Here's an interesting piece from my local paper on how the Democrats won on the issues but lost with candidates. Some choice cuts.
-Voters approved every initiative to raise the minimum wage (Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota). Voters in San Francisco and Oakland approved initiatives to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. The good citizens of Oakland and Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved more generous paid sick leave.
-Both Colorado and North Dakota voters rejected measures that would have given the fertilized egg personhood under their criminal codes.
-Washington state voters approved background checks for all gun sales and transfers, including private transactions.
The minimum wage hikes in those deep red states speaks volumes. Perhaps if Democrats grew a spine and stood up for each other, especially the president, they would win more midterm elections.
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Interesting - no mention of legalizing pot? I guess that helps prove the lie that liberals have any interest in liberty. We will tell you what you are free to do, jawhol?
Let's not forget illegal immigration. Even liberal-left Oregon voted overwhelmingly against giving driving licenses to illegals. And Bill Maher's campaign to unseat Kline in Minnesota went down in flames. Maher's idiocy probably helped Kline.
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