The Democrats have a long term problem

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Posted on 10/02/2024 11:09:22 AM PDT by HamiltonJay

The Democrats have a long term problem.

The democrat party appears, on the surface to be in a pretty nice place. They have won 3 out of 4 of the last presidential contests, and they have won the popular vote for President 4 out of the last 5 elections, with the re-election of George W Bush being the sole exception. They hold the Governorships in 23 of 50 states, though they may up that to 24 or 25 depending on how NC and NH vote… At this point it looks all but a certainty Dems will gain the NC governorship.



However, when we go a little further down the ballot things get a bit less rosy for them. Republicans control the Governorship and both house in 23 states, Democrats have this distinction in 16. 10 States have some sort of split among these 3 bodies. At the purely legislative level Republicans control both houses in 29 states, and democrats control both house in 19, with 1 state divided. And if we look at total state chambers (houses and senates) Republicans control 58 of the chambers to Democrats 39, with 1 divided chamber. Now, before you start yelling at me that that only adds up to 98, and 49 respectively, Nebraska is not included in any of these numbers, because they have a Unicameral legislature and is not included because members are elected on a non partisan basis. So while it certainly appears near the top that the nation is fairly evenly divided, the closer you go to the actual voters, Republicans still hold a fairly sizable advantage. Why is that, and what does that mean?


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1 posted on 10/02/2024 11:09:22 AM PDT by HamiltonJay

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