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In reply to the discussion: How can a disease with a 1% mortality shut down the United States? Glad you asked. [View all]WSHazel
(159 posts)That is how many voted for Trump, despite Republicans' catastrophically terrible handling of the pandemic. Many of this 74 million are idiots, but many of them did not think that Democrats had a realistic plan for dealing with the pandemic. I think Trump was going to lose even if there was no covid, so in all likelihood Biden picked up few or no votes since February. Republicans won most of the contested Senate seats, picked up seats in the House, and didn't lose a single state legislature chamber. Defeating the worst President in American history by 4 points and razor sharp margins in 5 states is nothing to brag about. I think the Democrats' approach to the pandemic was a big part of the problem, and likely a net negative for Democrats.
Democrats have to come up with a better pitch on the pandemic, and convince some of these voters that they have a plan for dealing with the virus, or we are going to lose in 2022 and 2024. Saying the other guy sucks is not enough.