▲ 787 ▼ Rep. George Santos expelled from Congress on bipartisan vote (wapo.st) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 112 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Furedadmins@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) He is from a safe very red district so the craziest person wins the primary and then basically gets in free after that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a blue district, though only D+2 (meaning it tends to be 2 points more towards Dems than the national average). It did vote for Bush in 2004, but is otherwise straight blue for President since 1992. Most recently went for Biden by +10 points. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Furedadmins@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Republicans have historically held that seat with very large majorities. Over 70% during Bush and Obama presidencies. Trump was enough to drag it down but then as soon as he was off the ballot it's back to crazy land Republicans. I might be wrong but to me that says deep red. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a blue district, though only D+2 (meaning it tends to be 2 points more towards Dems than the national average). It did vote for Bush in 2004, but is otherwise straight blue for President since 1992. Most recently went for Biden by +10 points. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Furedadmins@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Republicans have historically held that seat with very large majorities. Over 70% during Bush and Obama presidencies. Trump was enough to drag it down but then as soon as he was off the ballot it's back to crazy land Republicans. I might be wrong but to me that says deep red. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Furedadmins@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Republicans have historically held that seat with very large majorities. Over 70% during Bush and Obama presidencies. Trump was enough to drag it down but then as soon as he was off the ballot it's back to crazy land Republicans. I might be wrong but to me that says deep red. permalink fedilink source parent