Posted on 10/31/2022 11:44:16 AM PDT by Signalman
When working Americans see their take-home pay get eviscerated by inflation, the last thing they want to hear about is abortion rights. The same goes for those struggling to pay their grocery, electric, or gas bills—the economic recession is hammering American families while Democrats are bogged down in liberal trivialities. And besides abortion, the two other issues Democrats are most worried about this cycle are global warming and the Jan. 6 riot.
The latest polls indicate a red tsunami, a rapid turn of events given that some GOP operatives were about to jump off the Capitol Dome by late August. The Democratic advantage with women has been erased, compounding this game of election Tetris, where Democrats search for voter blocs to blunt a wipeout—they can’t. Currently, 40 percent of Hispanics and 21 percent of black Americans intend to pull levers for the GOP on Election Day:(via Axios)
A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll of likely voters found Republicans hold a four-point lead on the congressional generic ballot (49%-45%), marking a turnaround from the July polling, when Democrats led by four points.
Most of the 16% of voters who were undecided ended up breaking toward supporting Republican candidates, according to the poll. Only 6% remain undecided.
Why it matters: Perhaps even more concerning for Democrats than the overall numbers was the party's slippage with nonwhite voters. The poll found 40% of Hispanic voters supporting Republicans, with 21% of African American voters backing the GOP.
In 2020, Trump won 37% of the Hispanic vote and 10% of the Black vote, according to analysis from the Democratic data firm Catalist.
If these numbers hold, it could be a brutal night for Democrats, who have only themselves to blame. They wasted valuable time pushing an agenda that only caters to less than a quarter of the electorate. The urban-based elites can’t save congressional majorities, and it’s even more disturbing that the party writ large decided to write off the concerns about inflation and the economic recession. Even worse, the Biden White House chose to ignore quarterly financial reports entirely,gaslighting the national media regarding the definition of a recession as well. It’s always been two consecutive quarters of economic contraction—it doesn’t change just because you’re Democrats or abject failures regarding governing.
It must be nice to soak up the inflation spike and wallow all day about things that don’t matter. The Democratic base is not geared toward finding common ground on the issues nor caring about those less fortunate than the wealthy, educated, white elites that dominate the rank-and-file. There are no working people in the liberal base anymore, and the whitewash that’s occurred is costing them, as more and more nonwhite voters are beginning to lean Republican, especially on issues like the economy and crime.
The latest polls indicate a red tsunami, a rapid turn of events given that some GOP operatives were about to jump off the Capitol Dome by late August. The Democratic advantage with women has been erased, compounding this game of election Tetris, where Democrats search for voter blocs to blunt a wipeout—they can’t. Currently, 40 percent of Hispanics and 21 percent of black Americans intend to pull levers for the GOP on Election Day (via Axios):
"A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll of likely voters found Republicans hold a four-point lead on the congressional generic ballot (49%-45%), marking a turnaround from the July polling, when Democrats led by four points.
Most of the 16% of voters who were undecided ended up breaking toward supporting Republican candidates, according to the poll. Only 6% remain undecided.
Why it matters: Perhaps even more concerning for Democrats than the overall numbers was the party's slippage with nonwhite voters. The poll found 40% of Hispanic voters supporting Republicans, with 21% of African American voters backing the GOP.
In 2020, Trump won 37% of the Hispanic vote and 10% of the Black vote, according to analysis from the Democratic data firm Catalist."
If these numbers hold, it could be a brutal night for Democrats, who have only themselves to blame. They wasted valuable time pushing an agenda that only caters to less than a quarter of the electorate. The urban-based elites can’t save congressional majorities, and it’s even more disturbing that the party writ large decided to write off the concerns about inflation and the economic recession. Even worse, the Biden White House chose to ignore quarterly financial reports entirely, gaslighting the national media regarding the definition of a recession as well. It’s always been two consecutive quarters of economic contraction—it doesn’t change just because you’re Democrats or abject failures regarding governing.
There is no indication that Biden can do the job now. Do you think he can turn things around in 2024, win back the groups he claimed four years ago, and get the economy back on track with an inflationary spending agenda? No way. Expect Democratic infighting about him running again in 2024 once the GOP retakes Congress. For now, polling shows liberals are bleeding out of their eyes with every significant voting bloc they once coveted before white progressives decided to be complete morons on election messaging.
If I had no feel for the mood of the country I might be tempted to agree with you.
The elections will be a true test of the ability of Americans to process information, assimilate facts, connect the dots, and ability to disregard media lies. It’s basically an aptitude test. If there is a GOP landslide, then people can add two plus two and correctly blame the Democrats.
the media will play it as...
“yeah so what”
The Midterms are always and historically bad for the incumbent party. This one wont be any different. Except for the shouting. The democrats will switch to defense after the midterms. They’ll blame everything that they wreck on the incoming evil that the voters have brought. The obstructionism is the problem and not the malevolent communists in the bureaucracy.
The counter-momentum has to hold till 2032 at least in order to make any impact on the damage that’s been done over this past decade. Conservatives do not have the resources needed, the attention span or the vision to accomplish what’s required. The barbarians were at the gates in 1969. Now they’ve taken over the levers of government authority, media and educational infrastructure down to the community level. Sadly this republic will crumble into a malevolent crypto-dictatorship by the middle of this century. Nothing can stop that now.
Good luck to the young people, tried to warn you.
Empires End.
Fact is this- 2020 was a red wave, despite the fact they stole the Presidential election. And things have gotten so much worse since.
ANNIHILATE THE HELL OUT OF THEM! and FJB for good measure.
Trump had tremendous coattails in 2020 despite his “loss” to 81 Million Basement Joe.
“Who knows how many Ds will flip over as well”
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Some will flip because they’re not happy with the rampant inflation, crime, etc. but the more likely problem for Dems is turnout. Given the onslaught of problems facing the country and Biden’s general popularity, that’s not much of a backdrop to motivate them to vote.
-PJ
McCarthy is not inclined to push for accountability or justice. He’s already said he won’t impeach Biden or any of his officials. My expectations for aggressive leadership under McCarthy (and his puppet master Paul Ryan) are very low.
Don’t get your hopes up about investigations. The Republicans will want to show they are in favor of unity and calming down the divisiveness infecting our politics. If they hold investigations they will probably be a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
John Fetterman leads by 250,000 votes in Pennsylvania.
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