Not much new to report. No new state calls, so the score remains Trump 277-224, but it seems likely that the final score will be Trump 312-226. Harris has not conceded yet, but the rumor is that she will deliver her concession speech this evening at 5pm Central.

No new Senate calls, either. Slotkin has pulled ahead of Rogers by 10K, and Baldwin’s lead over Hovde is now 28K, while Casey has pulled to within 50K of McCormick. Further west, where the vote count is less mature, Rosen is several hundred votes behind Brown, and Gallego is 60K ahead of Lake. So, maybe a Republican majority of 53 is looking more likely than 54 now, and 52 is not out of the question.

As of right now the NYTimes is showing the House as 198-178 for the Republicans, in called races. If I counted right the Democrats are currently ahead 35-24 in the uncalled races, which if it holds would give Speaker Johnson a working majority of 4 seats, at 222-213. As such, it is looking like total control for the Republicans.

Trump’s lead in the national popular vote is currently substantial, at about 4.8 million votes, or 51.0 – 47.5. However the California vote is still very incomplete, and there may also be pockets of uncounted urban vote in eastern cities. Nevertheless, it is very conceivable that in the fullness of time Trump will have won the national popular vote. While Silver’s model had Harris as the favorite to win the national popular vote, she was only something like a 76% favorite, and one of the last major polls released before the election (from NBC) had the national popular vote in a 49-49 tie. As such last night’s results, while favorable to Trump, are hardly in the extreme end of the antebellum bell curve.

And honestly, as much as I dislike the results of the election and fear for what may lie ahead, at least we have a clear and uncontroversial outcome. Trump and the Congressional Republicans will have 2 years of unchecked power, without questions about the legitimacy of their victories; and all of us will get to see what they do with that power, and react accordingly. And, one hopes, a new generation of Democratic leadership will rise from the ashes and find new arguments that resonate with the American people. I don’t think the Great Resorting of the electorate is done quite yet.

I’ll make some additional posts in the days ahead to wrap up the final numbers for posterity, but for the most part this post marks the end of this 11-month blogging project. The road has had so many twists and turns, and the destination is thoroughly unappealing; but these have, indeed, been interesting times.