10 thoughts on “Answer My Voting Questions!!!”

1. This Progressive, Proud Democrat voted for Udall. If he manages to scrape out a win after 6 years of triangulating, I hope he remembers us little guys. 

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2. Not a wave electionhttp://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/republicans-have-midterm-advantage-it-still-doesnt-look-wave-n239881 

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   1. Interesting: Nationally, Republicans (at 46%) and Democrats (at 45%) are deadlocked among likely voters in our congressional preference score, and a similar split exists among likely voters living in the Top 10 Senate battlegrounds, GOP 47%, Dem 46%. Consider the gains Democrats have made here among all likely voters:

      • Aug. 2014: GOP 49%, Dem 41% (GOP +8)
      • Sept. 2014: GOP 49%, Dem 44% (GOP +5)
      • Mid-Oct. 2014: GOP 46%, Dem 44% (GOP +2)
      • Now: GOP 46%, Dem 45% (GOP +1)

      Look at how high voter interest among Democrats has gone up and how it’s gone down for the GOP:

      • Mid-Oct. GOP 59%, Dem 47% (GOP +12)
      • Now: GOP 58%, Dem 57% (GOP +1)

      And then consider the GOP’s popularity in past midterm cycles:

      • Oct. 1994: 41% positive, 30% negative (+11)
      • Oct. 2010: 34% positive, 41% negative (-7)
      • Now: 29% positive, 47% negative (-18)… By comparison, Dems are 36%-43% (-7)

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3. Denverco, If you lose the Senate, lose another 10 house seats, Udall loses, Hick holds on and Romanoff loses, is that big enough for you to call it a wave?  How about all the downstream statewide offices, would that be a wave.

   Call it what you will, it is getting ugly for you guys out there.

   Dems I talk to tell me they are not voting.

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   1. If we lose the senate, we still got Obama's veto pen and the senate rules to block GOP legislation and we got the "blue wall" for 2016. 😉

      http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/03/opinion/gergen-blue-wall-republicans-2016/

       

      So yeah, you may win tomorrow, but probably very little GOP legislation will be signed into law by Obama. Just like you republicans obstructed democrats, we can return the favor and we will watch the GOP's heads explode as they get nothing done and nothing signed into law by Obama in the senate.

       

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   2. Dems I talk to tell me they are not voting.

      Both of them?

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      1. Guess Testicle #1 and Testicle #2 are out.

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   3. AC, this old, tired, glue factory horse of a tactic–demoralize the other side in order to suppress turnout or get people to abandon volunteer efforts–does not work anymore.  Especially at a site populated by partisan political junkies.

      My blood pressure doesn't even rise a point anymore when I read your posts.  I do think I'll put in an extra hour or two of GOTV for the Dems tomorrow, though.

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      1. Z, good for you.
         

         Only 120,753 to catch up.
         

         Better get started first thing.
         

         Seems like it might take a while.
         

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4. The good news, AC, is that there are even more volunteers in this year's Dem GOTV effort than in 2010.  And, the Dems have a 4-year head start on the New FlatEarthists in the tactic of microtargeting.

    Maybe BWB and Cory the Gardner can get radio gigs with Heckuvajob Brownie or Caldara's Wackanut Institute after they lose.

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