During Obama’s presidency, the Republicans have pretty much taken over at the state level, as this chart illustrates:
Republicans will control 4,170 state legislative seats after last week’s elections, while Democrats will control 3,129 seats in the nation’s 98 partisan legislative chambers. Republicans picked up a net gain of 46 seats in Tuesday’s elections…
“Republicans have been working for this moment for years, to have a federal government with Republican majorities and now at the state level,” said David Avella, who heads GOPAC, a group that grooms young legislative candidates. “We have to deliver on breaking down barriers to job creation, we have to deliver on putting more money in people’s pockets through tax cuts and through higher wages.”
Remember that last sentence, though, because I don’t think the Democrats have: you must show results, and good ones, or people are likely to reject you. Reality still overcomes imagology, at least for now.
Note the final sentence in this excerpt:
Since Obama took office, Republicans have captured control of 27 state legislative chambers Democrats held after the 2008 elections. The GOP now controls the most legislative seats it has held since the founding of the party.
Since the founding of the party; that’s astounding. |
