- Gato The Elder
- Apr 14, 2006
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This is a great idea for a thread, thanks for making it!
The republicans have full control of the legislature and executive in 32 states; 6 more and they can start amending the constitution! This should scare the poo poo out of people.
Articles about just how hosed the dems are wrt state level elections:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/chambers-of-pain/507467/
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/19/9565119/democrats-in-deep-trouble (written in 2015!)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306736-dems-hit-new-low-in-state-legislatures
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/10/13576488/democratic-party-smoking-pile-rubble
Some Vox Article posted:
Republicans control the House, and they control the Senate. District lines are drawn in such a way that the median House district is far more conservative than the median American voter — resulting in situations like 2012 where House Democrats secured more votes than House Republicans but the GOP retained a healthy majority. The Senate, too, is in effect naturally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. Two years from now the Democratic Party will need to fight to retain seats in very difficult states like North Dakota, Montana, West Virginia, Indiana, and Missouri along with merely contestable ones in places like Florida, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
In state government things are worse, if anything. The GOP now controls historical record number of governors’ mansions, including a majority of New England governorships. Tuesday’s election swapped around a few state legislative houses but left Democrats controlling a distinct minority. The same story applies further down ballot, where most elected attorneys general, insurance commissioners, secretaries of state, and so forth are Republicans.
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