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Blue_true

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25. We saw the split result all during the Obama Presidency.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:47 AM
Nov 2020

And although wonderful things were done during that Presidency, they were not drilled into concrete because we had lost so many state houses, legislatures and Congressional seats.

True. jimfields33 Nov 2020 #1
Sometimes, I think we get tunnel vision dlk Nov 2020 #3
True. jimfields33 Nov 2020 #9
There was a ton of emphasis on down ballot races. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #2
Some of my lifelong, dedicated Democratic friends would beg to differ dlk Nov 2020 #4
It is true that, H2O Man Nov 2020 #10
I'm not discounting the hard work of regular Democrats on local races dlk Nov 2020 #29
Explain why Collins won. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #12
In the last month of the election, I became concerned about the swelling enthusiasm Blue_true Nov 2020 #22
It can't be overlooked that Trump received so much free, in kind, air time for his campaign dlk Nov 2020 #23
A President, even one as lousy as Trump is going to get free airtime. Blue_true Nov 2020 #34
I think we may have underestimated how very conservative Maine actually is dlk Nov 2020 #31
There are thousands of down ballot races - the top of the ticket can't focus on those StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #27
I think a lot of republicans split ticket jimfields33 Nov 2020 #6
Definitely happened in Maine. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #14
I'd say out of every race, Collins was a shock to me jimfields33 Nov 2020 #17
Republicans get in line dlk Nov 2020 #32
From whom? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #5
Biden, Harris, and every Democrat running for senator and congressperson dlk Nov 2020 #8
I'm still not clear on what this would look like. Everyone talking about voting a straight ticket? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #24
Me too!!!! I invite you, and everyone to join my modest campaign. LAS14 Nov 2020 #7
I agree! femmocrat Nov 2020 #11
I think if more attention has been focused on the need to win these races, we might have done better dlk Nov 2020 #15
We saw the split result all during the Obama Presidency. Blue_true Nov 2020 #25
People on the national ticket talking about local races is a waste of time and not effective StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #28
Down ballot races include the Senate and the House dlk Nov 2020 #33
You think no one paid attention to the Senate and House races at the national level? StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #35
I agree. One feeling that I had all through the race was that as a party, we Blue_true Nov 2020 #13
Agreed. There is room for improvement in our ground game dlk Nov 2020 #19
I saw a huge effort for down ballot races. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #16
I'm glad you saw that effort dlk Nov 2020 #20
Tme to bring back the 50 state strategy. GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #18
We need to improve our strategy dlk Nov 2020 #21
Absolutely. And the crazy conspiracies have to be countered. GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #36
I agree Etherealoc1 Nov 2020 #26
It's a given Republicans will cheat dlk Nov 2020 #30
Zillions of emphasis here in New Mexico left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #37
That's really great dlk Nov 2020 #38
As someone once said ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #39
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