in reality, as the Amash seat was never ours) and showed extremely plausible reasons why we lost them (all were red districts, and all but one were 2018 Blue Wave freshies and simply were victims of their districts reverting to norm.
EVERY election the Rethugs scream commie and socialist, they have since the Nixon years (even before, it happened since the 1950's and even back to FDR). Almost no Dems self-identify as dem socs (and I of all people, have cred on this issue as I have, since I joined the board said that the few who do are foolish to FALSELY self-label as such as they are NOT democratic socialists, they are bog standard social democrats, and it just invites the same old attacks) Bernie, AOC (who has walked it back a bit, certainly not led with it at all, thank fuck, and on balance, she is a massive PLUS for our Party IMHO, especially with the 40 and under vote, who turned out in massive numbers in 2018 and 2020) and a couple others are it, the only ones who claim dem soc. More importantly, even if those handful did not exist, the same bullshit commie! commie! tosh would be tossed out there by the Rethugs. Same as it always is.
And, besides, you are now trying to expand it beyond 'defund the police' (which you tossed out as the defining issue, you chose to do that, not me) to other issues.
You have not shown me any hard data, only anecdotal things, PLUS you cherry-picked out issues from your own article.
You left out (from your link)
They focused too narrowly on health care, when voters were also worried about the economy.
They didn't knock on doors to meet voters, focusing instead on phone calls, digital outreach and TV ads, due to the health risks of campaigning during the pandemic.
They lost Latino voters in some places, and white, working class men in others.
They did not pass more COVID aid through Congress when Americans needed help most.
And perhaps most importantly, Democrats are coming to grips with the fact that whether President Donald Trump is e-elected or defeated by rival Joe Biden, they still have a problem understanding and winning over Trump voters.
You also failed to rebut any of my arguments I made for each and every race, very focused, specific ones on a case-by-case basis.
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