Progressive ballot initiatives passed by huge margins

[mikekohr]

Yet the ultimate dichotomy in this election is that while ballot initiatives like increasing the minimum wage, passed by overwhelming majorities these same voters gave Republican candidates that adamantly oppose those same policies, their vote as well.

[JDPriestly]

1. The Democratic Party leadership is out of sync with the population of the US>

The Democratic Party leadership worries too much about money for campaigns and too little about standing up for what Americans want.

Huge disconnect between our party leadership and Democratic voters.

We need to clean house at the top.

Debbie Wasserman-Schulz and the Clintons are nice people, but they need to resign. Obama has two more years to fire a lot of people and give the Democratic Party new leadership that will listen to the American people and not each other.

[Scuba]

3. +1,000

[dilby]

5. I would not say out of sync, I would say terrible at getting the message out.

Democratic candidates already have a great platform to start on, they just need to get better at conveying to Americans why they need to go with this platform and win them over. Dems need to learn to be salesmen, instead of Dems swaying right to win votes they need to sell people on moving left. Obama did a really great job of this as Clinton did before him, work on turning Independents into Democrats and Republicans into Independents.

[JDPriestly]

9. Thanks. You said it so well.

[JEB]

6. That disconnect will only get bigger

until Democrats start fighting back and stop chasing the illusive nonexistent middle ground.

[leftstreet]

2. How many Dem politicians campaigned on those same issues?

[mikekohr]

4. Here in Illinois Cheri Bustos did

She highlighted her challenger, Bobby Schilling's votes that supported tax breaks for outsourcers and championed minimum wage increases. She won easily.

On the other hand Billionaire Bruce Rauner defeated populist Governor Patrick Quinn, although Rauner spent $28 million of his own money and raised another $40 million in the race.

[Mass]

7. Tells you how much the leadership sucks.

[J_J_]

8. Pot is legal in now Alaska- Large Minimum wage increases pass with 65%

An initiative to protect salmon fisheries from mines passed with 65%


yet they tell us that Dan Sullivan won... whose signature legislation sought to remove the rights of Alaskans to their water and land to fast track mining permits
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025767880


It doesn't make logical sense because it is all bullshit.

They are stealing elections, they wanted the Senate bad!