'A nightmare scenario' for Republicans: GOP panicking as voters increasingly abandon party
‘A nightmare scenario’ for Republicans: GOP panicking as voters increasingly abandon party in the Trump era
Published 2 hours ago on November 10, 2019By Tom Boggioni
A Washington Post report on this past week’s election in Virginia pointed out that the Republican Party is grappling with how to stem the flow of previously reliable voters who are turning their backs on them and either voting for Democrats or straying home and sitting out elections.
As the report notes, “A GOP candidate hasn’t won statewide office in Virginia since 2009. On Tuesday, Democrats gained majorities in both houses of the General Assembly for the first time in a generation; the House of Delegates swung from a 66-34 Republican edge in 2017 to a 55-45 Democratic advantage for next year’s session.”
Republican campaign manager Daniella Propati watched as her candidate for the House of Delegates, GayDonna Vandergriff, lost despite running on a campaign accusing her opponent of “socialism” which apparently made no impact on voters.
“Republicans — we’ve been running campaigns in Virginia the same way for 20 years,” Propati said. “We need to come together and say, ‘What do we need to do next time?’ ”
More: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/a-nightmare-scenario-for-republicans-gop-panicking-as-voters-increasingly-abandon-party-in-the-trump-era/
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