Comments on: “Did Republicans already win in Massachusetts?” http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542 A rough draft of my thoughts... Thu, 08 Dec 2025 05:27:48 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: MSS http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542&cpage=1#comment-1385880 MSS Fri, 15 Jan 2025 01:54:02 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542#comment-1385880 Nate should stick to his usual disdain for including executive positions with legislative. States that are dominated by one party are many times more likely to vote for a governor than for a senator of the other party. While the state has had Republican governors in the recent past, the last time it elected a a Republican Senator was 1973. The Republican Party has not exactly moved closer to the median Massachusetts voter in the past 37 years. Nate should stick to his usual disdain for including executive positions with legislative. States that are dominated by one party are many times more likely to vote for a governor than for a senator of the other party.

While the state has had Republican governors in the recent past, the last time it elected a a Republican Senator was 1973. The Republican Party has not exactly moved closer to the median Massachusetts voter in the past 37 years.

]]> By: Steven L. Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542&cpage=1#comment-1385840 Steven L. Taylor Wed, 13 Jan 2025 21:38:25 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542#comment-1385840 Well, the independents in Mass. tend to vote Dem.--it isn't that they are truly independent in the sense that they swing between the two parties. Brown can win only, really, if Rep turnout is substantially disproportionate to Dem turnout (and I include independents voting either Rep or Dem in the appropriate categories). Well, the independents in Mass. tend to vote Dem.–it isn’t that they are truly independent in the sense that they swing between the two parties. Brown can win only, really, if Rep turnout is substantially disproportionate to Dem turnout (and I include independents voting either Rep or Dem in the appropriate categories).

]]> By: Sam http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542&cpage=1#comment-1385837 Sam Wed, 13 Jan 2025 21:23:15 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542#comment-1385837 I haven't looked at the numbers, but I suspect Republicans can win in Masschusetts due to independents who sometimes vote for them, not on the rather outnumbered Republicans. I haven’t looked at the numbers, but I suspect Republicans can win in Masschusetts due to independents who sometimes vote for them, not on the rather outnumbered Republicans.

]]> By: “Did Republicans already win in Massachusetts?” | The Moderate Voice http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542&cpage=1#comment-1385826 “Did Republicans already win in Massachusetts?” | The Moderate Voice Wed, 13 Jan 2025 16:00:40 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=17542#comment-1385826 [...] Cross-posted from PoliBlog.  [...] [...] Cross-posted from PoliBlog.  [...]

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