Or how DSA endorsed Bradshaw in Tennessee did just as well as shit lib rock star Mcgrath in Kentucky.
Not a glowing endorsement, given the outcome of both races. Bradshaw did add 20k votes to Bredesen's haul in 2018, breaking 1M Tennessee Democrats. But Hagerty brought in 600k extra Republicans.
McGrath slipped 1k votes from 813k in 2016 to 812k in 2020, which is fucking pathetic. Meanwhile, McConnell added 200k to Rand's 1M vote election.
In both cases, the problem isn't so much that they lost. It's that they failed to significantly broaden the base of the Democratic Party. This, while Republicans are out there running up the scoreboard.
I'm willing to cut Texas Dems some slack, simply because they moved the needle from 4M votes in 2018 to 5.2M in 2020. The GOP just kept pace, adding 1.2M of their own in turn.
Dems have been banking for years on the theory that they'll demographically eclipse Republicans through inertia. 2020 suggests that just isn't true. It may well be Democrats who are staring down extinction, under these trends.
Not a glowing endorsement, given the outcome of both races. Bradshaw did add 20k votes to Bredesen's haul in 2018, breaking 1M Tennessee Democrats. But Hagerty brought in 600k extra Republicans.
McGrath slipped 1k votes from 813k in 2016 to 812k in 2020, which is fucking pathetic. Meanwhile, McConnell added 200k to Rand's 1M vote election.
In both cases, the problem isn't so much that they lost. It's that they failed to significantly broaden the base of the Democratic Party. This, while Republicans are out there running up the scoreboard.
I'm willing to cut Texas Dems some slack, simply because they moved the needle from 4M votes in 2018 to 5.2M in 2020. The GOP just kept pace, adding 1.2M of their own in turn.
Dems have been banking for years on the theory that they'll demographically eclipse Republicans through inertia. 2020 suggests that just isn't true. It may well be Democrats who are staring down extinction, under these trends.