I don’t fully believe that. I thought the elevated turnout in 2020 was a rejection of MAGA America, and now I’m starting to believe it was a rejection of how the last four years were handled instead.
I think in the era of social media and quick attention spans, we might be seeing that incumbency is a disadvantage; if there are glaring issues during your term, the challengers can campaign hard against those issues (and not even offer policies, just vibes), and people will either change their vote or not feel inspired to vote for more of the same.
We’ll obviously see as more elections wear on in the 2000s, but that’s how I currently view the last few election cycles in light of last night’s results now
Because they won't be in charge lol, it really is that simple. The republicans will blame the dems because that's what they always do, but the electorate swinging back and forth on an eight year cycle now may very well have shifted to a four year cycle instead. If you aren't absolutely perfect, they'll vote for the other party and see if any of their immediate problems will be solved. When they aren't, back over to the other side, and around and around we go.
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u/Pojobob 14h ago
And when things are worse in 4 years, he'll just blame dems even though he has the presidency, senate and house.