US Midterms

[Labster]

Dems seem to think we live in the land of single issue voters. They pick one issue (this year, healthcare) and run on it.

Oh no, we definitely think voters have multiple issues. The thing is, those issues never overlap between parties. If you're worried about net neutrality, you're going to vote Democrat. If you care about your taxes being too high, you're going to vote Republican. Voters who care about racism, economic equality, voting rights, prison reform, and health care will all vote Democratic. Voters who care about illegal immigration, blue-collar jobs, education reform, illegal voting, and tort reform will all vote Republican. All voters care about corruption, but only about corruption on the other side.

So both sides picked the issue that was most likely to motivate their side to vote. There's no longer a middle in American politics. I mean, as a Democrat, I tangentially care about the list of conservative issues above, but it won't motivate me to do much of anything beyond complaining to a few friends.