Indeed, this was an embarrassing year for the Democratic Party. Having lost four senate seats, three house seats, and most importantly the presidency the Democratic Party is on the clearly on the run.
This isn't a new trend though. This trend began with the Political aspirations of Pat Robertson in the early 1980's when he laid the ground work for his own bid for the Presidency. Though Pat Robertson failed....
in his own presidential bid, the political organization he created was the direct precursor to the Christian Coalition and a well known TV outlet called the 700 club, in which many or Robertson's Political views are expressed.
Through the success of the Christian Coalition, the Republicans took congress in the 1990's, won the presidency in 2000, and have consolidated their power in 2004 with the hopes of replacing some old and dieing liberal supreme court justices.
I sincerely don't believe that the Republicans actually care about the principals that the Conservative Christian is lobbying for. I'm very cynical and believe that it's really all about money for these clowns. Worst of all, I think Republicans use these poor people in order to advance an agenda that most people don't even agree with. This idea doesn't hold on its own, I admit that; however I've undertaken some analysis over the last day and a half to advance my case.
Now we begin:
Why can "homos" get married in Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas but not in Georgia, Arkansas and Kentucky? It doesn't make sense culturally. All the states have similar evangelical Christian populations and similar cultures. Shouldn't this principal have been defended this year in those states too? Take a look at this...
- Gay Marriage Amendments took place in 11 states this year. Of those 11 states, 3 were swing states, 8 had senate races (2 of which were open seats, and another was hotly contested), and 3 had governors' races. The odds of those events happening were greater than random for all three events.
3 > 2.6, there were 12 hotly contested swing states. The odds of it happening at random is (12/50) * 11 gay marriage states = 2.6.
8 > 7.4, there were 34 States with Senate races. The odds of this happening at random is (34/50) * 11 gay marriage states = 7.4.
3 > 2.2, there were 10 States with Gov. races. The odds of this happening at random is (10/50) * 11 gay marriage states = 2.2.
Raw data Charts
- By the way West Virginia, Texas and Tennessee all have senate Races in 2006. Louisiana has a race in 2008. Wana bet when the gay marriage amendments go up?
- Many people site Abortion as their primary issue for voting for Republicans. It's a good way to snipe off a large voting block and it would be tragic for the party to lose such a constituency. The Republicans have control over 3 branches of government and it's my bet that this issue isn't as important to them as something such as, say reelection.