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Motownman78

(491 posts)
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:59 PM Jun 2017

Trump is costing Congressional Republicans

around 10% to 15% in vote share now compared to 2017. Let us see a race where the Repub won by only 8% in 2016. My money is that Republican would lose. There are about 22 Districts where the margin of victory was less than 11% for the Republican in 2016.

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Trump is costing Congressional Republicans (Original Post) Motownman78 Jun 2017 OP
But we don't have $25,000,000 to throw at 22 races... Yurovsky Jun 2017 #1
I hope you are right fallout87 Jun 2017 #2
If Trump screws up the economy Motownman78 Jun 2017 #4
This race got nationalized BannonsLiver Jun 2017 #5
That's the spirit Lotusflower70 Jun 2017 #3

Yurovsky

(2,064 posts)
1. But we don't have $25,000,000 to throw at 22 races...
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:02 AM
Jun 2017

AND fund the other 200 or so we need to win the majority. These moral victories have been pretty expensive. Time to start winning on a realistic budget if we're going to flip the house in 17 months

 

fallout87

(819 posts)
2. I hope you are right
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:02 AM
Jun 2017

but a loss is a loss. Especially when over 34 million was poured into the D campaign. We can't spend this much on every race. This worries me going into the mid terms.

BannonsLiver

(16,162 posts)
5. This race got nationalized
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:09 AM
Jun 2017

There's nothing else going on. It had the spotlight. That's impossible with hundreds of house races. even if you narrow it down to the 50 or so that will determine the next congress, it's not possible to cover and hype them in the same way this one was hyped. So no, $30 million won't be spent on every one of those races.

That being said it's going to be a very expensive mid term if we want a shot at getting the house back. I'll be giving early and often as much as possible.

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