yeah, but much of the country has poor judgment when it comes to electing politicians

much of the world, rather

hence why restricting the vote is so important.

extend the length of terms, decrease the total number of terms allowed to 2 for all positions. force these idiots to focus on the long term rather than getting elected in two years. restrict the vote to tax-paying, zero-welfare-receiving, head of household only.

I would prefer to make it only those who own land as well.

If you don't have a physical stake in the soil that makes up the nation, you are not invested in it.

Better than land would be a parenthood requirement for voting

Then the only ones that can vote are those with a stake in the future of the nation

IMO you gotta set standards for who becomes a parent in the first place

Remember, folks

we all know that there are certain...segments of the population who shouldn't be having children in the first place

The PA-18 electorate was D+4 by party registration by default, 48 to 44, appx. the same as RVs.
Turnout was 52.3% among reg. Dems, 51.7% among Reps, 32% w/other.
18-29 year olds represented just 6% of the electorate

I mean yeah of course

Maybe in return for certain welfare programs you get sterilized or something

The AZ-08 district has a lot of registered Rs and doesn't have the same D ancestry PA-18 did
Win/loss is one of many qs -- more important to compare to a baseline, see how Rs do w/high turnout, etc

Generally the type of people who do have children take more precautions than single people especially when voting

UT-03 -> solid Trump overperformance (!) + R registration advantage
GA-06 -> pretty close to Trump performance in Gingrich's old seat
KS-04 -> good R registration + big Trump underperformance

If you vote for someone and you are childless, you vote for your own future, if you vote and have children, you're trying to look out for their future

Yeah, lot of factors to go on

The game is tough

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/988840512571441152

I'm now convinced a Trump endorsement is a curse

a kiss of death

Trump endorsed a bunch of people who won

hell, when he endorsed Strange against Moore, Strange actually got a boost

not enough, but it was a boost

same with Saccone

of course, that's assuming you believe >polls

Handel won, Gianforte won, the Lieutenant Governor Trumpian candidate did better than Gillespie

Button Mash's real name ^

Jill Vogel was way more liberal than Gillespie

Also the AG candidate was way more conservative than the both of them and still lost by 6 points

Virginia is a blue state

The fact that people were surprised and the fact that Liberals were playing the “Muh Blue Wave” Card shows the retardation

This is the State Terry McAullife was Governor of

@Rhodesiaboo yep, Republicans are the underdog in Virginia now

it's been blue since 2008

"Jill Vogel was way more liberal than Gillespie"

in what way ?

She represents a district in the North of Virginia, opposes gerrymandering and overall a strong opposition to religious conservativism (which still has sway in Virginia)

If Gillespie had talked more about taxes and the economy to get the Northerners on side rather than MS-13 then he would have done much better