GOP post mortem

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

The economy: cost of living, gas, tarriffs. That's mostly it. Just like with the Dem post mortem. Trump building a ballroom and making a point of earning money from oil and grift was insulting to the working poor. Some MAGAs held fast anyway, but this was not about ideology just like it wasn't about ideology when Kamala Harris lost.

 

[Harry Bosch]

The economy: cost of living, gas, tarriffs. That's mostly it. Just like with the Dem post mortem. Trump building a ballroom and making a point of earning money from oil and grift was insulting to the working poor. Some MAGAs held fast anyway, but this was not about ideology just like it wasn't about ideology when Kamala Harris lost.

Yep! Ice overreach very big also.

 

[Harry Bosch]

The economy: cost of living, gas, tarriffs. That's mostly it. Just like with the Dem post mortem. Trump building a ballroom and making a point of earning money from oil and grift was insulting to the working poor. Some MAGAs held fast anyway, but this was not about ideology just like it wasn't about ideology when Kamala Harris lost.

Ai data centers very big issue also

 

[Elixir]

All the above, but mainly, the novelty has worn off, the pain has set in and the masses are pissed off and no longer amused. We may yet be glad the right wing is armed.

 

[Derec]

Trump overreached, interpreting dissatisfaction with Biden/Harris as some sort of generational mandate.

Dems are looking at a huge wave election in 2026, and are likewise in danger of overreaching, esp. with whom they nominate for 2028. This election just made AOC 2028 far more likely than it would be otherwise.