again.

Like in 2016 and 2024.

I will still vote blue.

Some may do that for sure, but I’m betting the much larger number is simply people disassociating with the party, not with liberal policy.

Yep.

We should be able to turn this around, and need a more focused concentration imo.

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Sixty-one percent of Republicans agree that SNAP benefits should be raised, and a majority of Republicans stated they would feel less favorable toward their representatives in Congress if they voted for cuts.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-would-ravage-regions-won-by-donald-trump-while-giving-tax-breaks-to-the-rich/

Going forward the first big tell will be in Virginia and the election results for the Dems.

A lot of folks in the commonwealth were laid off, they are pissed and they know who to blame.
The liberty university idiot is not well liked. It would be helpful if people didn’t scour the internet for bad news from questionable sources like but her emails and Maggie whatever her last name. I’m not Pollyanna but it is demoralizing to constantly belittle us and it does travel to other blogs.

rather than finding a way to convince them we're doing good will get us through 2026. It will not win us 2028.

from what it was before the election.

and I feel like most of the people on this forum are going to vote in primaries for the most 'same' candidates they can possibly find.

and I feel like most of the people on this forum are going to vote in primaries for the most 'same' candidates they can possibly find.

or think they’ll just let TSF fail and sweep into power automatically instead of understanding how people might just be SICK TO DEATH of government of, for, and by the billionaires.

Or could it be following what the fathers of the Constitution wanted..................

Rules, laws, justice and positive amendments?

I didn’t say a thing about following or breaking rules or the constitution.

Doubt the numbers would look the same 8 months into 2025. Considering all the damage he’s done? I just don’t buy it.

They have no other recourse. That’s not to say they will vote Dem by default only, I just don’t see how sane people could vote otherwise. The worst thing is if they choose not to vote at all. These past few months should have made people realize that their vote counts. IMHO.

And yet, democrats have won or seriously over-performed in every single special election since January, and democrats are several points ahead of republicans in generic polls. I think the issue is that a very large number of democrats don’t think the Party is fighting hard enough, but that is changing.

Yet, the trends are worrisome, and what will be the remedy? That is my concern.

**There are now roughly 160,000 fewer registered Democrats than on Election Day 2024, according to L2’s data, and 200,000 more Republicans.

The point is if things were so dire, democrats would not be doing so well in special elections. After all, polls and registration numbers are not nearly as important as actual elections.

also generic approve disapprove

Politics is very fluid competition. What planks and platforms will the majority of voters go for today?
That’s what must be constantly adjust to.

The ideas that won in 1998 and 2008 probably won’t win in 2028.

And so it begins...

We had more money, we had more billionaires, and we lost. We have sucky policies that we can't even talk about without fear of being excommunicated.

Trump is one of the least popular politicians ever elected. Trump isn't running in 28, or 26. We have no backbench. We've become so doctrinaire that no one is on record as being against bad policies. I sure hope someone new steps up to run.