Democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats.

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101. Yet people on here constantly talk of the impending death of the Republican party

The reality is this...the Democrats have had success when it comes to the White House. But we are getting routed at the state and local level....especially outside the urban areas. The rural areas are VERY Republican. And that's why they will have the House of Representatives for the foreseeable future.

Gerrymandering is part of it, but not all of it. Take a look at the electoral maps by county....the urban areas are blue and the rural areas are all red. We have a urban-rural political divide in this country. That's not going to change anytime soon. Things like gun control that now Hillary wants to push will only further the divide and hurt Democrats running in House and Senate races.

Yes, we captured the House in 2006 and expanded control in 2008. But we need to stop living in that past because it's completely gone up in smoke since. And that's not just a temporary condition. Many of the Democrats that won 2006 due to Dean's 50 state strategy were moderate. They won in conservative areas. So when the Democrat House started to pass "liberal" legislation, they got slaughtered in 2010. Democrats cannot capture the House unless they get moderates to win in conservative areas. Ramping up vote totals in the urban areas won't do much when it comes to the House.