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To: Clemenza

Except that it has become dramatically redder since 2010.
Only twice in the history of the Democrat party have they held less elected offices as a percent of the whole than in 2016. Despite NH, VA etc...GOP currently holds at or near record House seats, state legislatures & governors.

Absent the shenanigans, the Dems would hold less than even in the 1920’s and largely be a boutique party pf the coastal elites.


16 posted on 03/04/2023 10:14:05 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: Freest Republican

As an elder pointed out to me years ago, way back when the American people were electing Eisenhower and later his VP Nixon to the presidency - the GOP was very weak organizationally and in terms of popularity at the state, local, and congressional level in nearly every single region of the country. Dems truly were the “default” party in the US from the 1930s until the 80s/90s. Don’t know what the near future holds but I am always pessimistic - I do think the deciding voters in US elections are a mixed bag and not exactly closet conservatives or lefties either. They just vote on whatever issue gets their panties in a bunch - witness all the single ladies voting on the abortion issue last November.


18 posted on 03/05/2023 8:34:52 AM PST by Clemenza
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