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WorseBeforeBetter

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3. North Carolina Dems outvoted Rs... again.
Sun Mar 15, 2015, 06:25 PM
Mar 2015

We were screwed by gerrymandering.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/11/05/gerrymandering-rigged-2014-elections-republican-advantage/

Prior to the election, Reverend Barber suggested that if Hagan loses, the blame will lie with Sensible Centrists who voted for Republicans.

If Hagan loses, though, it won't be African-Americans' fault. It will be because too many centrist Democrats voted Republican, Barber says. There are 800,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans in North Carolina, many of whom are white. "You don't lay the blame of this election on black people."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/north-carolina-democrat-black-vote-kay-hagan


Unfortunately, there aren't enough blacks and FarLeftistEmoprogLoonyLibruls to have voted Hagan into office.

The Tillis campaign tied Hagan to Obama, who had a 56% disapproval rating. And in a military state, that would have been enough for the freedumb-ain't-free crowd to vote against her.



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