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in NY state (a reminder that

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:44:20 +0000

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in NY state (a reminder that it is part rural)

Now THIS is interesting

Roughly same number of Dems/GOP voters says fighting crime should be top priority for state legislators next year...

about the same number who say the same about "creating economic opportunities"

Pandemic ranks #3 pic.twitter.com/fyVecWyH6k
— Zach Williams (@ZachReports) December 7, 2021

Senators Ossoff and Warnock

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 15:30:49 +0000

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Senators Ossoff and Warnock don't need Bullock's advice, they learned all that and more on the very hard campaign trail:

Georgia U.S. Senators Warnock, Ossoff secure over $306M to keep 1,500 rural hospitals, clinics, and doctors offices in rural Georgia open. #GASen https://t.co/Lkoogk41Ly
— Chris (@RuralChrisLee) December 5, 2021

Especially noted is someone makes sure it's covered on the local news.

Fallows on US democracy's

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 11:04:48 +0000

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Fallows on US democracy's structural problems

https://digbysblog.net/2021/12/04/the-problem-is-structural/

Media bias counts? What to do

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:30:48 +0000

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Media bias counts? What to do?

https://digbysblog.net/2021/12/04/both-sides-journalism-is-killing-democ...

Gov. Bullock's op-ed

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 08:25:29 +0000

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Gov. Bullock's op-ed continues with lots of suggestions.

an important excerpt from the

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 07:04:47 +0000

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an important excerpt from the Dec. 3 Martin interview with pollster Stryker in #1 above

One of the things you also said in the memo was that McAuliffe’s strategy of linking Mr. Youngkin to former President Donald Trump was ineffective. What in the conversations with your groups made that clear?

The respondents kind of laughed at that approach. They said, “Oh, these silly ads that compared Youngkin to Trump — he just doesn’t seem like that guy.” The thing that these people disliked about Trump was that they didn’t like Donald Trump the person; it wasn’t Donald Trump the constellation of policies. That may very well have been the best message that McAuliffe had, but if we are in that position again, we’re going to lose a ton of races. We’ve got to have something better.

How much does Mr. Biden himself take the blame with these voters? Is his name invoked?

It’s Biden, Democrats — they all come together.

But it’s not like with Trump, where voters single him out?

No, and also none of these people regretted their choice and wish they had voted for Trump.

Did you ask that question?

I asked it a couple of different ways: “Do you think you made a mistake last year?” or, “If you had the choice in a year, would you change your vote?” Nobody was interested in Trump. It was not even a question for them.

Read the rest of the interview in full at the link above. Looks like if you're interested in Democrats keeping control of Congress in 2022 and gaining back more control of state houses, you'll quit fighting Trump in your head (along with his troll pals like Majorie Taylor Greene and Ted Cruz), as he doesn't matter with the voters you need to win over. (Oh and it's likely they want to keep you touting wokeness to distract and keep important swing voters thinking you're snotty socialist elites.)

Democrats were able to

Orion — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 06:58:56 +0000

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Democrats were able to convince rural voters back in the 1930s - 1960s. What would it take to ever win that back?

Related Dagblog threads

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 06:47:27 +0000

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1) IF REPUBLICANS SWEEP IN 2022, THERE ARE NO EXCUSES

By Orion on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 6:27am |

The Real Clear Politics generic congressional vote average has Republicans leading Democrats nationally by a solid 4-point margin, which seems to be the first time Republicans have led the poll in a very long time.

and including in comments Twitter discussion by Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, Jon Favreau and others on the Stryker memo about focus group studies with Virginia voters

also Jonathan Martin's interview with Stryker for the Dec. 2 NYTimes.

2) NOV. 2 ELECTION ANALYSIS

By artappraiser on Wed, 11/03/2021 - 10:22pm

lots more recent analysis

3) JAMES CARVILLE: “WOKENESS IS A PROBLEM AND WE ALL KNOW IT”

By artappraiser on Tue, 04/27/2021 - 2:08pm

very long thread of political analysis, April thru August, where almost everything still holds up well!