Republicans incentivized in-migration of Democrat voters to the state, and are scratching their heads on why a number of its counties have shifted blue. New Hanover, for example, has voted for the Republican presidential nominee for president in every election since 1968 through 2016, with the exception of Jimmy Carter in his first term. Since 2020, the Democrat candidate at the top of the ticket has won every election, and Dems have swept multiple local elections all the way down the ballot. This isn’t a coincidence. It’s a result of demographic shifts/urbanization brought on by massive in-migration facilitated by growth incentives.
@WallStreetApes No mystery here. Whatley was a weak candidate and Cooper had already won six statewide elections in NC by getting a significant amount of crossover support.
@RapidResponse47 Trump didn’t use the word “amnesty,” but what he said means the same thing. This just shows how stupid the administration think its supporters are.
@SteveCortes Doubling down on his biggest blunders while caving on his key campaign promises is exactly why Republicans stayed home this election. I won’t feel an ounce of sympathy when the new Congress impeaches him.
Texas results by group (NBC exit poll):
🔴 White men: +23 Republican
🔴 White women: +13 Republican
🔵 Latino men: +19 Democrat
🔵 Latino women: +42 Democrat
🔵 Black men: +77 Democrat
🔵 Black women: +84 Democrat
🔵 All others: +10 Democrat
Like it or not, demographics are destiny
It doesn’t matter how good your candidates are. It doesn’t matter if you’re “winning marketplace of ideas.” What matters most is the demographic makeup of the electorate where your candidates are running. That is the largest factor in determining election outcomes. Yet, it seems to be the factor overlooked the most by GOP strategists.
Republicans hate their own voters. Their only “appeal” is to threaten us with worse if we don’t eat the slop. That’s not how Trump won the popular vote in 2024. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the consultant class want to return us to 2015. No thanks!
The GOP doesn't oppose identity politics
They embrace and engage in identity politics for Indians, blacks, hispanics, Jews, and Asians
It's only when white people ask for the same considerations as every other group in the country that identity becomes a problem
“If you can’t afford to live in your hometown, move.”
“If you can’t afford beef, eat something else.”
“If you’re not willing to pay more for gas in the name of preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, you’re unamerican.”
And Republicans wonder why so many young people are intrigued by socialism.
@CLGLZR And the irony is, no matter how much the TX Republicucks attack Bo to appease the foreigners in their districts, those foreigners still won’t vote for them.
@FoxNews Republicans have control of the House and Senate right now. These “dividends” were promised at the onset of DOGE, and look how that turned out. It’s not happening.
25% of all Mexicans live in the US. 70% rely on welfare.
10% of Guatemalans live here. 77% are on welfare.
12% of Nicaraguans live here. 75% rely on welfare.
12% of Haitians live here. 53% rely on welfare.
Boasting about the moral superiority of capitalism and telling young people who can’t afford rent to work harder and eat ramen isn’t going to turn anyone away from socialism. If anything, it achieves the opposite. This is a lesson Republicans clearly haven’t learned.