The GOP kept the Senate (unless Democrats really over perform in Georgia runoffs), gained seats in the House and lost no state legislatures. Plus they're favored in off-year elections and the midterms. And while the presidential election showed an expanded map for Democrats, it showed the Trump 16 states and Nevada are still in play. There isn't much need to panic.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
MAGNETO was right,TONY was right, VARYS was right.
Proud member of House Ravenclaw and loyal bannerman to House Baratheon
"I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical" --Armando Iannucci
No they aren't favored, not inherently. 22 GOP Senate Seats and 10 Democrat Seats are in play in 2022. 2024 is even more open. Their senate margin is narrower than before.
GOP have gotten an extension that's all. But they are back to the precarious position they've been, a minority oligarchy pushing a policy deeply unrepresentative and unpopular across the board, kept apace by gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Sure GOP redistricting will commence but it won't go the way it did in 2010. Many states they redistricted pushed for and got fair allocation of districting.
The GOP are always in a state of panic, they just put a mask hiding it it's all. If you didn't panic, you wouldn't have Trump as a nominee. You wouldn't have backed a one-term loser who lost the popular vote both times by whopping big margins.There isn't much need to panic.
To everyone else:
The GOP, make no mistake is a deeply vulnerable party. Do not be fooled by their turnout this year. That was down entirely to Ginsburg's death. McConnell's not some genius, just a cunning old buzzard. He made a smart play by pushing SCOTUS over Stimulus, but he also lost AZ. He was the one in 2018 who insisted the Governor put McSally to take McCain's seat after she lost an election to Sinema. Then McSally decided to contest the election rather than accept being a placeholder, and now an astronaut has taken McCain's seat.
48 seats with Mark Kelly defeating McSally. Hey hey, Spaceman!
One thing I will say is the Lincoln Project was a complete failure. Trump did better in Republican turnout and the Congressional Republicans over performed.
So the myth of the moderate Republican who will see reason is still a unicorn that nobody has ever actually seen
Moderate Republicans played a vital role against Trump and the GOP in this election, this is why Biden is matching Trump head to head in conservative states like Arizona and Georgia. Trump not being destroyed completely is not proof Biden failed with this tactic.
But they're reluctant temporary allies, not a new wing of the Democratic party. When this election is over the truce ends.Originally Posted by wjowski
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Trump has admitted that losing to Biden to him would be like personal humiliation and he says losing isn't easy for him. Which is why he is going to drag this out and whine, fight legal battles like a kid. That along should tell folks he isn't someone who should be president if he can't take an L with grace and dignity. Let Barrack Obama had pull some foolishness like this or refuse to leave the white house when Trump won. Fox News and everyone else defending Trump with this nonsense about voter fraud.