Originally Posted by Greger
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There are a lot of red state women who will tell their regressive husbands they’re voting Republican, then cast a different vote in the booth.

No. There aren't. You're grasping at straws. Conservatives will accept conservative rulings and move on. And whatever makes you think a majority of Republican women are pro-life?
Or that abortion is an important issue to them?

That grocery bill though...? That's a pretty big issue every week.

Democrats have failed to instill confidence in their ability to govern. It will cost them a few seats in the House. Not a lot, and not unexpected, but enough to lose the majority.

There are a lot of reasons this could be strategically good for the Democrats. It might be the one single thing that could prevent a DeSantis presidency. Power ebbs and flows and, like water, it always takes a predictable course.

Both parties want all the power, all the time. It's not gonna happen. The American system is a pretty beautiful thing.
I’ve found out Greger is people will believe what they want to believe regardless of the facts, whether they’re right, wrong or indifferent. A lot of these I call old wife’s tales. Some examples, high voter turnout always benefits the Democrats. Wrong, stats show roughly a 50-50 split whether it’s high, low or average voter turnout. Another with Jeffrey, third party voters cost the Democrats votes, wrong, most of the time, they cost the GOP candidates votes. Mainly because the Libertarian Party is the strongest or largest of the third parties and they’re usually on all 50 state ballots. Most other third parties are on a fraction of that. But there are exceptions as in 2000 where Nader cost Gore the election. Or did he since the Democrats had a 7-point advantage in party affiliation in Nov 2000 but only a 4-point advantage among those who turned out to vote, a 39-35 democratic advantage. Bush also won independents evening things out. Same for 2016 when the democrats had a 6-point advantage in party affiliation, but just a 4-point advantage among those who turned out to vote 37-33. Trump also won the independent vote and thus the white house in a fluke election.


Regardless, from what I’ve been able to determine, the Trump factor has much more to do with the limited damage the Democrats will receive this midterm than abortion, mass shootings or anything else. I also attribute the small gain in the generic congressional ballot by the democrats to the drop in gas prices along with more shelves in the store being full than abortion or any other issue. This is me though.


It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.