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As far as I can tell a LOT of different groups were involved in the last election. Youth, for instance, seems to be important as was abortion and I can't leave out the extremities of the Republicans as well. The Dems worked very hard to get everybody to vote but the Republicans seem to work very hard to show just what loons they could produce to the rest of the world. The Republicans, in other words, worked as hard as the Dems did to make sure the Dems did as well as they did.

Many Republicans were, basically, seriously offensive and crazy thereby seriously turning off voters.

The Dems should be grateful to them, but keep that to themselves.

Far as I'm concerned jgw, you hit the nail on the head.

It's good to see that you're (somewhat) coming around and acknowledging that abortion DID have an affect on the election. Progress!

...and MAGAt Donald Trump now known as Toxic Trump in many R-circles. But, here's the thing...the Rs would be very happy to still have Trump if the election turned out differently.

Election projections call for Dems to retain the Senate. Who knew that the Republican plan of banning abortion and taking social security away would be so unpopular with the American people - even with heavily rigged GOP gerrymandering?

Conserative SCOTUS judges overturned Roe V. Wade in June. Lindsey Graham promoted a national abortion ban after stating for years the it was a state issue. Rick Scott's plan was to end Social Security and Medicare and he went on and lied about his plan over and over and over in interviews, gaslighting that it was the Dems that wanted to end Social Security and Medicare.

197 Republicans voted to ban all forms of contraception and 157 Republicans voted to ban same-sex marriage.

Decent and good Americans just are not into the Republican agenda.

It will be interesting to see which serving Republicans end up indicted, along with Donald Trump. Garland has said many times that no one is above the law, and the DOJ will follow the evidence and the law. I assume he means the constitution as well, as the supreme law of the land.

I suspect we will see several office holders booted out as per Amendment 14. When everybody in government swore to uphold the constitution, they didn't say "except for the 14th Amendment". That has already started happening. And that lifetime disqualification can only be cancelled by a supermajority of both houses of congress. NOT by a presidential pardon. So it's the ultimate wooden stake through the heart for a politician.

Donald Trump is fund raising off the December 6th Walker-Warnack special election. The problem is that NONE of the money will go to Walker, Trump keeps all fundraising money for himself.

This midterm, the democrats owe a deep debt of gratitude to Trump for all their success. The house isn’t over, 20 seats yet to be decided along with the Georgia senate runoff. The GOP flipped 16 democratic seats; the democrats flipped 5 republican seats which if stands would be a net gain of 11 for the GOP. Historical average for 4 presidents excluding Biden since the house and senate results aren’t final yet.

Approval average, 39.25% house seats lost 48.5, senate seats lost 6, 4.25 governors lost. The historical average certainly will change after all the final results are in. Without Trump’s help, I doubt the democrats could have done this.

Biden 2022 42% lost 11 house seats, gained 1 senate seat, gained 1 governorship as of 13 Nov 2022
Trump 2018 40% lost 44 house seats, 3 senate seats, 6 governors
Obama 2010 42% lost 63 house seats, 6 senate seats, 4 governors
G.W. Bush 2006 33% lost 33 house seats, 6 senate seats, 6 governors
Bill Clinton 1994 42% lost 54 house seats, 9 senate seats, 1 governor

Indeed. The three SCOTUS judges helping to overturn Roe plus Trump’s hand-picked MAGAt candidates were a godsend.

No wonder Rs are calling Donald “Toxic Trump.”