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Wounded Bear

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3. These next two elections are key...
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:10 PM
Dec 2017

Assuming we get a census in 2020 (I'm starting to wonder about that), there will be re-alignment of districts again. Frankly, that will mean that several blue states will probably get additional districts. Most red states will not get new districts, and several will likely lose seats. This is one reason the Repubs have been in such intense panic mode to game/steal the system. The demographics are starting to become insurmountable. For Dems, if we want to reverse the Reaganite trends of the last half century, the big push needs to come NOW. Another Repub win might make it permanent. The drift towards fascism will continue apace, and the future will start looking more and more like 1984.

I'm loving what I'm hearing about the number of women running for office, at all levels across the country. While Dems won't win all of the races, we can't win if we don't even run. With what the Repubs are pulling off, Dems should have some really good issues to run on. But much work needs to be done.

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