The fact remains that those who did vote, and those who didn't vote rejected the Senate Democrats

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running in the swing states.

Russ Feingold and Zypher Teachout lost, and every swing state Democrat running for Senate lost against the establishment republican incumbent lost, with some of those Democrats being as progressive as they come.

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1. That's the joke with all these people who claim they were voting as an anti-establishment move.

They voted for Trump - and every incumbent Republican candidate in Congress. Ok, makes perfect sense. Not.

The anti-establishment angle was grossly overblown in this election. It was mostly just a cover and an excuse to vote for a psychopath.

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2. Agreed.

The re-election rate of incumbents, including major proponents of the TPP, was actually higher than normal.

I touched upon that here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512632931. I gave more details in an essay I wrote.

[still_one]

3. That is the myth being thrown around. What is also NOT discussed by the media

is the impact that the Supreme Court ruling, which struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, that required federal approval on any state election law. Because of that, 14 states installed new restrictive voting laws. Those laws have historically targeted minorities. We all know about the long voting lines in key states, and new voter ID laws.