GALeftist
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« on: November 04, 2020, 03:23:31 PM » |
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Colorado and Virginia confirmed Safe D for the foreseeable future, barring weirdness. I do not share the optimism about New England, however. It looks like more of a rejection of Trump than a D blowout; I think the GOP has a trifecta in NH and obviously Susan Collins won. Those trends aren't looking too hot.
However, I am pleasantly surprised by Georgia's closeness, which means there's at least a nonzero chance of a Democratic majority in the senate, though they're certainly the heavy, heavy underdogs. North Carolina was a big disappointment, as was Texas, but those trends are real, and the GOP is going to have to deal with them sooner or later. Also, I hope that hitting rock bottom in Florida lets us just abandon the state to its fate.
Similarly to Florida, I hope this puts to bed any delusions about Ohio and Iowa going forward. However, it looks like we at least stopped the bleeding in WI, MI, and PA, which is good since we need to continue to be competitive there in at least the near term. We performed well in MN, but didn't get a trifecta, which really hurts.
Finally, I hope that this chaos is a ladder for progressives in the party, because clearly something isn't working with these electability candidates. I also hope it encourages the Democrats to get their hands a little more dirty, because I am very tired of losing. My fondest wish is that these rubes who keep voting in droves for Trump are personally loyal to Trump and will abandon the GOP now that he's likely out of office, but I realize that it's just as possible that the suburbs were personally disloyal to him, and logically I think it's probably a wash.
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