I don't think this was a particularly ideologically driven result. Blaming progressives seems silly. Blaming moderates also seems silly. Both are actively counterproductive, because we need both groups to win elections.
What I mean is that the voters who were decisive in this election were not particularly concerned with ideology. As such, I think this election tells us very little about the Great Pie Fight between moderates/progressives and should be treated accordingly.
I'm not sure I'd go quite that far, but I do think she ran an above average campaign given the situation we were in. Did a pretty good job clawing back our losses among high-propensity voters. Couldn't overcome the undertow among low-propensity ones.
Maybe. But you know the economy suddenly improves in the eyes of his supporters when he wins elections, and few seem to blame him for the apocalyptic conditions he left the country in in 2020.
The economy was decent in 2018 and he still lost 40 house seats under a more gerrymandered national map. Nothing is guaranteed but plenty of reason to have hope he can lose Congress even if the economy doesn't go into the toilet.
I haven't seen any evidence that Harris's loss/Trump's win had anything to do with progressives abandoning ship over Biden. Stein only got 0.5%
I don't think this was a particularly ideologically driven result. Blaming progressives seems silly. Blaming moderates also seems silly. Both are actively counterproductive, because we need both groups to win elections.
You don't think sexism, racism and xenophobia are ideological?
What I mean is that the voters who were decisive in this election were not particularly concerned with ideology. As such, I think this election tells us very little about the Great Pie Fight between moderates/progressives and should be treated accordingly.
well put..this election was over before it began(imo Harris did the best she could)
I'm not sure I'd go quite that far, but I do think she ran an above average campaign given the situation we were in. Did a pretty good job clawing back our losses among high-propensity voters. Couldn't overcome the undertow among low-propensity ones.
She was weighted down by Biden and perceived inflation.. I'm confident that Trump will quickly f things up
He will, but how much will voters blame him and other Republicans, and how much will their opinions even matter?
If he screws up the economy (i.e. recession or another inflationary surge), he'll get blamed. Just like we did.
Maybe. But you know the economy suddenly improves in the eyes of his supporters when he wins elections, and few seem to blame him for the apocalyptic conditions he left the country in in 2020.
The economy was decent in 2018 and he still lost 40 house seats under a more gerrymandered national map. Nothing is guaranteed but plenty of reason to have hope he can lose Congress even if the economy doesn't go into the toilet.
Great question
I'm skeptical. You think this election was only about inflation?