The republican won the district by about 5% points, well below the over 21% points trump won the district in 2016. Now that the republican has won and will be voting with the republican majority in the House for the rest of this cycle, we will have some more fuel to throw on the republican bonfire. Because this House seat is again to be voted upon in November. The same democrat who almost pulled off an upset with limited funds and little national attention will be running again. What the seniors in this district will become well aware of over the next 6 months is that this republican candidate will be going after their social security and their medicare/medicaid.
The seniors in this district make up a large voting block in this district and it is logical to conclude that they won't be happy with their representative for trying to harm them. Enough so that the next time this district is in play in November it may well have a different result with the democrat coming out on top. The republicans may have won last night but the bigger picture is that they had a very safe district to maintain and instead of cruising to a victory they had to outspend and work their butts off just not to lose. What that says is that the momentum of the coming election is still holding fast as a democratic advantage.
So although we democrats are a bit unsettled that the electorate of this district didn't see through the republicans enough to flip this district they did see through enough to make it close. That in itself is placating to us democrats because we know that the truth of things is starting to come to light and given that most people are reasonable enough to know when they are being harmed will change their habits and try to prevent further harm. We have a long 6 months to go until the midterms in November but these special elections practically every week keep us on our toes and allows us to maintain the fire we need to sustain if we are going to flip Congressional majorities in the House and Senate.
The seniors in this district make up a large voting block in this district and it is logical to conclude that they won't be happy with their representative for trying to harm them. Enough so that the next time this district is in play in November it may well have a different result with the democrat coming out on top. The republicans may have won last night but the bigger picture is that they had a very safe district to maintain and instead of cruising to a victory they had to outspend and work their butts off just not to lose. What that says is that the momentum of the coming election is still holding fast as a democratic advantage.
So although we democrats are a bit unsettled that the electorate of this district didn't see through the republicans enough to flip this district they did see through enough to make it close. That in itself is placating to us democrats because we know that the truth of things is starting to come to light and given that most people are reasonable enough to know when they are being harmed will change their habits and try to prevent further harm. We have a long 6 months to go until the midterms in November but these special elections practically every week keep us on our toes and allows us to maintain the fire we need to sustain if we are going to flip Congressional majorities in the House and Senate.
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