The simplest answers as to what happened in 2012 are these:
1) The GOP appealed very strongly to a very narrow constituency which it did get out to vote in large numbers.
2) The GOP only does well with low turnouts, when this actually crosses the barrier to win elections.
3) There was high turnout.
4) Thus the Democrats won by virtue of securing their own votes in multiple categories and being able to benefit from another poor slate of GOP candidates, whose low quality is ultimately because GOP politics is steadily becoming an echo chamber where there's one person talking to themselves in a padded room. Changing this factor is going to be neither simple nor quick, but if Democratic turnout is low, the GOP will still be able to win in elections with the constituency they have now for a few more years.
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Date: 19/11/12 20:55 (UTC)1) The GOP appealed very strongly to a very narrow constituency which it did get out to vote in large numbers.
2) The GOP only does well with low turnouts, when this actually crosses the barrier to win elections.
3) There was high turnout.
4) Thus the Democrats won by virtue of securing their own votes in multiple categories and being able to benefit from another poor slate of GOP candidates, whose low quality is ultimately because GOP politics is steadily becoming an echo chamber where there's one person talking to themselves in a padded room. Changing this factor is going to be neither simple nor quick, but if Democratic turnout is low, the GOP will still be able to win in elections with the constituency they have now for a few more years.