In most countries outside the US, that picture would be pure lunacy
No need for policies, just be a vet and hold a gun 
2021 Elections: Dems lose all statewide races in VA; GOP makes gains in NJ & more!
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In most countries outside the US, that picture would be pure lunacy
No need for policies, just be a vet and hold a gun 
FreshFromATL
Self Made
Dumbass Democrats gonna lose everything in the next couple years 
ORDER_66
Demon Time coming 2024
Dumbass Democrats gonna lose everything in the next couple years
This is their endgame, they wanna try to get asians and latinos to be their new voter class but they fukked up because asians and latinos skew conservative and white!!!
Who won the atl mayor race?Dumbass Democrats gonna lose everything in the next couple years
Althalucian
All Star
We're talking about a reality TV show host here. It's like you said, Trump thrives on attention.
Neither of these helps.
Caving to racist white people is unethical and they're still going to vote for Republicans regardless. But American voters don't care about policy, so that's not really going to help either in terms of votes.
Basically, what I'm trying to say is the situation is fundamentally hopeless so we might as well get used to it.
Yep. Vote, but don't count on it really working well. That's America for you.
them bubbles strong af 
the cac mamba
Veteran
anyone who thinks this man is a viable candidate to run a national campaign in 2024 is absolutely insane
Dems should have been grooming somebody already for the next elections. Joe Biden will be 81 in 2024 ffs, that's not good.
just a shocking level of denialdems have to start finding a challenger for kamala in the primary
Maybe I'm misremembering, but didn't Northam pass a slew of "popular" laws after his scandal.
Didn't we herald his efforts on gun control?
I wish y'all could decouple national and local politics.
Republicans were more enthusiastic because they've been losing. Dems and left leaning independents, like usual fly the mission accomplished flag after every hard fought election and give up gains.
the next guy
Superstar
There are only 45 million blacks and more than 70 million Hispanics. Black people are being left behind. Hispanics decide things in the general election.Drop LGBT issues, ASAP
Black people aren't going anywhere...cut weight
LGBT stuff, we're stuck with that. Should have dropped at after Gay Marriage was decided.
And to be honest, if education was the no 1 issue and voters went with Republicans, well... 
That isn't the problem.Drop LGBT issues, ASAP
Black people aren't going anywhere...cut weight
anyone who thinks this man is a viable candidate to run a national campaign in 2024 is absolutely insane
dems have to start finding a challenger for kamala in the primary
Put politics aside, It’s scary how a person can decline so much in the span of 10 years.
My parents are entering their 70s.
Outlaw
New Hope For the HaveNotz
anyone who thinks this man is a viable candidate to run a national campaign in 2024 is absolutely insane
dems have to start finding a challenger for kamala in the primary
It may sound silly but the dems should encourage the rock to run
The filibuster is Chekhov's gun.
It’s been there the entire time just waiting for Dems to pick it up so they can inevitably be disarmed by an attacker and murdered with it.
They should leave it alone. The average voter is not punishing the Dems for failing to remove the filibuster. You cannot rule change your way out of a showdown with the white nationalist gatekeepers.
I mean you’re doing the same thing - instead of being state specific you’re trying to draw general trends. You listed local matters and then gave a non specific answer. There’s never any one reason with local elections. When I say messaging and strategy - I’m not talking just national strategy - I mean locally. Northam passed a lot of popular things and then COVID hit and a lot of them suburban folks got mad about lockdowns and kids at home, etc. he got penalized for being responsible. Moreover, Terry was a known commodity and wasn’t seen as anything other than more of the same. NJ hadn’t elected a Democratic governor back to back in 40 years. None of that shyt falls at the feet of progressive ideas or voter apathy. That was always treacherous terrain. If anything, what progressives are always saying is that people are wildly inconsistent about anything aside from their own self-interest so put their direct, short-term interests on the ballot. I remember canvassing for Obama heard some racist dude annoyed that we were there say that he was going to vote for the black dude for the economy because McCain was old as shyt and had an idiot VP who couldn’t run a country. These fukkers have always been the same - just run a better campaign. And that also means not fighting battles you don’t need to. Obama dodged all that cultural war grievance shyt that Twitter liberals would have you believe is necessary and then got in office and co-signed same sex marriage and all that other shyt. But he never let it define his campaigns because then you’re playing into Republican hands. Democrats lean into fighting those battles because an economic issue based campaign is harder to sell to donors. I know - I’ve been there. Like seriously, tell me what Terry ran on? This was a record turnout - it wasn’t a case of people staying home - it was a case of the other side getting people who didn’t show up last time to show up - people you wouldn’t expect to show up. That’s what it takes to win a purple state.