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Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.
A party committee will conduct a "top-to-bottom assessment" of the Democrats' performance in recent midterm elections and try to determine why they have struggled to turn out its core voters in nonpresidential elections.
Big review set by Democrats after election losses
I don't know where I'm going
But, I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
An' I've made up my mind,
I ain't wasting no more time
But, here I go again
Here I go again
Tho' I keep searching for an answer,
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh Lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on,
'Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known,
Like a hobo* I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
originally posted by: xuenchen
Democrats are completely befuddled and bewildered after the massive losses suffered in elections the other day.
Naturally, they are in panic mode and seem to be attempting to re-group.
Everything under the Sun is now under review.
Committees are forming and consultants are lining up for the payout grabfests.
originally posted by: Onslaught2996
I really don't get the big deal.
Democrats lost because of voter turnout. It wasn't because the majority of Americans agree with Republicans.
Democrats..let the Republicans bask in their small victory..come 2016 the majority of the voters will turn out and you will still have the white house.
They worry for nothing..
originally posted by: Gryphon66
Big government is only a bad thing when the Republicans are not in control. They always make the same mistakes. It's a level of hubris rarely seen outside of Greek drama ... and the funniest thing is: they can't see it!
They project on the President, the Democrats, the liberals, the academics, the scientists ... because their own pride blinds them.
And what was it that goes before a fall?
But don't get me wrong -- I'm so excited to see what the Republicans are going to do ... I'm almost giddy.
Despite Republican complaints that Reid is the cause of gridlock, the Washington Post in August did an analysis of the past 20 congressional terms and found that the number of House-approved bills awaiting action in the Senate this session isn’t that unusual.
“In 11 of the past 19 Congresses — more than half — more than 300 bills were waiting for Senate action by the time the Congress completed its work,” Philip Bump wrote.
originally posted by: Onslaught2996
I really don't get the big deal.
Democrats lost because of voter turnout. It wasn't because the majority of Americans agree with Republicans.
Democrats..let the Republicans bask in their small victory..come 2016 the majority of the voters will turn out and you will still have the white house.
They worry for nothing..
originally posted by: vor78
When exit polling data shows that the independents who voted heavily Democrat in 2006 and 2008 have now voted Republican in the last three cycles (twice by double digits), and knowing that the 40% that don't vote are probably non-partisan independents, if I were a Democrat strategist, yeah, I'd be concerned.
But Independents who voted Republican were probably Republican all along. In fact, political scientists have long suggested that the vast majority of independents have clear partisan connections. When asked whether they lean toward a party, most independents are ready and able to pick one. A Pew center study conducted two weeks prior to the election, for example, showed that of the 36 percent of voters who identified as independent, 75 percent lean toward a party. What’s more, tracking elections over time shows that “leaning independents” typically vote for the party toward which they lean.
As we previously wrote, independents – by and large – are partisans gone undercover. Why? Because the label “independent” conveys a more positive image and most people want to convey the best image possible. Most people who hide behind “independence” are no different than their partisan counterparts, the only difference is that they are more embarrassed to call themselves partisans. In sum, it is unlikely that the independents who voted Republican were ever actually “up for grabs.”
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Onslaught2996
I really don't get the big deal.
Democrats lost because of voter turnout. It wasn't because the majority of Americans agree with Republicans.
Democrats..let the Republicans bask in their small victory..come 2016 the majority of the voters will turn out and you will still have the white house.
They worry for nothing..
But look at the maps now !!!!!
The maps The maps.....
The Maps !!
How could Democrats let this outrage happen !!!!