Who won the midterms?

[ttwtt78640]

I understand. This is mine:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida's_4th_congressional_district#/media/File:FL04_115.png

I think the dems bothered to run in this district 3 times since Y2K. It's that much of a Republican lock. If they added in the city that sits in the donut hole, it would be purple or blue. It actually went purple in 2018 - Trump effect.

Why let voters pick their House representatives when the House representatives' party's buddies can pick their voters instead?

 

[ALiberalModerate]

The absurd conclusion is that when Republicans chase out Democrats from every aspect of politics for eight years that it is all attributed to gerrymandering. I'm still waiting to hear how the presidency, the Senate, and the governorships are gerrymandered.

Some 3 million more Americans voted for the Democratic candidate in 2016 than for Trump. In the 2018 election, Democratic senatorial candidates received 40 million votes in total while Republican senatorial candidates received 31 million votes in total. Even a majority of the American population is governed by Democratic governors. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/democrats-governors/575185/

If you actually look at votes casts by citizens of the United States, the Republican Party has been a minority party for years. The only reason why Republicans have power is that our system gives a hugely disproportionate amount power to rural areas. Example, Wyoming gets 2 senators, California, with 77 times the population, gets 2 senators. A Democratic governor of a state with 20 million people is governing more people than 5 Republican governors are of states with 2 million people in each.

However, you are only fooling yourself if you don't accept the fact that our nation's rapidly changing demographics will end up being the deathknell to the Republican Party if they continue down the road of courting racists and bigots in the parties base, rather than being a party whose base actually looks like America. The Republican Party's base is just 3% black. The country is not just 3% black. Only 14% of Hispanics identify as Republican. Only a small minority of Asians identify as Republican. The Republican Party is old, white, rural and largely evangelical - all demographic groups that are declining. That is not a winning formula for the future.

 

[Moderate Right]

Some 3 million more Americans voted for the Democratic candidate in 2016 than for Trump. In the 2018 election, Democratic senatorial candidates received 40 million votes in total while Republican senatorial candidates received 31 million votes in total. Even a majority of the American population is governed by Democratic governors. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/democrats-governors/575185/

If you actually look at votes casts by citizens of the United States, the Republican Party has been a minority party for years. The only reason why Republicans have power is that our system gives a hugely disproportionate amount power to rural areas. Example, Wyoming gets 2 senators, California, with 77 times the population, gets 2 senators. A Democratic governor of a state with 20 million people is governing more people than 5 Republican governors are of states with 2 million people in each.

However, you are only fooling yourself if you don't accept the fact that our nation's rapidly changing demographics will end up being the deathknell to the Republican Party if they continue down the road of courting racists and bigots in the parties base, rather than being a party whose base actually looks like America. The Republican Party's base is just 3% black. The country is not just 3% black. Only 14% of Hispanics identify as Republican. Only a small minority of Asians identify as Republican. The Republican Party is old, white, rural and largely evangelical - all demographic groups that are declining. That is not a winning formula for the future.

Spin doctor.