ABC News: "We're not just talking about a blue wave here, we're talking about a seismic political earthquake." @ABC News' @RachelVScott breaks down what we know about the election results and the messages voters are sending.

D: Gets a fact wrong and uses loaded words.

• Gets a fact wrong (minus 24 points): [0:35] 'is just 43 points ahead of the incumbent Senator Hyde Smith' (Rachel Scott; the Mississippi Senate margin was 43 votes, not points: 462,821 to 462,778 in AP results on NPR)
• Uses loaded words (minus 12 points): [0:02] 'a seismic political earthquake' and [0:07] 'being wiped out' (Rachel Scott's own wording; the post text repeats the first line)

Splits: ABC News' Rachel Scott walks through the Senate flips, the races still too close to call, the House seats Democrats picked up, the redrawn districts and ABC's voter poll on the economy

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