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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCantor lost because he gerrymandered his district to the extreme right, which he
thought he was. Little did he consider the wackadoodles that are even further right than he is. His manipulation of the districts came back to bite him in the butt.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)He was in Washington DC at a Lobby meeting/fundraiser the very morning of the election. He was so out of touch and good riddance to him.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,237 posts)all good things to consider before the election.
hadrons
(4,170 posts)turn-out was really good
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,237 posts)"Despite the political ramifications of his loss, the election had a low turnout of approximately 12 percent in Commonwealth's left-leaning 7th District. According to Virginia's "sore loser" law, Cantor cannot run as a third-party candidate in the 7th District election, but can be a written in candidate.
The upset capped a contentious campaign that had seen a powerful incumbent and erstwhile darling of the tea party become its target, as Brat led a chorus of critics branding him a Beltway insider who had lost touch with his conservative base."
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(4,237 posts)elleng
(130,698 posts)it tends right. Teabug 'stupid' got him.
but a victory for Trammell in the 7th would not be unprecedented. In the 2008 U.S. Senate race, former Democratic governor Mark Warner defeated former Republican governor Jim Gilmore by about a 60 to 39 percent spread among voters in the district. While it has since been somewhat altered in the 2011 redistricting, the surrounding areas also voted for Warner in similar numbers.
Whats more, a couple of polls of the 7th indicate that on some issues, it may be well to the left of the Republican Brat. A PPP poll of registered voters released Tuesday found that 72 percent supported comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Even among self-identified Republicans, 70 percent back a path to citizenship and 58 percent consider reform very important. Brats primary campaign focused heavily on his opposition to amnesty.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/06/11/3447539/virginia-seventh-brat-trammell/
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,237 posts)This info is important in considering strategies to defeat Brat.
elleng
(130,698 posts)and use them when they're available. Fortunately, some became available yesterday!
Hope to read his new book, too! http://www.rmc.edu/news/12-04-13-jack-trammell-book.aspx
samsingh
(17,590 posts)I hope we can still survive
elleng
(130,698 posts)I am concerned about our survival.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)The guy was sunk by his own evil doings: The Hubris Thing.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)It probably costs the GOP an additional seat in Congress to make Cantor's 7th "invincible". Most of the surrounding districts are purple-blue because Cantor's seat took so many red areas of NoVA and Central VA.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)high concentrations of human social pathologies in need of government subsidized mental health services.
Timez Squarez
(262 posts)and they ain't angry about guns, gays and God.
They're angry because the Republicans are obstructing what the voters wants.