Nina Turner just said that we have lost over 900 legislative seats since 2010

[jodymarie aimee]

On Ari Melber, he is good, the magnificent Nina Turner just said that we have lost over 900 legislative seats since 2010. Wow, we have got to go back to then to do our autopsy.

[hrmjustin]

1. Hopefully that is reversed in 2018.

[4139]

2. 2017 Virginia and New Jersey!

[think]

4. North Carolina will have special elections in 2017 as well due to gerrymandering.

[BigDemVoter123]

3. Good God-- 900?

[think]

6. Yep:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jan/25/cokie-roberts/have-democrats-lost-900-seats-state-legislatures-o/

[Abouttime]

5. We've been cheated

2000..Gore cheated out of Presidency, 2004 Kerry cheated out of Presidency, 2008 and 2012 Obama won by such a huge margin they couldn't steal it.
This year Hillary wins by 3 million votes and still cheated out of the Presidency.
So, if they can steal the Presidency 3 out of the last 5 elections what makes us think they can't steal legislative seats by the hundreds??

[DK504]

7. Maybe we should lobby for Nina Turner for DNC

She would kick some serious ass!!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. I would absolutely leave the party, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Can't stand her. n/t

[Cha]

13. That's not going to happen. Wasn't nina one that lost a seat?

Tarheel

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. She did indeed. It's my understanding that even her allies in the Ohio legislature don't miss her.

I admit I was a fan when she first came to national attention, but it's been downhill ever since.

[Cha]

21. Exactly. I only met her on the downhill part.

I know why the m$m likes her..

[emulatorloo]

26. Yes she lost her election.

[rogue emissary]

17. You wouldn't be alone, as Turner refused to support Clinton.

During an MSNBC interview with Thomas Gibson who assumed she was a Clinton supporter. Soon as he called Turner a Clinton supporter. She emphatically shook her head no and said she isn't supporting any candidate as she always supports the American people.

So I doubt many Democrat would want to have anything to do with her or place her in a role of leadership.

[Me.]

25. Yes Indeed

I turned the channel when grievance laden Nina came on

[bravenak]

27. I would be directly behind you making sure you didn't leave anything on the way out.nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. I can think of only a handful of "Democrats" that I absolutely hate, and she's right at the top.

[bravenak]

30. She is on top of my list too

[jodymarie aimee]

20. Agreed

Nina is only second to Eliz Warren. She is a goddess.

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. Goddess? We're probably not talking about the same "Nina". n/t

[bravenak]

31. Goddess of what?

She is so not a goddess. And not well liked in her own state if the last election she ran went so badly. If she ran the dnc like her own campaign was run we would lose fifty states

[mcar]

35. ...

[Caliman73]

8. 2010 was a horrible year.

The low Democratic turnout gave Republicans the opportunity during a Census year to take over many state houses and to be in charge of redistricting. Democrats actually out perform Republicans in the vote counts, but because Republicans were able to set the district boundaries, the margins at which Democrats have to win to actually be elected have increased to levels that are unheard of. I think I heard it said somewhere that Republicans have something like a 7% cushion in many of their districts. A typical 2% to 4% margin will not win you a seat if you are a Democrat.

It isn't so much about an autopsy as a way to mobilize for the next Census election or to challenge gerrymandering in a way that will make the districts competitive again.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. The party in power almost always lose seats.

Couple that with the fact the Republicans are more consistent voters and you have a recipe for disaster.

[Caliman73]

22. True

I hate using trite sayings but, "Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line" has a ring of truth to it. We like to be energized by charismatic leaders while Republicans tend just to vote against the Democrat so for the Republican. 2010 though, that was a specially horrible year and is one of the main causes of our current situation. When they got the right to draw the districts, they took full advantage and built a systemic firewall against democracy.

[Kilgore]

9. Background info

At this link

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jan/25/cokie-roberts/have-democrats-lost-900-seats-state-legislatures-o/

Or this one

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306736-dems-hit-new-low-in-state-legislatures

[doc03]

10. I don't know how much truth there is in this but Thom Hartmann says

the Republicans only need control of two more statehouses and they can re-write the constitution.

[yeoman6987]

16. I heard that too

And I bet they would. Can you imagine? Ugh. We can't let that happen.

[LenaBaby61]

18. The Republicans only need control of two more statehouses and they can re-write the constitution.

And that is very doable by doubling down on voter suppression/voter disenfranchisement run amok in 2018 and 2020, with some cyber-hacking allowed to happen which would REALLY insure them being able to re-write the constitution in their OWN male, right-winged, racist, sexist, homophobic 1% er image..

Voter suppression, civil rights violations, voter disenfranchisement, massive amounts of purging of Dems on voter rolls will NOT be investigated--but ENCOURAGED--under a tRumputin oligarchy.

[doc03]

19. They would do like back in slavery days and count blacks and

Latinos as 2/3 of a person.

[cigsandcoffee]

37. It was 3/5ths, I believe. nt

[doc03]

38. Yep I think you are right. Still think the Republicans

would be happy to go back there.

[pnwmom]

23. Not true. They can call a Constitutional convention with 2/3 BUT

they need 3/4 to approve any changes.

Still, we need to take back state governments no matter what.

[Takket]

24. with 2/3 of legislatures

The GOP can call for a Constitutional Convention where changes to the Constitution can be proposed, but they must still be adopted by 3/4 of states to actually take effect.

[H2O Man]

15. Recommended.

I would speculate that it is worth considering new leadership within the Democratic Party.

[Onyrleft]

32. Remember the 50 state strategy?

The strategy where we tried to win everywhere? As it turns out we actually won in more places when we applied that strategy. After abandoning the strategy where we tried to win everywhere in favor of focusing on key races; we won in fewer places.

[Generator]

33. Kanye was right the first time

They hate (fill in the color but it aint white) people.

[malaise]

34. Kick

and recommend

[treestar]

36. How many are there total

Without that there is no perspeti