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[–] 49 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think we need to discard this whole “blue tsunami” nonsense. This wasn’t the American public in its totality rejecting the Republican Party. This was a few tens of millions of people changing their vote this time around.

On average, Republicans still took around 40% of votes. These people never went away. And the few million that switched their vote to blue? What’s keeping them from voting red in the next election?

Very little has changed, apart from a few people getting really really mad about gas prices.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    It's true. It was the politically-unengaged ("I hate politics, I think it's stupid and nobody ever does anything, anyway") getting squeezed enough financially to spite vote for the Dems and the MAGA faithful being dispirited enough to not want to vote that brought us these results. We need to continue working to stomp out the creep of fascism and re-establish the separation of powers from the executive branch. It would also be really great if we could stop the same handful of billionaires from continuing to pull every nice thing out of the reach of the poors by saying things like, "They don't need to go to resorts and theme parks for their PTO," "nobody needs a to-go cup of coffee," or "there are plenty of other proteins to choose from that aren't beef" and raising prices.

    Still, this is a victory, and no one's as capable at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory as the Democrats.

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