Am I the only one who finds it frustrating that we focus *so much* on the presidential election?

[Bagsgroove]

3. Exactly right

The most important (and disastrous) election in the past quarter century was in the non-presidential year of 2010. That was the year when Republicans took control of a majority of state legislatures, and it happened right at the same time that congressional redistricting was mandated following the 2010 census.

The 2010 off-year election victories gave the GOP state legislatures the opportunity to draw so many safe Republican districts that their control of the U.S. House of Representatives is virtually guaranteed for at least another decade.

The advantage the Democratic Party has in the U.S. is that its base is larger than the Republican base. The advantage the Republican Party has is that its base votes. In every election.