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Um never? Moderate democrats gained more power than socialists last night. And there is still a Republican president. Idk why people are saying there’s gonna be some Marxist takeover.

Exactly. It’s not just deporting illegals. Even people who broke no laws and were going through the normal legal process were being detained. Heck, even some citizens were detained. Even Latinos wanted the border closed, but they also all know someone who’s been affected by Trump 2.0s policies on immigration in a way they perceive to be overreach. I don’t understand why that’s so hard for some people on this board to see

Blame them for tarriffs? The war in Iran? Not releasing the Epstein files? ICE killing people? My brother, that was all Trump almost single-handedly. And all of those things are part of what led to this blue wave.

See my above comment. It doesn’t really matter if they can or can’t right now. They don’t have the presidency, so they can just blame Trump if he vetos all their initiatives. Thats different than Trump having full control of the the govt (presidency, congress, and favorable courts) and still breaking his promises. The best they can do is try to strike some bipartisan deals with Trump to sign. We’ll see if that actually happens, and if not, each side will just blame the other.

Trump only has himself to blame for squandering his 2 years of trifecta control

The most surprising upset, Colom winning in Mississippi, literally said it point blank:

“‘I’m going to get you what you were promised in 2024,’ he said, citing three issues he brought up with them: lower grocery prices, an end to wars and the full and transparent release of the Epstein files.”

Voters didn’t vote for progressivism. In fact moderate democrats from red areas seem to be the big winners of last night, not progressives or socialists. They voted for the the same things that Trump campaigned and won on in 2024, but did the opposite of in office. He directly imposed tariffs that made it way harder to ease inflation, started a war in the Middle East he doesn’t know how to get out of, and has been the opposite of transparent and anti-corruption (re: being cagey about the Epstein files even tho they weren’t even that bad for him, accepting a new jet from foreign countries, openly profiting off of the office, etc).

So what do the dems do? They run on the exact same thing. And get a blue tsunami. The only thing they could use that Trump didn’t was perhaps ICE and immigration overreach, given that is likely what swung conservative-leaning Latinos so hard away from Trump. Everything else was just Trumps 2024 playbook. If Trump had just executed on his promises and been a touch more competent, I don’t think we’d be here today.

Ok but this is the computer rankings with NO poll voter calculation. Thats what referring to, not the BCS as a whole

cool story. even the no polls version of the BCS matches pretty close to the polls.

Also in Texas, ICE. Latinos there voted to close the border in 2024, and voted against a militarized ICE that basically became Trumps personal secret police. The Latino swing is a huge part of what moved Texas so far. Trump's immigration agenda is not popular nationally.

lol ICE's mass deportations of non-criminals is one of the reasons for the slaughter last night. Americans want a strong border, most do not support Trumps heavy hand, round everybody up even if it means detaining legal residents approach. The ICE raids are a key part of why the public soured on him.

Oh no, Lord forbid people not be loyal to a party and hold politicians accountable with their vote! Give me a break. Voters SHOULD be “wishy washy”. Don’t reward politicians who break promises and don’t deliver with a vote just because you’re “loyal”. Goes for both parties. More independently minded voters is a good thing.