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2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

(10,721 posts) Sat Dec 3, 2016, 12:18 PM Dec 2016

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The Democratic Party is at a major Congressional disadvantage. What can be done about that? [View all]

Democrats are concentrated, while Republicans are widespread. This means, while Dems in the House may represent a greater portion of the population, there are far more Republican-friendly districts (this goes for the US House as well as state legislatures). And then there's gerrymandering, which has been declared unconstitutional but takes place anyway.

As for the Senate, well, Wyoming has the same number of Senators as California.

What, if anything, should the Democratic Party do about all that?

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The Democratic Party is at a major Congressional disadvantage. What can be done about that? [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

We need to focus on state legislative races and governorships. nycbos Dec 2016 #1

Controlling state houses and the US House is a challenge for reasons mentioned in the OP. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #4

Correct. nycbos Dec 2016 #8

This was the original intent of the Founders. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #2

One thing Dems can do is make a much bigger stink about gerrymandering. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

Sounds like a Zen riddle, does it not? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #7

showing up for midterm elections might be a good start. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #3

focus on local and state election which is boring JI7 Dec 2016 #6

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