...there is a huge 20-point gap among independents who would choose a generic Republican over a generic Democrat by a margin of 48%-26%.
Nice...The Enduring Republican Grip on State Legislatures
Realclearpolitics.com ^ | 11/16/21 | Lou Cannon
Posted on 11/17/2021, 4:51:09 AM by cotton1706
Democrats lost more than a governorship in this month’s election, which cemented the party’s status as a persistent loser in state legislative elections.
The headline story in Virginia was the defeat of former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe by Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin, but Republicans also gained control of the House of Delegates, the lower chamber of the Virginia legislature.
With that victory, Republicans control 62 of the nation’s 98 partisan legislative chambers compared to 36 for the Democrats. (Nebraska has a unicameral legislature that is nominally nonpartisan.)
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