2014 Election Megathread

[Ed Anger]

Extra bonus: Meri's governor is a Republican now. HAHA

[derspiess]

[Ed Anger]

I'm not laughing at Seedy's new governor though. No sir.

[derspiess]

I am.

[Admiral Yi]

A nine point GOP victory in Maryland is inconceivable. 

That's like a Republican winning the mayor of DC.

[derspiess]

People must have been pissed.

[alfred russel]

A nine point GOP victory in Maryland is inconceivable. 

It's an election for governor. It is probably the high profile race people are most likely to vote for the guy rather than the party. Lots of democratic states get republican governors. A similar dynamic has given NYC republican mayors like Guiliani and Bloomberg (before he became independent).

[alfred russel]

People must have been pissed.

2010 was such a bad year for the democrats it is hard to see how they don't come back in 2016.

On the other hand, 2018 should be a very bad year for the Democrats. Not sure how the republicans managed to f up so bad in 2012.

[crazy canuck]

Extra bonus: Meri's governor is a Republican now. HAHA

I remember someone saying a few years ago that voting in that State wasnt as important because the Dem candidate would always get elected.  I guess enough voters felt that way yesterday. 

[Norgy]

Which is why relying so heavily on statistical analysis in a discipline that doesn't lend itself well to predictive analytics--namely, Political Science--sucks so much.  Politics is a crap shoot subject to human whim, not a science.  IM A POLI CRAP MAJOR

Is there a clubhouse where we can meet up and self-flagellate over our choice of major?

[CountDeMoney]

I remember someone saying a few years ago that voting in that State wasnt as important because the Dem candidate would always get elected.  I guess enough voters felt that way yesterday. 

"Now many of our Christians have what I call the 'goo-goo syndrome.' Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." —Paul Weyrich, Co-Founder of the Heritage Foundation and Moral Majority, 1980

As true for Republican election strategy now as it was in 1980. 

[CountDeMoney]

Which is why relying so heavily on statistical analysis in a discipline that doesn't lend itself well to predictive analytics--namely, Political Science--sucks so much.  Politics is a crap shoot subject to human whim, not a science.  IM A POLI CRAP MAJOR

Is there a clubhouse where we can meet up and self-flagellate over our choice of major?

Let me check with Mom.

[Jacob]

How many entertaining shenanigans do you guys expect to see between Boehner and Cruz?

[derspiess]

Which is why relying so heavily on statistical analysis in a discipline that doesn't lend itself well to predictive analytics--namely, Political Science--sucks so much.  Politics is a crap shoot subject to human whim, not a science.  IM A POLI CRAP MAJOR

Is there a clubhouse where we can meet up and self-flagellate over our choice of major?

Seemed like a fun idea at the time.

[derspiess]

Extra bonus: Meri's governor is a Republican now. HAHA

I remember someone saying a few years ago that voting in that State wasnt as important because the Dem candidate would always get elected.  I guess enough voters felt that way yesterday. 

It was a very close race 4 years ago.  This one shouldn't have been that huge of a surprise.