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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre we going to see congressmen up for re-election start moving from Trump?
Not necessarily in deep red states, but in toss up stars and districts. CNN is really beating in the point that 33 percent of voters tonight said that they were doing it in defiance of Trump.
And this is with Northam not doing a whole lot to tie Gillespie to Trump. Imagine how lopsided it could have been if he had done that.
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Are we going to see congressmen up for re-election start moving from Trump? (Original Post)
bearsfootball516
Nov 2017
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enough
(13,256 posts)1. Luckily, all those congressmen are on record as having voted with
Trump and the Republican Party on enough outrageous measures to destroy them politically if the Democrats can be smart about it.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)2. Voter turnout and the Resistance need to stay high.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)3. I think it will
It's the beginning of a wave. Now, we know we can do it. Democrats running in midterms next year are going to say "Look at what we did in Virginia, we can do it here!"
Mollyann
(108 posts)4. Retiring
My congressman, Ted Poe, is not seeking reelection.
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)5. Trump is toxic
No one wants that stink of failure anywhere near them