If nothing else, a small blessing is that an economic downturn prior to the election is likely and their retaining power makes that a big liability for them.If Dems can't get a blue wave during midterms, it's going to be a slaughter in 2020.
Serious question -- who's supposed to be the Democrat presidential nominee for 2020??
Without your vote, that's one further from winning. Always vote. Always get your friends to vote. Hope for the best.
Isn't the problem, isn't.I said it in 2016 and I'll say it now, Dems HAVE to get new leadership, and a new direction. Running on "but Trump is bad", no matter how true, is clearly a losing strategy.
No it's not. Vote.
Nah. This was a crazy difficult election year for Democrats. If they still take back the House (seems very possible right now), that will be huge. It's not going to be some historic election night but will still be very positive.
People saying they are never voting again at 9pm on election night is hilarious.
From what I remember reading there were something like 15 tracks in Florida out of about 18 or something in the whole country?It pretty much ends it in the US. Most of the remaining tracks were in Florida.
If the majority of the country identifies more with racists and degenerates then the US no longer deserves to be a world leader.
Literally all I want. Even if just to show dems we can win something.
Nobody cares until after the midterms are over.Serious question -- who's supposed to be the Democrat presidential nominee for 2020??
Are people actually this stupid?
It was a little silly to think this would be easy or quick.
People need to dig their fucking heels in and get ready for a generational fight.
If we give up this easily then the other side is going to win in the end.
Serious question -- who's supposed to be the Democrat presidential nominee for 2020??
Honestly the best candidate is the one that trashes the other person and makes them look like satan incarnate. No quarter.Which is why the Democrats need locally appealing senate candidates in red / swing states.
Joe Manchin speaks to West Virginia.
Even in (probable) defeat, Beto O'Rourke is the best candidate for Texas right now.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that the answer is to Sanderise or Clintonise everything.
How the fuck did Tennessee vote for Blackburn. I don't understand.
After really getting to know my co-worker I feel like I finally understand why people vote republican. I always thought religion played a big role and maybe it does but my co-worker is atheist. He is scared of everything and only worries about himself, republicans play into that fear extremely well. He doesn't like Trump but there was talk about a driving tax in Illinois and that was enough to him to vote republican.Basically what we're learning is:
Over the last two years, most people's minds didn't change. If anything, people have simply dug in. All Trump's crime, corruption, sexism, racism, ignorance,.... none of it matters to Republicans. They feel ashamed to support him in public but they'll vote R in private every time.
Serious question -- who's supposed to be the Democrat presidential nominee for 2020??
Yeah, that should give Beto a good boost. I was hoping Tarrant was going to be blue. It was close
gonna seriously start thinking there may only be a gain of 14-18 in the house
I know but Ted Cruz is so much worse for the state of Texas than Cruz. I can't stand seeing fucking degenerates keep voting for other degenerates just because they have an R next to their name.
Where are you seeing that?
My gut tends to be, yes. We're probably headed for a repeat. The divide between rural and urban is going to continue getting deeper and something is going to eventually pop. The US is too damn big.These were the conditions prior to the Civil War. The rural (southern) states held a disproportionate amount of influence in the Senate. It was only after the (liberal) Republicans flipped the script and won in 1860 did they consider the whole system unfair and seceded immediately afterwards.
We headed for a repeat?
Yes, but people actually let themselves believe the Senate was up for grabs when almost ALL conventional wisdom told them otherwise.Isn't this all that could be reasonably hoped for?
I'm a Canadian and I've stayed detached for a while so I don't get disappointed