alex Sink sent packing

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20140312/DACFR78G0.html

In what was considered a toss up race, Sink loses.

No surprise when a 40 year republican district remains the same, and I was shocked on how close it was, but the libertarian candidate probably took most of the votes from the winner so it probably was not as close as the end result.

She won that district in the gubernatorial election. Are you simply unable to be objective anymore?

Don't confuse Seaoat with fact.

Obama also won it in the last two presidential elections. Obamacare wasn't fully in play either... as it's an aged area.

But in 2010 the dems made out best in the early races... so ya never know.

My guess nationwide where a district has been held for 40 years by one political party that over 90% of the successors win from that same party.

The governor running in a statewide election is going to get homie votes, and a presidential election is a high voter turnout and an entirely different analysis. The election finished exactly like any odds maker would have predicted......close but the same party wins. This is not complicated stuff.

2seaoat wrote:My guess nationwide where a district has been held for 40 years by one political party that over 90% of the successors win from that same party.

The governor running in a statewide election is going to get homie votes, and a presidential election is a high voter turnout and an entirely different analysis.  The election finished exactly like any odds maker would have predicted......close but the same party wins.  This is not complicated stuff.

Precisely, not necessarily the bellwether of the future . . . l

knothead wrote:

2seaoat wrote:My guess nationwide where a district has been held for 40 years by one political party that over 90% of the successors win from that same party.

The governor running in a statewide election is going to get homie votes, and a presidential election is a high voter turnout and an entirely different analysis.  The election finished exactly like any odds maker would have predicted......close but the same party wins.  This is not complicated stuff.

Precisely, not necessarily the bellwether of the future . . . l

Yes, but some posters think there will be a GOP sweep in November, and that the new majority is not only going to impeach/convict/remove President Obama, but they will exact retribution on liberals/progessives in a major way. Like repealling the PPACA and running an agenda that is 10-feet to the right of center. They intend to make the minority members of the House and Senate sit on their hands while they run the country as they see fit.

At least that is what certain posters here are saying.....  

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:

knothead wrote:

2seaoat wrote:My guess nationwide where a district has been held for 40 years by one political party that over 90% of the successors win from that same party.

The governor running in a statewide election is going to get homie votes, and a presidential election is a high voter turnout and an entirely different analysis.  The election finished exactly like any odds maker would have predicted......close but the same party wins.  This is not complicated stuff.

Precisely, not necessarily the bellwether of the future . . . l

Yes, but some posters think there will be a GOP sweep in November, and that the new majority is not only going to impeach/convict/remove President Obama, but they will exact retribution on liberals/progessives in a major way. Like repealling the PPACA and running an agenda that is 10-feet to the right of center. They intend to make the minority members of the House and Senate sit on their hands while they run the country as they see fit.

At least that is what certain posters here are saying.....  

I agree Z, however, in my view if Democrats do not become energized about the consequences and do not turn out, then we will have more government shutdowns and another two years of dysfunction! Yea . . . .   

No government shutdowns only
Happen when Dems run 2/3 of the government

When Sink made that uber blunder about needing illegals because who is going to do the cleaning and landscaping, I laughed out loud. I thought liberals were supposed to be the party of the little guy. How elitist can you be, Alex? LOL.
One thing that this election has shown us, which I think we'll see a lot more of in November, is if you live defending Obamacare, you'd better be prepared to die defending Obamacare.
And I think this is just the beginning.

After the voters of Florida called for redistricting, this state is more gerrymandered than it was before. And someone poured a lot of dollars into this campaign. Not that I'm a huge fan of Alex Sink. She should have started earlier and spent more time building her coalition.

This is an upset no matter how you digest it... Jolly wasn't really a very good candidate.

PkrBum wrote:This is an upset no matter how you digest it... Jolly wasn't really a very good candidate.  

A part truth, it cannot be dismissed that this Congressional District has been in the hands of the GOP for over forty years; hence, hardly an upset to me. Sink was an establishment candidate is significant and, further she lost by less than 3500 votes which is a narrow victory for the GOP. The Dems of course spin it by saying it was surprising it was so close but their expectations of a victory running against a 'lobbyist' were disappointing no doubt but upset is an overstatement.