As far as I’m concerned, Dems lost so bad in 2010 bc a) we relied heavily on a coalition that has lower midterm turnout, b) the president’s party ALWAYS loses in midterms, and c) racism. With a fig leaf of “stop spending money on poor people.”
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Eh. But Obama might have lost in 2012 under that scenario, and Romney, being competent, would have dismantled what he did far better than Trump could. But Clinton would have won in 16, you’re right.
I mean, Hillary would have won in 16 IF Obama won in ‘12. If Obama had lost in 12 after being SUPER PROGRESSIVE in 2008, it would have “proven” to Democrats that progressivism loses elections and HRC would have campaigned as Bill Part 2 and signed Paul Ryan’s privatization bill.
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Anyway I agree with you that poor people having more electoral power is good, especially poor people of color. I just think ultimately that moves the needle 5 percentage points in a good year, and that’s not enough to stop Rs from shutting down Congress on the regular.
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