“GOP opponents have been (wishfully) predicting the extinction of the Republican party since its founding in 1854. I’ll believe it when I see it.”
...and trolls. They predicted our demise in Texas in 2014 with that Wendy Davis character. Instead we got nearly HALF OF THE HISPANIC VOTE and 75% of the white vote, and won every damn statewide race by 20 points.
Anecdotally speaking here, but my wife’s family are all good Irishcatholicdemocrats (one word) living in/around Louisville KY.
But at Xmas I was talking to her 20-something cousins and several of them, all young women btw, quietly admitted to me (one of a couple token Conservatives who married in) that they couldnt pull the lever for Grmes and voted instead for McConnell. Because of Obamacare, the economy, being tired of identity politics, etc.
Not to be intended as promoting McConnel and his RINOism, but them telling me that does sync nicely with him blowing out Grimes by 15% in what was supposed to be a neck-and-neck race.
The younger generations are actually fed up with BOTH parties, governmemt overreach and the political system in general. Which the Democrats are much more heavily invested in.
So the opening to these voters is there ...