What is the main takeaway from the 2023 election cycle?

[xavier110]

My takeaway: much is said about Dems’ fragile and schizophrenic coalition, but the Rs’ coalition may be even weaker. As the GOP has transformed into a Know Nothing populist party, they have traded formerly R-leaning educated suburban professionals who vote in most elections in favor of poorer, less educated folks who vote every four years. I’m not sure if this is a Trump thing either and more that they just show up for presidential elections.

Also, while I think the importance of policy is often overstated, economic populism plus right-wing social hysteria is probably the worst political platform to adopt in the US, where most folks are memes of social libs, econ cons. The GOP is in a pickle, especially when abortion still looms large and blue-trending well-off educated folks are turned off by the populist streak.