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In reply to the discussion: My wish is that this election will bury Republicans so deep... [View all]DFW
(54,506 posts)You have the combined forces of Fox "News," National Hate Radio, Republican state legislatures and school boards, so-called religious (make that "money-grubbing" ) organizations and hostile foreign nations who have paid operatives and virtually unlimited funds to spend on keeping our voting public ignorant (if Republican), or ineligible to vote (if Democrat).
When you are up against all that, and we win elections IN SPITE of it all, you can see how even a towering majority that opposes Republican rule has such a difficult time winning elections. A clear voter preference for the Democrat running is by no means an indication of victory. Not any longer, anyway, and it hasn't been so for decades.
That doesn't mean we automatically always lose, it just means we are NOT competing on an even playing field.