Bad geography and gerrymandering. Even in a fair map situation, the problem for Democrats is that so much of their vote is concentrated in Madison, Milwaukee and a few smaller towns that the districts will naturally pack Democratic voters. There's just a fundamental geographic distribution problem. With that said, gerrymandering greatly amplified this problem. If you want to see the Democratic equivalent of this, look at Nevada. Democrats there got a supermajority in the House with only 41.5% of the vote thanks to the same combination of geographic efficiency and gerrymandering.
Soccer moms / suburban housewives might go from considering a R to solid D over abortion. The dog has caught the car and has sustained significant injuries. Not sure how the Rs are going to get that horse back in the barn.
What they are and their talk are two different things. The small government talk is their calling card regardless of they are true to it
I've had monthly donations set up for the Wisconsin Democratic party for years because Ben Wikler is such an effective organizer and Wisconsin is such an important state nationally. The party needs to tap Ben to train state-level leaders across the country (especially Florida) because whatever he's doing, it's working.
As they're saying this ron DeSantis literally just signed a 6 week abortion ban lol. They have no idea what the hell they're doing. They'll never win a general election for some time now.
My views on abortion have changed quite a bit since you and I would have last discussed it. No, I don’t think they’ll turn Republicans into Democrats…but it’s pushing away a ton of voters who might vote either way.I don’t think it’s every about turning someone who solidly identifies as one into the other.
Surprise, surprise college students love ****ing but don't wanna be told what to do after the fact...
