Democrats flip traditionally conservative Wisconsin district

[RandomGuy]

Grass roots.. I'll be glad when that ing term is beneath the grass.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/resistanc...190038294.html

Nevertheless, she persisted.

[RandomGuy]

you were in a coma during Obama's rise in 2008?

No. This is different. Bigger, more organized, and more pervasive.

President Pussy-Grabber has gotten progressive women into politics in large numbers.

[DMC]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/resistanc...190038294.html

Nevertheless, she persisted.

That's good. Left or right, more people need to be invested in the outcome of elections. We have less than half the registered voters actually voting and many aren't even registered because they feel it doesn't change anything. I count myself in that.

[DMC]

No. This is different. Bigger, more organized, and more pervasive.

President Pussy-Grabber has gotten progressive women into politics in large numbers.

Bigger than the Obama campaign? I don't think so.

[RandomGuy]

That's good. Left or right, more people need to be invested in the outcome of elections. We have less than half the registered voters actually voting and many aren't even registered because they feel it doesn't change anything. I count myself in that.

I would agree for the most part. Except the registration thing. I vote almost every election (missed a local election last time), and have been helping out with registration drives. A lot of bottom up change is happening.

[RandomGuy]

Bigger than the Obama campaign? I don't think so.

Yes, bigger than that. Obama campaign was centered on one candidate.

What is happening now is a movement that is pushing a lot of progressives into running for offices for the first time. This is a shift that is pulling a lot of people to participate who haven't before.


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Odds are some of them will win, and that creates a deeper bench of seasoned candidates for future elections, just like junior leagues create pipelines for professional sports.

[RandomGuy]

Bit of a rah-rah piece from the Texas Democratic party, but the spreadsheet linked shows something important:

Texas Democrats are contesting more congressional, state House and state Senate seats than in any cycle in 25 years. With 111 candidates running in all 36 congressional seats, the path to yanking the U.S. Speaker’s gavel from Republican hands runs through Texas.

https://www.tribtalk.org/2018/01/15/...o-win-in-2018/

That didn't happen during Obama's campaign.

This is being reflected nationwide.

View only spreadsheet showing the pattern of Democrats/Republicans running for Texas office:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...sFE/edit#gid=0