blackjack21 wrote:
Bush was president, not Cheney. Remember last week when you decided it was witty to post that bit about Truman and his little sign that said, "The buck stops here."? Time flies.
Not interested in fake news.
it's not a wave election. It's as predictable as the tides.
Cheney put Bush in a glass cage. After a few years, some flunky felt sorry for him and told him what was going on. This is not exactly secret, it comes up every time Bush gives an interview, and he's still defensive about it. Welcome to Earth, since this is your first day...
You love fake news. What you don't like about that is that isn't fake, and that Pelosi became da boss...
" But the truth is that in the face of gerrymandering, voter suppression and an economy that continues to stay in the strong shape that Barack Obama bequeathed, the party reclaimed the House majority for the first time in eight years. That is no small achievement.
Democrats won Republican-held seats in Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Kendra Horn won a stunning upset over the Republican Steve Russell in Oklahoma. After two years of the White House as chaotic reality TV show, the American people have demanded oversight by giving the Democrats a powerful say again in how Washington works."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/07/democrats-house-of-representatives-blue-wave-midterms"In fact, in examining the 25 most gerrymandered states, as defined by data analytics firm Azavea, we multiplied the total number of districts in each state by the Democrats’ voting percentage in each state’s congressional races, discovering that Democrats lost a net seven House seats nationwide due to gerrymandering...
And it’s not just gerrymandering. When factoring all of the states with strict voter identification requirements, Republicans won 17 more seats than Democrats (38 to 21). The removal or relocation of polling places from highly concentrated Democratic areas also likely influenced the election results. The Republican-led purging of voter rolls in purple states like Ohio also had an impact
But when comparing 2014 and 2018, Democrats had fewer votes in 2018 in only 16 House districts. In other words, Democrats increased their vote totals in over 96 percent of House districts. We could not find evidence of any comparable midterm-to-midterm jump in U.S. history. Consider this statistical improbability when assessing the 2018 election’s impact...
The answer is clear — 2018 might not have yielded the electoral gains of 2010, but no midterm election in the past century or more has been so lopsided, which almost certainly suggests its impact will be felt in 2020."
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/419308-2018-midterm-election-a-blue-wave-or-merely-an-electoral-adjustment-into-a