Dems Can't Keep Losing Dixie

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Oh yes they can, and let's pray they continue.

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All this means is that in close presidential elections, Republicans will likely win most of the time. It also means the House may not be switching hands for another generation.

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Talking about the near future. As I said, this only matters for close presidential elections (which most aren't) and the next House census.

The Republicans took control of Congress in the '40s, BTW.

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I forget the exact numbers but there are just a shade under 20,000 state and federal elected officials in the county, and right now I think the Dems have something like 80 more positions than the GOP - out of 20,000.

I really don't see this as relevant -- at all, in fact. Some states have larger legislatures than others. Some states elect more executive positions than others.

The issue that this topic brought up was that the sunbelt is growing at a faster pace than the Democratic states in the northeast. Thus, that gives the GOP more EVs as time goes on, and more representatives.

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Your data is incorrect. Bush won a great deal more congressional districts than Kerry. Someone else here can provide the link.

Assuming that political conditions don't change. And they will. They always do.

You mean like I said earlier in this exact topic? Thanks.

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Oh, I get what you mean now.

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Remember that 1964 and 1972 happened within eight years of each other.