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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Reich's FaceBook page
https://www.facebook.com/RBReich?fref=nfI dont think its possible for Republicans to win the 2016 presidential election or keep control of the Senate. Thats because the GOP is disappearing from the most heavily populated sections of the country while increasing its lead in a declining bloc of aging, white, rural voters. Look at voting demographics and you get the likely 2016 voting map below (based on 2014s returns, New Hampshire and Virginia are turning blue, and Georgia is now at play).
As to the Senate, Democrats in 2014 had to defend 13 Senate seats in red or purple states. In 2016 Republicans will be defending 24 Senate seats; at least 18 are likely to be competitive based on geography and demographics. Democrats will be defending precisely one seat that could possibly be competitive.
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Robert Reich's FaceBook page (Original Post)
babsbunny
Nov 2014
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kentuck
(111,052 posts)1. Thanks for posting.
Democrats need a little hope to cling to.
Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)2. He's correct...
...when people vote, they lose.
demwing
(16,916 posts)3. that sounds funny
maybe "when we vote, they lose"?
Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)4. We the People!