The stakes have never been higher

[sealybobo]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

 

[1stRambo]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

Yo, typical Democrat Skunk? We need, We need, We need? You are as sorry as Obama, and a big liar like him! Check who runs the Cities? Mostly Black vote, because they live in town close to the Government? Why you ask? Welfare!

"GTP"

 

[MisterBeale]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

 

[sealybobo]

Democrats Face Real Political Crisis Ahead Of November Election

 

[TNHarley]

Yep. Democrats are poor and don't buy elections/are corrupt. Even Tom Steyer is poor. Thank you for bringing that to our attention!

 

[sealybobo]

The Democratic Party Got Crushed During The Obama Presidency. Here's Why

The GOP may be in the midst of an identity crisis, but the Democratic Party is also facing a political crisis that could be made a lot worse if it doesn't win the White House in November.

Here's why:
Part of President Obama's legacy is the health of his party. He's had many successes in office — health care reform, climate change regulations, Wall Street reform — but his legacy will also include one huge failure: a diminished Democratic Party.

Every president sees his party lose hundreds of positions — it's the price a party holding the White House pays — but no president has come close to Obama. During Obama's eight years in office, the Democrats have lost more House, Senate, state legislative and governors seats than under any other president.

When Obama took office, there were 60 Democratic senators; now there are 46. The number of House seats held by Democrats has shrunk from 257 to 188.

There are now nine fewer Democratic governors than in 2009. Democrats currently hold fewer elected offices nationwide than at any time since the 1920s.

 

[sealybobo]

How did this happen?
1. There are two different electorates in America

There is Presidential Election America, where turnout is diverse. The electorate is younger, browner, more single, more secular — more Democratic. Then there's Midterm Election America, where the electorate is older, whiter, more rural, more church-going — in other words, more Republican. What's great for Republicans and bad for Democrats is that the vast majority of the governorships and state legislative seats are elected in the midterms.

And those positions are the seed corn for a party — they're the farm teams for higher-level offices. Right now the Democrats are at a very low ebb.

This is something President Obama lamented when he campaigned for Democrats in the midterm elections of 2010 and 2014. Republicans manage to turn out their voters every two years, but Democrats, for some reason, only turn their voters out every four. Maybe, Obama mused, because Democrats just don't think midterms are "sexy enough."

 

[sealybobo]

2. Bad luck

Democrats had one spectacularly bad piece of luck. The Republicans' Tea Party-fueled surge in 2010 was perfectly timed to coincide with the decennial census, after which new congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by governors and state legislatures. Republicans' huge gains in the 2010 midterms put them in the driver's seat when it came time to draw new congressional districts in 2011. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell remembers what happened when Republicans took over the governor's mansion and the Legislature in his state:

"When I left office in January of 2011," says Rendell, "there were 13 Democratic congressman and six Republican congressman. As a result of redistricting in the 2010 election, that turned around and we now have 13 Republican congressmen and five Democratic congressman."

 

[sealybobo]

3. Democrats don't care

It's not only bad timing and gerrymandering that have hollowed out the Democratic Party. Mo Elleithee, a former Democratic National Committee official, says Democrats have never put enough effort and resources into state legislative races. Republicans, on the other hand, make those races a top priority.

 

[Conservative65]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

The entire country is gerrymandered. The problem with your complaint is that you don't have a problem when the gerrymandering gets Democrats elected.

 

[sealybobo]

4. Too many Democrats live in cities

This is another problem that makes it easier for Republicans to draw congressional and state legislative districts that disadvantage Democrats. Democratic voters are clumped together in urban areas. You could say that for the purposes of winning elections, Democratic voters are just not efficiently distributed.

Its why even in red states like Texas and Utah there are cities that are solidly Democratic — and why lesbian mayors were elected in Houston and Salt Lake City. When Democrats cluster in and around cities, they win local elections, but that doesn't help them win suburban or rural congressional seats.

This November, the stakes for Democrats couldn't be higher. Without the White House, assuming party control elsewhere remains the same, Democrats would be truly out in the cold.

 

[Conservative65]

How did this happen?
1. There are two different electorates in America

There is Presidential Election America, where turnout is diverse. The electorate is younger, browner, more single, more secular — more Democratic. Then there's Midterm Election America, where the electorate is older, whiter, more rural, more church-going — in other words, more Republican. What's great for Republicans and bad for Democrats is that the vast majority of the governorships and state legislative seats are elected in the midterms.

And those positions are the seed corn for a party — they're the farm teams for higher-level offices. Right now the Democrats are at a very low ebb.

This is something President Obama lamented when he campaigned for Democrats in the midterm elections of 2010 and 2014. Republicans manage to turn out their voters every two years, but Democrats, for some reason, only turn their voters out every four. Maybe, Obama mused, because Democrats just don't think midterms are "sexy enough."

Maybe it's because there isn't a black President running in the midterms giving blacks and guilt ridden whites a sole reason to vote.

 

[Conservative65]

4. Too many Democrats live in cities

This is another problem that makes it easier for Republicans to draw congressional and state legislative districts that disadvantage Democrats. Democratic voters are clumped together in urban areas. You could say that for the purposes of winning elections, Democratic voters are just not efficiently distributed.

Its why even in red states like Texas and Utah there are cities that are solidly Democratic — and why lesbian mayors were elected in Houston and Salt Lake City. When Democrats cluster in and around cities, they win local elections, but that doesn't help them win suburban or rural congressional seats.

This November, the stakes for Democrats couldn't be higher. Without the White House, assuming party control elsewhere remains the same, Democrats would be truly out in the cold.

Democrats needs to be out in the cold since their ideas are frozen.

 

[sealybobo]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

The entire country is gerrymandered. The problem with your complaint is that you don't have a problem when the gerrymandering gets Democrats elected.

I'll agree it will take the American people to solve this. If the people in those gerrymandered districts want to keep electing Republicans, that's their choice. And if the GOP are making them happy, great. My problem is those stupid voters are typically like the voters in Kentucky that keep re electing guys like Mitch McConnell. They're dragging us all down.

 

[Conservative65]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

The entire country is gerrymandered. The problem with your complaint is that you don't have a problem when the gerrymandering gets Democrats elected.

I'll agree it will take the American people to solve this. If the people in those gerrymandered districts want to keep electing Republicans, that's their choice. And if the GOP are making them happy, great. My problem is those stupid voters are typically like the voters in Kentucky that keep re electing guys like Mitch McConnell. They're dragging us all down.

If you want to see gerrymandered district designed to favor certain groups, look at the makeup of many of the House districts where blacks are elected. Most, although not all, have near or above a 50% black population. The one in my state that elects a black Democrat was made that way on purpose in order to appease the whiners.

I wish Kentucky would elect a Conservative and give McConnell the boot.

 

[sealybobo]

How did this happen?
1. There are two different electorates in America

There is Presidential Election America, where turnout is diverse. The electorate is younger, browner, more single, more secular — more Democratic. Then there's Midterm Election America, where the electorate is older, whiter, more rural, more church-going — in other words, more Republican. What's great for Republicans and bad for Democrats is that the vast majority of the governorships and state legislative seats are elected in the midterms.

And those positions are the seed corn for a party — they're the farm teams for higher-level offices. Right now the Democrats are at a very low ebb.

This is something President Obama lamented when he campaigned for Democrats in the midterm elections of 2010 and 2014. Republicans manage to turn out their voters every two years, but Democrats, for some reason, only turn their voters out every four. Maybe, Obama mused, because Democrats just don't think midterms are "sexy enough."

Maybe it's because there isn't a black President running in the midterms giving blacks and guilt ridden whites a sole reason to vote.

Historically midterms are the rich's secret weapon. 2006 was a fluke. The GOP were doing so badly even republicans voted them out or didn't show up. But democrats did turn out the vote in 2006. But then they stopped turning out in 2010, 2012, 2014. It's a fact. Democrats aren't smart enough to show up every 2 years but Republicans typically do.

 

[Conservative65]

How did this happen?
1. There are two different electorates in America

There is Presidential Election America, where turnout is diverse. The electorate is younger, browner, more single, more secular — more Democratic. Then there's Midterm Election America, where the electorate is older, whiter, more rural, more church-going — in other words, more Republican. What's great for Republicans and bad for Democrats is that the vast majority of the governorships and state legislative seats are elected in the midterms.

And those positions are the seed corn for a party — they're the farm teams for higher-level offices. Right now the Democrats are at a very low ebb.

This is something President Obama lamented when he campaigned for Democrats in the midterm elections of 2010 and 2014. Republicans manage to turn out their voters every two years, but Democrats, for some reason, only turn their voters out every four. Maybe, Obama mused, because Democrats just don't think midterms are "sexy enough."

Maybe it's because there isn't a black President running in the midterms giving blacks and guilt ridden whites a sole reason to vote.

Historically midterms are the rich's secret weapon. 2006 was a fluke. The GOP were doing so badly even republicans voted them out or didn't show up. But democrats did turn out the vote in 2006. But then they stopped turning out in 2010, 2012, 2014. It's a fact. Democrats aren't smart enough to show up every 2 years but Republicans typically do.

I've already showed you why Democrats didn't show up in 2010 and 2014. They didn't have a black President to vote for.

 

[sealybobo]

4. Too many Democrats live in cities

This is another problem that makes it easier for Republicans to draw congressional and state legislative districts that disadvantage Democrats. Democratic voters are clumped together in urban areas. You could say that for the purposes of winning elections, Democratic voters are just not efficiently distributed.

Its why even in red states like Texas and Utah there are cities that are solidly Democratic — and why lesbian mayors were elected in Houston and Salt Lake City. When Democrats cluster in and around cities, they win local elections, but that doesn't help them win suburban or rural congressional seats.

This November, the stakes for Democrats couldn't be higher. Without the White House, assuming party control elsewhere remains the same, Democrats would be truly out in the cold.

Democrats needs to be out in the cold since their ideas are frozen.

Republicans have the same ideas they had in 2006. They have simply obstructed progress and are just waiting for the ignorant electorate to forget and give their bad policies another go.

 

[sealybobo]

How did this happen?
1. There are two different electorates in America

There is Presidential Election America, where turnout is diverse. The electorate is younger, browner, more single, more secular — more Democratic. Then there's Midterm Election America, where the electorate is older, whiter, more rural, more church-going — in other words, more Republican. What's great for Republicans and bad for Democrats is that the vast majority of the governorships and state legislative seats are elected in the midterms.

And those positions are the seed corn for a party — they're the farm teams for higher-level offices. Right now the Democrats are at a very low ebb.

This is something President Obama lamented when he campaigned for Democrats in the midterm elections of 2010 and 2014. Republicans manage to turn out their voters every two years, but Democrats, for some reason, only turn their voters out every four. Maybe, Obama mused, because Democrats just don't think midterms are "sexy enough."

Maybe it's because there isn't a black President running in the midterms giving blacks and guilt ridden whites a sole reason to vote.

Historically midterms are the rich's secret weapon. 2006 was a fluke. The GOP were doing so badly even republicans voted them out or didn't show up. But democrats did turn out the vote in 2006. But then they stopped turning out in 2010, 2012, 2014. It's a fact. Democrats aren't smart enough to show up every 2 years but Republicans typically do.

I've already showed you why Democrats didn't show up in 2010 and 2014. They didn't have a black President to vote for.

Young white Democratic voters don't show up either. Trust me, I talk to a lot of them who don't think it matters. But ask Grampa Conservative if he votes every 2 years and he'll say you are god damn right. He has nothing better to do.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Go to NPR and search in politics for "Democrats face real political crisis ahead of November elections" and listen.

Hear how big money, corporations and the rich's secret weapon is midterms because the typical person that votes democratic either votes every 4 year or not at all because they don't think it matters. But the rich show up every 2 years and it's why they own the house and most governors.

Hear how the rich have invested a lot of money on state politics. Very hard for a democrat to compete on a state level. And the entire country is gerrymandered.

We need a democratic president, we need that supreme Court seat and we need to take back the Senate.

The stakes have never been higher.

Both parties are bought and paid for. If you haven't figured that out yet, well, I have a piece of toast with Jesus on it for sale if you're interested.