CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
September 11, 2013 11:10 AM UTC
4 Comments
I am so looking forward to voting in the Republican primaries.
It's not just this recall; radical/reactionary Republicans keep looking to all the things they have accomplished by taking over Wisconsin, by running as far to the right as possible in Texas and North Carolina, and the influence they have over moderates in the Congress. They're ready and raring to go (again). It's my feeling that it will kill the party sooner or later. In the meantime we get to find out just how afraid, mean, or apathetic the citizenry really is; where is the breaking point?
Quite a few conservatives that I know have left the Republican Party and are now registered as Independents. My theory is that if an Independent is under 30 it is because they do not like labels, but if they are over 50, they are disillusioned Republicans looking for a leader. I think we may be looking at the demise of the two party system, not simply the demise of one party. It will be interesting to see if some party (new or existing) begins to see growth in their numbers. Somehow, somewhere the frustrated will find some way to affiliate with others of like mind. Given the gridlock in Washington, that might be a good thing.
There are a lot of disaffected voters out there. So long as the Democratic Party holds the relative left to the other major party nationally, I think it holds together. If the GOP were to split suddenly, the pressure right now would be for the moderates to leave and the reactionaries take over (the rest of the way). A national movement of that sort, with national Republicans leaving en mass, would probably result in a moderate third party which would be comfortable to a lot of conservative Democrats, and that could certainly change the landscape. And that could be dangerous, because it could lead to reactionary right-wing wins on a bare plurality, with the majority preferring more moderate or left-leaning candidates (see California last year with its new open primary; there are a couple of Republicans in Congressional seats this year that would not be there but for the plurality voting system…)