Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 22 Dec 2021 21:47)
Even when democrats win they lose.
Thats what weve seen for 20 years now, whoch is why were getting worse
In 2020, Democrats benefitted from the tailwinds of a once-in-a-century health crisis which raised the salience of a good issue for them (healthcare), exposed Trump's flaws, destroyed the great economy which Trump had intended to use as the linchpin of his campaign, prevented him from holding his rallies, gave cover for Biden to not hold rallies and made an expansion of mail and absentee ballots necessary which helped them greatly. There was also a high-profile case of egregious racism which triggered race riots that massively helped them turn out the low propensity minority parts of their coalition and caused an issue to dominate the news cycle for months on which they hold the moral high ground. They nominated the strongest candidate they had at their disposal and ran against an unpopular and historically polarizing opponents who increasingly went off the rails, ran a horrible campaign and fucked up everything he touched during that year. Moreover, the mainstream media and big tech colluded to intervene on their behalf and pull the rug out from under Trump's side.
And what happened in the end? After an election year in which EVERYTHING broke in their favor, did Democrats gain the landslide victory and the mandate for big bold change that they wanted? Hell no. Biden achieved the bare minimum of defeating Trump, but came within just 40k votes of losing the electoral college. Instead of making further gains, their House margin was diminished and became dicey. In state legislatures, they achieved pretty much none of the inroads they had been hoping for. And in the Senate, their majority ended up hinging on a conservative, business-friendly old white dude from a coal-loving Trump+40 state.
What I'm trying to say is that 2020 was not actually a victory for Democrats once we take context into account. Out of maximally favorable circumstances, which we can safely assume to not occur in this constellation again anytime soon, they barely achieved their minimum goal, but failed on every single one of their other goals. The 2020 election set them up for failure, not success.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Dec 22 2021 05:01pm