Your charts tell the story of the election. One other topic that might be worth exploring is the enormity of the gender gap. In Virginia, Spanberger won women by 30%, while Sears carried men by 8%. The gap itself is not a story - the size of this one is. With two women facing each other in Virginia, the gender of the candidate is not a satisfactory explanation.
What struck me this time is that voter-priorities are really a gold mine for fascism - keep people satisfied economically and with health-care - and they won't care about anything else - as Hitler demonstrated. Morality, justice, governance, DEMOCRACY? For wimps ...
OK, we really knew that - but the ongoing experiment is pushing the envelope: Do we really need to please voters? Can't we just step up propaganda and repression - and it'll work out? Lets us give the fat-cats a bit more - and THAT is to our advantage.
Bruce - I always enjoy your charts, but I was a bit disappointed this time that you didn't talk about either the margins by which democrats won in gubenotorial races, compared with previous years when the dynamics were similar, nor did you try to explain democratic wins in the lower profile races (PA Supreme Court recalls, GA PSC races) or the loss of the GOP-backed Maine voter initiative. It felt like you were trying to downplay the decisiveness of the Democratic wins last night.
Your charts tell the story of the election. One other topic that might be worth exploring is the enormity of the gender gap. In Virginia, Spanberger won women by 30%, while Sears carried men by 8%. The gap itself is not a story - the size of this one is. With two women facing each other in Virginia, the gender of the candidate is not a satisfactory explanation.
Great chart on Virginia elections - correction needed: Robb was elected Governor in 1981.
What struck me this time is that voter-priorities are really a gold mine for fascism - keep people satisfied economically and with health-care - and they won't care about anything else - as Hitler demonstrated. Morality, justice, governance, DEMOCRACY? For wimps ...
OK, we really knew that - but the ongoing experiment is pushing the envelope: Do we really need to please voters? Can't we just step up propaganda and repression - and it'll work out? Lets us give the fat-cats a bit more - and THAT is to our advantage.
Bruce - I always enjoy your charts, but I was a bit disappointed this time that you didn't talk about either the margins by which democrats won in gubenotorial races, compared with previous years when the dynamics were similar, nor did you try to explain democratic wins in the lower profile races (PA Supreme Court recalls, GA PSC races) or the loss of the GOP-backed Maine voter initiative. It felt like you were trying to downplay the decisiveness of the Democratic wins last night.