I think we should be thankful it wasn't the black vote that was mobilized or his choice of words may have been even worse.
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Martin Alvito
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There's a lot of possible dynamics that may obtain in different situations. What you describe is one of them. McCarthy can also make use of retiring members if he wants to make something happen without dirtying his own hands.
Looking at it, he doesn't have a ton of untouchables like Rogers in Kentucky or Smith in New Jersey. Upton got redistricted out, the Democrats may have successfully redistricted Calvert out and most of the remaining 10+ termers are old. The entire class of 1994 either moved up to the Senate, a governor's chair or is gone. Much of his membership is people like Jordan and Gosar, only with less seniority, which helps explain why they struggle to get things done.
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I love the fact that young people turned out in the midterms...this was not the norm for me growing up (and I was just as guilty of not voting in midterms during college--something I am still remarkably ashamed about, even though I've been a consistent voter in every local/national election for the last 25 years).
The issues that seemed to motivate younger (18-29) voters was, not surprisingly, abortion, economy, threat to democracy (survey data are not an exit poll, but a pre-election poll). Hmmm...no love for the psuedo-issues of "woke-ism" "CRT" "gender free bathrooms" etc. etc.
More here: https://iop.harvard.edu/fall-2022-harvard-youth-poll
The issues that seemed to motivate younger (18-29) voters was, not surprisingly, abortion, economy, threat to democracy (survey data are not an exit poll, but a pre-election poll). Hmmm...no love for the psuedo-issues of "woke-ism" "CRT" "gender free bathrooms" etc. etc.
More here: https://iop.harvard.edu/fall-2022-harvard-youth-poll
I would take even "a rock" over Trump or DeSantis.
Interesting feedback from swing voters too
Martin Alvito
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Would be hard for "a rock" to crown itself emperor.
I hear you. I still voted when I was younger, but it's not something I was particularly interested in or cared about. I wouldn't think about who I voted for or what it meant 5 minutes after the vote was cast. As someone who spent his high school and college years in the 90s, there just wasn't much going on that I had to care about ultimately (to my young mind)
I think two things have happened into the 20-25 years since.
1) Trumpism. It's such a shock to the system of literally anyone, it was like a punch to the face of any normal person. And especially to younger people, who for the most part have grown up not understanding the social world built by Trumpism - anti-minority, anti-LGBTQ, anti-climate change acknowledgement, anti-pro choice, and anti-reasonable gun legislation despite the desensitization of our society to mass shootings. Younger generations continue to grow up in a world where their friends are not all white, they may have gay friends that aren't closeted until college, etc, etc, etc. Trumpism's yearning for a time gone by just looks silly in comparison
2) The age of social media. Whereas the socially conservative corners of the world certainly always existed, it wasn't in your face 20 years ago. In the social media age, it becomes front and center. And Gen Z sees all this craziness happening and is like - not on my watch
At least she has a trade to fall back on.
Bobo the clown has moved into the lead - not sure what votes are still to be counted. Mesa County has some, which will lean towards Bobo, while Pueblo County reportedly has more votes and should lean towards Frisch. Please Please Please Please.
Nailed on for a recount regardless you'd imagine.
Martin Alvito
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It will be decided by whose attorneys are more successful at finding reasons to disallow ballots (legally) that ordinarily would be counted.
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