Video taking off 33x its usual first day

CBS Philadelphia maps Senate flips from the Carolinas to Texas

Wakisha Bailey's recap pairs historic Senate victories with Hakeem Jeffries's path toward the House speakership.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 55,603 views a day, 32 times a normal first day on this channel (1,709).

Democrats flip Senate seats long held by Republicans in "blue wave"

South Carolina is sending a woman to the Senate for the first time, and North Carolina is sending its former governor. CBS Philadelphia's election recap puts those breakthroughs alongside Texas's first Democratic Senate victory in decades.

Reporting from the station's virtual election studio, Wakisha Bailey moves from projected Democratic control of both chambers to the people behind the changed map. Annie Andrews marks her South Carolina victory with a brief declaration: "I think we just made some history."

Roy Cooper follows with a message about collective action: "Tonight, we showed the country that when everyday people come together, we can make change." Bailey then turns to James Talarico's Texas win, ending a long Republican hold on the state's Senate seats.

The report drew about 42,000 views in its first 14 hours, an unusually fast start for a CBS Philadelphia Short.

Beyond the Senate victories, Bailey highlights another potential first: Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become the first Black speaker of the House. The segment closes with President Trump's acknowledgment of Democratic gains and his stated openness to working on immigration.

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Also in Local news stationsVideo taking off 890x its usual first dayTrump claims "the greatest two years" as KTVU tallies Democratic Senate winsThe Bay Area station pairs his election-night call to Fox News with Greg Lee's state-by-state account of Republican losses.Channel: KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco · Story of November 5, 2026

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The facts

Channel: CBS Philadelphia
Subscribers: 428,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,425,353
Channel views, pace per day: 434,717 (on a normal day: 193,637)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 42,080 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 55,603

The numbers

The election recap is running far above the channel's usual start for Shorts. CBS Philadelphia's overall daily views have also more than doubled their usual level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,709

this video

55,603

subscribers

428,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

390,939,359

views per day

434,717