I live in Texas where we got some big wins but the rest of the country I’m confused. You have people who are upset about inflation and Biden policies but still voted for dems. He will keep pushing the climate cult agenda and I feel bad for those who live where winters get very cold. I truly hope heat isn’t an issue.
I really hope more states address mail in ballots. I guarantee if a democrat lost due to days of ballot drops after the election the media would be screeching. It just seems suspicious. Only people who have mobility issues or the elderly/military should use it. Otherwise I don’t get why votes can’t be counted by the end of Election Day. I love the convenience of early voting but if they made it one day I could take time to vote.
But anyway, life goes on but I’m honestly surprised. I thought red wave wasn’t going to happen but I didn’t expect this. Trans nonsense, climate cult, economic illiteracy, and politicians who care more about criminals than victims. I think abortion made some difference as well and the media but that’s always there. Should people on the right just move to red states? Or maybe we can ban lefties from moving to red states.
I remember a guy here in the Dallas Ft Worth area got mad because after he complained about conservative nut jobs in Texas (he moved from Illinois) I asked him why he moved here. He said he has a right to move where he wants and I said I’m not moving to Chicago and whining about the far left policies there so I don’t like people moving here and trying to change things
Dems have been better at blaming inflation on Putler than Republicans have about convincing people they will fix it. Republicans had a bad overarching strategy of going negative on inflation instead of focusing on their solutions. That strategy might have worked if Dems were in charge longer than two years. Add that to the terrible candidates we've been talking about here, and they don't look serious about fixing the major problems America faces (because they aren't serious).
I might get downvoted for this, but I think Trump lost his mojo. His 2016 platform was all about immigration and bringing jobs back to the US. He didn't keep his eye on the ball while on office or now.
The elephant (heh) in the room is replacement migration. While DeSantis was able to do well with Hispanics/Latinos, the party as a whole has not performed well with non-whites so the only demo that likes them is being replaced. Republicans had nearly 60 years now to stop that. Instead of stopping it, they have been trying to find replacement demos so they can throw whites under the bus.
You can bet the party is looking to move away from Trump and toward DeSantis. A candidate that can win someone besides whites is something they've been dying for, but it will be a delicate operation for them. If Trump is combative about it, it could really explode on them, torpedoing both Trump and DeSantis and leaving them without a successor.
I really don't think that these sorts of post mortems are relevant. It just doesn't matter when the other side is stealing elections from right under our noses. It's not all that different than business owners concluding that BLM looting was caused by their prices being too high.
Regarding election fraud it really burns me up that we had to hear about endless Trump/Russia collusion and then the media had the audacity to act like you were crazy if you were the least bit suspicious about 2020. Then again the cheered on riots but acted like Jan 6 was worse than 9/11
The difference between the two is institutional support.
Those who lead the institutions decide what is deemed by normies as good and what is deemed by normies as bad.
I know that it is brutally unfair but that is just how life is in the West.
Yea I don’t get pandering to different racial groups if there are no results. I’m black and I’ve just accepted that at best maybe 12% will vote GOP. My dad said after 2020 if he was counseling the GOP he wouldn’t spend one more dime trying to get black votes because there are no results. And like you said you can’t just ignore white ppl.
With Trump I think minus Covid he wins in a landslide. Or he wins easily. Media was very effective in scaring people and Trump could’ve done a better job by not having Fauci call the shots. My biggest fear with a Trump 2024 run is that he will endlessly rehash the 2020 election
Reagan was the death nail for the usa when he gave amnesty to latino trash