2026 Midterm Elections

[CFordUNC]

 

[heelinhell]

Yet another Republican quits Congress as GOP fears disastrous midterms

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) announced he's retiring from Congress on Tuesday. The longtime member of the House Ways and Means Committee announced he would leave his post representing the red Gulf Coast 16th District after 20 years in office. He's among several congressional leaders opting not to...

www.rawstory.com

 

[rodoheel]

FINALLY

She was once great in her role but is clearly not up to the job anymore.

Yes, as with most members of Congress, it's several cycles too late.

 

[TarHeeledTexan]

My husband’s and my siblings born from 1974 forward (and their friends) all seem much more like millennials to us.

I do feel that X-ennials is a thing. I also feel much more kinship to the first half of the Millennial generation than I do to the first half of the Gen-X generation.

 

[TarHeeledTexan]

My husband and I are older Xers. Our view is that Gen X is two pretty distinct sub-generations — (x) the olds who were born in the 60s/remember being a kid in the 70s and the younger ones who more recall being kids in the 80s. Whether that has a political break between the two, I don’t know. Our impression has been that the older cohort skews more libertarian than the younger cohort, regardless of the overall left/right tilt otherwise. I think the moderate & conservative libertarians in the older cohort have definitely flocked to MAGA.

I have memories from the 1970s, but I’m 100% a child of the 80s.

 

[nycfan]

“… Vindman will face off against a crowded field of 10 other candidates in the August Democratic primary. The November special election will be held to determine who will serve out the rest of Rubio’s term, which ends in 2029.

Florida has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2012…”

 

[donbosco]

 

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[altmin]

^ don't love that states that will be gaining Reps.

 

[lawtig02]

^ don't love that states that will be gaining Reps.

The old blue wall is no longer enough. Dems will need to consistently win in GA, AZ and NV. Maybe NC as well. TX would be the tipping point if it could ever be flipped.

 

[xCainx]

People who complain need to SHOW UP to vote!!! There are more registered democrats than GOP, but they have to show up and vote. If they had, Trump wouldn’t be in office

The youth vote is always awful.

No excuses, …..VOTE!!

 

[CFordUNC]

Remember when our dipshit dumbfuck board Pubs were crowing about some major political realignment with the GOP becoming some big tent multi ethnic coalition? Lolololol

 

[altmin]

The old blue wall is no longer enough. Dems will need to consistently win in GA, AZ and NV. Maybe NC as well. TX would be the tipping point if it could ever be flipped.

Makes it harder in the House too. With their gerrymandered state governments, I don't see them handing these new seats to the Democrats

 

[Icky Mettle]

The old blue wall is no longer enough. Dems will need to consistently win in GA, AZ and NV. Maybe NC as well. TX would be the tipping point if it could ever be flipped.

Yeah, at a minimum, it needs to be either both NC and GA, or a combination of one of those states + AZ + NV
AZ + GA + NC + NV = 49 EC votes
AZ + GA + NV = 33
AZ + NC + NV = 33
GA + NC = 32

 

[superrific]

That new map is a calamity. We need to do a lot of things in 2028 to mitigate the effects. For one thing outlaw gerrymandering. Of course I'm advocating more radical structural change, but at a minimum we need to fix supreme court and gerrymandering.