Posted on 10/02/2024 11:09:22 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
The Democrats have a long term problem.
The democrat party appears, on the surface to be in a pretty nice place. They have won 3 out of 4 of the last presidential contests, and they have won the popular vote for President 4 out of the last 5 elections, with the re-election of George W Bush being the sole exception. They hold the Governorships in 23 of 50 states, though they may up that to 24 or 25 depending on how NC and NH vote… At this point it looks all but a certainty Dems will gain the NC governorship.
However, when we go a little further down the ballot things get a bit less rosy for them. Republicans control the Governorship and both house in 23 states, Democrats have this distinction in 16. 10 States have some sort of split among these 3 bodies. At the purely legislative level Republicans control both houses in 29 states, and democrats control both house in 19, with 1 state divided. And if we look at total state chambers (houses and senates) Republicans control 58 of the chambers to Democrats 39, with 1 divided chamber. Now, before you start yelling at me that that only adds up to 98, and 49 respectively, Nebraska is not included in any of these numbers, because they have a Unicameral legislature and is not included because members are elected on a non partisan basis. So while it certainly appears near the top that the nation is fairly evenly divided, the closer you go to the actual voters, Republicans still hold a fairly sizable advantage. Why is that, and what does that mean?
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Ad countering their lies about Georgia abortion law.
Yes. From many different countries.
Cubans vote Republican in Florida.
2nd and 3rd generation Mexican-Americans are starting to vote Republican in Texas.
The Dems can't have that. So they're flying in more migrants to turn the state blue.
“The only thing keeping Wisconsin in check with a Socialist Democrat governor is that Republicans (FWIW) hold both our House and Assembly (Senate) and have kept the hemorrhaging of Tax Dollars in check.”
Believe it or not, that’s the only thing that has slowed down Tim Walz since he was elected Governor in 2018. Until 2022, the GOP controlled the State Senate.
In 2022, they lost it and the floodgates of socialism opened up.
*At the purely legislative level Republicans control both houses in 29 states
These are the states that must pass legislation for public school reform and election integrity.*
How many are purple/competitive?
“I thought the governor of NC is Roy Cooper, a (D)...???”
Yeah, that’s what I thought. But guess he is term limited or anyway, he’s not running.
But the Lt. Gov who is running for Gov is an R. How does that work? Are they elected separately?
I’m too lazy to google, someone mansplain it to me, please!
>> Are they elected separately?
Yes.
TY!
Governor Scott Walker (R, WI) left us in really good shape financially and legally in the House and Assembly. He wasn’t ‘ready for prime time’ as it were, running against President in Exile Trump at the time for the presidency, but I expect we will hear good things from him in the future.
That man took as much abuse as Trump has; slander, recall, rioting, lawsuits, death threats to family members, his DOG and himself! I can see why you’d go underground when you had the chance to and not fight for your THIRD re-election! As far as I know, Walker is still working for a conservative Think Tank that helps to turn out young, conservative candidates for future races. I’ll have to look into that more and see what he’s up to. ;)
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