Don't kid yourself. Trump is fucked. He won on a mixture of technicality, protest vote, a demotivated base, and the fact that they ran literally the most hated woman in America.
Oh, this ought to be fun.
Many people didn't vote for him but against her.
Well yes, because they'd rather have him than Clinton. That will also be the same issue when the next DNC or RNC candidate is put forward; people will vote against almost as much as for. That has always been a strategic concern of the process.
Let's face it, the DNC didn't and still doesn't, want Bernie Sanders. I could go into his complete lack of intelligence, the fact that he stutters like a retard, the fact that all of his plans would bankrupt the country (and has bankrupted other countries--Venezuela), and has the stamina of a dying old man. Bernie is unacceptable to the DNC, because he is un-electable. He simply had a strong base within the DNC for people who wanted free shit.
As for a demotivated base, yes there is some truth to that. Acting like that is some sort of new thing though is outright absurd. The DNC's power blocs have always had the problem of unity. It's a massive coalition, but they all have different aims. That means more internal fighting, more bickering, and hence they tend to lose large elections. The RNC has a smaller voting bloc, but their goals don't get in the way of each other. Greater unity, less bickering, and hence they have a strong line. The only way the DNC can win is if they get a populist president who can paper over the policy concerns. Barak Obama and Bill Clinton had that charisma and appeal. Hillary Clinton did not.
Protest vote? Sure, there are protests votes. And yes, there was some voting against than for, but that has been a strategic concern for centuries. As has the electoral. The DNC insistence on having not loss based purely on voter numbers, is really just a way for them to save face. It's so really fucking stupid people who get headaches from using the old brain jar can feel warm and snugly in their tum tums.
Lets be honest, the current democratic leadership has been utterly failing at "Party" for years. As long as they keep lobbyists and rich campaign doners happy they were perfectly fine with letting it go to hell. After all, engaging thier base might actually mean moving economically to the left of Regan...
Yes. And so were the Republicans for the past 8-16 years. Both parties have been failing at maintaining their party. This is not really surprising; this happens every now and again as concerns and situations change. The parties we have in 2020 are not going to match up to the ones in 1920. Or 2120. The critical failure point for the DNC though, has been reached. The Neo-Liberals discredited themselves in 2016 by running Clinton. And sure, all the Dems pretended to be onboard because, 'it was time' or 'I'm with her', as if anyone gives a shit about meaningless slogans. And yes, they ran one of the most powerful, corrupt, and unlikable politicians in the US.
And now our front runners are...Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. And maybe Booker from far left field. Oh, boy.
They flipped the House hard and fast, and the only reason they didn't nail the senate was because the senators up for election was the Obama 2012 presidential batch and thus already leaned very democrat.
Hard and fast? You huffing paint?
They shifted the balance by 38 seats, after two years of a Russian Investigation and constant allegations and attacks on the President. The Democrats barely had to put forward half-sane candidates to get their butts in those seats. In 2020, that won't work. Russian Investigation is over. The Democrats have all but stalled on calling for Impeachment. Trump is leading a strong economy. The Democratic candidates are doing so bad that Dems are getting angry at the debates, because they think they look like idiots (they do). You can't get away with #Resist anymore. You have to put forward a leader. And that leader will be what people think about when they vote in 2020.
And for comparison, the 112th Congress saw Obama lose more seats to the Republicans.
111th Congress
House/Senate
Reps -- 179/41
Dems -- 255/57 (+2 Indies)
112th Congress
House/Senate
Reps -- 240/47
Dems -- 191/51 (+2 Indies)
Compare that to the 116th Congress:
House/Senate
Reps -- 197/53
Dems -- 235/45 (+2 Indies)
Democrats lost 64 seats after Obama was in. Trump lost only 38 seats.
Democrats tend to do better during presidential years.
And we all know that Republicans vote late!
More pseudo-intellectual nonsense. Yes, the opposing party to the President will do better, but that's not an assurance that Trump will lose. Going by the records of Trump and Obama, Trump has a solid chance of re-election. He might possibly lose the Senate, he might not. He may even regain the House back.
Bernie would have eaten Turmp alive.
No, he wouldn't.
Bernie Sanders got his ass plugged by fucking Ted Cruz.
