2016 Postmortem

LTG

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39. "Turnout" due mostly to not having to "turnout?

Thu Apr 25, 2013, 04:56 AM

Apr 2013

Oregon has very high percentages of voters voting, how much of that is the result of the switch to mail voting? When every voter automatically gets a ballot in the mail, and a 45 cent stamp and a walk to the mail box is all it takes to "cast" it, isn't the GOTV effort greatly simplified?

Hopefully Washington's adoption of mail voting and the deletion of the need to stand in line at the polling place, after a long day at work and in rotten weather, will foster a similar rise in local and mid-term election voter participation.

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We need Blue Dogs to win back the House of Representatives [View all] illegaloperation Apr 2013 OP

why elect Democrats if they are only going DeadEyeDyck Apr 2013 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #2

They don't vote like Republicans illegaloperation Apr 2013 #4

+1 Jamaal510 Apr 2013 #44

Even the reddest democrats vote with us 70% of the time at worst ShadowLiberal Apr 2013 #6

5 Words ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2013 #8

Don't forget the Republicans' majority of the majority rule. illegaloperation Apr 2013 #12

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2013 #13

Agree illegaloperation Apr 2013 #14

Exactly. Unfortunately, BlueDogs are a political reality IF we want to get things done BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #53

I didn't know about that rule. Jamaal510 Apr 2013 #45

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2013 #47

Perhaps hate is the problem VirginiaTarheel Apr 2013 #59

but then we will be told that we don't have an actual Doctor_J Apr 2013 #3

A majority is a majority. illegaloperation Apr 2013 #5

Our country needs fiscal liberals to heal from the last 12 years DJ13 Apr 2013 #7

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2013 #10

And watch Blue Dogs vote against liberal legislation. My rep is a Blue Dog and is neverforget Apr 2013 #37

IMHO, the 2014 election campaign is going to be about specific issues. An example: DhhD Apr 2013 #43

You are forgetting something. illegaloperation Apr 2013 #11

a simple majority (218 votes), we can push what we want DJ13 Apr 2013 #17

That or another way illegaloperation Apr 2013 #19

House Democrats are underperforming illegaloperation Apr 2013 #9

So they lost mass seats in 2010 yet you think only they can win those seats? Makes no sense. None. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #15

Read below illegaloperation Apr 2013 #16

And whose fault is that, exactly? Why the doldrums, the lack of energy? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #21

Who cares whose fault it is! illegaloperation Apr 2013 #24

So why don't you get them to vote? We do. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #27

I will tell you why illegaloperation Apr 2013 #33

This is what I keep hoping for too BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #72

"Turnout" due mostly to not having to "turnout? LTG Apr 2013 #39

Elect more Blue Dog/Third Way/DLC/ New DEM wanna-be Repub's, & force the Party ever rightward ?!?!?! blkmusclmachine Apr 2013 #18

That's right, we are better with republican control of the House bottomofthehill Apr 2013 #20

That is not the full list of choices. If people elected Blue Dogs, we'd have a majority right now. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #23

You don't get it do you? illegaloperation Apr 2013 #25

And again I ask you whose fault is that? Was no candidate running to ask for their vote? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #26

That is just it! illegaloperation Apr 2013 #30

I've run GOTV operations in Blue Dog districts before tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #34

My old district vascillated between blue dogs and Republicans LeftInTX Apr 2013 #32

I am quite surprise that the 23rd district is oscillating. illegaloperation Apr 2013 #50

I know. Redistricting comes into play LeftInTX Apr 2013 #52

Really? illegaloperation Apr 2013 #22

If we keep pushing the Dem party rightward, we end up w/ the Republican agenda. antigop Apr 2013 #40

Not really illegaloperation Apr 2013 #51

post #41 nt antigop Apr 2013 #55

Thanks for reminding me. BootinUp Apr 2013 #28

That is a strategy devised to win house chairmanships but not have to accomplish anything. imho nt TeamPooka Apr 2013 #29

In 2012 Democratic House candidates received more Progressive dog Apr 2013 #31

Not only that illegaloperation Apr 2013 #35

For them to only turn on us and vote repug when we need them on critical votes? No thank you. nt brush Apr 2013 #36

In 2010 the purists were wishing that all Blue Dogs would lose their reelections. Beacool Apr 2013 #38

I was one of them. I've learned my lesson since. Brief moments of *elation quickly fade when BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #54

We all make mistakes. Beacool Apr 2013 #61

Thanks, Beacool. BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #65

It's a beautiful state. Beacool Apr 2013 #69

+ 10000000000000000000000 treestar Apr 2013 #66

Some people prefer the ideal to the reality. Beacool Apr 2013 #68

Ferfuxake not THIS shit again... Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #41

I don't think it's "amnesia". nt antigop Apr 2013 #48

No thank you. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #42

Need Blue Dogs! Who'd Have Thunk! OmahaBlueDog Apr 2013 #46

No. nt woo me with science Apr 2013 #49

NO to blue-dog dino-scum. MSII Apr 2013 #56

welcome to DU! TeamPooka Apr 2013 #58

Rec JustAnotherGen Apr 2013 #57

Better conservative Dems than far right repukes meow2u3 Apr 2013 #60

And how exactly would we "win" with Blue Dogs? Generic Brad Apr 2013 #62

No they don't illegaloperation Apr 2013 #63

Ask them to stop losing elections MFrohike Apr 2013 #64

Blue Dogs Gave Us Nancy Pelosi, Mrs. Nancy Gave Us the Most Productive House in 40 Years mikekohr Apr 2013 #67

Bingo illegaloperation Apr 2013 #70

I agree. In addition, I think that Blue Dogs are often unfairly given a bad rap. PotatoChip Apr 2013 #71

I just want that Speaker's gavel back DFW Apr 2013 #73

DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING. mikekohr Apr 2013 #74