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Democrats: 'Why we got shellacked in the 2014 elections'
DNC's Mid-terms AAR.
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Democrats: 'Why we got shellacked in the 2014 elections'
CSM, 21 Feb 2015
They may have won the White House the last two times out, but it has “suffered devastating losses at all levels of government since 2008,” the report states. That includes 69 US House seats, 13 US Senate seats, 910 state legislative seats, 30 state legislative chambers, and 11 governorships.
“The circumstances that led to the series of devastating electoral losses did not develop overnight,” the task force found. “Instead they have been building over decades as the political system has been irrevocably changed by the passage of McCain-Feingold and the Citizens United decision. Republicans, in many cases, have been quick to respond to these changes and take advantage of this new moneyed and murky environment.”
(Cont'd) http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Deco...2014-elections
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