You're absolutely right, it's all speculation. Except for the OH election. That was won by the GOP.
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You're absolutely right, it's all speculation. Except for the OH election. That was won by the GOP.
When you have to attach qualifiers to justify your losing, it simply proves you are still losing.
I personally didn't see this as having much to do about Trump per se.
IMHO it was a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.
My take was that the far left candidates won't do well outside the Coasts. It was a powerful message that Centrist Democrats are a political force to be reckoned with and a winning formula for the majority of the country.
And we still have the twelve amendment to the Constitution. If every person in the coastal blue states voted Democrat, it still wouldn't necessarily win a general election. Democrats have to be able to appeal to the working class suburban and rural voters who actually turn out to cast a vote. Those are the types of voters who make a difference for house and senate majorities and for general elections - and they are not for the most part far left leaning. Those types of voters are pretty much Centrist. You can't stray too far left or right.
IMHO it was a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.
My take was that the far left candidates won't do well outside the Coasts. It was a powerful message that Centrist Democrats are a political force to be reckoned with and a winning formula for the majority of the country.
And we still have the twelve amendment to the Constitution. If every person in the coastal blue states voted Democrat, it still wouldn't necessarily win a general election. Democrats have to be able to appeal to the working class suburban and rural voters who actually turn out to cast a vote. Those are the types of voters who make a difference for house and senate majorities and for general elections - and they are not for the most part far left leaning. Those types of voters are pretty much Centrist. You can't stray too far left or right.
OH 12 before trump= win by 36 points
OH 12 after trump =win by 1 point (maybe as there are over 8000 ballots not counted)
She did get millions more votesHillary in a landslide!
All wasted. Repeal the 12th Amendment.
With The EC,not the American people