WiscoNolan

There was an almost extinction level wipeout of republicans across the country. Traditional red states like TX, IA, KS, SC moved left. There is weeping and gnashing of teeth on the right. To me, I wonder how anyone could have not seen this coming. Maybe not the sheer size of it, but the fact that it was going to happen. There is not a single reason. It would be neat and clean if there was. The closest thing to it, is a national rejection of Trump. But even that is to simplistic. It was many things. And different voters voted for different reasons. It was tariffs that raised prices and lost manufacturing jobs. It was the war in Iran and the subsequent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel. It was how immigration policy was mishandled doing deportations in the most cruel manner. It was the loss of decency. It was middle America saying we are struggling. It was ignoring a struggling electorate while simultaneously building a gold ballroom for the elites that no regular voter will ever see. It was broken promises. It was a sycophantic Congress unwilling to rein in the administration’s worst impulses. It was all of this.