If one had to imagine a scenario in which the Democratic Party lost control of the House and Senate in 2022’s midterm elections, the current picture would probably include rising crime rates and a too-slow economic recovery. Predicting such a thing all but guarantees that the actual most salient issue in the country in November of next year will be something completely different and random, like whether robots should do the Pledge of Allegiance, but for the moment money and the murder rate are the big issues in the news that concern almost every type of voter.
The public is also pretty sharply divided on whether Democrats or Republicans are better on the issue of crime. When asked whether Biden or former President Donald Trump has done a better job handling crime, 34 percent of respondents to the YouGov/Yahoo poll said Trump, while 32 percent said Biden. (Fifteen percent thought the two were about equally good on crime.) Of course, this just mirrors people’s existing partisan preferences — a majority of Republicans preferred Trump’s handling, while a majority of Democrats preferred Biden’s — but that just bolsters the theory that crime isn’t an issue that’s changing anybody’s mind.Let's start with the obvious. A Yahoo poll comparing President Trump to President Biden (especially in the wake of how the left felt about Jan 6th) really has very little relevance to which Party or which policies people prefer when it comes to crime prevention. The article suggests that Democrats (and their supporters) are tied to the idea of spending crime out of poor areas with new social programs. While this might appear popular in some polling, I doubt the same people who are worried about crime to the point where it would affect their vote are the same one who believe that we just need to spend more money and the "root cause" of crime will go away.
The political messaging about the situation will be more simplistic and rhetorical. Like it or not, the Democrats will not be able to avoid the questions about supporting the defund the police efforts that came up across the board. While they can attempt to run from it, they won't be able to hide. For most people the idea of reducing crime includes an increase (not decrease) in law enforcement. Moreover the lax prosecution policies in big Democratic strongholds will be offered up as proof that the "soft on crime" attitudes that clearly exist in liberal circles is damaging our country.
This is a ridiculous article making a ridiculous argument. Of course, what do you expect when you read something from Slate.com. I might as well write an article stating that Republicans have a real shot at winning the debate over which Party is the most woke. Yeah, it's that ridiculous.
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Defund the police never was part of the Biden agenda.
It certainly is part of 5he democrat agenda. There arr many dem leaders on record supporting it.
Even the WaPo has admitted it. Biden, lime in most things, is irrelevant.
Unlike any prior midterm election, the previous president remains the dominant guide to his party’s voters. While Donald Trump will inspire his base to turn out to vote, he will just as reliably turn out Democrats, many of whom would not have otherwise voted in a midterm election. The result of the 2018 election was a rebuke of Trump, and it may be so again in 2022.
If the Democrats pass the infrastructure bill and again use the reconciliation process to pass the Child Care act. The Democrats could reverse history one more time again.
Don't forget that we elected the first African American man as the President, and reelected him.
Trump is a burden on the Republicans. There are many groups who are actively involved in increasing turnout, despite the Republicans attempt to reverse Reconstruction one more time.
Trump was a one time phenomenon.
He lost the election day in record numbers, and despite the big lie, the Republican party is shrinking.
Defunding the police is not going to work.
As long as the economy continues to grow, and despite minor inflation, wages are going up rapidly because the employers are having trouble finding employees. Wages will increase sufficiently to pay for higher gasoline prices.
And the automobile industry is going to go electrical powered vehicles.
Defunding the police is not going to work.
Slate make more sense than your ridiculous post yesterday morning.
woke woke woke woke.
Russia Russia Russia in reverse
I just pointed out at 9:20AM in the next thread down that Ch is putting politics ahead of people's lives.
Reverend...
Should I go back to showing how many people died under Biden's watch - even though he was handed multiple vaccines and infrastructure that was providing over a million doses a day?
Which btw... is up over 210,000 people dead in less than six months.
ing how many people died under Biden's watch -
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM TRACEABLE TO TRUMPS INACTION AND WISH MANAGEMENT!!!!! TOO BAD YOU WERE NOT ONE OF THEM!!!!!
Five Undervaccinated Clusters Put Entire U.S. at Risk
July 8, 2021 at 4:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 51 Comments
“A new data analysis identifies clusters of unvaccinated people, most of them in the southern United States, that are vulnerable to surges in Covid-19 cases and could become breeding grounds for even more deadly Covid-19 variants,” CNN reports.
“The five clusters are largely in parts of eight states, starting in the east in Georgia and stretching west to Texas and north to southern Missouri. The clusters also include parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and are made up of mostly smaller counties but also cities such as Montgomery, Alabama; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Amarillo, Texas.”
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