The Dem Wipeout: It’s Not Just the Midterms
Posted By: Dreadnought, 4/13/2022 12:50:12 AM
Steve has started a midterm wipeout watch series that I hope will have many more installments, culminating in November. I want to note this piece by a Democrat who warns his fellow Democrats that the wipeout likely will extend well beyond 2022. The author is Simon Bazelon, just a kid but a kid who can do arithmetic. He argues that even if the Democrats are able to maintain their average edge in popular vote over the next two cycles, Republicans are likely to gain strong control over the Senate: Overall, the combination of decreasing incumbency advantage and a poor national environment for Democrats means we should probably expect Democrats
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