But it is what you summarized as the conclusion of your missive.



You "wrote" one set of info to start but then came up with a conclusion that left out a whole bunch of variables.



What do you mean by "swing election"? It was a mid-term election that actually had some record turnout bringing about significant results in favor of the Democratic Party's embrace of a grassroots strategy - not just at the federal level but on down the ticket into the state and municipal elections. In essence, the 2018 turnout was unprecedented -

The 2018 midterms had the highest turnout since before World War I
How Trump made political engagement great again.
By Ella Nilsenella.nilsen@vox.com Dec 10, 2018, 7:30am EST

Americans are more civically engaged than they have been in more than 100 years.

The two years between President Donald Trump’s win in 2016 and the 2018 midterms ushered in a new era of political engagement in America, not seen since the early 1900s and the 1960s civil rights and anti-war movements.

That culminated in November’s midterm elections. While House Democrats picked up 40 seats in a wave election (they didn’t fare nearly as well in the Senate), an important number to focus on is the sheer number of people who voted in 2018, compared to past midterms.

50.1 percent of the voting-eligible population in the US turned out to cast their ballots in this year’s midterms, according to the United States Elections Project, a database about the United States electoral system run by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald. In raw numbers, that means 118,044,470 votes were cast.

The oft-mentioned "the party who controls the WH always loses seats in the mid-terms" "swing" suggestion is not always significant and usually includes a major drop in voter turnout. This past election had the opposite underlying effect of a record mid-year turnout.



I don't disagree with that, but that is not what you were originally arguing. You pretty much dismissed what just happened 5 months ago and preferred to go back before the 2016 election with a dig, not even acknowledging any changes, and citing stats that are no longer up to date. There are grassroots orgs out there who are actually teaching people how to run for office and organize for candidates and these people are not GOPers. They are Democrats. They have put an infrastructure in place for the future and that is what will bolster getting votes out when it comes time for the top-of-the-ticket election in 2020.