Why didn't the Blue Wave happen?

Biden will probably win but only just. He badly underscored his polling, as did the Democrats nationally.

Im not interested in Trumpian conspiracy theories about the polls and I get that Biden did win the popular vote on a high turnout. Even so...

Trump increased both his vote share and amount. The Lincoln Project made huge efforts to try and shift Conservatives to Biden but it didn't really materialise. In spite of all the things Trump has said and done, he increased his votes with minorities. In spite of his awful covid handling, he is still favoured by people who prioritise the economy.

Im interested in what people think.

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BlueVeins · 22-25

There [i]was[/i] a blue wave, but there also was a red wave so they kinda canceled out. Trump's ads about Kamala overthrowing Biden and doing SoCiAlIsM seemed absurd to us, but they succeeded at scaring the shit out of his base. So the far-right dummies came out in bigger numbers than before and voted Trump. No doubt Biden suffered from a lack of enthusiasm ofc since his policy is neocon corporatism, but after the pandemic and stuff that's all a lot of people needed.

Edit: Also, the Lincoln Project was a dumb fucking idea, McCarthyism just doesn't sell in 2020 and it's as simple as that.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@BlueVeins I mean, the right wing mccarthyism works with Antifa but only centrist hacks and neo cons think that he is a Russian agent. The left dont buy it, Trump's base dont buy it and floating voters clearly dont either.

Ive only seen liberals on SW share the lincoln project vids. They are well made attack ads but the nevertrump Conservative vote evidently is negligible.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@BlueVeins What makes you think the Lincoln project even wanted a blue wave. For them, the scenario of Trump losing and republicans keeping the senate, that's just about perfect.

I expect most moderate republicans will be thrilled once the hangover wears off. This is their best case scenario.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@QuixoticSoul I mean, I assume they want a red congress & blue presidency since they're Republicans against Trump. I think we're gonna get another fashy though pretty soon.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@BlueVeins The want to liberate the conservative movement from Trump's demagoguery, not to destroy it. I expect they're thrilled.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul I think the Lincoln Project and the centrist democrats have the shared objective of wanting to put American politics back to the time when it was the Bush Republicans vrs the Clinton Democrats. Roll back time to the end of history (Fukyama style).

The Republicans can ditch Trump but they were only ever gonna ditch Trumpism if he suffered a landlide defeat. That didn't happen so it makes no sense for them to risk antagonising their base by moving away from right populism (proto-fascism).