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(Arkansas) Republicans hope to see party switches ‘snowball’
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Aug 15, 2011 02:11pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | John Lyon |
| News Date | Sunday, August 14, 2011 08:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "A freshman House Democrat’s announcement of her switch to the Republican Party is the latest setback for a state Democratic Party that has struggled to retain power in a state where the Democratic president is deeply unpopular.
The state Republican party chairman says defections from the Democratic Party could “snowball” between now and February, when candidates begin filing for the 2012 election.
The state Democratic Party chairman dismisses Rep. Linda Collins-Smith’s party switch last week as an isolated case.
The Democratic Party’s long-held dominance of Arkansas politics took a significant hit in the 2010 general election, the first statewide election since Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. Obama won without Arkansas, which favored Republican John McCain by 20 percentage points.
Since taking office, the president has received consistently low approval numbers in Arkansas polls.
Before last year’s election, Democrats held both of Arkansas’ two U.S. Senate seats, three of its four U.S. House seats, all seven state constitutional offices, 72 seats in the 100-member state House and 27 seats in the 35-member state Senate.
Now they hold one U.S. Senate seat, one U.S. House seat, four constitutional offices, 54 state House seats and 20 state Senate seats." |
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