There are about 5 million votes in California alone that haven't been counted yet. The final margin won't be anywhere near 5%.
Yeah it will be like 4%. Big diff.
This count is stupid. Probably 2 million D votes went uncast in trumplandia because the trumpist ran unopposed. Many districts read something like r:200,000 d: 0.
maybe the Repubs will learn from this to leave transgender issues and election denial out of it. Apparently all that m'aga crazy drove the independents to the Dems. In search of sanity.
THe thing is...Repubs live in such geographic and media bubbles that they have no idea most of the nation thinks they are idiots to believe a word trump says. Repubs just don't understand how awful they look, and how that awfulness drives independent to vote for Dems.
But they'll stick with Trump because they love him (literally) and think trump makes the libs cry. And the Rs are used to losing now, so no biggie if they lose a few more.
The GOP is a lot like the Russians under Putin. They have convinced themselves that they are the "Real Americans", and everyone else is somehow not legitimate. They are becoming obsessed with conspiratorial thinking, focused on an imaginary enemy made up of a cabal of jews, gays, blacks, commies, and easy women.
Most Republicans can't grasp how off the rails their messaging has gone in the past 6 years. They literally ran a campaign focusing on Christian nationalism, antivax, and trans-women. WTF thought that was a winning message? Other than rojo, that is.
This count is stupid. Probably 2 million D votes went uncast in trumplandia because the trumpist ran unopposed. Many districts read something like r:200,000 d: 0.
You know that happens in blue districts too, right.
There are about 5 million votes in California alone that haven't been counted yet. The final margin won't be anywhere near 5%.
Yeah it will be like 4%. Big diff.
At some point the margin gets small enough that it clearly isn't a wave election. This one looks a lot more like 2020 than 2018, in terms of the house spread.
maybe the Repubs will learn from this to leave transgender issues and election denial out of it. Apparently all that m'aga crazy drove the independents to the Dems. In search of sanity.
THe thing is...Repubs live in such geographic and media bubbles that they have no idea most of the nation thinks they are idiots to believe a word trump says. Repubs just don't understand how awful they look, and how that awfulness drives independent to vote for Dems.
But they'll stick with Trump because they love him (literally) and think trump makes the libs cry. And the Rs are used to losing now, so no biggie if they lose a few more.
The GOP is a lot like the Russians under Putin. They have convinced themselves that they are the "Real Americans", and everyone else is somehow not legitimate. They are becoming obsessed with conspiratorial thinking, focused on an imaginary enemy made up of a cabal of jews, gays, blacks, commies, and easy women.
Most Republicans can't grasp how off the rails their messaging has gone in the past 6 years. They literally ran a campaign focusing on Christian nationalism, antivax, and trans-women. WTF thought that was a winning message? Other than rojo, that is.
I think you are half right.
I am not sure if the Republican politicians believe that nonsense, they simply believe it would resonate with their voters.
I saw this over and over during the run-up to the elections: Republicans were not articulating a platform for their voters. The first thing out of their mouths was, we need to save ourselves from failed policies, and then they rattle off a few generalizations (i.e. failed economic policies, crime out of control in our streets, etc. etc etc.). They seemed to think that all they had to do was demonize the other side. Frankly, it made the candidates look more opportunistic (want to jump on the bandwagon of anti-left causes) than intelligent leaders that could come up with a plan to manage their districts.
Frankly, their deadfast conviction to the popular notion of a red wave was their undoing. I think the election showed that voters care passionately about issues, and issues that effect them on a local level. The right to an abortion is one of those.
This count is stupid. Probably 2 million D votes went uncast in trumplandia because the trumpist ran unopposed. Many districts read something like r:200,000 d: 0.
You know that happens in blue districts too, right.
There were 24 house Republicans who faced no Democrat, but only 6 democrats who ran unopposed. There are 6 races in California that are dem on dem, so they'll get 100% of the vote total.
Yes it is. There's no federal law banning murder, a state could legalize it if they chose. That's how almost all laws work in this country.
Of course there is a federal murder statute. You are incorrect. Now it is true that this federal murder statute does not cover all cases of murder but there is a federal murder statute. There is also the common law which makes murder a crime. Congress also has the power to override a state which attempts to legalize murder, as the Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate commerce among the “several states,” which would undoubtedly override a state’s ability to legalize murder.
The Interstate Commerce Clause absolutely does not allow congress to regulate murder within states.
Of course there is a federal murder statute. You are incorrect. Now it is true that this federal murder statute does not cover all cases of murder but there is a federal murder statute. There is also the common law which makes murder a crime. Congress also has the power to override a state which attempts to legalize murder, as the Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate commerce among the “several states,” which would undoubtedly override a state’s ability to legalize murder.
The Interstate Commerce Clause absolutely does not allow congress to regulate murder within states.
If the US Supreme Court says it does, then it does. It is pretty clear a strong argument can me made that it does. How the hell is interstate commerce going to proceed without laws against murder?
maybe the Repubs will learn from this to leave transgender issues and election denial out of it. Apparently all that m'aga crazy drove the independents to the Dems. In search of sanity.
THe thing is...Repubs live in such geographic and media bubbles that they have no idea most of the nation thinks they are idiots to believe a word trump says. Repubs just don't understand how awful they look, and how that awfulness drives independent to vote for Dems.
But they'll stick with Trump because they love him (literally) and think trump makes the libs cry. And the Rs are used to losing now, so no biggie if they lose a few more.
They stick with Trump...beyond his base....because he has them by the nuts. They are about to go through 2 more years of it.
to underline the point of indies running fast away from m'aga:
WSJ:
independents favored Democrats by 4 points nationally, the survey found, and by a far more substantial 18 points in Pennsylvania, 28 points in Georgia and more than 30 points in Arizona.
The total national vote count is currently 5 percent in favor of Republicans.
A lot of independents must have run to the Republican party and registered for your data to be true.
By the way 5 percent is a red wave. It is very curious how that did not translate into wins as it has in the past. Apparently the Dems only got "high turnout" in the places where it was needed.
A lot of the CA vote has yet to be counted. The R advantage will shrink or disappear in the next week or so.
The 'Red Wave' scare was a typical GOP trick designed into throwing fear into independents to the point where they would think "What's the use?" and either not vote at all or sway them to vote GOP, both of which would benefit their candidates. They use fear to get elected, except this time it didn't work. Even if the total vote count means anything they failed and lost in swing states as well as any credibility with the candidates they put out there (Oz, Lake, Herschel...really?) Thus...devastation!
The 'Red Wave' scare was a typical GOP trick designed into throwing fear into independents to the point where they would think "What's the use?" and either not vote at all or sway them to vote GOP, both of which would benefit their candidates. They use fear to get elected, except this time it didn't work. Even if the total vote count means anything they failed and lost in swing states as well as any credibility with the candidates they put out there (Oz, Lake, Herschel...really?) Thus...devastation!
Running Herschel as a family values candidate is one illustration of how far the Republican party has sunk--embracing as their family values candidate a guy with (I think) three baby mothers, a guy who apparently may have paid for an abortion (claiming he didn't know that is what he was doing), *AND* whose own kid publicly denounced him during the campaign as a failure, as a guy who destroyed his own family.
The 'Red Wave' scare was a typical GOP trick designed into throwing fear into independents to the point where they would think "What's the use?" and either not vote at all or sway them to vote GOP, both of which would benefit their candidates. They use fear to get elected, except this time it didn't work. Even if the total vote count means anything they failed and lost in swing states as well as any credibility with the candidates they put out there (Oz, Lake, Herschel...really?) Thus...devastation!
Running Herschel as a family values candidate is one illustration of how far the Republican party has sunk--embracing as their family values candidate a guy with (I think) three baby mothers, a guy who apparently may have paid for an abortion (claiming he didn't know that is what he was doing), *AND* whose own kid publicly denounced him during the campaign as a failure, as a guy who destroyed his own family.
maybe the Repubs will learn from this to leave transgender issues and election denial out of it. Apparently all that m'aga crazy drove the independents to the Dems. In search of sanity.
THe thing is...Repubs live in such geographic and media bubbles that they have no idea most of the nation thinks they are idiots to believe a word trump says. Repubs just don't understand how awful they look, and how that awfulness drives independent to vote for Dems.
But they'll stick with Trump because they love him (literally) and think trump makes the libs cry. And the Rs are used to losing now, so no biggie if they lose a few more.
The GOP is a lot like the Russians under Putin. They have convinced themselves that they are the "Real Americans", and everyone else is somehow not legitimate. They are becoming obsessed with conspiratorial thinking, focused on an imaginary enemy made up of a cabal of jews, gays, blacks, commies, and easy women.
Most Republicans can't grasp how off the rails their messaging has gone in the past 6 years. They literally ran a campaign focusing on Christian nationalism, antivax, and trans-women. WTF thought that was a winning message? Other than rojo, that is.
I think you forgot that Rojo is a registered Democrat. LOL
I said 51 was my worst case scenario. I posted the prediction maps back on 10/18 on a different thread. Try and keep up, kid.
Yes except you changed it to 52. You cannot read what you wrote? You seem to know little about this sort of thing. You remind me of a sports fan who always thinks his team will win.
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