And they aren’t going to win one anytime soon, at least not one in any district that isn’t bluer than blue...
A referendum on TRUMP is a LOSS... they tried to turn 16 into that and LOST.... they will keep LOSING... everywhere but the blues of the blue districts....
The ONLY way D’s win a non deep blue district anytime soon is if the folks Trump brought the party begin to feel he isn’t putting america first.... they EVER feel that, they will go back to being disengaged and Dems have a shot outside their strongholds, but as long as the people who Trump brought to the dance feel he is doing what he said (or trying to anyway) and putting america first.... Dems have ZERO shot outside the whacakdoo leftist districts for any sort of win.
That’s the cold hard political reality... not what he NYT is reporting, or the cable news channels... that’s just the cold hard political reality. As long as Trump is doing (or perceived as doing) what he promised to do... Dems have no prayer.. his supporters will keep showing up... and he will keep winning. If however he is EVER perceived as not doing so, they will go back to being disengaged and not show up and then D’s may have a shot.. but at present there is little chance of that.
I, for one, will never disengage again. I have voted in the last 4 elections ( I was REALLY disengaged when younger) but Never again. There were times when I wasn’t quite sure who I was really voting for (locally) or why. The candidates didn’t put their party affiliation on anything and I never bothered to look it up....those days are done. Sometimes I am so informed, I drive my poor husband crazy! A lot of that is a direct result of the good folks on Free Republic.