Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by rayiner on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:11AM
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> The GOP’s only power is in gerrymandering, voter suppression, and low-population “red” states that prevent the overall electorate from choosing preferred candidates.
The GOP won the 2022 House popular vote by over 3 million votes. There was no net effect from “gerrymandering.” The GOP won 51% of seats with 50.6% of the popular vote. Indeed, if we decided the executive based on who gets the most votes in the legislative election, like most countries, the GOP would have had two more years in charge of the executive branch since 2000.
As to Gen Z—they don’t vote and by the time they do, plenty will vote Republican. Millennials voted overwhelmingly for Obama. But in 2022, Democrats won the 30-44 demographic by just 4 points. The GOP also had their best year in decades among Latinos and Asians—losing Latino men by single digits.
And all that is with a national GOP that’s in the middle of a civil war. Look to Florida to see what could happen if they get their shit together. In Florida, a state Obama won twice, DeSantis won 56% of Hispanics and women overall. He even tied (at 47%) among women aged 18-29!
The GOP won the 2022 House popular vote by over 3 million votes. There was no net effect from “gerrymandering.” The GOP won 51% of seats with 50.6% of the popular vote. Indeed, if we decided the executive based on who gets the most votes in the legislative election, like most countries, the GOP would have had two more years in charge of the executive branch since 2000.
As to Gen Z—they don’t vote and by the time they do, plenty will vote Republican. Millennials voted overwhelmingly for Obama. But in 2022, Democrats won the 30-44 demographic by just 4 points. The GOP also had their best year in decades among Latinos and Asians—losing Latino men by single digits.
And all that is with a national GOP that’s in the middle of a civil war. Look to Florida to see what could happen if they get their shit together. In Florida, a state Obama won twice, DeSantis won 56% of Hispanics and women overall. He even tied (at 47%) among women aged 18-29!