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Garrett78

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19. The other disheartening reality is...

Reply to onenote (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 12:45 PM

Dec 2018

...that we will have a hard time gaining and maintaining a Senate majority. There are 20+ states that simply don't have a substantial enough metropolitan presence.

And increased urbanization makes it more difficult to draw fair district boundaries. It's easy to concentrate liberals in just a few districts.

Lastly, there seems to be a wishy-washy and largely ignorant subset of voters who simply vote based on the notion that power should go back and forth and that we should always have divided government, no matter how atrocious one party is.

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Over 60 Million People Voted For Democrats In The Midterms. That's Catastrophic For The GOP [View all] Soph0571 Dec 2018 OP

we need 75 million to vote in 2020 and have hispanic/latinos double their numbers beachbum bob Dec 2018 #1

Well, our new residents from Puerto Rico didn't vote in FL in the numbers OrlandoDem2 Dec 2018 #2

Sorry, I don't buy this popular vote hoopla as being meaningful elocs Dec 2018 #3

That' an excellent analogy. K&R, nt. druidity33 Dec 2018 #4

that is also looking pretty good dsc Dec 2018 #5

Walker lost in WI because you can't gerrymander a statewide election. elocs Dec 2018 #8

yeah but that means we would win WI if we can replicate that dsc Dec 2018 #11

I'll be quite surprised if our nominee doesn't win MI, PA and WI in 2020. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #24

The graphic of the tweet date/time doesn't correspond with the actual tweet BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #6

that is not entirely true dsc Dec 2018 #12

However with the MS district BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #14

Greenville is not a big city dsc Dec 2018 #15

Wikipedia on Greenville: Garrett78 Dec 2018 #17

I live in a city with a population of almost 1.6 million (Philadelphia) BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #20

Losing suburban voters, educated women in particular Zambero Dec 2018 #7

I think they'll just go back to using a dog whistle instead of a bullhorn. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #18

Nowadays the two have reached approximately the same volume Zambero Dec 2018 #21

It was a big win, but I wouldn't put too much stock in particular numbers onenote Dec 2018 #9

So IOW, Chump energized the shit out of both sides in the 2018 Midterms. But I think bullwinkle428 Dec 2018 #13

The other disheartening reality is... Garrett78 Dec 2018 #19

Well, in 2000 there could've been 15 million democratic babies born before Nov and everyone of them uponit7771 Dec 2018 #10

That's great but don't let it go to our heads Rizen Dec 2018 #16

K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #22

kick Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #23