Video taking off 31x its usual first day

Democrats flip three North Carolina seats as House calls continue

MS NOW's update also projects gains in Virginia, Montana and Arizona, putting Democrats at a minimum of 254 House seats.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 971,129 views a day, 31 times a normal first day on this channel (31,344).

BREAKING: Democrats flip more House seats in North Carolina, Montana, Virginia, & Arizona

Alicia Menendez moves quickly through the names: Cyril Jefferson, Paul Barringer, Lakesha Womack. All are Democrats projected to take Republican-held North Carolina House seats, according to Associated Press calls announced in MS NOW's election update.

The bulletin then moves beyond North Carolina. Menendez reports Shannon L. Taylor's projected victory over incumbent Rob Wittman in Virginia, Sam Forstag's win over Aaron Flint in Montana, and Amish Shah's victory over Jay Feely IV in Arizona. Together, the calls give a district-by-district picture of a Democratic majority still taking shape after election night.

One candidate's background briefly interrupts the roll call. Forstag is a former smokejumper, Menendez explains: a firefighter who parachutes into forest-fire areas. It is a small biographical detail amid the candidate graphics and vote totals, but one that gives viewers something to remember beyond a party label.

The update closes its reporting with MS NOW's estimate that Democrats will win at least 254 House seats. That is a projected minimum, not a final tally.

The Short drew roughly 575,000 views in its first ten hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for that format. It was part of a broader run of heavily watched election coverage: Rachel Maddow's separate segment on Georgia's Democratic victories highlighted Black women's success and the legacy of political organizing behind it.

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The facts

Channel: MS NOW
Subscribers: 10,100,000 ▲ 100,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 169,029,568
Channel views, pace per day: 37,336,470 (on a normal day: 17,585,143)
Video published: November 5, 2026
Video views so far: 574,593 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 971,129

The numbers

The House-call update passed MS NOW's usual first-day Short audience well before a full day had elapsed.

the video's first day

usual first day here

31,344

this video

971,129

subscribers

10,100,000

▲ 100,000 in the last 7 days

total views

21,910,213,483

views per day

37,336,470

typical day: 17,585,143

the video

views

574,593

likes

4,012

comments

567

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

12,700,000

12,200,000

10,100,000

9,390,000

9,300,000

7,600,000

As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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