Ds can certainly be better at messaging, but the major problem for them is that white supremacy is really popular with white people, and the Senate especially is tilted to give disproportionate power to white people.
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there is no magical messaging that is going to change that, and Ds are in fact often harmed by the fact that *they think* that they can win through tweaking messaging—rather than through, like, enfranchising DC.
This exactly. In America it’s not about the price of eggs, it’s always about race and the politics of resentment. If the Dems aren’t playing power politics against the racist right, they’re losing.
but actual election results and just the history of the US as a whole strongly suggests that identity is a much more powerful driver of votes than messaging.
but if Trump allows elections, there's a good chance he's going to get drubbed in midterms kind of no matter what Ds say. he's doing tons of unpopular stuff and the out party usually does well in midterms anyway.
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people who follow politics super closely obsess over messaging because *they listen to messaging constantly.*