The phrase “elections have consequences” is both a cliché and a truism. Some used to say, “It doesn’t really matter who wins” a particular election, but it has been a while since those words have been heard.
The two parties’ ideologies and values have rarely, if ever, stood in such contrast as they do today. A change in party control of an office isn’t a 180-degree change, but it’s not that far off. And the rate of ticket-splitting—casting a ballot for a candidate from one party for one office, but from the other party for another office—is the lowest in almost a century. CONT.
Charlie Cook