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Why did Democrats lose the US House of Reps in 2012?

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  • 8 years ago
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    They lost it in 2010 because of GOP dis-information about how OBAMACARE was going to ruin the economy and that Obama was responsible for the huge deficits!

  • 8 years ago

    Simple. Obama "controlled" Congress from 2008 to January

    2012. In those 2 years, the Democrats NEVER produced a

    single balanced budget. The Dems were spending the

    country into "bankruptcy", with billion dollar "stimulus"

    delusions that did NOTHING for the economy. The Tea

    Party rallied the country to put a balance in Congress,

    against the Democrat free for all spend. It was JUST

    before this new batch of Republicans were to take over

    the House, that Obama, Reid and Pelosi FORCED that

    abomination Obamacare, KNOWING it wouldn't stand a

    chance later. These are the "cowards" and bottom feeders

    the Democrats and Liberals "believe in".

  • 8 years ago

    The Republicans won control of a substantial majority of state governments. They then used that power to re-draw congressional district lines in such a way as to maximize the Republican outcome in the 2012 House election.

    Linked below is the source Nez. It explains it in more detail.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    That was 2010. It was because the right wing was so angry that a black man won in 2008, their voters came out and voted for whom they thought would take him down. Too bad they're also getting taken down in the process!

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  • PoBoy
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Gerrymandering and voter suppression in red states.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Gerrymandering and massive voting fraud.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    this is just beauty pageant talk.. go powder up.. if you want to talk real politics talk about the issues.

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