Very deceptive. The reality is that the majority of the American people DID vote for a Democrat House of Representatives - by over 1.3 million votes actually. The only reason the Republicans hung on was through skillful gerrymandering.
SeekAndFind wrote:
“If the electorate really favored progressivism, they would have given the Democrats control of the House of Representatives, and they did not.”
and Longbow1969 replied:
“Very deceptive. The reality is that the majority of the American people DID vote for a Democrat House of Representatives - by over 1.3 million votes actually. The only reason the Republicans hung on was through skillful gerrymandering.”
Longbow, I think you’re right.
But let me present you with an analogy, if I may try.
Think back to California of, say, 10-15 years ago. Even by then, it had become a solidly “blue” state (Schwarzenegger notwithstanding), but still had an effective Republican voice and representation which provided a measure of a “firewall” in the state legislature. That is to say, whatever legislation got passed (fiscal, etc.), had to “get through” the Republicans first. There were still enough of them there, elected by the conservative regions of the state to block the ‘rats from running roughshod over them.
We are at or near that same situation today, in the federal government. The Republican/conservative voice is still there (we hung onto the House), but it’s grip is tenuous. With the next election, the Republican House majority may be wiped out.
If that happens, expect the nation to go in the same direction as has gone California.
Off the cliff!