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In reply to the discussion: The real stolen election - Democrats just won the House by 1.2 million votes (2012) [View all]samsingh
(17,571 posts)57. where is trump's outrage on this stolen aspect of the election?
he was quick on twitter when trump thought it was the other way around
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The real stolen election - Democrats just won the House by 1.2 million votes (2012) [View all]
banned from Kos
Dec 2012
OP
I would, considering the Dems won the Presidency, 2 more Senate seats, and even the House.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#20
You mentioned the Voting Rights Act. It appears the SCOTUS will dismantle it this year. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#35
Thank you. The numbers don't lie. The very Dem youth vote in particular fell off in 2010.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#65
Perhaps the subjects of the sentence was unclear - 'unproductive, ideological purity' are not what
freshwest
Dec 2012
#27
Wishing Democrats had voted more in 2010 doesn't change the fact that gerrymandering is
Cleita
Dec 2012
#7
and yet the "talking heads" will go on and on about the fact we had a split election
Botany
Dec 2012
#8
Worse still, gerrymandered, secure, wing-nut district Reps have no reason to compromise
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#9
The reason is because Mitt Romney was such a bad choice, no one was left to vote for except Obama.
RC
Dec 2012
#23
Gerrymandering has been going on in California for years much to the advantage of
Playinghardball
Dec 2012
#19
This is a good example of elections having consequences. The GOP was able to gerrymander so many
totodeinhere
Dec 2012
#21
I would agree if donations and support from outside of the district were prohibited.
Sam1
Dec 2012
#40
True. And why the GOP in states affected by the Voting Rights Act keep trying to repeal it.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#34