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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:14 AM Aug 2016

Will Donald Trump Hand State Capitols to Democrats? [View all]

Will Donald Trump Hand State Capitols to Democrats?
A Democratic landslide in November could flip a dozen or more legislative majorities that Republicans captured during the Obama era.
RUSSELL BERMAN 6:00 AM ET

Donald Trump’s recent plunge in the polls has tempted Democrats to widen their dreams for a big night in November. A landslide victory for Hillary Clinton, they now believe, could bring with it control of the U.S. Senate and dramatically shrink the party’s gap with Republicans in the House—if not flip it entirely.

But there could be a Trump effect in another 2016 battleground that could shape the electoral landscape much further into the future: the elections for control of state legislatures.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/will-donald-trump-hand-state-capitols-to-democrats-2016-election/495494/

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Will Donald Trump Hand State Capitols to Democrats? [View all] workinclasszero Aug 2016 OP

Its would be a bonus. Historic NY Aug 2016 #1

I am thinking about baby steps, would be great to get 60 Democratic Senators, would Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #2

We have to remember ladym55 Aug 2016 #3

^^^This!!! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #4