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Originally Posted by Slava
Well you know why the Democrats lost? It was basically all down to inflation and the cost of living. This happened to virtually every incumbent facing elections in the western world over the past couple years. To me, there’s no deep soul searching required and not a lot more to it than this. It was a close election, and cost of living was the biggest single factor.
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I think Trump's enduring unpopularity is masking a lot of Democratic weaknesses though. So sure the election was close, but that's because people hate Trump.
There are other warning signs that the Democrats are in very serious trouble if they stay on their current path. Recent polls from NBC and CNN have shown the party having 27% and 29% approval ratings, their lowest in the history of those polls, going back to 1990 and 1992 respectively.
And the current Democratic congressional approval rating among Democrats is -9 right now compared to +54 2 years ago and +75 2 years before that. The most recent party to have negative numbers among their own party at this point in the term were the Republicans right before Trump came onto the scene and upended the party.