The iVoterGuide team is still crunching all the numbers from the November 3 election, but I wanted to give you an update to lift your spirits.
Bottom line: It looks like iVoterGuide voters played a huge role—perhaps the decisive role—in stopping a disaster and in advancing our values in the laws that govern us.
With that in mind, don’t fall prey to the Left’s “victory dance” or uninformed “doom and gloom” by conservative friends. In politics, you seize what ground you can . . . and build from it. Over time, that’s how you win. And very strategic ground is exactly what Christians and conservatives have been given by the Lord.
The biggest victories?
Hands down, I believe it is state legislatures. Because it is a census year, the state legislators who were elected on November 3 will have control of redistricting—redrawing district lines for both their state legislature AND the U.S. House of Representatives. The Constitution gives the legislatures this duty after each census records population changes. That means they can redraw districts to favor conservative candidates for the next decade!
In these state legislative races, Christian and conservative voters had a nearly perfect night November 3. Candidates that share your values will control the redistricting of at least 188 congressional seats, or 43 percent of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Left will only control redistricting of 73 seats at most—just 17 percent of the U.S. House.
What does this mean?
First, it means that Christians and conservatives can erect an obstacle course—if not a firewall—to blunt the attacks of the Left. This firewall will get even stronger should conservatives prevail in the special Georgia elections for U.S. Senate on January 9 (and yes, iVoterGuide is actively educating voters there).
Remember, not all Democrats are on board with the far-left agenda. Many come from states like West Virginia, and they likely won’t vote with radicals or they will pay a price.
Second, the state legislative victories mean that in 2022, control of the U.S. House is well within reach of Christians and conservatives. If you combine redistricting with the stunning victories won by conservatives in House races on November 3, including a record number of pro-life women entering Congress, 2022 could shut the door on radical progressives in the House.
(By the way, these U.S. House races were also iVoterGuide victories—iVoterGuide users exceeded the margin of victory for conservative candidates in five congressional races.)
Third, it means that we’ve only begun to tap the potential of turning out new and informed Christian and conservative voters who will vote their values. Despite voter fraud, despite the rise of leftist corporations and billionaires from Silicon Valley to Hollywood to Manhattan, we are awakening potentially tens of millions of new voters who can overcome their advantages.
The proof is found in the state legislative victories. It is seen in 156 victories nationwide where iVoterGuide voters made the difference between victory and defeat, exceeding the margin of victory for candidates that aligned with biblical values. It is seen in a 60 percent win rate in “extremely critical” elections that were toss-ups, and where we invested extra money advertising our candidate evaluations. It is seen in over 1,680 victories for conservative candidates where iVoterGuide voters made a crucial difference.
And as I said above, we’re still crunching the numbers for a final total. We want to know exactly what our impact was . . . so we can build on the 3.5 million iVoterGuide voters who cast God-honoring votes.
For our future,
Debbie
Debbie Wuthnow
President, iVoterGuide