A record number of House Republicans are not seeking re-election, the most since the Great Depression, with Republicans far outpacing Democrats. Eric Garcia breaks down the numbers

There are plenty of reasons to believe that Democrats are headed toward a blue wave. Democrats are turning out in record numbers in primary contests even in “safe” races. They continue to over-perform in special elections, even flipping the state legislative seat that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Added to that, the war in Iran is already causing Trump to crater with groups of voters that had boosted him to reelection such as Latino voters. And most major pollsters show that voters would overwhelmingly vote for a generic Democrat for Congress compared to a generic Republican.

But one of the biggest indicators of an impending Democratic win come November is the number of Republicans in the House of Representatives not running for reelection.

  • Didntdoit71@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Never deny the Democrats the ability to totally fucking seize a failure from the jaws of victory.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      2 days ago

      And comments like yours give them permission to continue to do nothing. They’re scumbag politicians, and if you tell them that we’ll accept failure AGAIN, then that’s exactly what they’ll give us, and just keep on insider trading. They have never feared losing, because they think losing with integrity is good enough, and we have to make them understand that they have to fear us FAR more than they fear losing.

      And your assumptions that they’ll just lose is contradicted by the fact that Dems have won something like 30 out of 30 special elections, and flipped a whole bunch. If Schmuck & Jeffries want to accept primary losses to progressive candidates who actually want to represent working Americans, then I’ll even support a going away party for them.

      We’ve got to stay on top of them every second, and make sure they understand our demands, and there are signs that they are. Last Fall, they folded as soon as things got uncomfortable in the airports, and the outrage was ENORMOUS. They must have heard us, because this time they knew better, and have held tight, and there has been chaos in the airports, as people who still have enough money to fly their families on Spring Break, stood in line for hours, and pondered their past and future votes for MAGA.