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Resounding defeat? They lost by 2% in a year when every incumbent in a Western democracy has lost, and lost by a lot more than 2%. By that measure the Democr
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
Resounding defeat? They lost by 2% in a year when every incumbent in a Western democracy has lost, and lost by a lot more than 2%.
By that measure the Democrats did surprisingly well.
- votepaunchy 2y ago[flagged]
- Alupis 2y agoThe stunning defeat was not isolated to just presidential politics (although that was a complete shutout by the numbers) - the entire country has been resoundingly swept by Republicans. There are only a handful of places that performed on-average or better for Democrats than previous campaigns - and there are many places that set historic-firsts by driving so hard into deep red. You can break it down by location, culture, ethnicity, etc. Any way you want - and Republicans took massive gains at Democrat's expense. It's really hard to call this anything other than a resounding defeat.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago5-10% gains are not massive gains. They're small gains that look massive because so many districts are evenly balanced. Ask the Tories in the UK what massive gains look like.