The post-election narratives blaming down ballot loss on activists outside the party have to be understood as a way for the consultant class (which made millions from losses) & sclerotic party leadership to deflect blame. Only suckers take it literally.https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1337793595236114440 …
Pro-Trump turnout was only surprising if you ignored evidence over last 4 years that he's very popular among GOP and GOP adjacent.
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And I’m suggesting that the GOP’s ability to paint Democrats as “extremists” or “socialists” or “pro-crime” is or was a large contributing factor as to why that is.
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No: GOP does that in every election ever. GOP has painted Dems as socialists from FDR to Obama and pro-d crime since 1968. Only distinction between Trump and earlier GOP candidates is he draws more from non-college & drives out college & is so polarizing that turnout increased.
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