A little perspective

[Luddly Neddite]

The Repubs won on lies and gerrymandering. Think about it. They offered nothing.

The Dems screwed up by not sticking together and by not voting.

The personhood bill failed.

In every state where it was on the ballot, increased minimum wage passed.

IOW, Obama's policies did not lose the election.

The voters however, did.

Now let's see what the Republicans will do with their split membership. My bet is, we'll see nothing more than more obstruction, photo ops and Do Nothing.

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

What do you u suppose voter turnout indicates, mister analyst? If the republicans didn't run on anything substantive (and, let's face it, many of them did not), then why do you suppose there was still republican turnout in the polls? Could it be that the republicans were fired up because of their objections to the president's policies? Conversely, why do you think the democrats didn't come out? Ultimately, they didn't care enough to go vote. You could chalk that up to a number of factors, not the least of which is that part of the dem base is the sort of low information voters who aren't plugged in to politics enough to know wtf's going on if it's more obscure than who's running for president (that's why your party's turn-out is always shitty on mid terms, cuz a significant part of your base is people who don't pay attention. That doesn't speak highly of your candidates, but that's another topic altogether). One of the things you have to acknowledge, however, is that when informed voters don't show up to the polls, it's because none of the options offered on the ballot are appealing enough to show up and vote for.

In summation, if the republicans were pissed off enough to show up and win, and democrats weren't enthused enough to show up at all, you have to acknowledge that many people on one side were pissed off at the policies of the party that they showed up -specically- to defeat (cuz, remember, they weren't running on their own vision, just on beat the dems), and the other side wasn't excited enough about what the dems are doing to show up and support them. Any way you choose to slice it, democrat policies lost last night.

 

[HenryBHough]

Republicans won.

Democrats lost.

Deal with it.

Or, if you want to amuse us, keep on whining.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Yeah Dems didn't vote, for Dems.

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

Also, the republicans didn't just win big in congressional districts, they won gubernatorial seats and senate seats, all of which are state-wide elections. If the state lines haven't been redrawn during this last election cycle (and, to my knowledge, they have not), then gerrymandering can't be the cause, now can it? Learn the meaning of the words you use before tossing them around, it helps you avoid looking like a retard.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

And even with those big issues bringing democrats out to the polls in big enough numbers to push them through, the numbers still weren't there to put your candidates in charge. Pretty stoked about Oregon passing recreational pot use, though. We can agree there.

 

[Manonthestreet]

The Massachusetts Automatic Gas Tax Increase Repeal Initiative, Question 1 was on the November 4, 2014 statewide ballot as an initiated state statute, where it was approved. The measure was designed to repeal a 2013 law that automatically adjusted gas taxes according to inflation, allowing for automatic annual increases in the state's gas tax.[1
Massachusetts Question 1
Result Votes Percentage
Yes 1,091,087 52.97%
No 968,855 47.03% Massachusetts Automatic Gas Tax Increase Repeal Initiative Question 1 2014 - Ballotpedia

 

[Manonthestreet]

The Tennessee Legislative Powers Regarding Abortion, Amendment 1 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in the state of Tennessee as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. Tennessee Legislative Powers Regarding Abortion Amendment 1 2014 - Ballotpedia