I'm going with young single women who are smart enough to not answer their phones when pollsters call as the big reason there was no Red Wave. Everyone wayyyyyyyy underestimated how much the overturning of the national right to choose to kill your baby really amped them up to get out to the polls and vote Democrat.
Last i saw republican house candidates received 6 million more votes than in the prior elections but they were clearly concentrated more in some of the candidates and not in many others which shows us in a lot of tight races.
white suburban women flipped to the republican side after voting dem the last two elections. it appears abortion was not as important to them..
and before you call this a complete failure for the republicans their vote totals show a demographic switch for many groups.
younger black males for instance had a 22 percent switch to the republicans . Hispanics also made a significant move to the republican side.
the true answer may be that the democrats have learned how to use the Trump model. Trump won the 2016 election by winning 5 key states.
the dems may have been effective by concentrating most of their energy in key election races.
The republicans have lost a total of one seat in the senate with one to be decided.
they lead in 9 of the remaining house seats and will probably take the house unless there is a 3 am vote boost.
the dems will be in a much less advantageous position in 2024 when they have to defend a lot more senate seats.
I don't read tea leaves after an election. This country is way too diverse to say that any one reason is the one reason one side did better or worse.
about Maryland, I don't live there
