But in a sign of just how gigantic the urban/rural divide has become, he appears to have lost Virginia’s rural Eastern Shore, his one-time political base.

Bangor joins the ranks of Maine towns reporting — and it voted 67 percent in favor of Question 2. Clinton won 62 percent of the major-party votes there, and she won the state — so Question 2 continues to modestly outperform the 2016 Democratic nominee.

Murphy is currently only up by 9 points in New Jersey. That will almost certainly expand as we get more votes from urban and suburban areas around New York City. Just now Hudson County returned some votes, and Murphy’s lead statewide jump by 3 points!