thoughts on the “red ripple” and american tribal politics
i know a lot of people were expecting a “red wave” but as i had been cautioning, that’s A LOT harder than it looks and despite massive and widespread anger at team donkey over the economy, inflation, covid, crime, schools, and 30 other things, in the end there is an old political adage that generally dominates: “you can’t beat something with nothing.” and with a few notable exceptions, the GOP pretty much ran “nothing” and this matters because US politics is mostly about inertia and “nothing goes nowhere.” on the order of 80% of americans vote a “straight” party ticket of either all blue or all red. less than 5% splits R/D. this means it is VERY hard to move the needle in anyplace that is not balanced on a knife edge pre-election.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/you-cant-beat-something-with-nothing
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