“During their debate, GOP challengers suggested Trump and his movement are among the reasons Republicans lost in many of the off-year elections this week. The Republican reversals included a gubernatorial race in Kentucky and an abortion rights referendum in Ohio.”
No. It’s because the Republican Party is inherently anti-democratic and anti-Constitutional.
Americans are starting to figure it out.
I'd LIKE to think this is true, but I'm not convinced that the exigent issues of the day aren't driving more people's voting patterns than an overall recognition that one of the principal parties is entirely bankrupt. There are a TON of people who don't pay the attention we do. Look how easily Glenn Youngkin manipulated perception with a couple of ginned up issues and managed to become governor of Virginia two years ago!
Youngkin didn’t succeed in getting a Republican legislature, so people ARE learning.
What happened two years ago didn’t happen Tuesday.
There is reason for optimism.
Oh, I know, and I'm deeply grateful for that. But what happened two years ago happened just 12 months after the states voters recognized the danger of reelecting the screaming shitgibbon. Enough of them couldn't recognize the similarities in Youngkin's policies, if not his presentation, and let themselves get caught up in bathroom panic and CRT BS.
That's why I hesitate to think, "Ahhhhh, NOW it's all different."