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In reply to the discussion: Val Demings is 4 points ahead of Rubio in Florida [View all]questionseverything
(9,645 posts)13. Years ago, I joined du to promote a book , richard charmon wrote
About how of the last 163 times that the opposite party won, even outside the margin of error, 159 of those times it was repubs winning and only 3 times was it democrats winning under those circumstances
Richard was a math geek and had calculated how unlikely it was that repubs nearly always benefited
I wish i had the skills to go back and find that post
I too hope val beats the odds
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The trend is in our favor...and it matters...both of the candidates were down by more than a
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#23
would be a massive dem wave if dens stopped ignoring republican radio which, in fla, is huge
certainot
Aug 2022
#39
Yup, his latest scheme is to unite the Communist to take on NATO...unbelieveable.
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#26
We can only hope...and work to GOTV. We do have women who are going to turn out in
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#32
I wish I could vote for her too. But am hoping my vote for Tiim Ryan gives Ohio two Democratic
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#33