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2018 mid-term election

dudalb said:
Colorado passed intiatives taking redistricting out of the hands of the legislature and giving to a independent commission..pretty much what Califorinia did.
This might be a trend. Redistricting is too important to leave to the politicians. And although the GOP has been the greater offenders,that is because they have controlled more legislatures. The Dems are just a capable of gerrymandering. I don't trust either party on this.
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Independent commissions are just another kind of politician.
 
dudalb said:
Colorado passed intiatives taking redistricting out of the hands of the legislature and giving to a independent commission..pretty much what Califorinia did.
This might be a trend. Redistricting is too important to leave to the politicians. And although the GOP has been the greater offenders,that is because they have controlled more legislatures. The Dems are just a capable of gerrymandering. I don't trust either party on this.
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Looks like Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio did as well. Utah not fully in yet.
 
Venom said:
The question I have is will Mitt Romney butt heads with Trump or his colleagues like McCain occasionally did?
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Venom said:
The question I have is will Mitt Romney butt heads with Trump or his colleagues like McCain occasionally did?
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If by "like McCain" you mean "make public speeches denouncing Trump's policies and nominations days before voting in support of them", maybe possibly but I find it far more likely that he will be fully in Trump's corner.
 
Checkmite said:
If by "like McCain" you mean "make public speeches denouncing Trump's policies and nominations days before voting in support of them", maybe possibly but I find it far more likely that he will be fully in Trump's corner.
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Romney would vote to repeal the ACA unlike McCain. Good thing the house flipped.
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
For final notes, according to CNN:

Trump lost suburban and independent voters that he won in 2016.

The Republican Party is now even more beholden to Trump, as moderates who distanced themselves lost and people he backed won.

In terms of popular vote the House gap is larger than the Tea Party one, but due to gerrymandering in actual seats the change is less.

Republicans maintaining the big gubernatorial races means they can continue their gerrymandering advantage.
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Errr, Kris Kobach?
 
theprestige said:
Independent commissions are just another kind of politician.
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You can set them up to be pretty independent.

It works pretty well in the UK and avoids the most egregious examples of malpractice that one sees in the US. There are issues, but they are at a far lesser level.
 
I'm keeping the Republicans and blue-dog democrat in District 35 as well as the Democrats in Congress.

I-1639 is passing 60/40 like I-594 did a few years ago. This means I have to pay for a training class to buy any semi-auto rifle. Being a range safety officer, trained military and a certified shooting coach does not count. This initiative will probably cause a run on semi-auto rifles until July 2019.

I-1634 is passing to prohibit new local taxes on food/beverages. Increasing those taxes was just going to be another way to make the WA tax scheme less progressive. I'd like to see a state income tax replace some of the other taxes in WA.

Ranb
 
Galaxie said:
I have no doubt about that. We're almost certainly headed for an automatic re-count with 94% reporting and a difference of ~1500 votes.
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What percentage is the trigger? There are a lot of red districts around Green Bay that are uncounted. Walker will likely win the popular vote on the basis of those three or four counties.


ETA: Just did the back-of-envelope math. Walker will pick up about 25,000 plurality in those districts/counties. Is this like the old Chicago system? One area holds back their votes until the last minute when it can be determined how many are needed?
 
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