Democrats need a midterm message that transcends Biden’s accomplishments or agenda, explains ed_kilgore
When voters vote in 2022, will they be thinking about Joe Biden, or something else? Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The signs are not good for Democrats hoping to hang onto their current Washington trifecta in the 2022 midterms. Actually, midterm prospects are never good for parties controlling the White House, unless the president involved has very high job-approval ratings and/or something weird is going on .
Democrats could run against Trump One obvious option is to do what worked to energize Democratic voters and persuade swing voters in 2018 and 2020: Help the narcissistic 45th president keep himself at the center of attention.
Democrats could run against threats to constitutional rights Two big state-driven political trends in 2021 offer Democrats another ripe target that has the additional advantage of offering a unified message relevant to candidates at both the federal and state levels: going after GOP attacks on voting rights and reproductive rights.
As Ron Brownstein points out, this approach takes advantage of the growing anger of vaccinated Americans — especially very highly vaccinated seniors, who also tend to vote in higher proportions in non-presidential elections than younger people — against those resisting vaccination and the politicians who defend them.
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