Have we finished yet with all the blame game over why Democrats lost the Mid Terms? I know we are all pretty bummed out about losing. No one likes to lose. Now is the time to face the reality of why we lost. It is simple folks. Republicans got higher vote totals! That's how you win. You get more votes than your opponent. Wishing and hoping doesn't win elections. Voting for your candidate wins.
You can blame big money. I have. You can blame candidates from running away from our President and his successes. Many have. You can blame GOP for cheating and voter restriction laws. Some do. You can blame the Supreme Court or the entire world. But, the bottom line is that even though we have more registered Democrats in this country, more people voted for Republican candidates.
Let's be productive and figure out why. Why in my state of Illinois, which has been strongly Democratic for several elections, suddenly vote for a plutocrat GOP for Governor? Now, realize that on the same ballot was an advisory measure asking the legislature to raise the income tax rate on millionaires. Citizens voted strongly in favor of that and then elected a governor who was sure to veto it if it ever made it to his desk. This is insane.
We need to figure out why enough Democrats didn't vote for our candidates or even vote at all. The answers will be unique to each candidate, I believe. But, we need to figure it out before 2016.
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