GOP'ers have a good off-year election last night

[nat4900]

It is always interesting when right wingers have a good election night and try to "translate" those wins as a mandate by the electorate to the Washington establishment.

There is no doubt that in off-years, and in House elections, right wingers will do rather well (along with wins in state legislatures)....However, the WH and the US Senate will prove "bridges too far" for them to win.

Why is this so?.......Actually, this is testimony to the cleverness of the RNC....In pushing for state legislatures in many red states, redistricting has proven very valuable in electing US House representatives with the help of such state legislatures, but such "help" will not be as valuable when electing US senators and a POTUS.

There is no doubt that in off year elections, right wingers bring out the voters, while most democrats are somewhat lazy in taking such election cycles too seriously and that is a great fault. But, as we have seen in national elections, the laziness disappears. Republicans have more than 2 dozen seats in the senate to defend in 2016, and when the election cycle ALSO includes the Oval Office, democrats DO take to the polls.

Next year's election will be great fun.

 

[NYcarbineer]

It was all Republicans yesterday:

Mayoral races: Democrats desperately need to cultivate a stronger farm team, and so the party has reason to celebrate mayoral victories yesterday in Charlotte, Indianapolis, Orlando, and Philadelphia.
* Pennsylvania: In an expensive, statewide fight, Democrats won three state Supreme Court elections,which “locks in a [Democratic] majority on the seven-member court for at least a decade.”
* New Jersey: Democrats in the state Assembly were already in the majority, and yesterday, that majority grew even larger.
* Colorado: Voters in Jefferson County ousted three far-right school board members who demanded changes to the district’s AP history course. The trio enjoyed support from the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, but lost anyway.
* Ohio: Ohio’s gerrymandered congressional districts led Democrats to push a redistricting measure to create a fairer process. It passed easily.

Election results offer a little something for everyone

 

[Iceweasel]

So true, it's been at least a 100 years since we've had a Republican president or congress.

Now that your day is done, go ahead and pop that cap on the ole Vodka bottle.

 

[nat4900]

So true, it's been at least a 100 years since we've had a Republican president or congress.

Now that your day is done, go ahead and pop that cap on the ole Vodka bottle.

BEWARE of that "dreaded" minority voters' turn-out in presidential elections' cycles. GWB was able to win because of the Hispanic/Latino percentile of voters.....Can you name ANY GOP candidate who could do the same?
......and, that Hispanic contingency is steadily rising, while the old, white, evangelical (mostly male) contingency is slowly but surely dying off.....while clutching their precious guns.

 

[tyroneweaver]

So true, it's been at least a 100 years since we've had a Republican president or congress.

Now that your day is done, go ahead and pop that cap on the ole Vodka bottle.

BEWARE of that "dreaded" minority voters' turn-out in presidential elections' cycles. GWB was able to win because of the Hispanic/Latino percentile of voters.....Can you name ANY GOP candidate who could do the same?
......and, that Hispanic contingency is steadily rising, while the old, white, evangelical (mostly male) contingency is slowly but surely dying off.....while clutching their precious guns.

What an irrational statement to make when the biggest gun salesman in the history of mankind is non other than Barrack Hussein Obama

 

[Iceweasel]

So true, it's been at least a 100 years since we've had a Republican president or congress.

Now that your day is done, go ahead and pop that cap on the ole Vodka bottle.

BEWARE of that "dreaded" minority voters' turn-out in presidential elections' cycles. GWB was able to win because of the Hispanic/Latino percentile of voters.....Can you name ANY GOP candidate who could do the same?
......and, that Hispanic contingency is steadily rising, while the old, white, evangelical (mostly male) contingency is slowly but surely dying off.....while clutching their precious guns.

Quit beating off.

 

[Avatar4321]

Funny how the more informed vote in off years and it goes republican.

 

[nat4900]

Funny how the more informed vote in off years and it goes republican.

It may be "funny" to you, but how EXACTLY is the off-year voter MORE informed?