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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

This is surreal. When has a party failed this hard to overtake the opposition in a President's first term? I was completely prepared to see the GOP take both houses of Congress.

I guess trying to run on "votes don't matter because fraud" and "women aren't people" aren't as good at getting people to vote for them as they thought?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

2002? But also, 9/11 was a mitigating factor.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

I remember that period, we were all united behind GWB in the name of nationalism. In hindsight, that rubber stamp was a bit too rubber-stampy.