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8. that election didn't center on the shutdown

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 11:00 AM

Jan 2018

...it had much the same dynamic as today with voters desperate to undo the results of the presidential election fired up and dominating at the polls.

Midterms are mostly 'anti' election contests with voters more concerned with voting against something or the other than satisfied voters showing up to register their support or approval.

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Republicans lose all the way around on this shutdown [View all] bigtree Jan 2018 OP

K&R BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #1

PPP poll that came out yesterday BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #2

that part about little support for blocking dreamers to keep govt. open bigtree Jan 2018 #3

In a way it doesn't matter who's to blame titaniumsalute Jan 2018 #4

or, hopefully bigtree Jan 2018 #5

Actually the "stupid tweets" are exactly what WILL keep it in the news.. nt BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #9

GOPers don't have any sense of Iliyah Jan 2018 #6

it really is stunning how Trump has brought all of this into the open bigtree Jan 2018 #10

With the 2013 Shutdown, most Americans also blamed Republicans NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #7

that election didn't center on the shutdown bigtree Jan 2018 #8

so true . . . gemini60616 Jan 2018 #11

The average pickup for the opposition party is 32 in the House bigbrother05 Jan 2018 #14

I suspect pressbox69 Jan 2018 #12

McConnell and Ryan bdamomma Jan 2018 #13

Plus, the longer the shutdown lasts, the more people will be affected. When someone is affected, FSogol Jan 2018 #15

what it's doing bigtree Jan 2018 #17

Watching all of this Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #16