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2010 Elections Results

Several things were primary factors within the 2010 elections. First was the sudden downshift for the economy. As it was gradually become clearer the details and how why the economy was failing, people were calling out for politicians to do something and people who made the promises to do something would be elected. However, the debates grew pretty intense as the debates on whether to do something, or to do tax cuts or so on. However, the 2010 Elections was one of the more infamous ones because of a prominent number of "Blue Dog Democrats" migrating over to the Republican party. Some saw this as a resulting of the changing times while others more cynically viewed it as trying to secure more prominent futures. It helped that many of these "Blue Dogs" were welcomed into the Republican Party to try and counter the rise of a few loud-mouth reactionaries, who would be accused of being back by heavily conservative think tanks.

Another was thanks to the end of gerrymandering. With an even playing field, centralists and collaborators had a higher chance of securing themselves and appeal to as many people as possible. After all, in such trying times, the presentation of bipartisanship, especially on part of the Republicans, would do some good for the McCain Administration to go and push over their stimulus package, being aimed at the military though some at infrastructure as well. Given some of the military successes of the McCain Administration in disaster managing and over in Honduras, along with support from the computer industries because of an emphasis onto cybersecurity, it would be passed on a bipartisan basis. However, not everyone was happy with this. A prominent voice in this was Senator Bernie Sanders, who noted that little to no reforms were being implemented to prevent this and that many of the institutions like certain banks would be getting away with what was going on.

The House and the Senate made some Republican gains, but not enough to gain a majority, with both sides having around equal numbers, and thus requiring bipartisan behaviors to be had. However, despite the frustrations, people at large still had faith in the system. The bailout and so on was going to help of course. However, a growing number of people on the Democrats and independents began realizing where the problems laid and began growing more vocal and prominent in their disdain and frustration.

However, with the governorships though, the Democrats maintained a majority, even if the primaries did see a growing number of tension and problems.

To many though, they would begin seeing this as the last main hurrah over for the neoconservatives who dominated since the Reagan years and it was showing...