Sean Trende had been pretty sure this would close to around 2 percent, but now feels like it will end up somewhere near 4 percent. I looked at 2020 and from the Thursday after the election to the where it ended up, it moved just under 2% towards the Democrats mainly because Democratic states and counties are bad at thing like counting, organization, and math, But hey, like anyone with a mental disability we have to be patient with them. After all, they are Democrats. They vote for people like Biden and Fetterman to lead them by example.
No wonder Republican states can count millions of votes in a few hours, but it take days for Democrats to do the same thing.
It would be one thing if he Republicans had done really well in the previous election and already had more seats than their national total would reflect, but that is not the case. If they end up winning the popular vote by four points or more, they should be winning across the board. Oddly, those Democrats who complained that Trump won while losing the popular vote (because he won where it counts) are not going to have the same logic if the GOP is not rewarded for a 4-5 percent popular vote victory.
In fact, Democrats and liberals will suggest that in spite of losing the popular vote (which they will lose by probably four million) that this was an election that proves people want their policies. You can take that one to the bank, folks!
Now the the shoe is on the other foot... they don't seem to care much about that popular vote, huh? This is proof positive that you need to win the individual fights that matter, not just get more overall votes. This is a concept that the left has rejected for some time. But yet, is the political reality that they have fought against for election after election.
Ironically... I expect the large national popular vote lead that the GOP will garner will go pretty much unreported by the media. Popular vote makes all the difference in the world to them for a Presidential election (which is still about winning in the right places)... as long as they got more overall votes. But I doubt a Democrat or liberal media member will even bring the popular vote in 2022 up?Anyone want to suggest otherwise?
