Posted on 09/01/2022 11:00:03 AM PDT by cotton1706
Sitting members of Congress are being ousted from their seats at record rates, with Republicans constituting the majority of losses this election cycle.
With the 2022 primary season coming to a close, 15 members of Congress have lost their seats so far this year, representing the highest degree of turnover since the Obama administration, when the Tea Party revolution and an upswing in progressive activism led to 13 incumbents losing their primaries.
Though the defeats of New York Democratic Representatives Mondaire Jones and Carolyn Maloney in late August were the races that pushed the number into record-setting territory, the brunt of losses in Congress have been felt among Republican incumbents, several of whom supported the impeachment of former President Donald Trump over his role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The first election year after a redistricting cycle, according to historic election data, tends to see a higher level of incumbent turnover, often due to changing district dynamics or, like in Maloney's case, district boundaries that pit them against their fellow incumbents.
Trump's influence on the electoral environment, however, played a major factor. Of the more than a dozen incumbents to lose their primaries, nine were Republicans, with four among the few conservatives who voted to impeach the former president.
Others, like Illinois Representative Rodney Davis and West Virginia Representative David McKinley, lost to candidates backed by Trump as a result of other factors, including newly drawn district boundaries and the perception that they were too moderate to stand on the modern Republican platform.
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The shift has been even more cataclysmic down the ballot. According to an analysis by Ballotpedia, 202 incumbents have lost their primaries this election cycle, eclipsing the previous 20-year high set in 2018 by nearly 60 members.
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Exactly right!
Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney clearing out the blackmail file drawer before the FBI is cleared out.
Also, if someone sees something as a clump of cells, then you will not convince them otherwise!
Your point?
That waits to be seen.
If all of Trump's handpicked candidates lose their races in November, that's probably the end of Trump as a political figure of importance on the national stage.
On the flip-side, if they all win...
Yes. In this election, every Senate race is a national election. To gain control of the Senate, every Republican must win his or her Senate race. Individual characteristics of the candidate are secondary.
For TDS sufferers, it’s the worst timing possible..
For life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness supporters, it’s way overdue
A fellow DeSantiser! And that’s why they are working to make sure Trump’s candidates lose. We cannot let that happen...we have to fight!
Yeah...screw elections right? Jeez the stupidity
And I hope they all win, every candidate with an (R) after their name, those that Trump supported and even those that he did not.
What the heck...newb!!!
Like any other party we have our liberal, moderate and conservative members.
The liberals believe in only two terms in any office.
The moderates believe in two elected offices for life.
The conservatives believe in one term in office followed by an equal one in prison.
TDS is not curable.
Its side effects include screaming Trump is losing by winning..
Me too! I am trying to fire up people on here (and on other sites as well). I see our side as complacent...we cannot be and that means parting with $$$ to help candidates win!
Your approval of baby killing is noted.
Get lost! Trump says stupid things but hes the guy in charge...I support Republicans across the board whether he endorsed them or not! I wish Trump would stick to physical appearances and ginning up support...he is good at that. His tweets do not help in the slightest!
It’s still legal in case you missed it!
If liberals want to make sure there are less liberals in the world...who am I to complain?
You know my point..!!
“Yes...and you guys are helping us lose the battle!”
How can the only side that actually presents a coherent alternative to the enemy’s worldview be “helping us lose”? You aren’t even in the battle, so there is no “us” here to speak of, as far as I can tell.
“Preventing a one world government and becoming a slave to Soros is the reason anyone votes republican nowadays!”
Yet you are choosing to go that route one way or the other. You can’t oppose amoralists by advocating a different form of amorality. Or you just end up with a situation where you have a choice between Communists and Fascists, and then you lose even if you win.
“Noone outside your perview cares about trying to “cleanse” society or whatever the religious right wants to do...”
Your comment reveals you don’t even know what the positions of the people you are railing against are. Don’t you think you might want to have the tiniest amount of intellectual curiousity and find out what they want before denouncing them and basing your whole political alignment on that denouncement?
“...getting rid of gay marriage or abortion, leave those issues alone!”
Leaving those issues alone results in us becoming the equivalent of Europe, where your political choice will be between Communists and Socialists. Do you want to be boiled quickly or slowly?
“I work hard for my money and do not want it going to some illegal or lazy a$$ who lives in mom’s basement. THAT is the appeal of the Republican party...”
That’s a very shallow and uninsightful take on the current state of politics and our civilization. Perhaps in a few years you’ll realize that there are much more important things at stake at this juncture of history than the dollars in your pocket, which are ephemeral, and which usually get evaporated by inflation no matter which party of swamp critters gets into office.
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