Posted on 06/06/2018 3:59:15 PM PDT by mandaladon
Following a fresh round of bellwether votes, the party still hasn't shown it can win the districts they need to take control of the House.
WASHINGTON — The lesson of Tuesday night's primaries for Democrats: They still have a lot of work to do if they want to win control of the House in November.
They managed to avert the total disaster of getting "locked out" of general election contests in California, where candidates of all parties compete against one another in primaries and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election.
But they didn't look particularly impressive in doing it.
In several of the state's most competitive districts — the kinds of races Democrats will have to win if they hope to take charge of the House — Republicans collected more than half the vote.
And in this moment of constant chatter about an "enthusiasm gap" benefiting Democrats in November, California provides a rare barometer for the general election, both because the two parties match up head-to-head in its primary system and because a significant chunk of the nation's swing districts are in the state.
In the 10th District, which is rated as a "toss-up" by the Cook Political Report, GOP Rep. Jeff Denham — one of the top Democratic targets in the country — grabbed just 38 percent of the vote.
Normally, that would be dead-man-walking territory for an incumbent, and cause for the other party to start popping champagne corks. But another Republican, Ted Howze, siphoned 14 percent of the vote. Together, he and Denham accounted for 52 percent.
Republican Rep. Steve Knight, whose 25th District is on all the lists of most-likely to swing, picked up 53 percent of the vote Tuesday against four Democratic rivals.
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There will be no Marijuan initiatives, free dope measures, or free give aways for illegals on the California ballot this November. That will hurt the Democrat turnout at the polls.
but but ,Nancy has her redecoration plans for the Speakers Office ready to go
How could they? They know its over already
If you are an independent or democrat voter and you want DACA to happen, if you vote R, no continued stalemate in the Senate.
Voting D means stalemate for two more years.
Nobody is voting for Trump, put your hate in your back pocket and do the smart thing and allow Congress to get moving.
Can you put that in English?
The most recent polls of Trump popularity and party preference have slipped in RCP polls posted today. The Ras poll has Trump up a point, at 49-49. All other polls have Trump losing some ground. The same is true as to party preference, which has gone from D +3 to D +6.
So, what has happened recently to cause this slip seen in all the polls? The economic news has been great. The only event I can point to is all this talk of Trump pardoning himself, which isn’t playing well.
Any other ideas?
If the Republicans just get another 3% of the Black vote it will be curtains for the dimoKKKRATS.
Gas prices suck.
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Jeff Denham is not a bad guy, but he may have spent too much time in DC.
He does need to take the wake-up call and walk the walk.
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It’s five months till the elections. A lot can happen.
Get Hitlery to run again haha
They still have election fraud to fall back on.
I’m not a stupid person, but I don’t understand a smidgen of your post. I can’t figure out who’s side you’re on.
The “media” are rushing in for a rescue mission, releasing a sh*tload of polls showing a hard swing toward the dems today.
Obama/Clinton/Kerry et al have done much to damage the brand.
Voting Democrat means congressional stalemate.
When the vote in Congress between our two parties is close to even, those parties created rules to stalemate each other.
The minority party can use “congressional rules” to stop majority passage of laws.
Overcoming that by simple majority rule is known as the “nuclear option”.
But both parties have been too afraid to use majority rule because they fear that they may be the minority someday.
That’s what is going on in the Senate.
The Democrats have no coherent message beyond impeaching Trump (for whatever reason), raising taxes on the “wealthy” (never once defining “wealthy”), reviving Obamacare in some form or another (likely as “single-payer”), and restoring “diversity” through affirmative action with a vengeance through a new volley of regulations.
The objective is to outlaw conservatives everywhere, and through using methods developed after years of study and practice in public and many private colleges and universities, the majority of the Bill of Rights shall be either repealed or nullified, as they do not reflect “modern” thinking.
Command and control economics and enforcement of social “norms” will be the chief “benefit” conferred by restoring the Democrat party to its rightful heritage and legacy.
Polls of just adults, with no party lean. Ridiculous D plus 8 and D plus 9 polls, and polls that undergoing indies.
Undercount
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