Place Your Midterm Election Bets.

Mmmm...For the sake of not turning this into a Texas thread, I'll just shut up about Abbott and his seedy base. I think we've already gone in circles about both enough.

hate abbot and davis equally. both are slimy~ however abbot seems to be the lesser evil :/

The last election is the only evidence we have right now

Except in the last two Presidential elections, Democrats overwhelmingly won swing voters, so I have no idea where you get the idea that they are losing those votes.

hate abbot and davis equally. both are slimy~ however abbot seems to be the lesser evil :/

why would you vote for the lesser of two evils ; ;

Vote Evil!

they both aren't evil enough. wonder if i could get away with a paper ballot and vote for them both instead

full of ***.

well I wouldn't go that far... mittens still got his *** kicked despite the inaccuracy of vic's swing vote statement...

not everyone is a number junkie.

And this is why the Democrats are losing the swing voters. You just painted yourself as a extreme liberal by refusing to acknowledge that the other side might have valid points while simultaneously demonizing them as the scourge of humanity. This is simply not true, the Republican platform has valid points just as the the Democrat platform does. Both sides need to be acknowledged and a compromise needs to be worked that attempts to address as much as possible. By going with an extreme interpretation of your favorite political party you have alienated yourself from anyone not as devoted to the faith as yourself. It's the same tragic mistake the Republicans made after Clinton when they decided everyone not Republican was a socialist commie terrorist supporting traitor who wanted to steal hard earned money and give it to those lazy bums. The more extreme you paint yourself, the more you demonize the opposition, the worse you look in the eyes of anyone who isn't part of your particular political religion.

Take immigration for example. According to you they want to "kick Mexicans out of the country" which is untrue. Their particular point is they don't want tax dollars, which mostly come from middle class working americans, to be spent supporting those who immigrated illegally. They also view illegal immigrants with suspicion as they are more likely to commit crimes (this is true for all poor demographics). The instant reaction is to "build a fence / deport / blah blah" which is extremely impractical but appeals to people's emotions and thus is a tool for politicians. The fear and suspicion doesn't remove the fact that their concerns are valid and should be addressed. This is why I've always been in favor of immigration reform, removing the colossal amounts of expensive bureaucratic procedures while simultaneously getting a bit harsher on border crossers. Those already in the country should go through a quick process of registration and attaining citizenship so they at least get on the books. Anyhow it's a complex issue, especially as the democrats as seeing it a source of new voters and are pandering to that crowd with the ultimately goal of taking seats from the Republicans in the southern states. The Republicans seeing that power play are blocking any attempt at the Democrats acquiring new majority's via instant citizenship.

Anyhow virtually every issue not only has two sides with equally important points, they also have deeper political power implications and tertiary effects. Politics is a grand game of chess that is often invisible to the population at large.

Obama's crushing defeat of McCain and Mittens.

Ever looked at exit polls KN? Try it someday. The last election is the only evidence we have right now, the one where Obama destroyed Mittens and the Dems won over a million more votes than the GOP in Congress. Saevel is talking as if he already knows how people are going to vote in 2014, but in reality, he only knows how he is going to vote. And losing one vote is not enough to say Dems are losing swing voters. Again, better luck next time.

No one needs to be told what swing voters are. I'm still interested in the "highly likely to win the WH in 2016" bit. If its such a sure thing, mind telling us who exactly is going to be the next President?

ftfy

If the D candidate isn't a minority or a woman a Republican will win hands down. Its hilarious people think Obama won the Presidency for any reason other than he is black.

Rand Paul / Trey Gowdy 2016 FTW!

Not every issue has 2 sides, some have many, some have only 1. The country as a whole will move forward when we stop pretending that everyone's feels are equally valid regardless of fact or implication.

But nobody takes anyone serious who supports a Paul, it's laughable.

Its delusional to think Obama won on merit.

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/how_groups_voted/voted_08.html

The welfare state voted for their messiah simple as that. It is ordinary Americans fault he won however. When only 130mil people vote its just plain sad. To make matters worse only 125mil voted in 2012.

When Obama is off the ticket blacks no longer feel the need to vote it was obvious in 2010 it will be even more so this election.

The democrats stand no chance in 2016 without a race card to play.

I can agree with not on merit, but to say it's because of race is being dishonest and quite frankly racist, along with the rest of your assertions, so no surprise there.

The 2010 results can be attributed to the ~82.5m turnout, compared to an 81m in 2006 which had a different result than your assertion, and again had no "blacks."

Stop being such a bigot, it's obvious.

inb4 "Race Card"

I supported Ron Paul at one point, I very much like his libertarian ideals, but his statements about women's reproductive health really soured it for me. I can get over the muted racism, obviously he would be allowed to enact any repressive legislation on a national level, but for an OB-GYN to recite Victorian era ideas about reproduction and womens' issues... I had hope for Rand, too, but he's flip-flopped so hard on foreign aid and entitlement programs, I swear he hired Romney's PR guy.

Because blacks make up ~13% of the US, women slightly more than 52%. If you don't think gender could play a role, you're nuts.

If the D candidate isn't a minority or a woman a Republican will win hands down. Its hilarious people think Obama won the Presidency for any reason other than he is black.

Rand Paul / Trey Gowdy 2016 FTW!

You can't inb4 something when you yourself play it.

sigh

In case you haven't heard women are turning on democrats lately.