So true, snarkybob. Conservatives are clinging on to Limbaugh's chest-thumping proclamation from the 1990s - "this country is fundamentally conservative". It might have been true 3 decades ago, but it is no longer the case, and conservatives on this board, who live in an echo chamber, do not realize how much the ground has shifted underneath us. It seems very likely that any Dem going against Trump next year will become the first Democrat President in 6 decades to exceed 400 electoral votes.
The education system has done its job of cranking out Cultural Marxists.
Dems have solid locks on all minority voters, single women of all races, college educated voters, and Millennials/Gen-Z. And many of these locks are huge, 70/30 or greater.
Their pool is increasing as ours is shrinking. They wake up on the morning of Election Day with 257 EVs already in the bag (as well as millions ahead in the national popular vote, as meaningless as this is).
2016 was an aberration, unlikely to be repeated.
Gen-Z in particular, nihilistic and despondent over their inability to ever achieve the American Dream (thanks in part to policies enacted by their parents and grandparents) will embrace every far-left platform position presented to them. Climate change, gun control, tax the rich, unlimited abortion, "woke" restrictions on the First Amendment, you name it. They love all of this stuff. They have nothing to lose by voting the rest of us into a dystopian Dark Ages. They will have their revenge.
And, as 2022 demonstrated, Gen-Z learned how to vote and enjoyed doing it. They will come out in numbers.
I support DeSantis over Trump because Trump can't win. DeSantis *might* win and "might" is better than "can't." But, honestly, I think he'd likely lose as well.
The GOP will be wandering in the wilderness for a generation. People may be fleeing California with their feet for Florida but when it comes to voting, the country will vote to be California.