Weary o Winning

[DCHawk1]

Not very well.

[Shirley]

17 Black Women Sweep to Judgeships in Texas County

[Shirley]

For Democrats, a midterm election that keeps on giving

Democrats appear poised to pick up between 35 and 40 seats in the House, once the last races are tallied, according to strategists in both parties. That would represent the biggest Democratic gain in the House since the post-Watergate election of 1974, when the party picked up 49 seats three months after Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency.

Republicans will gain seats in the Senate, but with races in Florida and Arizona still to be called, their pre-election majority of 51 seats will end up as low as 52 or as high as 54. Meanwhile, Democrats gained seven governorships, recouping in part losses sustained in 2010 and 2014, and picked up hundreds of state legislative seats, where they had suffered a virtual wipeout in the previous two midterm elections.

Ronald Brownstein of the Atlantic and CNN, who has closely tracked these changes over many elections, noted in a post-election article that, before the election, two-thirds of Republicans represented congressional districts where the percentage of the population with college degrees was below the national average. After the election, he estimated, more than three-quarters of GOP House members now will represent such districts.

Democratic strategists have been cheered by exit polls that show the underlying national demographic trends that drove their gains, particularly in the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Voters under the age of 29 voted for Democrats over Republicans by 67 percent to 32 percent, a margin which beats the previous record in the 2008 presidential election. Latino voters matched their national 11 percent vote share from the higher-turnout 2016 election, with Democrats winning 69 percent of the Latino vote nationwide, slightly more than the 66 percent share when Trump was elected. Asian voters, who make up about 3 percent of the voting population, sided with Democrats by a margin of 77 percent to 23 percent.

“The emerging electorate, the one which will dominate U.S. politics for the next generation or two, supported Democrats in record numbers,” said Simon Rosenberg, a Democratic strategist. “Democrats not only won the 2018 election handily, but won it in a way which should worry Republicans about 2020.”

[Mjl]

Seems a bit cherry-picking. Party in power almost always loses in the midterms. Simple as that.

[Deleted User 89]

while that’s true, i think it’s more than a little interesting that seats were flipped in historically red districts

[DCHawk1]

I get a kick outta this bit:

“The emerging electorate, the one which will dominate U.S. politics for the next generation or two, supported Democrats in record numbers,” said Simon Rosenberg, a Democratic strategist. “Democrats not only won the 2018 election handily, but won it in a way which should worry Republicans about 2020.”

I mean...someone should write a book about the emerging Democratic majority....and then lulz.

[Geezer]

Still more registered democrats than republicans, like always.

[zsn]

I get a kick outta this bit:

“The emerging electorate, the one which will dominate U.S. politics for the next generation or two, supported Democrats in record numbers,” said Simon Rosenberg, a Democratic strategist. “Democrats not only won the 2018 election handily, but won it in a way which should worry Republicans about 2020.”

I mean...someone should write a book about the emerging Democratic majority....and then lulz.

One cliche in sociopolitical phenomena is some form of the sentiment "Everything starts in California" or "As goes California so the nation will go". Some self-selected examples include automobile emission rules, electronic and social media, food trends etc. Whether or not it is entirely accurate is arguable, but there is some semblance of truth.

Following this rather loose "rule" it is only a matter of time before the (modern) Republican Party meets its destiny of utter irrelevance. It took about 20 years for the suicide pact that the CA GOP embarked on, started by Pete Wilson in the mid-90's to be completed. No Republican has won state-wide office since at least 2012. Even a former Republican, now running as an Independent is losing.

So, there's that for the theory of emerging Democratic majority

[DCHawk1]

John Judis thinks you're lame.

[Shirley]

While Colonel Martha McSally did get the memo to distort her record in the House on health care during the recent campaign, apparently, she didn't get the one that dictates that republicans should immediately default to "FRAUD!" whenever an election doesn't go their way.

And, congratulations Trump! You wanted Jeff Flake out, insulting and demeaning him at every opportunity, and you got your wish.

#winning!

More of this, please:

#class

[ousdahl]

Voters finally put a good boy in office?!

nm thought they elected the golden retriever.

[Deleted User 89]

just don't ask him what the secret ingredient of the baked beans is...he's not telling

[ousdahl]

this is wut political corruption looks like.

somebody read Duke the emoluments clause!

[jhawks99]

That's what he gets for naming his dog duke.

[seahawk]

There are people who read John Judis?

[Shirley]

lulz

George Conway Starts Anti-Trump Club Within Conservative Federalist Society

Kellyanne Conway’s husband hopes to provide a check on the Trump administration with more than a dozen other conservative lawyers.

[DCHawk1]

Kellyanne Conway’s husband hopes to provide a check on the Trump administration with more than a dozen other conservative lawyers.

That's actually not the purpose, but OK.

[Shirley]

Kellyanne Conway’s husband hopes to provide a check on the Trump administration with more than a dozen other conservative lawyers.

That's actually not the purpose, but OK.

Oh, thanks, that explains it.

[Shirley]

lulz II:

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) vowed Wednesday to oppose President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees until GOP leaders allow a vote on legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller’s job.

[zsn]

Jeff Flake is a weasel. He will fold soon. The only difference between him and Lindsey Graham is that the latter is a proven coward. When was the last time Jeff Flake followed through on his threats?