The American Thread of Mid-Term Elections (2010)

[Teo]

zuvuyeay said:

mrstickball said:

Teo said:

The republicans didn't even take the senate, this just shows how out of touch they are with the majority. The house is a different story since it is not about the majority but about every little redneck pocket of people scattered in America.

I don't see how you can surmise that from the election.

Far more Republicans got elected in every facet of government than democrats did. Governors, Congressmen, Senators all went heavily Republican. The only reason they didn't take the Senate was that they only elect 1/3rd of the senators each cycle. If they elected a similar number of senators as they did governors or congressman, the Republicans would have a 55 or even 60 member majority.

how do people vote for a senate member and a house member,

sorry for the noob question but i don't actually know do they vote for each

Most states are seperated into districts, each district gets a house representative. Most educated(democratic vote always more than 60% on any election) and moderate people live in big cities and are clustered in fewer districts while more traditional and less educated people live in the countryside and suberbs.

The senate is voted by the whole state. When a democrat wins they usually only win because the big cities, if you were to look at their voting map you would find the state completely red (republicans in favor) and only small spots as blue (big cities where the majority of people live).