The Democrats have become an even greater "Super-Minority" to the Republican
"Super-Majority" in the Indiana House & Senate this election year. A wave of
anti-Obama sentiment caused many Hoosiers to take it out on the Democrats who
were running this time around. There are now no Democratic congressmen south of
Indianapolis, which has some political pundits questioning the future of the
party in the state, and members of the party looking for a path forward.
My
opinion is that straight party-line voting is lazy voting, and that it benefits
democracy to split your ticket to vote on individual politicians rather than
whether they are red or blue. It's OK to lean towards one party or
another, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't run when they break out the Kool-Aid.