What did Republicans do wrong?

What did Republicans get wrong in the two years immediately preceding the 2026 midterm elections?

  • Cost of living / affordability / inflation

  • Other general economic issues

  • Immigration / deportation / border security

  • Healthcare provision / availability

  • Taxing / budgeting / spending

  • Foreign policy (other than war)

  • War

  • Democratic institutions / authoritarian backsliding

  • Corruption, graft, etc.

  • Data centers / AI regulation

  • Other important issues somehow left off this list

  • On Planet X, the truth is out there

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PitPat said:
Trump.
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Time window of the OP question runs from end-of-month Nov 2024 through early Nov 2026; incumbent party leader is taken as a given.

If you could perhaps point out some of the specific things he got wrong, that would be more in keeping with the spirit of the question.
 
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d4m10n said:
Time window of the OP question runs from end-of-month Nov 2024 through early Nov 2026; incumbent party leader is taken as a given.

If you could perhaps point out some of the specific things he got wrong, that would be more in keeping with the spirit of the question.
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In the spirit of the question: All the above are due to Trump.
 
Norman Alexander said:
In the spirit of the question: All the above are due to Trump.
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Treating all of the above as equally important is very much against the spirit of the exercise.

(I suppose some people might feel that way, though, and they are entitled to their own incredibly idiosyncratic opinion.)
 
d4m10n said:
Treating all of the above as equally important is very much against the spirit of the exercise.

(I suppose some people might feel that way, though, and they are entitled to their own incredibly idiosyncratic opinion.)
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Your poll is trying to rank skin-sores, co-illnesses and insanity, when the unlisted cause of them all is long-term, end-stage syphilis.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Your poll is trying to rank skin-sores, co-illnesses and insanity, when the unlisted cause of them all is long-term, end-stage syphilis.
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What a vivid analogy! Not an argument, though.

American voters put Trump in office by a popular majority, so the question is how did he and his party (which controlled both houses of Congress) fail to live up to their expectations. The answer to that question comes down to issues rather than personalities.
 
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d4m10n said:
What a vivid analogy! Not an argument, though.

American voters put Trump in office by a popular majority, so the question is how did he and his party (which controlled both houses of Congress) fail to live up to their expectations.
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That's not what your list implies. If you want discussion on failure to meet expectations, it's not really a poll.
 
arthwollipot said:
The poll would only let me select up to 3 choices.
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All of those issues were a factor to at least some voters; the question is which ones had the most impact on the midterms.

This thread is intended to parallel the one for Democrats from two years ago.
 
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I'll vote for "all of the above" too. But I think that for the midterms the fuel prices resulting from Trump's sudden war were a large part of the dissatisfaction.
 
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