Tue Nov 17, 2020, 03:50 AM

'It keeps getting worse.' Missouri Democrats don't have a clear path forward

WASHINGTON -- Missouri Democrats entered the Donald Trump era occupying the governor’s office and a U.S. Senate seat.

They will exit holding neither, and without a clear path back to relevance in statewide elections.

The party suffered devastating defeats in 2016, 2018 and 2020. And there’s little expectation among state Democratic leaders that the situation will improve by 2022, when Republican Sen. Roy Blunt is up for re-election. The party holding the White House—as Democrats will with President-elect Joe Biden—traditionally loses ground in mid-term contests.

It could take a decade for Missouri Democrats to rebuild the state party’s infrastructure.

Read more: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article247143979.html

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'It keeps getting worse.' Missouri Democrats don't have a clear path forward (Original post)	TexasTowelie	Nov 17	OP
Yup,	Sherman A1	Nov 17	#1
Missouri is a conservative state. Always has been.	The Genealogist	Nov 17	#2
The "show me state" has become the "screw me state"	Walleye	Nov 17	#3
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Nov 17	#4

Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 05:28 AM

Sherman A1 (33,656 posts)

1. Yup,

Things are not looking too positive here in the Show Me State.

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Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:19 AM

The Genealogist (4,723 posts)

2. Missouri is a conservative state. Always has been.

Just as Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and other formerly solidly Democratic states have shifted away from the evolving Democratic party, so has Missouri. When I first started voting, Missouri was considered a swing state. Hard to believe it now.

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Tue Nov 17, 2020, 07:10 AM

Walleye (4,156 posts)

3. The "show me state" has become the "screw me state"

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