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It's amazing how many seats dems have lost in Congress since the Obama/Pelosi/Reid cabal has been in charge. Forget about the carnage at the state level.
It is a mid term election, most of the contested senate seats are in Obama-hater country. As long as Republicans are dying off and being replaced by young people and Hispanics, they remain on a path to obscurity. That is not to say that they can't save themselves, but it looks to be a dog fight in the party over the next two years and that may be worse than the demographic moves portend.
It is a mid term election, most of the contested senate seats are in Obama-hater country. As long as Republicans are dying off and being replaced by young people and Hispanics, they remain on a path to obscurity. That is not to say that they can't save themselves, but it looks to be a dog fight in the party over the next two years and that may be worse than the demographic moves portend.
I think we will see today, if the pre-election polling is any indication, that the democrat party's grip on the young and minorities is not quite as strong as they would like us to believe. These groups may not vote GOP, but they probably aren't turning out for democrats.
I think we will see today, if the pre-election polling is any indication, that the democrat party's grip on the young and minorities is not quite as strong as they would like us to believe. These groups may not vote GOP, but they probably aren't turning out for democrats.
The electorate today is in no way representative of what it will be in 2016. Mid-terms are for Republicans. I don't know if the Dems will ever change that. They might this time as Obama has quite a get out the vote machine, but I doubt it.
The pendulum always swings. Those who come to age (start their first real job and other adult things) when the economy is good tend towards liberalism, they want to share the wealth. Those that come to age when the economy is bad and jobs are hard to come by tend towards conservatism, they had to struggle for what they got and don't like giving it away. It will swing again.
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The pendulum always swings. Those who come to age (start their first real job and other adult things) when the economy is good tend towards liberalism, they want to share the wealth. Those that come to age when the economy is bad and jobs are hard to come by tend towards conservatism, they had to struggle for what they got and don't like giving it away. It will swing again.
I disagree. My parents were raised during the depression and they were Democrats.
I disagree. My parents were raised during the depression and they were Democrats.
As were mine. They have been, and remain, lifelong Democrats. The whole meme about people becoming more conservative as they get older has been debunked numerous times here, but it just keeps popping up as a "fact," when, in fact, the opposite is true.
As for the OP, what happens in a midterm election is in no way representative of the make up of the general electorate. Republicans have always turned out in greater numbers on off election years, and this year will be no different.
You do know, don't you, that the Democrats used to be the conservatives? Look up "blue dog democrats". Hilliary used to be a Goldwater girl.
And Conservatives use to be the liberals. Times change and the Republicans have moved away from liberalism and towards conservatism, as the Democrats has moved towards liberalism.
Actually the Democrat party use to the the conservative southern Democrats, but those times are gone. Those voters now vote for the conservative Republican party.
The electorate today is in no way representative of what it will be in 2016. Mid-terms are for Republicans. I don't know if the Dems will ever change that. They might this time as Obama has quite a get out the vote machine, but I doubt it.
No, mid-terms are generally for the party not in power.
The almighty dems have lost 60 plus seats in Congress since Obama took over. Polling data suggests Hispanics and even blacks are disillusioned with Obama and democrats. The future might not look like what you are hoping for politically.
Recall democrats have a glaring problem: their policies in the long run don't work.
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