08-02-2016, 05:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2016, 05:05 PM by Eric the Green.)
(08-02-2016, 02:07 PM)playwrite Wrote: For those with Right leaning views, ignore this thread - it's really really boring and 2020 is too far away to be of any care.
For everyone else, not too soon to be thinking about this.
A fantastic place to start is with the recent analysis done by Stephen Wolf -
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/2...le-in-2020
A good look at state elections coming up that Dems need to pour money into over the next couple election cycles to build a foundation for 2020.
My favorite map/analysis is those states where the ballot initiative could be used to set up independent commissions like what was done in California and Arizona -
The synergy of getting a more true representation of districts in the swing states of OH and FL could provide enough Party infrastructure in both these states to put them solidly behind the Blue Wall for both Presidential and Senate seat elections. For the other states, even if they remain in the Red, there would likely still be district pickups for the Dems with a non-partisan commission determinations.
Getting Clinton in the WH in 2016 to change the SCOTUS is huge in the effort, but there is much more that can be done to undo the 2010 gerrymandering that is keeping the GOP holding on as a national political force.
Comments welcome from those on the Left (those on the Right can go about their business of offering support/apologies for The Donald).
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Exactly. We need to get on with this. And maybe in a few blue state legislatures too, if we're lucky.
And I think many moderates and independents would favor the idea of voters choosing their politicians, instead of politicians choosing their voters. Politicians engineering their own re-election, is not exactly democracy-- if that's what Americans want.