Ageism

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A breakdown of the mid-term vote by age and race reveals that white people between the age of 45 and 64 are the absolute worst. White people over the age of 64 are a close second, and white people 30-44 are not exactly superstars. And yes...It is more than a little embarrassing to be in the demographic cohort most dedicated to toxic MAGA nonsense.

“Whites First” Ad on WSTW

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Did anyone else hear the rabidly racist, white nationalist radio ad on WSTW yesterday? It was enclosed by two statements from the station that they didn't endorse the whites first, Democrats are all black lesbians out to castrate white men* message of the ad. *That's not a direct quote. I'm trying to get to the spirit of the ad.

DL Open Thread Wednesday Nov 9 2022- Statewide, There is no DEGOP to speak of

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I have worried about my triumphalism around the idea that DEGOP is basically defunct statewide and that "the Dem primary is the election." These worries continue to be unfounded. There is no statewide GOP in Delaware. Not a single Republican candidate collected more than 148,000 votes.
LEE MURPHY Republican - REP 138,177 42.97 %
JULIANNE E. MURRAY Republican - AG 147,353 46.17 %
JANICE LORRAH Republican - Auditor 145,145 45.8 %
GREG COVERDALE Republican - Treas 147,293 46.36 %
With no statewide races to really worry about Delaware Democrats need to do a better job leveraging that statewide dominance to win down ballot. That Ramone is still in the Legislature is a goddam disgrace.   Ignoring these races and allowing guys like Buckson to go unchallenged is a misuse of the party's dominance.

Closing Arguments / Inflation

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The GOP:  Inflation is high so we need to fire Joe Biden and all Democrats on the ballot. Fetterman: Inflation is high so we have to tackle the corporate greed that is behind the sky high prices. Establishment Democrats:  Inflation is high so we need to raise interest rates to curb the demand for houses and cars, which will slow overall economic growth, and increases unemployment.  That will in turn reduce demand across the economy, and potentially lower prices on household staples.

It’s the GOTV, Stupid.

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For 30 years now Republicans work hard to solidify their base and activate some portion of a large pool of non-voters by driving turnout around a narrow set of voter concerns and grievances. Democrats seek out the 5 "undecided" voters in "the middle" and attempt appeal to them with some watered down approach to addressing narrow set of voter concerns and grievances that the GOP says are very important.  This wins over 2 of the 5 "undecided" voters, and de-activates the Democratic base. I can't believe I've been doing this for so long and this losing strategy is still Democratic Party orthodoxy.