I'm really not posting this to gossip or start drama, but is there anyone else here who frequents RRH? I used to read their daily roundups because they'd focus on more down-in-the weeds races and have good write ups on international elections, but it really seems like a lot of the content (especially in the comments) has gone off the rai…
I'm really not posting this to gossip or start drama, but is there anyone else here who frequents RRH? I used to read their daily roundups because they'd focus on more down-in-the weeds races and have good write ups on international elections, but it really seems like a lot of the content (especially in the comments) has gone off the rails lately, even compared to 2016 and 2020.
Am I crazy or has anyone else noticed this as well?
There's like 3 people who are horrible, but the rest of them are cool to interact with. TBH, RRH has more of the old SSP feel than we do here. We've largely become an echo chamber, which is unfortunate in some ways.
I just feel like it's taken on a more partisan Republican slant than a conservative slant lately if that makes sense. I used to appreciate that even though it is certainly a conservative site, there was always a pretty solid foundation of objectivity, but that has been lacking as of late. It seems like posters there are increasingly eager to jump on anything that makes Democrats look bad, reality be damned. Like, does anyone really think that the sister-in-law of a congressional candidate making a joke in poor taste about Trump's attempted assassination will change anything? Maybe I've just been checking in on bad days, or I'm misremembering how things were years ago.
As I said, there's a couple bad actors. And tensions do get higher as we approach election day, that happens here too. In fact, can you imagine if we had as many Republicans here as they have Democrats over there? They would not be nearly as welcomed here as we have been there. It's unfortunate, but the reality.
I am not the site owner, but Republican view points on here would be fine with me, as long as there was actual debate instead of assholery(I find that the current Republican party is an increasingly angry group that refuses any honest, open debate)
I wouldn't welcome policy debates from a Republican point of view, but I did and would welcome campaign and election analysis from a Republican point of view that is not trollish. We used to have folks who did that on Swing State Project.
I'm really not posting this to gossip or start drama, but is there anyone else here who frequents RRH? I used to read their daily roundups because they'd focus on more down-in-the weeds races and have good write ups on international elections, but it really seems like a lot of the content (especially in the comments) has gone off the rails lately, even compared to 2016 and 2020.
Am I crazy or has anyone else noticed this as well?
I'm over there more than here.
There's like 3 people who are horrible, but the rest of them are cool to interact with. TBH, RRH has more of the old SSP feel than we do here. We've largely become an echo chamber, which is unfortunate in some ways.
I just feel like it's taken on a more partisan Republican slant than a conservative slant lately if that makes sense. I used to appreciate that even though it is certainly a conservative site, there was always a pretty solid foundation of objectivity, but that has been lacking as of late. It seems like posters there are increasingly eager to jump on anything that makes Democrats look bad, reality be damned. Like, does anyone really think that the sister-in-law of a congressional candidate making a joke in poor taste about Trump's attempted assassination will change anything? Maybe I've just been checking in on bad days, or I'm misremembering how things were years ago.
As I said, there's a couple bad actors. And tensions do get higher as we approach election day, that happens here too. In fact, can you imagine if we had as many Republicans here as they have Democrats over there? They would not be nearly as welcomed here as we have been there. It's unfortunate, but the reality.
I am not the site owner, but Republican view points on here would be fine with me, as long as there was actual debate instead of assholery(I find that the current Republican party is an increasingly angry group that refuses any honest, open debate)
I wouldn't welcome policy debates from a Republican point of view, but I did and would welcome campaign and election analysis from a Republican point of view that is not trollish. We used to have folks who did that on Swing State Project.
We did. Those exact folks are the founders / moderators at RRH. It's the same 5ish guys
I would welcome either, but like I said, not the site owner(respect your take though)
100% - honest, good-faith R electoral views would be very welcome here from my perspective...
Some of the RRH moderators are having a public discussion in their comments section today about whether the site is still for Republicans.
It's clearly a Republican site; what's to debate?