Totaling Up The Numbers And What They Mean
Posted by Michelle Moquin on November 12th, 2014
Good morning!
Juanita: I don’t think a lot of stuff is going to go anywhere with this new administration in control.
Alfreda: Your comments contained a lot of juicy stuff to think about. Your point about…”Millions more Democrats vote in elections, but the win goes to the right….” inspired me to post this write that I read.
From Think Progress. This is interesting and shows that the repubs are not representative of the majority. It also shows that an organized criminal minority can control a disorganized majority. Something to think about…
What We Can Learn From The Voting Totals Of Every Senator In The Next Congress
CREDIT: AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE
The English language lacks superlatives strong enough to describe how bad last night was for Democrats. Republicans captured a majority in the Senate. They reelected several controversial governors. And they achieved their second “wave” election in just three election cycles. And yet, when the new, GOP-controlled Senate opens its first session next January, it will be strikingly unrepresentative of the voters who elected its members. A ThinkProgress review of the electoral results from 2010, 2012 and 2014 Senate races reveals that millions more Americans actually cast a vote for a Democratic Senate candidate than voted for a Republican candidate during the three election cycles that built the incoming Senate.
For 2010 and 2012, we relied on official tallies of the total votes cast in all Senate races released by the Federal Elections Commission. Those results show that Republican Senate candidates outperformed Democrats by 2,733,121 votes in 2010, while Democrats outperformed Republicans by a much larger 10,867,709 votes in 2012.
As no final tallies are available for 2014, we calculated the total number of votes cast in the most recent election cycle by adding together the total number of votes cast for Republican Senate candidates and the total number cast for Democrats using numbers reported by Politico. This required us to make a few judgment calls. In Alabama, where Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) ran unopposed, we tallied no votes for either party. In Kansas, where incumbent Republican Pat Roberts faced two independent challengers, we tallied all of Roberts’ votes for the GOP and zero votes for the Democrats. In Oklahoma and South Carolina, where both Senate seats were up for election (one in a general election and one in a special election), we counted the results of both elections towards both parties’ totals. The result, as of 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, was a total of 22,524,388 votes cast for Republicans and 19,594,164. Thus, based on our preliminary figures, just under 3 million more Americans voted for a Republican Senate candidate in the 2014 cycle than voted for a Democrat.
When the results from all three elections are combined, a total of 5,204,364 more votes were cast for Democrats than Republicans. To put that number in perspective, that’s nearly a quarter of a million more votes than the gap between the number of voters who supported President Obama in 2012 and the number that backed Republican Mitt Romney.
One caveat is in order, because votes are still being counted in the 2014 cycle, it is likely that the final margins between Democrats and Republicans will shift once the final vote tallies are released. Nevertheless, because the gap between Democratic votes cast and Republican votes cast during the three elections is very large — more than 5 million — it is extraordinarily unlikely that the 2014 numbers will shift enough to give Republicans a lead. In 2012, for example, ThinkProgress conducted a similar preliminary review of the total votes cast for U.S. House members, and determined that Democrats received slightly over half-a-million votes than Republicans in our preliminary tally. When all the ballots were cast, the actual gap between Democratic and Republican House candidates was closer to 1.4 million. Given that the shift from our preliminary tally in 2012 to the final tallies was less than one million votes, the chance that Republicans will make up a 5 million vote gap once all the ballots are counted is very small.
There are several possible explanations for how Republicans could enjoy a majority in the Senate when their candidates significantly underperformed their Democratic counterparts. One is the fundamentally anti-democratic nature of the Senate itself. Under the Constitution, each state receives two senators, regardless of population, which means that Wyoming residents effectively have 66 times as much representation in the Senate as Californians. In 2012, for example, 7,864,624 Americans voted to return Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to the Senate. At the exact same time, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) received just 185,250 to return him to the Senate. Yet Feinstein and Barrasso both get to cast exactly one vote in the Senate despite the fact that Feinstein represents far more people than Barrasso.
Another explanation is the fact that voter turnout in presidential elections is simply much higher than it is during midterm elections. Additionally, the 2014 electorate was older, whiter and richer than the voters who turned out in 2012 when President Obama was reelected. Many of the groups that are most likely to vote for Democrats simply did not turn out in 2010 and 2014, but the total pool of voters in these cycles was much smaller.
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Readers: In my opinion the last two paragraphs of the write says it all. If you’re familiar with the nature of the Senate, and the example of that was given of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/ Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), you can see how more people can vote for a party but that same party is not holding power. This never seemed right to me that they each have the same voting power.
With respect to the last paragraph, we all know that happened: The Dems didn’t show up.
Thoughts? Blog me.
Social Butterfly: Nope, didn’t see it, but I am not surprised. The things that people do to each other make me want to change the definition of the word “humane.” Either that, or change the name of the beings that inhabit Earth, because many humans are far from humane.
Jorge: Is that you from years ago? Jorge H with Carla? I am probably mistaken since there are a few named “Jorge” who comment here. Anywho Jorge, your comment is noted, I HOPE you’re wrong and I don’t want to wait around and see. :)
Peace out peeps.
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November 12th, 2014 at 9:08 am
sorry … just posted on yesterday’s post … I’ll cut/paste here …
#26 Brittany, #27 Hersilia, #28 Lidia, #29 Ira,
Thank you for sharing your stories, that truth will set you free and know that your unique but your stories are not and that’s why sharing them is soooo important, allow other women to learn from your mistakes…set them free, too.
… and #30 Ellen, I agree with you although why you would continue to view a man who’s been accused criminally and civilly as a catch is beyond me. Even if he was dealing with the 1% of women hell bent on screwing him over, that would red flag him for me (in other words, on the heap thanks for stopping by) and keep the great gyn, what’s one have to do with each other?
GeorgeWN, only AFTER I am on with a man do we get to play the really fun intimate/passionate games, no it ain’t okay for YOU to decide when it’s time to believe that my no or just my agreement to be macking wichoo to step into what YOU want.
You bes’ watch your arse with that, there will be more Alycedale’s out there soon, and you’ll have that ‘she wants it’ shit typed on your gravestone.
Alycedale, I’m with you, watch your beverages, and those products are likely bs sites.
I tell my kid now, always be in the room watching who is pouring what, spirits or not … and I don’t carry a weapon but I know how to shut down bad game in 30 seconds and I do it nicely bc I don’t want to provoke violent reactions (did that in my teens/20′s and luckily didn’t receive violence, is it a drag that we even have to think this way – of course) but would you enter a lion cage without being prepared on how to approach and handle?
No.
So don’t think this is any different.
Listen, also, I’m not gorgeous (our host IS but I am pretty woman looking at best, though I most certainly love myself)
…but I AM an archetype that most men want to chalk up on the list so I get approached a lot, and age won’t ever matter (sexy confidence doesn’t age so develop that)
Again, Ellen, I would urge you to rethink what a ‘catch’ means …
Could he be innocent, mayyyybe but why would you take a chance with your life like that?
More later, time to work now … have a funny story for you later.
Luv, Zen LIll (and women of MM, thank you again for being brave enough to speak openly)
November 12th, 2014 at 9:09 am
Be back for the read a little later, thanks to our blog host for the space to come and be.
Peace out, ZL
November 12th, 2014 at 6:10 pm
We got robbed so what else is new?
November 12th, 2014 at 6:22 pm
Michelle, I’m the Jorge H. and I am still with my beautiful Carla. We are the proud of two beautiful children. She still treats me like we just met. I love this woman. We never miss your blog.
Taking of two precocious kids has our hands full so we don’t get to comment as we would like to. I noticed that your pard Zen Lill has moved to the left a little more. That’s good women can always use another staunch ally.
While I’m here let me give a shout out to new comers like Social Butterfly, and Prism Princess (Carl uses it as her call sign).
Alycedale if you ever need a new place to be, come to Columbia. The men here could use a few well placed bullets up their A##s.
Great blog Michelle it never misses a beat.
November 12th, 2014 at 6:34 pm
Social Butterfly, my friend was an inmate. She was forcefully sterilized in a Tennessee prison. It happens everywhere in the US. This is the Nazi country in which won so they get to manipulate history for their benefit.
November 12th, 2014 at 6:53 pm
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November 12th, 2014 at 8:14 pm
IF you read the bible with “both eyes open” AND using your “god given” ability to think logically and critically you see what a mish mash mess it is of nonsense, plagiarized mythology and horrible immorality it truly is. There is NO proof or evidence to support the existence of any of the magical people, entities, places or events mentioned in the bible.
You realize that ALL the characters in the bible are JEWISH right? And yet you insist on using the Greek mistranslated name “jesus” instead of his real name AND you insist on using the generic designation “god” instead of HIS name. AND you insist on deliberately breaking one of the major commandments by celebrating the sabbath on the wrong day; all out of hatred for Jews! And you probably feel confident your going to heaven right? Friggin’ LOL!
November 12th, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Jorge H, whatever you say, babe…glad you and Carla and babies are well. -ZL
November 14th, 2014 at 9:03 am
[…] Jorge H: Aww…happy to hear you and Carla are still together and going strong. How sweet that you have two babies. Congratulations! Hey Carla: Delighted the both of you are still reading even if you can’t comment as much as before. No doubt you both have your hands full. Peace & Love to all of you. […]