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Democrats Are on a Winning Streak That Could Transform Our Politics
The Nation ^ | 9/22/2023 | By John Nichols

Posted on 09/22/2023 3:48:56 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

In the past few days, Democrats have secured majority control of the Pennsylvania House and moved within one seat of ending Republican control of the New Hampshire House. Those wins are not aberrations. They are the latest measures of a nationwide blue wave that has seen Democrats outperform expectations in 24 of 30 special elections for open state legislative seats this year. Legislative contests that were once considered local or regional races are being nationalized, as concerns about abortion rights and voting rights—two issues that are up for grabs in statehouses—are putting Republican candidates in a perilous position.

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The numbers back up Williams’s assessment. On average, according to a fresh assessment by the data crunchers at FiveThirtyEight, Democrats are finishing 11 points better than the historic voting patterns of their districts would have predicted. That doesn’t mean that they are winning every race; sometimes, they are merely closing the gap in heavily Republican districts. But in other cases, Democrats are flipping Republican seats and raising the prospect that they will take control of legislative chambers that are currently controlled by the GOP.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1partyrule; democrats; demonicrats; elections; marxisttyranny; republicans; somuchwinning; states; winning; winningstreak
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Well, this is a bummer. In the face of Dimms supporting absolute lunatic woke policies like gender theory and CRT while turning cities into war zones, lefties are more mobilized about not being able to murder babies. Disgusting state of affairs.
1 posted on 09/22/2023 3:48:56 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Pull out the fraud vote and the dems would be way down...


2 posted on 09/22/2023 3:51:20 PM PDT by Bobalu (The political prosecution of Donald Trump marks the official end of US democracy.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Lefty women in particular. They get off being able to be the only special privileged demo that can legally murder another person for whatever reason they want.


3 posted on 09/22/2023 3:51:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: NohSpinZone

This is the normal outcome of two generations of American women being indoctrinated that the ability to murder their unborn children is their most sacred right.


4 posted on 09/22/2023 3:53:08 PM PDT by TallahasseeConservative (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: NohSpinZone

The voters better bend over and get ready


5 posted on 09/22/2023 3:53:14 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: NohSpinZone

If this pans out, our country is finished. Might as well find a nice poolside to sit by while I watch all the idiots vote to starve themselves to death.


6 posted on 09/22/2023 3:53:16 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: NohSpinZone

Also worth noting that both PA and NH Republicans are often indistinguishable from Democrats in terms of policies. They’re basically Democrat Lite. People are going to choose the non-Lite version of something in general, so this is a stupid strategy.


7 posted on 09/22/2023 3:53:42 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Blue state women whine about how bad everything financially is for their families and then vote based on Abortion only.

Truly the US has become the home of the deranged and the depraved.


8 posted on 09/22/2023 3:54:42 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Biden Regime delenda est)
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To: Bobalu

Oh my gosh. Why not just get republicans to vote? That’d be a better way to win. This New Hampshire loss in a red district is most disappointing. Since 2016, we haven’t won much. There are reasons beyond fraud. Unfortunately, that’s the excuse that seems to resonate which doesn’t get to the core problem. We better figure it out or we’ll have nothing.


9 posted on 09/22/2023 3:55:28 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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One word. Abortion.

I guess John Roberts on the SCOTUS was right. I think he made an argument for the court to move slower on the Roe vs Wade issue. Instead of overhauling it completely, each state could ban late term abortions but otherwise we'll keep Roe vs Wade in place.

10 posted on 09/22/2023 3:56:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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If this pans out, our country is finished.

It was a mistake to overturn Roe vs Wade, as simple as that.

11 posted on 09/22/2023 3:57:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: NohSpinZone

Let’s get to the civil war. Can’t live forever.


12 posted on 09/22/2023 3:57:23 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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In the past few days, Democrats have secured majority control of the Pennsylvania House and moved within one seat of ending Republican control of the New Hampshire House. Those wins are not aberrations.

No they aren't. They are exactly what you would expect to see since nobody did anything about the corrupt elections in Pennsylvania.

FIX the Elections Pennsylvania! Stop the corruption!

13 posted on 09/22/2023 3:57:31 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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Could be the eastern US is turning left because we are seeing the Western US turning right:

CA Parents revolted against critical race theory
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-revolted-against-critical-race-theory-how-they-won

The city of Huntington Beach will no longer fly the LGBTQ pride flag over City Hall during Pride Month, the City Council decided with a unanimous vote
https://twitter.com/AreYouAwaQe/status/1623522548871835650

violence breaks out between parents and LGBTQ supporters at LA elementary school where Pride flag was burned
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12153747/At-one-person-injured-violence-break-parents-LGBTQ-supporters.html

California Saw Huge Increase in Gun Ownership Over Last Decade Despite Strict Gun Laws
https://freebeacon.com/issues/report-california-saw-huge-increase-in-gun-ownership-over-last-decade-despite-strict-gun-laws/

Drag Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library met with protesters
https://www.ktvu.com/news/drag-story-hour-at-the-san-lorenzo-library-met-with-protesters

Temecula school board approves anti-LGBTQ flag policy
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/temecula-school-boards-proposed-flag-policy-prompts-concern-over-lgbtq-issues/


14 posted on 09/22/2023 3:58:19 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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Re: “blue wave”

Translation: “blue voting fraud”.


15 posted on 09/22/2023 3:58:20 PM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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In a fascist system, the fascists always win.

They set it up that way.


16 posted on 09/22/2023 3:58:34 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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Well, this is a bummer.

It's The Nation. Always a bummer.

17 posted on 09/22/2023 3:58:52 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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But Roe v. Wade was wrong (bad judicial fiat). So, in order to have good governance, we must effectively allow misguided women to hold the country hostage? What a sorry state of affairs.


18 posted on 09/22/2023 3:59:06 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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So, in order to have good governance, we must effectively allow misguided women to hold the country hostage?

19th Amendment.

19 posted on 09/22/2023 3:59:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Bobalu

“Our Democracy” is the cheating the Democrats do after midnight in precincts they control on election night.

It is a “transformation” for sure....


20 posted on 09/22/2023 3:59:54 PM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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