36 Legislative Seats In States Flipped From Republicans To Democrats Since Trump Election

With a victory in a state legislative race in Florida last night of a Democrat in a Republican held seat, we can say that 36 legislative seats in states that Trump won in 2016 have now flipped, a sign of likely great results for Democrats in November 2018 for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, state legislative races, and state governors.

Many traditional Republican voters are clearly alienated from Donald Trump, and specific groups–suburbanites, women, and young people–are seen as likely flippers in large numbers, to the Democrats in the upcoming elections.

Several other races that have ended up with Republican wins have been by much closer margins than in the past.

Changing the state legislatures and making for more Democratic seats will be extremely important when it comes to reapportionment of seats in 2020 and after, and it is urgent that Democrats gain the edge, as that will affect politics for the entire decade of the 2020s.

So the urgency is to make sure voters come out in greater numbers than is traditional in midterm election years, and if people stay home and allow the Republicans to continue their control of state legislatures, governors, and the two houses of Congress, they will have no one to blame but themselves for the disastrous long term results of such apathy.

5 comments on “36 Legislative Seats In States Flipped From Republicans To Democrats Since Trump Election

  1. Princess Leia February 15, 2018 5:44 pm

    After that school shooting yesterday, parents and students are angered at the Republicans for constantly doing nothing to stop these mass shootings from occurring.

  2. Rational Lefty February 17, 2018 11:07 am

    This news about the indictments shows that there’s almost no doubt that Hillary would be president right now without the concerted Russian attack on our democracy in support of Trump.

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