Unfortunate for Beto, but he did show that Texas is beginning to trend blue and won't be a rubberstamp in for the GOP in future cycles.
How does what make sense?How the feck does this make sense in a democratic society?
Yeah, leave them and also not to fecking shun MichiganBig lesson from 16 and 18: stop wasting money in Texas and Georgia, even Arizona. Tantalising targets but big population + strong voter suppression = crystallized margin. Dems will hit 47/48% and got stuck there, there aren’t enough votes.
Play defense, focus on the Midwest.
Texas happened.How the feck does that slug Cruz beat O'Rourke? How does this happen?
Stupid rednecks and CowboysTexas happened.
One party needs a small margin to blow out the other party and the other party could have shrinking representation with an increasing margin. Makes no sense.How does what make sense?
The Florida Gov race is more disappointing.Stupid rednecks and Cowboys
The Democrat House and Governor pickups are evidence of the increasing popular vote margin.One party needs a small margin to blow out the other party and the other party could have shrinking representation with an increasing margin. Makes no sense.
They are. But my point is the system looks rigged to me.The Democrat House and Governor pickups are evidence of the increasing popular vote margin.
The only reason they didn't win the Senate is because this just happened to be a year where there were a lot of Dem Senate seats up for renewal. If it was more balanced between the two parties then they may have taken it.On another note what does any of this mean for 2020?
They are. But my point is the system looks rigged to me.
Dems need significant margins to dominate House and senate while, GOP only need a little.
play his teary eyed rant about Kavanaugh back to him.Lol, look at this cnut.
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YeahDoes the entire house go up for election every two years?
The GOP made a big pickup in the 2014 House elections with almost a 6% margin of victory in the popular vote. They didn't need a big margin of victory in 2016 to hold the House, and actually lost 6 seats with only a 1.1% margin of victory in the popular vote... they just had a big lead to begin with from the 2014 results.One party needs a small margin to blow out the other party and the other party could have shrinking representation with an increasing margin. Makes no sense.
How on earth can you govern in constant election mode?Yeah
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Congress can deadlock, essentially. Technically, all bills involving taxation and/or government spending (money bills) must originate in the House.What does the Democrats winning the house and Republican's keeping the Senate actually mean? It was expected? And is this good or bad for Trump?
Democrats taking the House is potentially a whole world of pain for Trump. He’s got actual oversight now and no protection from Nunes.What does the Democrats winning the house and Republican's keeping the Senate actually mean? It was expected? And is this good or bad for Trump?
What about the dreaded executive orders? Can the house do anything about those?Congress can deadlock, essentially. Technically, all bills involving taxation and/or government spending (money bills) must originate in the House.
The House also has subpoena power, the power to conduct investigations, the power to begin an impeachment trial, etc.