Cantor lost because he gerrymandered his district to the extreme right, which he

[AnotherMother4Peace]

thought he was. Little did he consider the wackadoodles that are even further right than he is. His manipulation of the districts came back to bite him in the butt.

[yeoman6987]

1. He lost because he TOTALLY ignored the voters

He was in Washington DC at a Lobby meeting/fundraiser the very morning of the election. He was so out of touch and good riddance to him.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

7. Gerrymandering, ignoring voters, the onslaught of Cantor/pro-immigration ads, low voter turn-out

all good things to consider before the election.

[hadrons]

13. turn-out was not low....

turn-out was really good

[AnotherMother4Peace]

17. It was 12% - low & "really good".

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Va-Voters-Go-to-Polls-in-3-US-House-Districts-262495581.html

"Despite the political ramifications of his loss, the election had a low turnout of approximately 12 percent in Commonwealth's left-leaning 7th District. According to Virginia's "sore loser" law, Cantor cannot run as a third-party candidate in the 7th District election, but can be a written in candidate.

The upset capped a contentious campaign that had seen a powerful incumbent and erstwhile darling of the tea party become its target, as Brat led a chorus of critics branding him a Beltway insider who had lost touch with his conservative base."

[Bobbie Jo]

9. All that, and he was a first class jerk.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

11. !!!

[elleng]

2. Its NOT extreme right,

it tends right. Teabug 'stupid' got him.

but a victory for Trammell in the 7th would not be unprecedented. In the 2008 U.S. Senate race, former Democratic governor Mark Warner defeated former Republican governor Jim Gilmore by about a 60 to 39 percent spread among voters in the district. While it has since been somewhat altered in the 2011 redistricting, the surrounding areas also voted for Warner in similar numbers.
What’s more, a couple of polls of the 7th indicate that on some issues, it may be well to the left of the Republican Brat. A PPP poll of registered voters released Tuesday found that 72 percent supported comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Even among self-identified Republicans, 70 percent back a path to citizenship and 58 percent consider reform “very important.” Brat’s primary campaign focused heavily on his opposition to “amnesty.”

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/06/11/3447539/virginia-seventh-brat-trammell/

[AnotherMother4Peace]

4. Thanks for that insight - elleng, you love your facts & backup info.

This info is important in considering strategies to defeat Brat.

[elleng]

5. I do love facts, Mother,

and use them when they're available. Fortunately, some became available yesterday!

Hope to read his new book, too! http://www.rmc.edu/news/12-04-13-jack-trammell-book.aspx

[samsingh]

3. the irony is that these repug morons have created a monster that will devour them

I hope we can still survive

[elleng]

6. Yes, them (but maybe not soon enough.)

I am concerned about our survival.

[samsingh]

16. me too

[kelliekat44]

8. Ain't Karma a b**ch!? nt

[Octafish]

10. That's the bottom line, AnotherMother4Peace!

The guy was sunk by his own evil doings: The Hubris Thing.

[Chan790]

12. The best part of that.

It probably costs the GOP an additional seat in Congress to make Cantor's 7^th "invincible". Most of the surrounding districts are purple-blue because Cantor's seat took so many red areas of NoVA and Central VA.

[Kip Humphrey]

14. Eventually republican gerrymandering will have identified all areas in the country with

high concentrations of human social pathologies in need of government subsidized mental health services.

[Timez Squarez]

15. And the fact the Republican gerrymander only fostered angry voters

and they ain't angry about guns, gays and God.

They're angry because the Republicans are obstructing what the voters wants.