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spooky3

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1. I think this is somewhat of an overreach. Virginia is

Sat May 24, 2025, 10:47 AM

May 24

Purple, having fairly recently shifted from red as the population shifted to more urban relative to rural and exurban. There is no way that Dems would win statewide with 70 percent of the vote, without extreme economic and other problems. No one ever has.

The best piece of evidence that McAuliffe wasn’t the problem is that the NJ election was extremely close the same year, and NJ is much more consistently blue than is VA.

The second best piece of evidence is that the offices of lieutenant governor and attorney general, who are not connected electorally to each other or the governor, were also swung to Rs.

Messaging can be improved as can other things that Dems do.

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If we really want to talk about "messaging", look to Virginia [View all] maxrandb May 24 OP

I think this is somewhat of an overreach. Virginia is spooky3 May 24 #1

Can you define a more "extreme" problem than a violent coup? maxrandb May 24 #3

Here's the problem with that message TnDem May 24 #6

And that is the problem maxrandb May 24 #7

But it isn't and that's the fact TnDem May 24 #8

McAuliffe was Dominion Energy's do-boy Mysterian May 24 #2

They seem to love corporate Retrumplicans though maxrandb May 24 #4

McAuliffe did everything he could to kiss Dominion's ass during his gubernatorial campaign Mysterian May 24 #5