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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A better headline would be “MAGA getting the Republican house in order ahead of midterms”
In what elections are Dems destroying Republicans? There has only been primaries and a special election or two, no?
100 percent correct! We need the religious right...they are part of our party. Unfortunately, they are a dwindling block and the issues that matter most to them will be in direct conflict with a potential huge swath of new voters. I’m at a loss about what to do about that, but let’s all band together this November and get this done and in ‘24 and we can sort it out after that!
It is called a cleansing. Long, long overdue.
Mitch McConnel is the worst.
You are correct in that it’s a small sample size but we’ve lost seats in CA, NY now AK and the pro-abortion measure passed in KS by 58-41 with much higher turnout for the Dem primary than normal. Its enough for us to be able to say that the other side is energized and we need to up our game! We can do this but we need to realize we are in a dogfight!
“Most young women ARE NOT MAGA!”
They never were MAGA, in fact most of the morons I see waving BLM and fag flags are the demographic you just mentioned.
These pro abortion kamikazes will eventually “burn out” within a couple of election cycles.
It will get even worse for them if we get a huge global economic contraction between 2023-2024.
What will they do when female labor takes an economic hit?
Keep voting for the “BLM/LBGQT/feminist/environmental zealot party” or will they have a “road to Damascus moment?”
Personally, I don’t give a shit what they do or how they vote, they’re a road block to the MAGA agenda at the present time.
What...kind of nuts is this?
They’re a key voting block that can potentially help us this year and side with us on schools, some fiscal issues and woke politics. It’s not smart to just screw them over and say “the hell with you vote Demcorat”, especially when female voters outnumber male voters like they do. How is MAGA going to accomplish anything without the representatives in DC and the statehouses?
Open borders, record inflation, out of control FBI and IRS, brutal crime, etc, etc...yeah, let’s keep the incumbents (rolling eyes)
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I suspect, having listened to people where I live talk, that many are getting fed up with the religious right seemingly dictating our laws nowadays. If they don’t like a book they demand it be removed from a school or a library. I will NOT support this kind of fanatical censorship...from either side.
The more the far right wing of the Republican party tries to control legislatures and by inference the people, the less support they will gain or maintain.
And if those voters want to sit out an election because the candidates do say or do exactly as the far right or ultra religious conservatives wants...no big loss in my opinion.
As of this point in time I am not going to donate any more money to the Republican party until they stat acting like they want to win and that they will tell the Qanon and proud boys section to stfu.
Democrats can win races by pointing out how our side has passed all these trigger laws and seemingly done so without really consulting the voters in their states. So I will not be surprised in the least if the Democrats win more seats on the national level and the state level.
As much as I hate to admit, you are absolutely correct! Many on here will be very surprised this November and will simply chalk it up to “voter fraud”! Yes, voter fraud happens, but the majority of people see abortion and gay marriage as rights people should have and we as a party need to adapt to that.
I would disagree that you not donate time or money to Republicans. We cannot let Soros and his ilk control us any more than they do. While I simply want to fire up our base, I think you should re-think helping the other side by sitting this one out!
Now this is the constitutional term limits.
The prevention of a one world government is more important than any internal struggle we have in the party!
Agree. Losing RINOs like Cheney is no loss, but actually a loss for Democrats.
It’s a Concern-Troll.
If they are not going to fight back against the socialist/communist dem party, they need to find some other line of work.
“Total BS analogy! Abortion is a fringe because it was last on the list of priorities for voters...”
Popularity with voters is not the basis of my analogy. But you didn’t answer the question. Would you have considered it a fringe issue in the early 1800s or not?
“We need the religious right at the moment but were turning people to the dark side by the numbers every day.”
You need the religious right period, unless you want to be a permanent minority party. You had better accept that, or you can go with the Romney/Cheney wing and into obsolescence and obscurity. This is a civilization battle and there are only 2 sides in the fight, so choose wisely.
You said it.....I did not.
Yes...and you guys are helping us lose the battle! Preventing a one world government and becoming a slave to Soros is the reason anyone votes republican nowadays! We see the things they are doing to society. Noone outside your perview cares about trying to “cleanse” society or whatever the religious right wants to do such as getting rid of gay marriage or abortion, leave those issues alone! If liberals want to kill their babies, I could care less buddy...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 and the sooner you realize it the better off we will all be!
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