Posted on 11/20/2012 4:21:51 PM PST by qam1
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — There's a new superpower growing in the Great Plains and the South, where bulging Republican majorities in state capitols could dramatically cut taxes and change public education with barely a whimper of resistance from Democrats.
Contrast that with California, where voters have given Democrats a new dominance that could allow them to raise taxes and embrace same-sex marriage without regard to Republican objections.
If you thought the presidential election revealed the nation's political rifts, consider the outcomes in state legislatures. The vote also created a broader tier of powerful one-party governments that can act with no need for compromise. Half of state legislatures now have veto-proof majorities, up from 13 only four years ago, according to figures compiled for The Associated Press by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
All but three states — Iowa, Kentucky and New Hampshire — have one-party control of their legislatures, the highest mark since 1928.
The result could lead to stark differences in how people live and work.
"Usually, a partisan tide helps the same party across the country, but what we saw in this past election was the opposite of that — some states getting bluer and some states getting redder," said Thad Kousser, an associate political science professor at the University of California-San Diego who focuses on state politics. As a result, "we'll see increasing policy divergence across the states."
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I'm not a voter fraud costs us the election, but if both Ohio & Penn. elected Republican Supermajorities how did Obama win?
They should at the very least switch to a proportional system for their electoral college while they can, this way voter fraud won't matter as much.
Personally I’d love to see a serious push to overturn the 17th amendment but I would be satisfied to see electoral votes handed out according to congressional district wins.
Wishful thinking. Show me where a GOP supermajority in a state, with a GOP governor, ever did ANYTHING to roll back the monstrosity of bureaucratic government!
Just ONE!
No, these morons are Bushbots and RINO's that think government is great as long as they are in charge.
Something like 23 states have republicans in control of house, senate, and governor’s mansion.
Also take a look at their Congressional representation. Overwhelmingly Republican (albeit squishy ones in many districts). Where was the ground game?
Has anyone done an analysis of whether that would have affected the result this time?
not in 2012, but would like to see if any red legislatures (in a blue state) would have the guts to do it.
Penn???
...and if I'm reading that map correctly, West Virginia has a Dem. supermajority??? WTF?
Because Democrats are clustered together, like a colony of rats or vipers. Republicans are more spread out. In more basic terms, you have state senate district packed with Democrats, and the Democrat candidate wins 95% of the vote or more. Republicans are winning districts throughout the rest of the state with around 55% of the vote.
Just ONE!
No, these morons are Bushbots and RINO's that think government is great as long as they are in charge.
Sounds like you've been watching the Texas state legislature in session, from the gallery....
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law was blocked only weeks before the election by liberal judges.
From what I understand, there are a lot of paleo-Democrats in West Virginia. Different breed than the rest of the Marx loving, leftist party.
That about right, Nan?
And in 2009 both Alabama and Arkansas had Democratic supermajorities,
Congratulations on the blood bath to turn it totally around, but wtf took them so long?
Republican goverors and legislatures can reject many federal programs which would help to reduce the dependency on the federal government. Many LBJ programs need to go by the wayside. Reduce the dependency on federal programs and you will reduce the numbers of democrat bureacrats that make up the democrat machine. These are the people who give their government union dollars to support the democrats’ campaigns.
Republicans need to get those small town numbers up. Spread the word about the cleptomaniac democrat party. The dems never pass up any opportunity to bad mouth republicans, fight fire with fire. Bad mouth democrats to everyone you know.
Their great great grand pappy's barn was burned down by a Republican back in 1864. Took them THAT long to get over it.
My Libertarian son just told me that the Libertarians keyed in on those two states to get Libertarians running as Republicans into the state offices. And they also voted for conservatives for those offices. But, they didn’t vote for Obama or Romney.
One can only pray that this country soon experiences a series of events...economic events...that are so disturbing and frightening that either the Rats realize they must change their basic philosophy *or* they wake up enough people nationwide to cause them to kick the Rats to the kerb.Also,these events must be of such a nature that,with proper leadership,the nation can recover and strengthen itself in time.
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