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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I’ve read all of your comments and have come to the conclusion that you are one of those folks who lives by the idea that “THE END JUSTFIES THE MEANS”, and that you are very full of yourself (and other stuff).
Bye Bye now.
“We beed”?
As I said previously, you seem to be one of those folks that believe “THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS”.
There were some other people that thought the same way back in the 1930’s and 1940’s, they were called the Empire of Japan and the NAZIS.
It took over 5 years and millions of deaths to rectify that problem.
The other group that looked at life from your point of view were called COMMUNISTS, they are still around.
Yep. It’s either that or let the NWO turn us into slaves!
Well did you see Biden’s little 1930s speech? That’s the enemy, not abortion clinics.
"Why do you think that Democrats fight so hard EVERY DAY to make that happen???"
Because they know that culture is what controls electoral outcomes. When you start pondering the cultural ramifications of the loss of Roe, you'll understand why it's so important and it was the correct thing to do.
The end of Roe is an electoral positive-good over the long term because of how it affects the culture.
"No...winning elections is the most important thing."
That's what we're doing.
The way things look...that’s not going to be the case in November unless the party gets a cohesive message to run on. And we lost in 2020...yes there was fraud...we also dropped Senate seats and failed to re-take the house. Coupled with the 2019, 2018 and 2017 election disasters, our W-L record is pretty piss poor lately.
Straight on assessment of you lib TROLL!
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