11-11-2022, 06:50 AM
This election should have been a slam dunk for Republicans. A midterm election with a Presidenti with negative approval and inflation usually means blow out for his party. So what went so wrong for Republicans that the Democrats will retain the Senate and if they get control of the House it will be by the skin of their teeth. And with this group of Republicans, it will be an unmanageable majority.
Two groups broke strongly for the Democrats. The youth who voted in numbers not seen in 30 years and Independents. And the reasons have very little to do with Donald Trump directly. Granted Independents, especially are sick and tired of the chaos and crazy surrounding Trump and his supporters. The are tired of every Republican showing no backbone and not calling him out when they should have. For many of them Jan 6 and Republican behavior since was the tipping point.
But just as importantly the are sick and tired of
1) the endless and baseless culture wars. They are attacking vulnerable groups of people to score political points.
2) the ceaseless and often meritless attacks on public education…CRT, “groomers”, indoctrination etc. When you ask a Republican for proof of their accusations they have none. Most independent voters are strong supporters of public schools
3) the force fed religious bent of Republican politics. No one cares how they worship God, but don’t interject your beliefs into our lives
4) The Dodd decision. If Republicans thought this issue was going away they were nuts.
5) Republicans HAVE NO SOLUTIONS!!!! This is huge for Independents. They are very good about pointing out issues but offer no solutions to any of them. They have no plans no specifics. Independents may not like the Democrats ideas but at least they have them. We heard a lot of talk about spending the next 2 years exerting to what amounts to political revenge ( can’t wait for the next Benghazi hearing) but nothing other than drill baby drill about how to fix anything they say is broken.
Young People are looking to the future not the past. They are concerned about so many issues Republicans ignore
1) climate changed- people can disagree about the cause but Republicans deny its impact.
2) gun violence- todays youth grew up having active shooter drills like the kids of the 50s had A bomb drills. They want more than thoughts and prayers as a solution
3) like Independents, the endless culture wars. They are far less religious than previous generations and far more accepting of people from all bents in life. The underlying hate that drives culture wars is off putting to them.
4) fear that they will be priced out of education, housing, healthcare
You can’t win the Presidency without these 2 voting blocks. It won’t matter who the Republicans nominate in 2024 if all they do is run again from from the same playbook. People want solutions and they want to see a functioning Congress.
I’m not holding out a lot of hope for either as long as the so-called Freedom caucus is allowed to set the agenda for Republicans.
Two groups broke strongly for the Democrats. The youth who voted in numbers not seen in 30 years and Independents. And the reasons have very little to do with Donald Trump directly. Granted Independents, especially are sick and tired of the chaos and crazy surrounding Trump and his supporters. The are tired of every Republican showing no backbone and not calling him out when they should have. For many of them Jan 6 and Republican behavior since was the tipping point.
But just as importantly the are sick and tired of
1) the endless and baseless culture wars. They are attacking vulnerable groups of people to score political points.
2) the ceaseless and often meritless attacks on public education…CRT, “groomers”, indoctrination etc. When you ask a Republican for proof of their accusations they have none. Most independent voters are strong supporters of public schools
3) the force fed religious bent of Republican politics. No one cares how they worship God, but don’t interject your beliefs into our lives
4) The Dodd decision. If Republicans thought this issue was going away they were nuts.
5) Republicans HAVE NO SOLUTIONS!!!! This is huge for Independents. They are very good about pointing out issues but offer no solutions to any of them. They have no plans no specifics. Independents may not like the Democrats ideas but at least they have them. We heard a lot of talk about spending the next 2 years exerting to what amounts to political revenge ( can’t wait for the next Benghazi hearing) but nothing other than drill baby drill about how to fix anything they say is broken.
Young People are looking to the future not the past. They are concerned about so many issues Republicans ignore
1) climate changed- people can disagree about the cause but Republicans deny its impact.
2) gun violence- todays youth grew up having active shooter drills like the kids of the 50s had A bomb drills. They want more than thoughts and prayers as a solution
3) like Independents, the endless culture wars. They are far less religious than previous generations and far more accepting of people from all bents in life. The underlying hate that drives culture wars is off putting to them.
4) fear that they will be priced out of education, housing, healthcare
You can’t win the Presidency without these 2 voting blocks. It won’t matter who the Republicans nominate in 2024 if all they do is run again from from the same playbook. People want solutions and they want to see a functioning Congress.
I’m not holding out a lot of hope for either as long as the so-called Freedom caucus is allowed to set the agenda for Republicans.
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