We will control the house but barely. Epic disappointment. Where did it go wrong?
my thoughts…..
1) Abortion, seems like it kills more than a fetus. We gifted the core of the democratic party a bellwether get out the vote issue. And they took full advantage.
2) Trump, found a way to make this election all about him even though he wasn’t on a single ballot anywhere. He peaked in 2019, he’s now a polarizing liability.
3) Overconfidence, The last four weeks before the election all I heard about was the massive roadway that was going to sweep through politics. That, coupled with continued crappy polling, lead to a cocky overconfident GOP that got their butts kicked. They spent way too many resources keeping Ohio red because of a Trump backed nut job diverting those resources in places where they might’ve actually made a difference, Nevada, New Hampshire, Arizona.
4) Message, The Republicans need a message. Their message has been we’re not communist, we’re not socialist, we’re not Biden, vote for us. It’s not enough just to be angry and tweet about it and create funny names for people. It’s about a message on how you’re going to fix the economy, fix the border, fix national defense. I never heard much of a message from the Republicans outside that contract which never got much play.
In places where Republicans behaved like Republicans and governed like Republicans for the last two years or longer, such as Florida, we mopped up the floor with the Democrats. Results matter.
5) Democrats, they are masters of politics. They got the right people out to campaign, they had Joe Biden in places where he could do no damage, they played the rope a dope masterfully and, given the expectations, TKO of the republican party.
Worst economy in 50 years, zero reason they should’ve won the elections that they won, and yet they still did. Until the Republicans learn how to beat the Democrats, until the Republicans walk away from the toxic rhetoric of Donald Trump and move towards a positive unifying one America message, the Democrats will take advantage of it.
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2016 was a beautiful anomaly, people voted against Hillary as much as they did for Trump and they voted for change. That’s what it needs to be about again, not Donald Trump, but changing and saving America.
My two cents for what it’s worth.
my thoughts…..
1) Abortion, seems like it kills more than a fetus. We gifted the core of the democratic party a bellwether get out the vote issue. And they took full advantage.
2) Trump, found a way to make this election all about him even though he wasn’t on a single ballot anywhere. He peaked in 2019, he’s now a polarizing liability.
3) Overconfidence, The last four weeks before the election all I heard about was the massive roadway that was going to sweep through politics. That, coupled with continued crappy polling, lead to a cocky overconfident GOP that got their butts kicked. They spent way too many resources keeping Ohio red because of a Trump backed nut job diverting those resources in places where they might’ve actually made a difference, Nevada, New Hampshire, Arizona.
4) Message, The Republicans need a message. Their message has been we’re not communist, we’re not socialist, we’re not Biden, vote for us. It’s not enough just to be angry and tweet about it and create funny names for people. It’s about a message on how you’re going to fix the economy, fix the border, fix national defense. I never heard much of a message from the Republicans outside that contract which never got much play.
In places where Republicans behaved like Republicans and governed like Republicans for the last two years or longer, such as Florida, we mopped up the floor with the Democrats. Results matter.
5) Democrats, they are masters of politics. They got the right people out to campaign, they had Joe Biden in places where he could do no damage, they played the rope a dope masterfully and, given the expectations, TKO of the republican party.
Worst economy in 50 years, zero reason they should’ve won the elections that they won, and yet they still did. Until the Republicans learn how to beat the Democrats, until the Republicans walk away from the toxic rhetoric of Donald Trump and move towards a positive unifying one America message, the Democrats will take advantage of it.
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2016 was a beautiful anomaly, people voted against Hillary as much as they did for Trump and they voted for change. That’s what it needs to be about again, not Donald Trump, but changing and saving America.
My two cents for what it’s worth.
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