red states rule
09-26-2010, 07:18 AM
More good news for those who are fed up with Dems. Here is PA it is looking like the voters will replace our Dem Gov and Sen Spector with a conservative Republicans
Lets hope it happens nationwide
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Going into the election, Republicans hold 18 of the governorships up for grabs, while Democrats hold 19, as well as seven of the 13 not on the ballot.
Coming out of the election, Republicans are likely to be far ahead -- but with a few question marks in the very biggest states.
Republicans currently lead in polls in 12 of the 18 states where they have governors now, and all of their incumbents are ahead.
They're behind in five relatively small Democratic-leaning states where Republican incumbents are retiring, but by wide margins only in two, Hawaii and Connecticut.
The big question mark is Florida, the nation's fourth largest state. Surprise primary winner Rick Scott is about 3 points behind Alex Sink, the Democrats' one current statewide officeholder. The stakes are big. The new governor and the solidly Republican legislature will draw new district boundaries for Florida's estimated 26 congressional districts.
Democrats are faring worse. Their nominees are currently trailing in 13 of the 19 states where they hold the governorships. Only three of their nominees have double digit leads -- in Bill Clinton's home states of Arkansas and New York and in Colorado, where the Republican nominee has been disavowed by many party leaders.
Most unnerving for Democrats is that their nominees are currently trailing by double digits in the nation's industrial heartland -- in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. These are states Barack Obama carried with 54, 51, 57 and 62 percent of the vote.
Democrats are not supposed to be trailing there in times like these. The old political rule is that economic distress moves voters in the industrial heartland toward Democrats. Old-timers remember that that is what happened in recession years like 1958, 1970 and 1982.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_michael_barone/obama_s_policies_drag_down_democratic_governors
Lets hope it happens nationwide
snip
Going into the election, Republicans hold 18 of the governorships up for grabs, while Democrats hold 19, as well as seven of the 13 not on the ballot.
Coming out of the election, Republicans are likely to be far ahead -- but with a few question marks in the very biggest states.
Republicans currently lead in polls in 12 of the 18 states where they have governors now, and all of their incumbents are ahead.
They're behind in five relatively small Democratic-leaning states where Republican incumbents are retiring, but by wide margins only in two, Hawaii and Connecticut.
The big question mark is Florida, the nation's fourth largest state. Surprise primary winner Rick Scott is about 3 points behind Alex Sink, the Democrats' one current statewide officeholder. The stakes are big. The new governor and the solidly Republican legislature will draw new district boundaries for Florida's estimated 26 congressional districts.
Democrats are faring worse. Their nominees are currently trailing in 13 of the 19 states where they hold the governorships. Only three of their nominees have double digit leads -- in Bill Clinton's home states of Arkansas and New York and in Colorado, where the Republican nominee has been disavowed by many party leaders.
Most unnerving for Democrats is that their nominees are currently trailing by double digits in the nation's industrial heartland -- in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. These are states Barack Obama carried with 54, 51, 57 and 62 percent of the vote.
Democrats are not supposed to be trailing there in times like these. The old political rule is that economic distress moves voters in the industrial heartland toward Democrats. Old-timers remember that that is what happened in recession years like 1958, 1970 and 1982.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_michael_barone/obama_s_policies_drag_down_democratic_governors