Why did Nov 4 happen?
By Bob Small
Why did Nov 4 happen?
There may not be one singular reason why the Democratic landslide of November 4th happened, but there’s a thicket of theories. Starting with the legacy media.
Donald Trump attributed Republicans losses in part to his absence from the ballot. Others blamed the cndidates along with the economy. Then there was the shutdown. One anonymous source said “People aren’t feeling the promises kept.”
Another left-leaning Source, the Daily Beast opined that “MAGA has descended into a blamefest”, even including the opinion that Trump had “prioritized foreign affairs over problems at home”.
Podcaster Jack Posobiec said “the GOP had failed to get out the vote while bogged down by internal feuds amid a string of texting scandals.” He felt that they had failed in basic GOTV steps.
Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy concurred, saying that “that the party’s takeaway should be to prioritize “affordability” over “identity politics.”
The New York Post, in shock from the New York City mayoral results said “Priority No. 1: Stop letting Dems be the loudest voices on affordability. “
They also mentioned Trump had presented himself as an “everyman” but “now, he’s building a $300 million ballroom onto the East Wing, bragging about his marble-and-gold-drenched Lincoln bathroom renovation “
The Washington Examiner is much mellower, saying “Off-year election results are never a cause for panic, but they are a relevant data point” Further on in this article, the point is made that the incumbent party is usually the one punished for bad economic results. Their advice is that Trump should go away from the “Tariff Regime” and “ pivot to an all-out affordability agenda. “
Matt Schlapp of the “Conservative Political Action Conference says “Chill” His opinion is “they will not derail the party’s prospects for 2026 or slow President Donald Trump’s momentum in the White House. “ and that the results were “countercyclical” and adds that “It’s very hard when Donald Trump is the president taking on the swamp, which needs to be taken on and drained “
There’s a lot of lessons from this election and, hopefully, we learn them
I’m sure it had absolutely nothing to do with the machines failing year after year after year to be properly certified during logic and accuracy testing. Nothing to see here.
If “identity politics” is code for “bending over backwards to prioritize Israel over even the most basic American values,” then I agree with Vivek, but he needs to be more specific. It wasn’t otherwise about race, sex, or anything else.
To Trump’s comment, I would add that Kamala wasn’t on the ballot, either. Take New York City, for example. There was a real Democratic primary (so real that party leaders went into panic mode over the results), and the result was a well-spoken, charismatic candidate whom voters loved.
In off year elections, Republic Voters are too lazy to get off their duffs to get involved and to simply go vote. It’s a real shame and one that the state and national GOP leaders have never addressed. But the Republican Party never ever misses a chance to ask for money, each and every day. Where does the money go pray tell? Thanks goodness that Berks County at least has its Patriot Group to help carry the day, because the state Republican Party is missing in action to say the least to get Republican knowledgeable about the real issues which they should be concerned about.
As far as the “charismatic” candidate, the word taqiya is more appropriate.
Also the fact that over 40% of New Yorkers are foreign born and there was only 12% overall voter turnout is telliny.
Mandami should be denaturalized and deported based on the 1954 Communist Control Act.
Hardly a landslide. Democrats won in blue states, where they were expected to win.
In NYC, those running against Mamdami were bad candidates, with virtually no chance to win.
In VA, Sears ran a poor campaign. If she had spent more time talking about the economy, how it has improved, and what she would do to continue that work, and less time talking about trannies, she might have won against an arguably weak candidate (and vapid and talentless).
NJ was probably the closest.
But hardly a landslide.