Democratic Voters Deliver Another Gut Punch To Trump And Trumpism

Democracy won the day. Now, let’s do it again.

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by Bob Cesca

WASHINGTON, DC – The red wave turned out to be a red shart. If you don’t know what a “shart” is, feel free to look it up. Suffice to say, it’s gross and insignificant, sort of like Kevin McCarthy. 

But seriously, the Republicans got happy – they assumed they’d win and their complacency likely damaged what could’ve been the fabled red wave. Likewise, Democrats had the eye of the tiger this year, the attitude of the scrappy underdog, with women, Black voters, and young voters helping to smash turnout records, making Joe Biden one of the most successful first-term presidents in recent memory. 

It’s been 20 years since a midterm election was this favorable for the party in the White House. And the Republicans have only won the national popular vote once in the last 34 years. 

However, as of this writing, we don’t know which party will control Congress, but it appears as though the Democrats will hold the Senate, pending a runoff election in Georgia, while the Republicans might sneak over the goal line with a narrow House margin of a couple seats. That said, it’s still possible for the Democrats to retain their House majority, and if they do, it’ll be a wafer thin margin. In this case, a wafer thin margin for the Democrats would signify a resounding victory.