Some panicked liberals are spouting about an upcoming “crisis” as Democrats ready their post-election spin in case things don’t go like they planned.

On the even of a highly anticipated midterm election, Vox’s Ezra Klein projected doom and gloom “if Democrats win the House popular vote but not the majority.”

I don’t think people are ready for the crisis that will follow if Democrats win the House popular vote but not the majority. After Kavanaugh, Trump, Garland, Citizens United, Bush v. Gore, etc, the party is on the edge of losing faith in the system (and reasonably so). — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 5, 2018

Klein’s perplexing observation sparked raised eyebrows and facepalms across Twitter as many of his colleagues chimed in.

Some found his observation “hugely important,” like MSNBC’s Joy Reid.

Hugely important point just now by @ezraklein: if the outcome of the midterms is that Republicans lose the popular vote for House and Senate, as they did w/ the White House, but due to gerrymandering emerge still controlling all three (and the Supreme Court)? Legitimacy crisis. — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 6, 2018

And apparently the term was quickly becoming a favorite of Democrats.

Nate Silver appears to be forecasting the “House popular vote” which is a thing that does not exist yet he continues to spread this conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/5TS4UKwbLE — Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) November 6, 2018

Others, however, called it out for what it was — a made-up term — and possibly a sign that Dems are losing faith in taking back the House.

The "House Popular Vote" myth is definitely being pushed by the left now as an excuse for not regaining the House Majority tomorrow. This is one of those signs like Hillary canceling her fireworks a few days before the election 2 years ago. MAKE SURE YOU VOTE. #ElectionDay — Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) November 5, 2018

I have been in politics a pretty long time and this is the first intance I’ve ever seen the term “House popular vote” used. I’m not sure that’s how voting for Representatives works…? https://t.co/XFclPi0ijY — Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) November 5, 2018

Does he… Does he know there’s no Electoral College for House races? https://t.co/4DctOn6zUJ — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 5, 2018

House popular vote is not a thing. It’s just not. If Democrats are losing faith in the system it might be because they don’t understand the system. https://t.co/MDcxBrsJVb — Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 5, 2018

There is no such thing as “the House popular vote.” Liberals are putting you on notice – their violence will ramp up if they don’t win the House tomorrow. So it’ll be like the last 2 years. https://t.co/1po16jMdvZ — Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) November 5, 2018

They’re just making things up now House popular vote? It does not exist

This is another appeal to the tyranny of the majority which they will use to rile up their mob These people cannot be trusted with power https://t.co/EP5Xc6i2ms — Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) November 5, 2018

The Vox founder and editor-at-large had also noted that midterm elections “decide who holds power” and don’t “reveal what the public believes.”

Midterm elections are important because they decide who holds power, not because they reveal what the public believes. Indeed, they often mislead us about what the public believes. https://t.co/wqQiELCVRf — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 5, 2018

Klein debated his point with Federalist co-founder, Sean Davis.

In the last 34 elections, the winner of the House “popular vote” (which isn’t really a thing, but that’s another issue for another day) has lost seats in 15 of those elections. It’s an entirely common occurrence which is a feature, not a bug of our system. https://t.co/gCjDNvKV1d — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 5, 2018

And for the record, while the GOP won the House “popular” vote by 1.1% in 2016, it lost 6 seats. I don’t recall @EzraKlein complaining about that a single time. For him, the system is only on the verge of collapse when he doesn’t get his way. — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 5, 2018

So, who wants to explain to Sean why these numbers show the literal opposite of the thing he’s arguing? https://t.co/FWP17O0bY1 — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 5, 2018

The Senate was designed to represent the states, not the people. The House was designed to be a collection of local representatives, not a top-down aggregation of national polls. — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 5, 2018

Klein’s argument about the “House popular vote” continued to reverberate on Twitter.

Just going to leave this here: https://t.co/5r8G7GNl8z — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 5, 2018

There is no such thing as “the House popular vote.” But it’s not surprising, considering the other examples given, that Klein believes the system is only working when it has the results that please him. https://t.co/2xBqSkKEB2 — David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 5, 2018

Presidential popular vote isn’t a thing either but at least in that case the “popular” vote is for those specific candidates. In this case, Democrats win landslides in some districts while Republicans win the contested races by only a little and this is somehow a problem?

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 5, 2018

1. There is no such thing as a House Popular vote.

2. If 4 people in TX1 vote for Congressman, and 300k in CA1, doesn’t change the fact that Rep still represents about 700k people, either way.

3. Also, CA Top 2 Primary rules makes this entire discussion convoluted. https://t.co/WWG74fzimD — Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 5, 2018

Democrats better win or Democracy Died! https://t.co/4YxijpR5MB — NewsBusters (@newsbusters) November 5, 2018

House popular vote. LOL. — Strange Dr. Weird (@MetricButtload) November 5, 2018