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Beau says:
At the midterm election, Beau analyzes the absence of a red wave, criticizes Republican strategies, and underscores the importance of younger voters in shaping the political landscape.
Voters, activists, analysts
Insights on the potential impact of rejecting Trumpism on the Republican Party's future success.
#ElectionAnalysis #RepublicanParty #Trumpism #YoungVoters #PoliticalMobilization
Well, howdy there internet people. It's Beau again. So today we're going to talk about tonight.
At time of filming, the horse race isn't over yet. The House, the Senate,
both still up for grabs. But there's one thing that's certain already. There's no red wave.
It didn't happen. That promised red wave didn't materialize. And we're going to talk about why
it didn't materialize, why it didn't show up, why Republicans didn't sweep this election the way
they should have by all metrics. The reality is, whether you like Biden or not, he's not an
incredibly popular president. There's a lot of economic turmoil. Historically, at this point in
time, the party of the president loses seats. There's a whole bunch of reasons that should have
led to a resounding Republican victory, but it didn't happen. So what are the reasons? Some of
them are of the Republican Party's own making. Number one, they took away people's rights and
it drove negative voter turnout. People showed up not to vote for the Democratic Party, but to vote
against Republicans. It was a case of buying into their own propaganda, believing that
that overturning that decision was going to be something that was popular. It wasn't.
It's not. And it will become more unpopular as time goes on. The other thing Republicans did
was that they continued to embrace Trumpism and everything that entails. They ran candidates
that mimicked him, that pledged their loyalty to him. He's a liability. He is a liability to
the Republican Party. He has led the Republican Party to loss after loss and will continue to do so.
Trump and everyone like him is a liability to the Republican Party and it will continue
to lead to failure. Then you had the Democratic Party and what they did.
First and foremost, the young people showed up. That's what happened.
Those unlikely voters, those people who get written off in the polls because they never vote,
well, they showed up this time. And what should truly worry the Republican Party is that in two
years, moving into 2024, there's going to be more of them because some of them can't vote right now,
but in two years, they'll be old enough to. The Republican Party's base, some of them in two years,
well, they will age out of voting. They won't be here anymore. The divide will grow more and more
pronounced. The only way back for the Republican Party is to reject Trumpism. That's what cost
the Republican Party this midterm, embracing that, embracing candidates who would cast doubt
on an election, who would make baseless claims, who would embrace that level of authoritarianism,
who would other people in their own state. That's what cost them this election. Whether they learn
from it, I have no idea. But that younger crop, that crop that showed up, make no mistake about
it, they stopped that red wave and they will be more energized in 2024 and there will be more of
them. They are more tolerant. They are more accepting. They are more interested in actual
freedom rather than just symbols. They want the promises that are in all of those founding
documents. They want them lived up to. They don't just want to pretend that they've read it
and use it as a profile picture. It's not a backdrop. They believe all people are created equal
and that people have certain unalienable rights. Right now, the Republican Party doesn't stand for
any of that. The only way back for them is to reject Trumpism and everybody like him because
those younger voters, those unlikely voters, they've proven they're going to show up.
Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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