Shutting down the government will having nothing to do with the way people will vote

[CK_John]

in Nov 2014.

They can get mad, yell and scream at the the TV but off to the polls they will go and revote for their local asshole.

[pnwmom]

1. It will if their Social Security checks get delayed by one day.

We've been down this road before.

[el_bryanto]

2. It did in the 90s

I mean when the Republican shut down the government the last time, that ended up being a major boon to Democratic Candidates. Possibly we are more gerrymandered than we were then, and there's more safe seats, but I still think it would have some effect, particularly in the Senate.

Bryant

[JustAnotherGen]

3. But it might in 2013

We have a Senate race in NJ in a few weeks (in the bag for Booker) but a Governor's race in November . . . with a special ballot vote for whether or not to raise the minimum wage. Christie already vetoed (through legislative process) that because he's an asshole of the highest order. But if it happens - I think we can leverage it in our canvassing and phone bank efforts here.