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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

TBH I don't care about a 2018 lead, I want to see the 1975-1979 lead where the Democrats gain supermajority. I want to see 1894 type of numbers where the overreaching party who implemented tariffs see a 100+ seat loss.

I want every single Republican out of a job.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

100+ seat loss isn’t possible in the US. City/Suburban ideology is the polar opposite of the rural one. Our system gives disproportionate voices to people who live in rural areas. Young people today have left their rural communities for the cities because it’s not possible to lead a comfortable working life in rural America anymore. The Carter flip was only possible because the democratic base was diffused across many rural counties; that’s not the case anymore.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

There is no such thing as city/suburban ideology. Sure, cities and rural areas are different, but if Trump screws them both, they're both capable of voting against him.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It literally happened in the exact example I gave. Only 35 seats total are up for reelection in the house but I was being clear about what I wanted.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world -3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s not possible though because the electorate makeup of rural counties has changed so significantly. The 76 election was 51 years ago… lots of things have changed in that timeframe. 51 years ago, California and Vermont were Republican strongholds, and Missouri was a powerful bellwether that was only wrong once between 1904 and 2012.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Who are you to dictate what I desire?