How The Midterm Election Might Have Played Out If It Were A Presidential Election, Mapped

​While pundits argue over whether the results of the midterm election constitute a "blue wave" or not, everyone is wondering what the results mean for 2020. Do Democrats have the political discipline to take back the White House? Or will we be in for another four years of Trumpian chaos? Put another way: If the 2018 election were a presidential election year, would voters have reelected Trump or kicked him to the curb?

One way to answer that question is to assign each state's electoral votes to whichever party won the most races in that state on Tuesday. Redditor delugetheory did just that, and here's what their hypothetical electoral map looks like:

Of course, the number of races won in each state is not a perfect proxy for which candidate a state's voters would favor in a presidential election. This map doesn't take into consideration the two states that split their electoral votes proportionally (Nebraska and Maine), but it does predict two practically impossible ties in Wisconsin and Montana. But it's still an interesting way of thinking about what Tuesday's election results portend for 2020. 

[Reddit]