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FascismIsDeath

(9 posts)
3. No, thats not what happened. This is a deep red district in a deep red state.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:06 PM
Tuesday

The Democrat way overperformed the numbers for Trump and the GOP candidate from just a year ago, by a LOT... not enough to win, no one expected it in that district. But the shift itself is a huge warning sign for the GOP congress critters.

Emile

(39,692 posts)
4. It should be a message to the Democratic party to
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:18 PM
Tuesday

run left. She ran on a Bernie type platform in a very red district, and did pretty good.

AZJonnie

(2,483 posts)
6. That difference was a percentage one, not M(illions of votes)
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:34 AM
Yesterday

And we are doing better!!!

If every red district has a +13% shift towards Dems in every congressional election in 2026, pretty sure we'd take back the House easily, probably have a majority of at least 10 I'd guess, possibly quite a few more, as long as the opposite didn't happen in too many blue areas.

uponit7771

(93,440 posts)
9. Got it, yeah if +13% was the floor we'd do good. Just hope PedoKKKons economy...
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 01:42 PM
Yesterday

...tanks BEFORE dems take back control and not after.

ADP reported 32k job loss vs 40k estimated gain, we have a lot of work to do

Blumancru

(132 posts)
8. I am surprised that he hasn't already made it about him. He is very predictable in that way.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 07:31 AM
Yesterday

I would expect him to remark today that if he was on the ballot the margin of victory would have been much greater.

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