They lost State Houses and Governorships as well as the Presidency. They call it Down-Ballot Disaster for Democrats. And here is why:
With the Republicans defending 24 seats, compared to 10 for the Democrats, the Democrats needed victories in a few key battlegrounds: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The defeat of Indiana’s Evan Bayh — a former chairman of the conservative Democratic Leadership Council who was roundly critiqued by progressives — came early and proved to be an ominous sign for Democrats. As the votes were counted, more bad news came for Democrats, who lost in eight of the 10 most contested seats. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of the night came in Wisconsin where Russ Feingold, who was one of the most progressive senators in the country for years — the only one to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001 — failed to win back the seat he lost in 2010 in Wisconsin. Feingold’s loss was a stunning upset — “a race that Republicans had seen as a lost cause just weeks ago,” Politico reported.
The Democrats needed five seats to take back the majority, but gained just two. This gives Republicans a 52-48 advantage, leaving the body sharply divided but firmly in the control of Mitch McConnell. Chuck Schumer will replace the retiring Harry Reid as Senate Minority Leader.
And that is not all.
There were 12 gubernatorial races on Election Night, eight of them were held in states with a Democrat in office, while four had Republicans. Democrats retained five seats, lost two and the race in North Carolina is too close to call (the Associated Press says the winner may not be declared until provisional ballots are counted). The best-case scenario is that the Democrats will have 16 governors in office, compared with 34 for the Republicans — another disappointment for the party. Due to these losses, Governing magazine reports, the Democrats will only have four trifectas, down from seven.
It will be interesting to see what Republicans do with their control of the Presidency and Congress. Probably something stupid.
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What could explain Republican success at the state and local level?
When I look across the land state by state, a clear pattern emerges. The states that do best economically and are in the best fiscal health are states where Republicans rule or have significant influence. Conversely, it’s just the opposite in those states where Republican influence is miniscule and likely has been for a long time.
Either the Republicans are just very lucky and the Democrats unlucky.
Or maybe, just maybe, Republican policies and governance are in fact superior to that of the Democrats and that explains the differing state to state results and why Republicans dominate at the state level nationwide.
NAH! What am I saying? Of course, Republicans are just lucky and the Democrats in Illinois, California, etc. are just experiencing an extended run of bad luck. Silly me.
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I just talked to a Republican friend of mine about getting a job in the upcoming Trump administration. He is certain he can get me a job any number of the internment camps that will be going up in the coming months and years.
I asked him if it would be possible to get work at one of the rape rooms soon opening up on campuses everywhere but he thought it unlikely due to my heart disease. I asked him if I could work at it part time then and to my surprise he said maybe. Let the pussy grabbing begin!
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Note to any and all SJW ice particles, the above is satire.