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[Diablos]

but Trump has a shot at doing well in the rust belt and potentially stealing Ohio and/or Pennsylvania (though he could lose a couple states Romney won).

Not happening.

 

[avaya]

Not happening.

Ahhh PA...republican fools gold. It's like people forget Philly outvotes the rest of Pennsyltucky every time.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Hasn't changed yet. Trump should be getting laughed out the building and instead he is proving a worthy opponent.

I don't disagree.

However, to say that this is going to be the case forever is a bit much.

 

[TharpDaddy]

What logic is behind these "record low turnout" posts? If anything, I feel like Trump's toxicity will encourage people to get out and vote against him.

Edited by the department of redundancy department.

My political leaning before this election cycle was center-slight right. I found Trump amusing at first in a "this is really happening?" sort of way. As its gone on I've grown more and more disgusted with him and leaned further left. I don't like Hillary and I originally wasn't going to vote, but I'm going to vote for her now after Trump has continued to get worse.

 

[Box of Kittens]

Democrats actually controlled both Houses at the time and did much better in State houses and governorships back then.

Part of this was Democratic dominance in local, state, and Congressional elections in the South. Even as the South had become solidly Republican at the presidential level, this didn't really change until the "Republican Revolution" of 1994. Of course, a lot of these Southern Democrats were conservatives who were largely supportive of Reagan's agenda.

Still it's kind of remarkable that, given the magnitude of both of his victories, Reagan never had a Republican House. Indeed the Democrats controlled the House for 40 years straight starting with the 1954 election, even though the Republicans controlled the presidency for the majority of that time.

Reagan's coattails in 1980 were long enough for Republicans to capture the Senate, but Democrats took it back in the 1986 midterms.