Wednesday, January 4, 2017

A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR THE DEMOCRATS?

If one considers the slim margin by which Trump won the key states, which gave him the Electoral College victory, and the fact that a large number of those votes came from people who were of relatively poor circumstances, and who are benefitting, many for the first time in their lives by having medical insurance, through Obamacare, it is possible that the repeal of the ACA, by Republicans,  will be advantageous to the Democrats, if these voters will have  learned their lesson.  If not, perhaps the loss of medical attention will have lowered the number of this voting bloc, still capable of voting at all.

2 comments:

  1. It's an interesting scenario and indeed follows the history of the party in power losing seats in the midterm. I'n not so sure about 2018 however. Stupid is as stupid does.

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  2. Since there is little possibility of doing away with the electoral college altogether (by amendment), I see electoral college reform in the form of eliminating "winner take all" granting of electoral votes by states as a doable next-best choice.

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