Gerrymandering is everything. It means democratic party policies cannot be enacted unless there is an absolute landslide election win. If its gone then the republicans can no longer block democrats and if they cannot put in their own policies nor block those of democrats then they have no reason to exist as a political force. The only thing making them still relevant on a national level is that ability to block.
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No its not. Its center left. It used to be center right but its not anymore. Why do you think republicans have gone so batshit crazy? Its because of this change. They are grasping by their fingernails to hold on and prevent the center left laws the majority now wants being enacted.
All I'm saying is, I would like to see more logical criticism and less ad hominem attacks. "Wow, he said dirty things about women 11 years ago, this is horrible!" Sure, it is horrible, and I wouldn't go on a party with him. It hardly affects my opinion on him as a potential president though. Possibly because it is already at the bottom of the well. :P
The tea party formed after GW Bush crashed the economy and republican voters wanted to drive the tax and spend republicans out of office. Obama wasn't even in office when it firmed, close but not quite. Your grasp of history makes me wish the Tea Oarty was interested in getting less taxes wasted on politician pet projects and more on history classes.
The Republicans won the popular vote in the last House election 51-45%. Please continue to delude yourself that this is all due to gerrymandering. Trump will lose because he is an awful candidate, not because the overall country is changing.
If you're going to be condescending, at least try to be correct. There was certainly anger about bailouts, but organization started in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement
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They won in a low turn out election.
I don't know why you are arguing about this since all the data is easy to find.
Democrats are the majority of voters but they are on average substantially younger than republicans. That means lower turnout in midterms than more consistently voting republican retirees.
The country is also changing. Every 4 years sees some ~5 million republican voters replaced by ~10 million democrats as young voters align strongly with democrats and the old ones who die off are mostly republican. This means a ~2% on average swing to democrats with every 4 year cycle. 2016 was a benchmark year - it was the first year in which millennials outnumbered boomers. You know what share of millennials align with republican values? 20%. Yes, that's right, only 20%. By 2024 it will be continual democratic landslides as republican attempts to gerrymander and disenfranchise will no longer be enough.
Again I'm unsure why you are arguing against this since everything I am saying is well known. But then republicans have a well known tendency to go into denial about reality when reality contradicts what they'd like to be true.
What he said more was along the lines of "I do whatever I want to women--without asking for permission--and they let me." I VERY HIGHLY doubt that every single woman that Trump has made an advance to (without asking if he could touch/kiss/whatever her) was actually OK with what was happening.
Not all women's panties insta-drop at the sight of a guy with fame/cash, especially if he comes across like a narcissistic douchebag. As Trump does.
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It doesn't matter what I confuse. We're talking to what Trump admitted to, correct? He admitted to nothing. He said women "let" him. "Let" means consent. Now maybe they didn't let him. Maybe they did. I don't know. Maybe there are no women. Maybe Trump made the whole thing up. Maybe there's 2,000 women. It doesn't matter. People said Trump's statement was an admission of sexual assault. It wasn't.
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You still don't understand the point I'm making.