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
I think the Republican primary voters of PA are the worst primary voters in the country.
They could have picked conservative Lou Barletta for governor and had an ok chance of winning but no they had to pick Mastriano who also bussed people to DC on J6. The man was made in a lab to lose the fucking suburbs.
An infuriating statistic: Mastriano lost the White vote as a Republican in PA!
How do you even achieve that?
Mastriano is the worst candidate of the whole cycle which is actually saying a lot.
Fuck off with muh j6. They didnt do anything you blm simping progressive. Shapiro and fetterwomen endorsed and bailed out blm terrorists who burned down entire cities, but you support that.
And Mastriano lost due to literal fraud.
Its a sad state of things when on this board of all places you have people lamenting based candidates being nominated because they're unpalatable to normies or something. News flash: a uniparty cuck winning with an R next to their name is barely better than a D winning.
The path to victory for Republicans in PA used to be win the rural counties solidly and not get destroyed in the suburban counties like Bucks.
Mastriano got destroyed in the suburban counties and vastly underperformed in the rurals.
Yep the suburbs are now crucial to victory in any swing governor/senator/house district races.
Based on the results of the last three cycles (2018, 2020 and 2022): We can clearly see what type of candidate can work in these type of races.
Candidates with Trump 2016 policy but not copying his behavior or openly affiliating with him heavily can win. Candidates that are traditional republicans who I don't prefer can also win these races.
What doesn't win these races? A candidate displaying heavy affiliation with Trump constantly and/or copying Trump's personality. Every single one of these candidates got destroyed.
In this cycle: there were so many of these bad fit candidates who lost crucial races that another candidate had a better chance of winning.
Doug Mastriano- PA gov
Tudor Dixon- MI gov
Tim Michels - WI gov
John Gibbs- Michigan house district 3
JR Majewski- Ohio house district 9
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert - Ohio house district 13
Joe Kent - Washington house district 3
Bo Hines- North Carolina house district 13
Karoline Leavitt- NH house district 1
Is that due to people moving into rural areas?