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The Democratic Party’s uphill path to 270 electoral votes in 2016
The Washington Post's The Monkey Cage ^ | January 18, 2014 | John Sides

Posted on 01/19/2014 1:16:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Tzimisce

They probably were angry, but what does one do when he’s got the Sword of Democles hanging over him?


21 posted on 01/19/2014 1:46:11 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I wish people would start calling them "Democrats", instead of "Democratic".

There is nothing "democratic" about the "Democrat" party.

22 posted on 01/19/2014 1:46:22 PM PST by elkfersupper
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It’s their formal name.


23 posted on 01/19/2014 1:50:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More GOP daydreaming. Thinking about 2016 and beyond while the Dems ruthlessly focus on 2014. The GOP tip toes to 2014 while the Dems execute their new a lie every week and divide the GOP strategy.


24 posted on 01/19/2014 1:51:57 PM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90

The author isn’t a Republican.


25 posted on 01/19/2014 1:52:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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Good luck winning VA with that corrupt Clinton lackey running the state ...the crap that he’ll pull to make sure that state goes dem will know no bounds...write that one off....

PA is a lost cause

CO and NM are hippy and illegal alien infested and will never go republican....

Hard math for republicans to win


26 posted on 01/19/2014 1:54:48 PM PST by thestob (Paul Ryan is determined to destroy this country)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t know how uphill its going to be after Boehner and his merry band of RINO’s pass amnesty and then tax hikes ie. “closing the loopholes” That means getting rid of the middle class mortgage deduction and God knows what else. After screwing the veterans I wouldn’t put anything past those shameless quislings.

6 million republicans sat home in 2012. What if 8 million sit home in 2016?


27 posted on 01/19/2014 1:56:13 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Tzimisce

Yep. They’ve mastered voter fraud and the use of ‘Ross Perot’s’ to meet their goals. Two words are a constant reminder of their misdeeds: Al Franken.


28 posted on 01/19/2014 1:57:27 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The “Republicans” (whatever they now stand for) don't have a chance in Hell of winning a presidential election soon because the voting is rigged in many states by our socialist “friends”. When I watched the results come in From Florida an Pennsylvania last election, I formed this opinion.

We are on an express train to disaster. The only question is will the military intervene (or something else) to derail it.

29 posted on 01/19/2014 1:58:21 PM PST by Citizen Tom Paine (An old sailor sends)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. Related topic: The Republican Party’s uphill path to 270 electoral votes in 2016.
30 posted on 01/19/2014 1:59:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (;http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL! I’d love to believe we have a shot in 2016, but after seeing Obama win again...I doubt it the American people are too stupid.


31 posted on 01/19/2014 2:03:12 PM PST by erod (I'm a Chicagoan till Chicago ends...)
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If patriots would wake up and use the 2014 and 2016 elections to build a Congress controlled by a 2/3 conservative majority in each House by 2016, then a conservative Congess would be able to overide the vetoes of any RINO or liberal that gets elected to the Oval Office in 2016.


32 posted on 01/19/2014 2:04:55 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s their formal name.

That's right. "Democrat" is their formal name. That's how their party affiliation is designated on ballots.

If things were otherwise, "Republicans" would be known as "Republicanics", "Libertarians" would be known as "Libertarianics" and "Independents" would be known as "Independentics".

33 posted on 01/19/2014 2:06:36 PM PST by elkfersupper
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To: Tzimisce

ACORN’s Seeds Sprout Up Across the Country
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3111204/posts

Voter Fraud: We’ve Got Proof It’s Easy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3111190/posts


34 posted on 01/19/2014 2:07:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When Republicans are in the majority, they govern like they are in the minority.

When Republicans are in the minority, the govern like they’ll never again become the majority party.


35 posted on 01/19/2014 2:08:14 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We are at 1978 looking at 1980. All we need is a conservative candidate.


36 posted on 01/19/2014 2:08:16 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The War on Drugs has been used as an excuse to steal your rights. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

We have Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mike Lee, etc., etc...


37 posted on 01/19/2014 2:10:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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CO and NM are hippy and illegal alien infested and will never go republican....

Not true; NM went Republican for Bush's election, and has Susana Martenez as gov.

38 posted on 01/19/2014 2:15:32 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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39 posted on 01/19/2014 2:15:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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There is almost no chance Republicans can win in 2016.

The Democrat political strategy for 2014 and 2016 is crystal clear:

Get huge numbers of Black, Hispanic, immigrant, and poor white women voters to the polls.

It's a simple math problem.

For the last 20 years, Republicans have won elections only because of high turnout from white voters, and low turnout from non-white voters.

When non-whites start to vote at the same rate that whites vote, the game is up for Conservatives.

If Democrats can turn out their base in 2016, they will win Georgia and turn Texas into a “Battleground” state.

40 posted on 01/19/2014 2:16:49 PM PST by zeestephen
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