No, I’m sure as heck not complaining, I’ll be happy to accept a double digit increase in democratic vote share any election! So what the hell happened?
For once, everybody worked their plan and strategy- GOTV, persuasion, social media, paid and earned media. Progressives and moderate democrats didn’t seriously fight with each other and even worked together sometimes. Even Trump and his Gross Old Pedophiles Party so viciously attacked our democracy and lied about it too they drove independents to vote for democrats as republicans stayed home.
The experts tell us Americans are in two tribal camps that have squeezed out moderates to the point that GOTV is the only way to win elections, and ignore the independents and moderates of both parties, Truth is, around 20% of voters flip and flop between parties, often on the same ballot. Then there is the slow creep of about a percent or two a year that actually switch parties. Throw in differential turnout in mid term elections where maybe half the voters bother to and a double digit improvement in the democratic vote is easy.
This was a textbook democratic campaign with massively winning results- Let’s work together and repeat it in 2028!
