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Originally Posted by CC1

Yup. I find it funny that the folks who claim the election is rigged don't realize how absurd that is because if the Dems had rigged it they would not have lost a bunch of House seats and almost their majority there.

How hard is it to understand that no matter how rabid the 40% of folks who liked Trump were that is nowhere near a majority? Polls like the Gallup poll that for half a century or so have kept track of Presidential approval had Trump never cracking 50%. Even with a booming economy before Covid. That is just how polarizing his idiocy was and how clueless he was about needing to expand his base to win over the independents who decide every Presidential election.

He was his own worst enemy because for every MAGA fan who loved his mafia thug persona there were more who were disgusted by it and how he demeaned the Presidency. I voted for him twice but only to try and avoid the speedy road to socialism I knew the Dems would have us on.

There is only one person to blame for Donald Trump's reelection loss and that is Donald Trump. Terrible campaign. Just throwing red meat out to his MAGA groupies and doing nothing to reach out beyond that core group that was nowhere near a majority of voters.

There were many ballots where people only voted for President and did not vote at all down-ticket, which is highly unlikely. The fact that the GOP made so many gains in the House actually refutes your assertion.