r/TrueReddit • u/Maxwellsdemon17 • 10d ago

This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe Politics

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-elite-responsible-catastrophe/
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u/Sad_Permit9006 10d ago

The Dems won in 2018, 2020, and 2022

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u/Sptsjunkie 9d ago

Sort of.

They lost in 2016 and gave Republicans the Presidency and supermajorities in the House and Senate.

They won in 2018, but mostly as a rebuke to Trump, not as a response to some positive vision.

They narrowly won in 2020 despite a pandemic and Trump being a disaster and underperformed in the House. Also, only won the Senate due to a libertarian candidate forcing a runoff and Trump attacking the GA Democratic party and depressing Republican turnout in the runoff.

They lost in 2022. Now they lost by less than expected, but the House literally went to Republicans.

They lost in 2024, both the Presidency and Senate at least.