Please read this if you are discouraged and/or pessimistic about last night's NC vote.

[Miles Archer]

On MSNBC Wednesday, Cook Political Report analyst Dave Wasserman broke down how ominous it was for President Donald Trump and the GOP that they had to sink millions of dollars into North Carolina to narrowly win a special election in a district Trump previously carried by 12 points — in part, because the GOP badly underperformed in suburban Mecklenburg County, which will be pivotal for deciding the state.

“This is a five-alarm fire for Trump in the suburbs,” said Wasserman. “He’s basically self-destructed with college educated women and voters. If you look to the Mecklenburg district, in 2016 — these are what I would call the Whole Foods suburbs of Charlotte, pretty upscale, he won that portion of the district by 4 points in 2016. Dan McCready, the Democrat last fall, won those same suburbs by 9 points and won them yesterday by 12.5 points even though Dan Bishop, the Republican, represents that area in the state Senate.”

“Clearly, Trump’s unpopularity was driving the Democratic performance there,” said Wasserman. “And it were replicated statewide, he would be on track to lose.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/north-carolina-special-election-was-a-five-alarm-fire-for-trump-in-the-suburbs-elections-expert/

[pbmus]

1. Why do people vote against themselves...

[kimbutgar]

2. I heard the tv commercials were almost 5 to 1 for the repuke candidate

They saturated the airwaves and got the vote. The DNC did. It too much. But I feel encouraged that he only lost by 2 points. As this year progresses and into the election year MF45 and the repukes will be even more villainous and turn off people.

[elocs]

3. The simple truth is that there just are places with more Republicans than Democrats.

We are passionately convinced that Republicans are all wrong and they are just as convinced that we are wrong.
I'm not discouraged when I understand that.
I am discouraged when those on the Left choose to self suppress their votes by not voting or to vote for a 3rd party candidate when the winner of nearly every election will be either the Republican candidate or the Democratic one.

[triron]

4. Turnout was only 37% overall in that district.

I think Meclenburg was even worse. Why do democrats fail to vote so massively?