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In reply to the discussion: Are you all as stunned as I am about how the States are falling? [View all]ceonupe
(597 posts)It because while the national Obama voting organizations were efficient and strong they destroyed old time Democratic Party circles in many states.
I'm not saying it was a bad thing because I know in my area the democratic power structure was 100% Hillary. When she lost the primary those people were push out for Obama people many from out of state with little understanding of state politics.
After 2008 the machine that got Obama elected was not as engage in 2010 and totally mute on state issues in a lot of cases and now that the old school was nolonger around it hurt.
We saw this in NC. The coalition that voted in 2008 and 2012 nationally just was not there for the democrats on state races and ESP in 2010.
The republicans while messing up a lot in national elections have been quite good on the state and local levels. The have worked for about 10 years or so with their allies gettingany laws passed and redistrictong to reduce the influence of the large urban mega centers that strongly voted democrat and the state democrats said nothing until after they lost. The said nothing during the elections and honestly in our state had weak candidates.
It sucks because NC was becoming very progressive. There is hope on 2 fronts however....... The govoner is not quite as extreme as his overall party and the republicans may have over reached.