As Election Day has come and gone
this year, the shock of the losing candidates still lingers. In the past, Democrats are known for sweeping
the wins across the south, but they got to comfortable with that. A turn of events occurred this year, leaving
the candidates baffled and the nation in shock.
Republicans had won the majority of the south, leaving only a few
Democrats remaining. This process has
been changing slowly over the last decade, but made a fast change this election
season.
Even Senator Mary Landrieu lost her re-election
bid. She was a well loved Democratic
Senator in the south that came from a political family, who has been
representing the state since 1997. She
is “the departure of the last white Democrat to represent the Deep South in
Congress.”[1] Along with Mary Landrieu many other democrats
were ousted, Ms. Nunn, Ms. Hagan, and Ms. Grimes. Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter’s
grandson, was also among the many Democrats that lost.
Why
did the Republicans do so well in this election, especially in the south? The majority of the Democratic Party is made
up of liberal politicians, from the Pacific
Coast, Northeast and
Metropolitan areas. The politician’s
interests, priorities, and values have very little appeal to southerners. Many people in the south are conservative
Christian’s who are against gay marriage and abortion, which the Democratic Party
welcomes. Over the years the Democratic
Party has become more and more secular while the southern voters have remained
Christian’s. There is no easy way for
the Democrats to dig their way out of the hole they have created for themselves
in the South. Without the help of the
south it will be hard for the Democrats to win back the House and even harder
for the Senate. The only way to win the
votes back is by changing their political stance, because as the south has
already proved, they will not change their stance.
Such a crazy turn of events! I really should have included a picture like you did in my blog XD What a simple but logical solution to the way in which Democrats can regain their former glory- change!
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