06-21-2017, 12:27 AM
(06-20-2017, 11:51 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I'm not sure if the fact that these special elections were so close (single digit wins in districts the GOP won by 15-30% months ago) is a reflection of Trump or the fact that special election turnout is lower.
Republicans will say "a win's a win" and Democrats will say "it gives us hope for the close races in 2018", but the reality is nothing has changed yet and we don't have a picture of 2018 from 4 random elections.
I think Democrats are 0-5 in these special elections with the Republican also winning in South Carolina tonight.
The money coming in from all over the country doesn't bother me when it's a campaign for the House or Senate. Rep. and Sen. votes both impact the entire country. What bothers me is when money from anywhere except the state, county or city shows up in local government races. Money from California has no business paying for State Senate seats like what happened in Alaska a few elections back. I think it was a Republican getting money from all over the country for a State Senate seat, but I'm not sure.
