The Republican Party’s 50-State Solution

The Republican Party’s 50-State Solution

Interesting article. The subject: how the following happened.

"Seven years ago, Democrats had a commanding lead in state legislatures, controlling both legislative chambers in 27 states, nearly double the 14 controlled by Republicans.

Sweeping Republican victories at the state level in 2010 and 2014 transformed the political landscape.

By 2015, there were Republican majorities in 70 percent — 68 of 98 — of the nation’s partisan state houses and senates, the highest number in the party’s history. (Nebraska isn’t counted in because it has a non-partisan, unicameral legislature.) Republicans controlled the legislature and governorship in 23 states, more than triple the seven under full Democratic control."