A big part of the reason this midterm feels so strange is that the out-of-power party typically reinvents itself (in some stylistic/rhetorical way at least) and breaks away from the brand that lost the last Presidential election, whereas in this cycle's case they have doubled down on it. I can't remember the last time that happened.
This is exactly what I thought.
I did not get into the whole granular details and discussions about individual races or the general mood. After VA-Gov 2021 I was worn out and did not want to get into arguments with anyone. I literally told I few people that "the gop will gain 33 seats" just to avoid argument and make them go away.
Enough votes knew that inflation had too many external factors to completely blame it on Biden, and it is not like the GOP presented any plans to reduce inflation.
Screaming about a stolen election by some parts of the GOP about an election that was not actually stolen was not helpful.
