[DiogenesLamp]

What happened in 2006? I can explain 2008, 2012 and 2018. I *have* been explaining these election problems for the last decade. It's the propaganda system we call "the media." They make people believe stupid and/or untrue things.

Here’s the explanation: demographics is NOT destiny.

Disagree. Demographics has been offset by increased lying and with holding of information.

The public can't make accurate decisions if they are fed lies. The media lie system has simply become increasingly more powerful since 1988.

[discostu]

What happened in 2006 was the GOP lost their majority in the mid-terms. Because the reality of our elective system is that the two parties just trade back and forth. Same reason the dems won in 2008. For well over 100 years, with a handful of exceptions, is one party gets the White House for 2 cycles, they lose Congressional seats in the mid-terms, then they trade. Lather, rinse, repeat. There are no permanent majorities, demographics are not destiny, and nothing really changes cause the parties don’t actually stand for anything.