The president has historically been a factor. Trump’s broken with the trend, typically running several points ahead of the party as a whole.
After three electoral samples (more than most presidential candidates can ever claim), we’ve repeatedly seen people voting just for Trump and nobody else. Like, vote Trump, leave the rest of the ballot blank. Back in 2016, it was described as a “negative coat-tails” effect. Now, it’s more described as a pure cult of personality. Trump sucks in people who generally don’t like either party to vote exclusively for him.
He literally said himself that he cheated. The important point here is people rejecting the party because of him now. There are die hard maga not voting or even voting Dem out of spite.
He said he cheated. He said the Democrats cheated. He says whatever sounds good to him at the moment. That’s got nothing to do with the election results.
The important point here is people rejecting the party because of him now.
Why is it always “If they won, they must have cheated, but if I won then clearly the people have embraced my party instead”?
Why do elections only provide meaningful information when they break your way?
The president is always a factor in elections for their party.
The president has historically been a factor. Trump’s broken with the trend, typically running several points ahead of the party as a whole.
After three electoral samples (more than most presidential candidates can ever claim), we’ve repeatedly seen people voting just for Trump and nobody else. Like, vote Trump, leave the rest of the ballot blank. Back in 2016, it was described as a “negative coat-tails” effect. Now, it’s more described as a pure cult of personality. Trump sucks in people who generally don’t like either party to vote exclusively for him.
He literally said himself that he cheated. The important point here is people rejecting the party because of him now. There are die hard maga not voting or even voting Dem out of spite.
He said he cheated. He said the Democrats cheated. He says whatever sounds good to him at the moment. That’s got nothing to do with the election results.
Why is it always “If they won, they must have cheated, but if I won then clearly the people have embraced my party instead”?
Why do elections only provide meaningful information when they break your way?