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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Really depends on what the question asked. I’d mostly trust the GSS to report the data correctly, but not really trust Wapo to do so. I looked at GSS questions (can’t view data on mobile) and it seems like Wapo might be being drawing some misleading conclusions from the data, as no question specifically asked this. Hard to be sure.





  • This is indeed an important step.

    One of the biggest failures of the Democratic party over the past 20 years was the complete abandonment of some “red” areas. After winning with the 50-state strategy in 2008, they just abandoned it. They wouldn’t run candidates in some congressional elections, let alone local ones. Pelosi prevented most congress people from going on Fox News for years, etc.

    This made the Rove-inspired painting of the Democratic party as “elite”, “coastal”, “urban” etc etc much easier for OP-aligned messengers.

    While the Democratic party policies are usually more beneficial to most citizens than GOP policies, it’s not a surprise many voters still felt like the Democratic party was not theirs.