President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
50%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
70%↑
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
March 23, 2015 09:23 AM UTC
4 Comments
Yeah, put me down for that one. Ignorant imbeciles, one and all.
Q: How many GOTPers does it take to make sure that a short fuse is lit?
A: Something along the lines of Boehner: “We have 47 new members of Congress on the Republican side who have never had the chance to cast their vote to repeal Obamacare”.
The bad news when it comes to high voter turnout is that even with very good voter turnout, the Dems did not do a great job of sweeping the ticket in 2014.
We are a purple state in which the GOP wins off year elections even when the Dems are running a good ground game in terms of voter turnout, and the Dems win in Presidential election years due to the inherently greater turnout in those elections.
The Dems need movement politics that change long term political identities (i.e. increase the percentage of the total population that thinks of themselves as Dems relative to the percentage o the total population that thinks of themselves as Republicans), and not just good tactics in a particular election cycle, if they are really gong to make progress in Colorado.
This may come in part from migration into the state and in part from major changes in the scope of the franchise itself such as getting citizen status for more potential democrats. Ideally, we could also change some hearts and minds ideologically in a long term way as well.
In 2014 the absolutely horrible campaigns run by both Udall and Romanoff were a very significant factor in failing to keep the Senate seat and gain a House seat. But I get what you’re saying and you make a good point. That’s part of why Colorado, in election after election, proves either to be an exception to the rule (like when Dems do well here while Republicans have great years nationwide) or to prove difficult for pundits to predict.