After the Midterms, the Democrats Should Do Some Soul-Searching
Republicans wasted a plum opportunity last night. But Democrats may have squandered voter backlash to GOP extremism by lacking an economic message.
The Democrats aren’t capturing the sense of dissatisfaction that is roiling the United States.
As results continue to trickle in, it’s safe to say two things about the 2022 midterms. One, the Republicans massively underperformed, squandering what should’ve been a slam dunk at a time of significant voter discontent. Two, this is one of the stranger election results in modern political memory.
In the end, there was no red wave, at least not nationally. Republicans romped in Florida ― which has moved sharply to the right, with even the formerly reliably blue Miami-Dade County giving Governor Ron DeSantis the best GOP margin in decades ― and in New York of all places, where a combination of factors led Republicans to sweep Long Island races, building on GOP success there last year, and possibly ending eleventh-hour Democratic hopes to hold on to the House.
Everywhere else in the country? Not so much.
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