LogFAQs > #977097749

There's occasionally been some positives i.e. some senate ground gained in 2018 or overperforming generic Rs in 2020 or them narrowly flipping the house in '22, but all of those were very conditional, had sharp contrasting edges (landslide house defeat in '18, Dems getting a trifecta in '20, Dems washing expectations and gaining seats in '22) and only 2021 has been an outright flop for them.

In contrast, Obama saw both 2010 and 2014, massive wave midterms for the GOP.

But tonight adds to the pile; Dems overperform Kentucky, flipped the VA house, kept Mississippi within 5%, and won by landslides in favor of Abortion/Marijuana in Ohio. Trump's been corrosive to the Republican Party and even Biden's status as an unpopular incumbent hasn't been enough to stop Dems having the best consistent cycle of wins in decades.

I remember people writing off the GOP after 2008, but that was just two election cycles. If they lose 2024 it'll be a near consistent string of horrendous losses/underperformances for eight years. If you look at conservative twitter, their talking heads are just saying "it's fraud," "we need to ban abortion", etc. Zero introspection. Just outrage, anger, promising to quadruple down even as suburbs become democrat-allied.

I guess this is mildly blogfaqs but I feel like I'm seeing a political party implode before my eyes