The 2018 Edition of the United Coalition of the Divided is now closed. Thanks to all who participated, volunteers and draftees alike.
Our government is divided again. Both major parties have a share of power and the views of more Americans are represented in the halls of our government.
This was our most successful membership roll ever. Stay tuned for the 2019 Edition of the United Coalition of the Divided. Coming soon to a blog near you!
Welcome to the United Coalition of the Divided - the Dividist's social media version of retail door-to-door politicking.
We advocate voting strategically for divided government. We know why we should vote for divided government. We know how to vote for divided government. In this post we [virtually] gather those of like mind who help [intentionally or not] make the case to vote for divided government in 2018. One voter at a time.
The Dividist initiated this exclusive club during the 2008 election cycle and recycled it in every federal election since. It was an ignominious start, with the Democrats seizing unified control of the federal government. The 2010 edition was barely posted in time for the midterms. Amidst the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth, divided government was emphatically restored. The 2012 membership drive worked out fine with the reelection of Barack Obama and divided government. In the 2014 midterms, it was just a question of how divided we were going to get as the Democrats managed to dig themselves an even deeper hole in Congress.
Then 2016 happened. The Republicans were in control of both branches of Congress with no realistic chance of losing majority control in the House of Representative. It seemed like such an easy, obvious choice. All we had to do was elect Hillary Clinton and the government would stay divided for at least four more years.
As it turns out, it was too obvious. Clinton's inevitable victory was so obvious to so many in the punditocracy (including The Dividist), that Democrats did not even bother to articulate the argument for divided government. In fact, so many Democrats and Republicans were so certain that Clinton would win, Democrats delusionally argued for One Party Rule, and Republicans co-opted the divided government argument - asking voters to focus on GOP candidates in Senate and House races in order to keep a legislative constraint on the inevitable Clinton presidency.
We tried. The Dividist patiently explained there was no chance for Democrats to take the House majority in that cycle. You didn't listen. As a consequence, not only did Democrats lose the executive branch, but they failed to win majority control of the Senate in a cycle where the political playing field was heavily tilted in their favor.
So we've come full circle. We again have a Unified One Party Rule Republican Government as we had in 2006 when the Dividist started this blog. It's "deja vu all over again".
Onward to the 2018 midterms. Membership in our grand coalition is open to anyone writing anything in any form in any media in a vaguely positive way on the subject of divided government. New recruits will be added from now until the 2018 election.
You too can join this glorious movement and march in solidarity with the many
This is an actively managed, growing list. New recruits and draftees will be updated to this post periodically between now and election day. For 2018 we are adding a new feature - an Honor Roll for service to the divided government cause above and beyond the call of duty.
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The United Coalition of the Divided
2018 Midterm Election Edition
2018 Midterm Election Edition
Honorary Chairman in Perpetuity - William A. Niskanen 3/13/1933 - 10/26/2011
The Dividist never met him, but Mr. Niskanen is the "godfather" of this blog. His work on divided government was the original inspiration and impetus to craft and advocate a consistent divided government voting heuristic.
Honor Roll
Stephen Slivinski - Economist, author and Dividist Papers favorite, Mr. Slivinski has contributed to and written about the benefits of divided government in every United Coalition of the Divided Edition since the formation of this blog. His 2018 Edition contributions linked here and here.
George Will - He is as conservative as it gets, but his conservative principles are built on a foundation of intellectual integrity. He puts country before party and the Constitution before partisan tribal loyalties. He does not hesitate to call for divided government in defense of our Constitutional protections - regardless if we have a Democrat or Republican in the White House.
Tom Nichols - aka @RadioFreeTom - Author, Professor at Naval War College, and staunch conservative, is a relatively recent convert. Probably more #NeverTrumper than a true dividist, his articulate commitment to the cause (combined with his ~175,000 twitter followers) makes him the most impactful advocate for voting divided government in 2018.
Kalind Patel - Sports and politics blogger, Mr. Patel is a recent convert who finds and retweets more "divided government" tweets than even the Dividist. We didn't think it was possible.
Solomon Kleinsmith - SEO expert, social media maven and founder of the soon-to-be-launched Uniters.org Independent Centrist Blog. Although more centrist than dividist, Mr. Keinsmith is on-board for the 2018 cycle. As the Dividist will be contributing to his blog, we are adding him to the Honor Roll as a pure reach-around suck-up.
2018 Midterm Edition - Members in Good Standing
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