I don't watch television. I guess that is why I was absolutely floored when the election went the way it did.
@elbutterfield Nah, we are relentlessly watching news and nothing prepared me.
Polls were close, closer than made sense as other elections where abortion rights or other specific rights were on this ticket had gone. But....
Perfect storm of malaise of certain "progressives"; and a ton of uninformed voters using it as a referendum on inflation itself (worldwide it seems.)
I was prepared for close swing state votes, not overall. Voter suppression at state levels hurt too.
@elbutterfield Messaging apparently has to work ar the level of the sheep in Animal Farm. Tons of people just don't keep up. Flood them with simple slogans and all the evidence in the world to the contrary doesn't move them.