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dawg

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1. The math is heavily in our favor.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 11:57 AM

Jan 2015

People read way too much into the 2014 election results. The map was tilted against us then. And the results were typical for the sixth year of a Presidential term - certainly no worse than normal; especially considering the reduced voter turnout Democrats typically experience in mid-term elections.

The key to the next decade, however, is control of the state houses for the 2020 reapportionment.

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